G.I. Robot is the name of a series of six robots that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. The first four versions of G.I. Robot were all created by writer Robert Kanigher, though each was designed by a different artist. Each incarnation of G.I. Robot is an android of advanced, experimental technology designed to carry out combat and rescue missions. Multiple versions of G.I. Robot seem to develop their own free will, as well as loyalty and a sense of friendship towards human soldiers they work alongside. The first G.I. Robot, nicknamed Joe and designed by Ross Andru, first appeared in Star Spangled War Stories #101 (published in late 1961, with a cover date of FebruaryâÂÂMarch 1962).
During World War II, "Joe" the G.I. Robot is handed over to a Ranger unit to be tested in the field. Humanoid, with smooth features, no mouth and a control panel on its chest, Joe is assigned a human "buddy", corporal Mac. In three stories from Star Spangled War Stories #101âÂÂ#103, Joe and Mac end up fighting "The War that Time Forgot" against prehistoric creatures (and a giant German robot soldier) on Dinosaur Island.
Star Spangled War Stories #125 introduced another G.I. Robot nicknamed "Mac" and his human partner Reed as part of the war-era Suicide Squad, a team specially trained for missions no ordinary soldier was expected to survive. During its first mission, Mac sacrifices itself to save Reed and another soldier from a Tyrannosaurus.
Some time after the destruction of Mac, MIT develops a new version of G.I. Robot with built-in weaponry, more advanced technology, and a more robotic appearance. Thompson's team names this new G.I. Robot "J.A.K.E. #1" (Jungle Automatic Killer - Experimental). For its first mission, J.A.K.E. 1 is deployed to a Pacific island alongside the Marines to fight the Japanese military and placed under the control of Sergeant Coker. Coker initially does not trust J.A.K.E., but comes to respect him. J.A.K.E. later joins the Creature Commandos and sacrifices himself to save them.
Weeks after the destruction of J.A.K.E. 1, his successor J.A.K.E. 2 is sent to the Pacific islands to join the marines there. On activation, J.A.K.E. 2 seems unresponsive at first but then acts to defend the marine camp from a samurai robot built by the Japanese military. After defeating the robot, J.A.K.E. 2 engages in several missions in the Pacific Theater, as well as on Dinosaur Island. Eventually, he also meets the Creature Commandos and is accepted into their ranks. Later on, J.A.K.E. 2 and the Creature Commandos are aboard a rocket that misfires and heads into deep space. The Creature Commandos are known to have survived, but J.A.K.E. 2's fate is unknown. The DC Comics Encyclopedia describes J.A.K.E. 2 as having survived into the 31st century.
In Checkmate (vol. 2) #24, a new G.I. Robot is revealed, with the designation J.A.K.E. #6.1. It is one of the organization's Rooks, a team of four elite operatives of last resort. Apparently constructed using the original World War II era programming, it has a new body made of components formerly used by Maxwell Lord during a time when his consciousness was contained in an android form.
A new G.I. Robot of unknown origin appears in the 2008-2009 The War That Time Forgot miniseries written by Bruce Jones, where it is known as "Lord Job", but calls himself "Joe". This version can speak and has bright red eyes, but is otherwise of a similar appearance to the earlier models, particularly Joe.
The G.I. Robots are all fully autonomous mechanical soldiers, capable of making decisions and adapting to changes in their environment. J.A.K.E. 1, J.A.K.E. 2, and J.A.K.E. #6.1 are equipped with a minigun in their left arm, with J.A.K.E. #6.1 also possessing a grenade launcher mounted on its right shoulder and caltrops deployed from its chest cavity.
The Galactic Golem is a solar-powered creature created by Lex Luthor who is an enemy of Superman. Creator Len Wein said that he created the Golem "because I needed somebody Superman could hit! The problem with Superman's rogues' gallery was, they were all thinkers...they were scientists, or guys who built toys. With the Golem, he could hit Superman, and Superman could hit him back". It only made two appearances: Superman #248 (February 1972) and 258 (November 1972), before being erased from continuity following Crisis on Infinite Earths.
