Blackbriar Thorn
Blackbriar Thorn is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Blackbriar Thorn was a High Priest of the ancient Druids of Cymru. When his entire sect is massacred by attacking Roman forces, Thorn flees to the surrounding forest. Attempting to escape capture, he transforms himself into solid wood, hiding amongst the trees. Unfortunately for Thorn, the agony of his dying comrades creates a geological upheaval which buries his newly arboreal form underground.
Millennia later, Blackbriar Thorn's body is unearthed by an archaeologist and subsequently displayed at the Gotham City Museum of History. When moonlight strikes the statue on the night of its unveiling, Thorn is revived and begins to wreak havoc upon the Museum and its patrons, which includes the alter egos of Superman and Etrigan the Demon. The heroic pair's actions drive Thorn to retreat into the city, where he later attempts to procure a new body—-that of Superman. Together, Etrigan and Superman defeat Thorn, rendering him incorporeal.
In human form, Blackbriar Thorn joined Etrigan, and other assembled mystics lend their combined energies-—channelled through Doctor Occult and Green Lantern Alan Scott—-to successfully defeat the Anti-Monitor's Shadow Demons, which had been ravaging the Earth.
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Blackbriar Thorn was created by Len Wein and Joe Kubertwhere he made his first appearance in DC Comics Presents v1 #66 (February, 1984).
Appearances
- DC Comics Presents v1: (1984)
- Justice League Dark v1:
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, Blackbriar Thorn appeared in the animated television series in the episode "Misplaced" where he was voiced by actor Kevin Michael Richardson.
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