ADJUDICATOR | BIOGRAPHY |
Created by Paul Levitz, Roy Thomas and Gene Colan |
PERSONAL DATA
Gender: Male
Hair: White
Distinguishing Features: Blue skin
First Appearance: Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #291 (May 1982): "Comes the Adjudicator!"
Creators: Paul Levitz, Roy Thomas and Gene Colan
OVERVIEW
A being who has destroyed countless universes, because the entity found those universes unworthy and unsuitable. He manifested himself as the Four Horsemen. He would appear on a single planet, and if he found the inhabitants unworthy, he destroyed them in a whim. The entity was created by the Overseers, a race of omnipotent beings, because before it became the Adjudicator, he was a maniac who annoyed the Overseers, so the Overseers turned him into the Adjudicator to judge/execute any universes that are little importance to the Overseers.
[NB: The Adjudicator does not exist in post-Crisis continuity.]
HISTORY
The Adjudicator invaded Earth-1. It made a challenge to Wonder Woman and threatened that if she did not meet the standards or was found unworthy, he'd destroy their universe. He also invaded Earth-2. Earth-1 and Earth-2 combined forces to defeat the Four Horsemen. Wonder Woman forced the Adjudicator to remember who created him and why and the Adjudicator had no choice but to remember thus leading to his defeat.
POWERS AND WEAPONS
The Adjudicator was omnipotent, second only to the ones who created him, the Overseers, a race of beings who oversaw all universes within the multiverse. The Adjudicator could wipe out a single planet with a wave of his hands and could also destroy a universe in a thought.
The only catch to his powers was that if he ever remembered who created him and why, the Adjudicator would be sent back and removed out of existence by the Overseers.
CHRONOLOGY
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