The Galactic Golem is reintroduced in Superman #675 (2008), where it is depicted as a Daxamite superweapon.
Paul Gambi is a tailor in Central City and associate of the Rogues. He later created the "ultimate super-costume", which was first worn by serial killer Dell Merriwether until he was defeated by Flash and Green Lantern and sentenced to the electric chair. However, the suit unexpectedly gained sentience and became indestructible.
In the "DC Rebirth" reboot, Flash unsuccessfully invades Gambi's business to find the Rogues.
Paul Gambi appears in ' #15.
Gamesman is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Gamesman is a mercenary. He kidnapped Animal Man's daughter Maxine Baker and imprisoned her in the Red. At the time when Aquaman was blinded by Poseidon for besting Triton, Animal Man sought out Aquaman for help. Animal Man draws upon the strength of the sperm whale Namek to damage Gamesman's armor causing him to flee Both of them managed to free Maxine as Animal Man taps into the fight abilities of a gull to pursue Gamesman while Aquaman keeps Maxine safe.
During the "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Gamesman appears as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.
Allegra Garcia is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the daughter of supervillain Eduardo Reyes / Wavelength, and inherited similar light manipulation powers.
Allegra Garcia was raised in the Santa Marta slums of Rio de Janeiro by her foster parents Ramon Garcia and Esperanza Garcia. Upon emigrating to Gotham City while developing the ability to emit electromagnetic light, she fell in with some gangs and took parts in robberies before being stopped by the local vigilantes and remanded to Arkham Asylum. To reunite with his daughter after some villains he knew saw Allegra, Wavelength hired Deathstroke and his version of the Titans to spring her out of Arkham Asylum, fighting through Batman and some of Arkham Asylum's inmates when they tried to escape. When the mission was a success, Deathstroke's Titans brought her to Brazil, where Allegra lashed out against her father for abandoning her and used the UV rays in the sky to fry him. Deathstroke declined Allegra's offer to join up with him, stating that she has a lot of growing up to do.
Allegra Garcia / Wavelength appears in The Flash, portrayed by Kayla Compton. This version is a young metahuman with abilities based on the electromagnetic spectrum who wants to become a reporter. Despite coming from a criminal background and having been previously incarcerated in Iron Heights Penitentiary, Cecile Horton helps her turn her life around. After an attack by her metahuman cousin Ultraviolet and being framed for her crimes, Allegra is saved by Barry Allen. Afterwards, she interns at Iris West-Allen's Central City Citizen newspaper. Allegra later investigates Black Hole, helps Team Flash stop various supervillains, reforms her cousin, becomes a protégé of Nash Wells, and enters a relationship with Chester P. Runk.
Esperanza Garcia is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is Allegra Garcia's adoptive mother.
Esperanza Garcia appears in The Flash, portrayed by Alexa Barajas and voiced by Erika Soto in the seventh season. This version is Allegra Garcia's cousin who possesses similar electromagnetic spectrum-based abilities. Esperanza is presumed dead following the explosion of S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator, but is secretly taken in, revived, and trained to become the assassin Ultraviolet by Black Hole. Amidst this, Black Hole scientist Dr. Olsen removed her vocal cords and gave her a mask to help her speak. After making sporadic appearances in the sixth season, Esperanza seeks revenge on Olsen in the seventh season, but is foiled by Allegra and receives medical help from Caitlin Snow before being killed while hunting Black Hole's remnants.
Garguax is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a mammoth-sized alien conqueror who was exiled from his home planet for his plans to conquer the universe. Garguax later appears as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil alongside General Immortus when they unleash the Giant Jukebox Robot. Garguax pitches an idea to the Brotherhood of Evil to take over Earth. Immortus supported his idea as he uses a device to turn anyone into diamond-skinned slaves that obey the Brotherhood of Evil's every command.
