Volthoom
Voltoom is a comic supervillain that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Volthoom was the name of a poonghie (Buddhist monk) on Earth-3 that had crafted a mystical Power Ring. This ring was given to a human being who used it to become the super-criminal known as Power Ring. In time, Power Ring joined other supervillains of his world where they became the Crime Syndicate of America. (Justice League of America v1 #29)
On their own Earth, the Crime Syndicate grew bored of their absolute evil rule over their world and thus sought new planets to conquer. They learnt of Earth-1 and intended to challenge the Justice League of America in order to defeat them. During the battle, the Justice League managed to gain the upper hand until the Crime Syndicate initiated their failsafe. This involved calling the magic word 'Volthoom' that transported all the participants in the battle to Earth-3. Once there, the Earth-1 heroes were defeated, immobilized and taken as prisoners. With their victory, the Crime Syndicate then turned their sights to Earth-2 in order to defeat the Justice Society of America. However, the Justice League of Earth-1 managed to send a warning to the heroes of Earth-2 namely the secret weapon of the Syndicate that was the magic word 'Volthoom'. (Justice League of America v1 #29)
In an effort to resurrect Alexander Luthor Junior, the Syndicate came to the main Earth to get the assistance of Doctor Impossible where they came into conflict with Justice League. During the fight, Power Ring called forth the power of Volthoom against Jade but she used her own power of the Starheart to take its power leaving the Syndicate member temporarily powerless. (Justice League of America v2 #50)
Post-Zero Hour
After the Zero Hour, a new version of Earth-3 and its inhabitants were created with these residing in the anti-matter universe. On this Earth, Volthoom was a Tibetan being that resided within a cursed ring. A human criminal found the ring where the caretaker warned of the cursed artifact but the crook refused to listen and took it. Its power turned him into the super-criminal known as Power Ring but he regretted his actions as he would feel Volthoom crawling around intrusively in his mind. However, its usage made him a supervillain allowing him to join the ranks of the Crime Syndicate. Following Alexander Luthor's escape to the positive-matter Earth, the Syndicate conveyed a meeting where Volthoom commented that theoretically another Earth universe would have the exact duplicates of their own universe. When the Justice League arrived on Earth-3, they targeted the Syndicate's fortress at the Panopticon where Kyle Rayner created large hand constructs to encase it. Volthoom within the power ring informed the supervillains of him being aware of a plasma prison of unknown origin that trapped them on the Moon. (JLA: Earth-2 v1 #1)
The New 52
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of history was created with a different series of events.
Ten billion years ago, Volthoom gained mastery of the Emotional Spectrum on Maltus with the First Lantern looking to wipe out the Guardians of the Universe. To stop him, the Guardian Rami forged the Power Rings that tapped into the green light of will. (Green Lanterns v1 #13)
Cruz joined Cyborg and Mister Miracle to break into Belle Reve in order to free the two captured Crime Syndicate members for information on the Anti-Monitor. Whilst trying to free Superwoman, Volthoom took over Jessica Cruz as the entity within the ring decided to act on his plans of re-uniting the Crime Syndicate. (Justice League v2 #47)
Despite his seeming destruction, the weakened Volthoom appeared on Earth again where he approached Frank Laminski who had sought to become a Green Lantern but was never chosen by a Power Ring. The First Lantern offered him a ring that he could wield which was the Phantom Ring. (Green Lanterns v1 #9) He accompanied Laminski to the home of Simon Baz where the Guardian Rami kept the Phantom Ring and helped defeat the Oan to allow Frank to become the Phantom Lantern after putting on the Power Ring. Afterwards, they departed the scene with the captive Guardian of the Universe as part of the next stage of Volthoom's plan. (Green Lanterns v1 #10)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He had been reduced to being a scavenger that fed on the emotional energy from other beings. (Green Lanterns v1 #10)
Notes
- Volthoom was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky where he made his first appearance in Justice League of America v1 #29 (August 1964).
Appearances
- Justice League of America v1:
- JLA: Earth-2:
- Green Lantern:
