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Major Disaster (Paul Booker) is a former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero.cite-ref-1[1]

• Publication history

• Fictional character biography

• Powers and abilities

• In other media

• References

Major Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.cite-ref-2[2]

Paul Booker is a low-level crook who accidentally discovers the secret identities of Green Lantern and the Flash after finding Thomas Kalmaku's casebook.cite-ref-3[3] He then becomes a criminal using devices that can create natural disasters and protect him from them. Despite having his memories erased, Major Disaster continues to battle Green Lantern and allies with Epoch.cite-ref-4[4]

Major Disaster later learns that he has gained his devices' power innately, but is slowly dying due to their effects. He joins the Injustice League, eventually reforms, and becomes a founding member of Justice League Antarctica.

After returning to crime, Major Disaster makes a deal with Neron to gain enhanced powers in exchange for his soul. Furthermore, he joins the Suicide Squad and a substitute Justice League consisting of Nightwing, Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, Jason Blood, and Faith while the main group are believed dead.cite-ref-5[5]

In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.cite-ref-6[6] He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern in Blackest Night and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.cite-ref-7[7]

In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.cite-ref-8[8] Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.cite-ref-9[9]

Major Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately.

• Major Disaster makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society before being killed by Darkseid.

• Major Disaster appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.cite-ref-btva-10-0[10]

• Major Disaster appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.cite-ref-11[11]

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefrovin1987Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 202. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefcowsillirvinekortemanning2016Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefcowsillirvinemanningmcavennie2019Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.

cite-note-44. ↑ Karate Kid #12-15 (February - August 1978)

cite-note-55. ↑ JLA #80 (June 2003)

cite-note-66. ↑ Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006)

cite-note-77. ↑ Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #4-5 (January - February 2010)

cite-note-88. ↑ Superman/Wonder Woman #13 (January 2015)

cite-note-99. ↑ Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #52 (December 2018)

cite-note-btva-1010. ↑ "Major Disaster Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 15, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

cite-note-1111. ↑ citerefeisen2013Eisen, Andrew (October 4, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.