The claims that Garguax made about being exiled from his homeworld were false as he turns out to be an agent of his homeworld's ruler Zarox-13. Garguax betrays the Brotherhood of Evil after Zarox-13 arrives on Earth to conquer it. The Doom Patrol and the Brotherhood of Evil are forced to work together to defeat Zarox-13.
In the "Dawn of DC" relaunch, Garguax is depicted as the emperor of the Moon.
Garn Daanuth is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, making his first debut in The Warlord #62 (July 1982). A Lord of Chaos and Arion's fraternal twin (inherited his mother's darker Egyptian-esque features) who formerly ruled over Mu, a city-state to Atlantis whose people resemble ancient Egyptians, he is both his brother's archnemesis and the alleged ancestor to the hero Garth (Aqualad/Tempest).
The eldest twin of Arion and son of Majistra and Calculha, Garn is raised by Majistra in Mu. Majistra teaches Garn black magic in accordance of a prophecy regarding two brothers in eternal conflict over the fate of Atlantis as an agent of the Lords of Chaos. Garn becomes a rival of Arion after he drains power from the Zodiac Crystals, bleaching his skin and seemingly killing Majistra. With the pair battling over the course of a thousand years, in which they learn much later of their shared parentage, Daanuth frequently plots his conquest of Atlantis, leading to the eventual death of its monarch, D'Tilluh, due to his mind control plots fracturing his mental state towards suicide, the ostracizing of his royal family through his overt mental manipulations of D'Tilluh's son and heir, and becoming an ally of Vandal Savage at one point to help him undermine the ancient Atlantean government. Daanuth survived to modern times, albeit depowered, depicted as the despot ruler of the Kuran, a fictional small country in the Middle East. Regaining his former magical powers, he bolsters his army and is stopped by Arion before he can launch his military campaign to expand his territory. He is also recruited by the Darkworld entity to become his guardian against Arion, whom defeats Garn and mystically merges him and the Darkworld entity in a state between sleep and awakeness, freezing the natural magic from the entity and allowing Arion and his allies to remain mystically powered.
Joan Garrick is a character from DC Comics, a supporting character and romantic interest of Jay Garrick / The Flash.
The character was created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert, and first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940). She appeared in the cover alongside the Flash on the issue. She would remain the supporting character of the titular character throughout the Golden Age, and she was revived through the Silver Age in "Flash of Two Worlds", where she is revealed to be a part of Earth-Two.
Joan Williams was depicted as the college crush of Jay who Joan originally rejected. Later, Jay used speedster powers as a football star to impress Joan and later decided to be a superhero known as the Flash. The Flash helped Joan when the former's father was kidnapped. She would remain a girlfriend and confidante to the Flash. Unlike Lois Lane and Superman, Joan was always aware of the Flash's secret identity. The events of Crisis on Infinite Earths reconnected both Jay and Joan and the entire Keystone City citizens as being in a coma until Barry Allen revived the two. The couple ultimately married, and Jay retired from the Justice Society of America for a while until later returning to the group.
In "The New Golden Age", it is revealed that Joan and Jay had a child named Judy Garrick (also known as Boom) before she mysteriously vanished. In reality, the Time Masters had kidnapped her in an attempt to save her from being killed by Doctor Manhattan's alterations to the timeline, and she is recovered and transported to the present day.
Joan was described as an essential part of the Golden Age Flash's life in later decades by Mark Ginnochio of Comicbook.com. Joan and Jay's marriage is cited as being "among the most popular of DC's earliest married characters" by Vaneta Rogers of Newsarama. Jim Beard in the book The Flash Companion wrote positively of the character's depiction by Sheldon Mayer which he felt was an example of "strong females" at the time. John Wells, in the same book, compared Gardner Fox's deriving of the character to other works of characters like Dian Belmont of Sandman, Inza Cramer of Doctor Fate and Shiera Hall of Hawkman that the female romantic interests were not just lovers but also confidantes of their respective superheroes as depicted at the time.
