Doctor Mist
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Doctor Mist is a fictional character, who is a superhero in the DC Comics universe. He was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, first appearing in a cameo in Super Friends #12 (June-July 1978). Doctor Mist is based on a character introduced in Chapter 18 of Wisdom's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard.
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[edit] Publication history
Doctor Mist has appeared in the pages of Super Friends, DC Comics Presents, Infinity, Inc., Justice League International, Justice League Quarterly, and Primal Force.
[edit] Character biography
[edit] Origin
Nommo, the wizard-king of the African empire of Kor, stood in the Pillar of Life and was endowed with immortality. He later took the name Doctor Mist.
[edit] Global Guardians (Pre-Crisis)
Doctor Mist gathered a number of international heroes to help the Super Friends battle the Conqueror. Later, Superman teamed with several international heroes at Doctor Mist's request who first gives them the name The Global Guardians. The team later fought against the Shadow Demons in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Pre-Crisis history of the Global Guardians is no longer in the mainstream continuity of the DC Comics universe.
[edit] Global Guardians (Post-Crisis)
In 1957, the newly-formed European Economic Community established the Dome, a supra-national police organization. At some later point Doctor Mist formed the Global Guardians to serve as a task force for the Dome.
Decades later, the Dome lost its funding when, in part because of the political machinations of Dr. Klaus Cornelius, the United Nations decided to close the Dome and instead fund the new Justice League International. The Global Guardians then fractured with Doctor Mist and his assistant Belphegor, disappearing. Queen Bee of Bialya rebuilt the Dome in her country. She then brainwashed the Global Guardians into her service also creating an android Doctor Mist to lead the team.
Later on, Doctor Mist reappeared and helped Guardian members Jack O'Lantern and Owlwoman escape Bialya. Doctor Mist recruited a team to free the rest of the Guardians from Bialya mind control and then reformed the Global Guardians, building a new Dome headquarters somewhere in the Pacific.
[edit] Primal Force
An eternal, Mist's physical body was slain by an ancient force. Nonetheless, he did turn up alive and seemingly well after the Zero Hour crisis. At this time, calling himself Maltis, he formed a new team of heroes known as the Leymen. The group was short-lived. Maltis' time on the team even shorter as he had a heart attack soon after the team formed. Later, he was seemingly killed after being thrown into a pool of acid by the evil Modrus.
[edit] Powers and abilities
As a result of his exposure to the Pillar of Life, Doctor Mist was endowed with immortality. He can also cast spells of illusion and enchantment, and according to one of his origins used to craft magical gems.
[edit] Trivia
- When Dr. Mist first appeared he called himself Nommo. The Nommo are ancestral spirits (sometimes referred to as deities) worshipped by the Dogon tribe of Mali, Africa. The word Nommo is derived from a Dogon word meaning, "to make one drink,". The Nommos are also referred to as “Masters of the Water”, “the Monitors”, and "the Teachers”. Nommo can be a proper name of an individual, or can refer to the group of spirits as a whole.
- Dogon mythology also states that Nommo was the first living creature created by the sky god Amma. Shortly after his creation, Nommo underwent a transformation and multiplied into four pairs of twins. One of the twins rebelled against the universal order created by Amma.
- As initially intended by writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, Nommo's adversary in Kor was not Felix Faust but the Golden Age Doctor Fate villain, Wotan.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] List of titles
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #12
- DC Comics Presents #46
- Infinity, Inc. #34-36
- Justice League #8
- Justice League Europe #50
- Justice League Europe Annual #1
- Justice League International #12
- Justice League Quarterly #6-8
- Primal Force #0, 1-2, 4, 8-12
- Secret Origins vol.3, #27
- Super Friends #12-13, 45-46
[edit] Significant stories
- Super Friends #13 (August-September 1978); "The Mindless Immortal" - Doctor Mist helps the Super Friends battle the Mindless Immortal.
- Super Friends #45-46 (June 1981-July 1981) - Doctor Mist and a group of international heroes help the Super Friends against the Conqueror.
- Secret Origins vol.3, #27 (June 1988); "A Symphony of Shadows" - Shows Doctor Mist's history and how he created a whole line of magicians.
- DC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982)); "The Wizard Who Wouldn't Stay Dead!" - Doctor Mist forms the Global Guardians to help Superman battle a team of international villain.
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986); "Final Crisis" - The Global Guardians battle Shadow Demons.
- Infinity, Inc. #34-36 (January 1987-March 1987) - Infinity, Inc. and the Global Guardians team-up to defeat Injustice Unlimited.
- Justice League International #12 (April 1988); "Who is Maxwell Lord?" - The Dome loses it funding and the Global Guardians effectively break-up.
- Justice League Quarterly #6-8 (Spring 1992-Autumn 1992) - Doctor Mist recruits a team to rescue the brainwashed Guardians held in Bialya. He then reforms the Global Guardians and builds a new Dome in the Pacific.
- Primal Force #0 (October 1994); "The Call" - Doctor Mist, now known as Maltis, forms a new team of Leymen.
- Primal Force #2 (December 1994); "Dust" - Maltis has a heart attack requiring him to leave active involvement with the Leymen.
- Primal Force #12 (November 1995); "Virtues" - Maltis is seemingly killed after being thrown in a pool of acid by Modrus