Garv is an alien Dryad, a rock-like being, who joined Vril Dox and his teams, the L.E.G.I.O.N. and the R.E.B.E.L.S., and marrying fellow team member Strata.
Gehenna is a superhero in the DC Universe. She is a clone of Victor Hewitt who is rescued by Firestorm (Jason Rusch). Her telepathic ability is shown to be limited to those participating in the Firestorm matrix and strongest with Jason. Jason finds and rescues Gehenna while escaping from a hideout of the Society during the events of Villains United.
Gehenna, still adapting to normal life, spends time in Jason's apartment, and the two begin dating. She is jealous of Firehawk, who is bonded with Jason as part of the Firestorm matrix.
At the beginning of the Blackest Night storyline, Jason and Gehenna visit the grave of Ronnie Raymond with Martin Stein. Later, at the Hall of Justice, Jason and Gehenna observe Black Lantern attacks happening all over the world. They are joined soon after by Green Lantern and the Flash, and the group are ambushed by Black Lanterns. Ronnie Raymond, who has been resurrected as a Black Lantern, kills Gehenna by transforming her body into salt.
The Geomancer is the name of two supervillains in DC Comics.
Adam Fells was a hired gun with earth-manipulating abilities, a member of the Injustice Society, and an enemy of the Justice Society of America. The Geomancer later appears as a member of the Injustice Society where they attacked the Justice Society of America's headquarters. Despite being outnumbered, Wildcat manages to defeat them as Johnny Sorrow escapes after getting what he came for.
Ultra-Humanite is revealed to have the Geomancer in suspended animation. Icicle tries to free Geomancer from suspended animation, only to accidentally kill him.
An unnamed man with similar powers became the second Geomancer and a member of the Injustice Society.
Ghost-Maker (Minhkhoa Khan) is a character first appearing in Batman vol. 3 #100 (Dec. 2020). He was created by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jiménez.
Khan is a Singaporean vigilante who was trained alongside Batman early in his career but split apart, taking on the "Ghost-Maker" mantle utilizing a high-tech suit and several vehicles. After the Joker War, Ghost-Maker becomes the leader of Batman Incorporated and Clownhunter's mentor.
Dr. Asa Gilmore is a character appearing in DC Comics. The character first appeared in The Flash (vol. 2) #144 (January 1999), and was created by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn. He is behind the origin story of Malcolm Thawne / Cobalt Blue. Gilmore killed the con artist Thawne family's child, covering his negligence with Malcolm who he lied about as a stillborn to the Allen family. Ultimately, Gilmore told the truth to Malcolm who murdered the doctor in a rage.
A character based on Asa Gilmore named Malcolm Gilmore appears in the ninth season of The Flash (2014). This version is an alias utilized by Eddie Thawne as Mercury Labs' scientist in the year 2049.
Summer Gleeson is a news reporter from Gotham City. She was originally created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the ' in 1992, where she was voiced by Mari Devon.
Gleeson was later introduced to the comics in Batman: Gotham Knights #33 (2002).
Summer Gleeson appears in flashbacks depicted in The Penguin episode "Cent'Anni", portrayed by Nadine Malouf. This version was said to have been killed by the Hangman while investigating the Falcone crime family.
Golden Eagle is the name of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics.
The original Golden Eagle was Charley Parker, an orphan who lived in the Midway City orphanage and idolized Hawkman. At one point he sent a letter to Hawkman describing his home-made "Hawkman" costume. In Justice League of America #109, Hawkman was ordered to return to Thanagar, thus resigning from the JLA. Golden Eagle debuted seven issues later in Justice League of America #116.
Parker explained that one day he had been wearing his "Hawkman" costume and fantasizing he was him when a strange light enveloped him turning his costume into an exact replica of Hawkman's costume. He also gained the ability to fly due to the replicated wings of his costume. Charley could at will change his street clothes into the Golden Eagle costume. The Justice League is called by the Midway City Police due to several incidents where criminals were dropped off at the police headquarters, captured by someone unknown who left a golden feather behindâÂÂHawkman's old modus operandi. The Leaguers investigate and are attacked by Hawkman's old foe Matter Master, a man who carried a mentally controlled wand that could manipulate matter. The Matter Master thought that the Golden Eagle was Hawkman and brought him to his hidden lair. At the end of the story, Charley was changed back into a normal teenager.
He later appeared in Teen Titans #50âÂÂ52 as a member of Titans West.
In Hawkman (vol. 4), Charley Parker is reimagined as a courier for the criminal Mick Valdare who was fired after turning eighteen. Desolate, alone, and without the luxuries he had grown accustomed to, Parker considered suicide before being rescued by and becoming a pupil of Hawkman. After Hall is seemingly killed in battle, Parker becomes the new Hawkman and is revealed to be Ch'al Andar, the son of the Thanagarian Fel Andar and the human Sharon Parker. However, he attacks Kendra Saunders, is revealed to have orchestrated Hall's death, and is sent to Thanagar to be judged. Parker is later pardoned, becomes the leader of a group of Wingmen, and gains a cybernetic eyepatch after Hall partially blinds him. He reunites with his father, who encourages him to reform.
The second, unnamed Golden Eagle is a white supremacist and member of the Aryan Brigade who is equipped with mechanical wings.
Goldface is an enemy of Green Lantern and the Flash. He was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane, and first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #38 (1965).
Keith Kenyon was a political sciences student who was exposed to a chest of gold that had been affected by toxic waste. As a result of exposure, he gained superhuman strength and invulnerability. Deciding to rebel against the wishes of his father, a prominent labor union organizer, he began stealing gold around Coast City, which led to his defeat by Green Lantern. He began to refine his criminal ways by wearing gold-plated armor and using a gun that sprayed liquid gold. After many clashes with Green Lantern, Kenyon decided to change his motif and ruthlessly began taking over criminal empires. He eventually moved to Central City and became a foe of the second Flash (Barry Allen). Later on, Goldface reformed, marrying Amunet Black / Blacksmith, moving to Keystone City, and becoming the commissioner of Union 242. Over time, his elixir transformed his skin into organic gold.
James Gordon Jr. is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Frank Miller and Dave Mazzucchelli, first appeared in Batman #407 (May 1987). He is the son of James "Jim" Gordon Sr. and Barbara Kean, and the brother of Barbara Gordon.
James moved to Chicago with his mother who divorced the elder Gordon. After his introduction in ', the character appeared almost exclusively in comics set during the Year One era, and went virtually unmentioned in present day. Scott Snyder's story ' reintroduced James as an adult, and establishes that he is a sociopath who tortures and kills for pleasure. He is institutionalized as a teenager after he disfigures a school bus driver who insulted him. After he is released years later, he commits a series of brutal murders, while trying to frame the Joker for his crimes. After nearly killing his mother and capturing his sister, James is apprehended by his father and Batman (Dick Grayson), and institutionalized in Arkham Asylum.
In The New 52, James appears in the Batgirl series. He escapes from Arkham, and begins stalking his sister who he views as a rival for his father's affection. The series reveals that he deliberately caused their parents' divorce: he killed a cat his mother had bought for Barbara and then threatened to kill his sister if she did not leave the family and threatened to kill Barbara if she tried to contact them ever again.
Gorilla Boss is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
George Dyke is a crime boss who was executed in a gas chamber, with his brain being transplanted into the body of a gorilla. Due to longer being able to speak, he uses a pad and pencil to order Doc Willard and his henchmen to procure the required funds so that he can have his brain placed in the body of Batman and Batman's brain placed in the body of the gorilla. Gorilla Boss committed a series of crimes and claims that once Batman's brain is in the body of the gorilla, the police will mistake him for the culprit and kill him. Batman escapes Gorilla Boss's grasp and is chased up the building until Gorilla Boss falls to the street; he remains unconscious by the time Batman makes it to the ground.
Aliens transplant the brain of Gorilla Boss into the body of a chlorophyll-sapping alien beast as part of their plans to take over Earth. Superman and Batman thwart the alien invasion, but Gorilla Boss escapes with Doc Willard. A witness to Whisperer's crime spree was later subjected to a brain surgery by Doc Willard to place Gorilla Boss' brain in him. Batman later finds Willard in a mentally-deranged state. When interrogating him at the Batcave, he revealed that a "yellow alien" took Gorilla Boss' brain. Batman deduces that Sinestro was responsible. Superman finds that Sinestro is using Gorilla Boss' brain to increase his power supply. Doc Willard is remanded to Arkham Asylum while Gorilla Boss' brain is placed back in its place in the Batcave.
Goth is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Goth was a demon who once posed as a rock star named Limbo. He once targeted an anti-aging formula for Contessa. Goth later passed himself off as a horror movie actor, whose activities attracted the attention of Nightwing. When Goth started to lure children to Dis, the Teen Titans sprung into action and saved the children while Goth escaped.
Goth also created a group of Wildebeests, who resemble hybrids of humans and their namesakes.
During the "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Goth appears as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.
Gotham (Henry Clover Jr.) and Gotham Girl (Claire Clover) were characters created by DC Comics, debuting in DC Rebirth. They were created by Tom King and David Finch.
The Clovers are twins with Superman-like powers which they bought with their family's money, trading in their lives for them as the powers would affect their lifespan. The two assisted Batman against Solomon Grundy and the Kobra Cult. Henry Jr. was killed by the Psycho Pirate while an unstable Claire later joined the Flashpoint Batman (Thomas Wayne).
Marion Grange is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Marion Grange is a politician who became the mayor of Gotham City after defeating Armand Krol in the election, with Krol later dying from the Clench virus, a version of ebola created by the Order of St. Dumas. Grange received backing in her election from Bruce Wayne.
During the ' storyline, Grange is killed by a sniper while trying to secure funding for Gotham in Washington, D.C. following an earthquake.
Milos Grapa is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was Carmine Falcone's loyal bodyguard, who fell victim of the Holiday Killer in Christmas.
Gravedigger is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Ulysses Hazard is a soldier who operated during World War II. His grandson Percy Hazard operated as Hazard of Squad K.
Tyson Sykes is a Checkmate agent and one of their Rooks who was later injected with a formula containing Starro DNA.
Great Caesar is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All of them are humanoid tigers.
On Earth-AD, Great Caesar is the ruler of the Tiger People and the father of Prince Tuftan. Both he and Tuftan have had encounters with Kamandi.
In post-Crisis continuity, Great Caesar is an evolved tiger created by Project Moreau, a precursor to Project Cadmus, in the 1940s. He and Project Moreau's other creations live on an uncharted island called the Wild Lands, where he is a rival of Nosferata. After Nosferata and her underling Ratsputin kill Caesar, Tuftan succeeds him as ruler. Nosferata plans to manipulate Tuftan, who reluctantly accepts her as his bride.
In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Great Caesar and Tuftan are reimagined as tigers who were transformed into anthropomorphic forms by the Factory of Evil under warden Simyan. Caesar is brainwashed and forced to attack Tuftan, who kills him.
Great Caesar appears in the ' episode "Last Bat on Earth!", voiced by Peter Woodward.
Warren White was a corrupt investor who tried to avoid prison by scoring a false insanity plea in court. However, White was sent to Arkham Asylum along the most dangerous members of Batman's rogues gallery. There, he was submitted to torture, abuse and disfigurement, ending up as actually insane, and deformed without hair, ears or nose, and pale white skin. White then become known as the Great White Shark, usually a benefactor to other villains.
Grid is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Silas Stone uses technology to convert his son Victor Stone into Cyborg so Victor gains secondary cybernetic systems that passively search for information and refers to the software as "Grid". As it grows with every computer intelligence, it developed traits of the hackers and viruses that it encountered. Grid's full sentience is brought out by Atomica who uses it to steal the date of the Justice League's adventures during the "Trinity War" storyline. Grid joins the Crime Syndicate of America and gains a physical body made from Cyborg's technology.
During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Grid serves in the Crime Syndicate's plan to take over the world. He starts by cutting power to all major cities and releasing prisoners from several superhuman prisons. After reactivating the Metal Men, Cyborg informs them of Grid as they head to Happy Harbor to take on the Crime Syndicate. Cyborg lures Grid out and the Metal Men begin attacking him. Grid brings Society members to help as Grid enters Cyborg's body. Cyborg traps Grid in his body as the Metal Men defeat the Secret Society of Super Villains members that are present.
During the 2016 "Darkseid War" storyline, Grid is still in Cyborg's body when the surviving Crime Syndicate members and the Justice League in a plot to end the conflict between Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor. Owlman has Grid downloaded into Metron's Mobius Chair. Shortly afterward, the two are seemingly destroyed by a powerful entity.
Grid returns in Challenge of the Super Sons (2021), where it battles Superboy and Robin in a virtual reality. Before entering the virtual reality, Robin creates a virus to destroy Grid.
Gridlock is an alias used by two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Abner Girdler was a specialist in urban planning and new transportation technologies at Technodyne. He proposed to build a monorail in Manchester, Alabama, but the project was scrapped at the last minute by the county transportation commissioner, Clifton Burdett. Having lost the lucrative contract, Technodyne faced bankruptcy, and CEO Leo Nordstrom fired Girdler. Burdett later ran for mayor, and Girdler decided to sabotage his election by donning the guise of Gridlock, equipped with technology able to steal the kinetic energy from people and objects, leaving them in stasis for about an hour. Gridlock kidnapped Nordstrom and froze most of Manchester, but was defeated by Impulse.
The second version of Gridlock first appeared in Bat-Mite #2 (September 2015), and was created by Dan Jurgens and Corin Howell. He is a villain who is stuck in the past, despises youth culture, and seeks to stop the future from coming.
An original incarnation of Gridlock appears in The Flash episode "Nora", portrayed by Daniel Cudmore. This version is William Lang, a kinetic energy-absorbing metahuman. After attacking an airplane, Gridlock is defeated by the Flash, Kid Flash, and XS and later killed by Cicada while being transported to prison.
Griffin Grey is a character appearing in The Flash created by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo set during "One Year Later".
Griffin was a friend of Bart Allen while in Keystone City until he was caught in an explosion at work; he found out he had enhanced speed and strength, and he became a hero, but only for the glory of it coining himself "Griffin" as his name. However, his celebrity status did not last and the powers made him age faster, and he looked like an old man in days. He tried to find the secret of what kept Jay Garrick young, but could not. He then became a villain, and during a fight with Bart as the Flash, he was overpowered and died.
Griffin appears in The Flash episode "Back to Normal", portrayed by Haig Sutherland. This version was granted superhuman strength from S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator explosion, which also caused him to rapidly age. He attempts to find Harry Wells to seek a cure, but ultimately fails and dies in a fight with the Flash.
Warren Griffith is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Warren Griffith is a private in the army during World War II who suffered from clinical lycanthropy, believing himself to be a werewolf. He is later turned into an actual werewolf by Myron Mazursky of Project M, with his transformations being independent of the phases of the Moon. Griffith goes on to join the Creature Commandos under the codename Wolfpack.
Grimbor the Chainsman (Markx Grimbor) is an enemy of the Legion of Super-Heroes who specializes in traps, particularly chains. He was created by Jim Shooter and Mike Grell, and first appeared in Superboy #221 (November 1976).
Grimbor is a master craftsman who creates fail-proof confinement devices. He met his partner, a young mutant named Charma Drisden with mind-control powers, when the headmistress of a school on the planet Mirabeau hired him to devise a way of negating Charma's abilities. Charma's powers include a hypnotic aura that makes men love and protect her but makes other women hate and detest her. Using her powers, Charma persuades Grimbor to use his abilities for crime. Together, they capture the Legion of Super-Heroes and attempt to blackmail R. J. Brande, but are foiled by Shrinking Violet. Unknown to the Legionnaires, Charma is killed while in prison, her powers having earned the wrath of female inmates. Infuriated, Grimbor swears revenge on the Legion. During the storyline "The Exaggerated Death of Ultra Boy", Grimbor attacks the Legion and places a network of energy chains around Earth. The Legion thwarts Grimbor, who is imprisoned in one of his own cells.
In ', Grimbor appears as a member of the Legion of Super-Villains.
Grimbor the Chainsman appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Lex Lang.
In the "DC All In" initiative, Groundswell is introduced as a metahuman with powers over water, and a member of Volcana's Masters of Disaster.
Guardian is the name of several characters appearing in comics published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942), during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and was created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon.
Jim Harper is a police officer in Metropolis' Suicide Slum who becomes a vigilante to catch crooks that the law cannot prosecute, describing himself as guarding society from criminals. Harper was trained by ex-boxer Joe Morgan, who also trained Wildcat and Atom. He has no superpowers, but carries a bulletproof shield. Harper is aided by a group of boys known as the Newsboy Legion, to whom he is, literally, a guardian, having volunteered to take them in rather than allowing them to be sent to prison.
In Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1971), the members of the Newsboy Legion are reintroduced as adults and leading members of Project Cadmus, a genetics research laboratory. One of the Project's experiments is a clone of Jim Harper, who takes up his predecessor's role and becomes Cadmus's head of security as the Golden Guardian. In post-Crisis continuity, Harper is simply known as Guardian.
Harper remains Cadmus' head of security even after the former Newsboys leave. Eventually, he too is killed, although another clone is created and rapidly aged to adulthood, retaining all his predecessor's memories. This Guardian disappears along with the rest of Cadmus following an altercation with Amanda Waller and Lex Luthor, and his whereabouts are unknown. It is later revealed that the original Guardian clone survived and left Cadmus. Subsequent appearances of the Guardian were new clones, each of which died within a year.
In Teen Titans #44 (1976), Mal Duncan becomes Guardian, utilizing the original's outfit and an exoskeleton that augments his strength. The two Guardians meet in The Superman Family, when Duncan helps rescue Jim Harper from Adam, an evil clone created using genetic material from Harper and Dubbilex. The Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot removes Duncan's time as Guardian from continuity.
In 2005, Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers series introduced Manhattan Guardian, a new character based on the original Guardian.
The Guardian possesses exceptional combat and tactical skills. He was trained in many forms of fighting, and excelled at gymnastics, thinking quickly on his feet, and deduction. His only weapons are his golden helmet and shield. Guardian often used a customized motorcycle equipped with autopilot and a set of video cameras filming from various angles and recorded on videodisc.
The Jim Harper clone possesses enhanced strength and reflexes, and an accelerated healing factor. As an agent of Cadmus, Harper has access to the Whiz Wagon, a multi-terrain vehicle that can fly and travel underwater.
Mike "Machine" Gunn (also nicknamed Mister Gunn) is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Gunn was a member of Moxie Mannheim's Intergang branch in the 1940s who was the love interest of Ginny McCree. When Mannheim allied with Dabney Donovan, they created a clone body of Gunn, who gained the ability to transform his hands into guns that shoot bone missiles. The actual Gunn was visited by Lois Lane and Clark Kent. When the police arrived at the house when Lois and Clark were leaving, one of the police officers that entered the house informed the others that Gunn committed suicide by gunshot. Superman confronted the clone of Gunn, demanding to know who he is working for. Gunn intends to tell Superman that he is working for Mannheim, but is disintegrated by a failsafe inside him. A separate clone of Gunn was created after Mannheim and Ginny McCree killed two members of the late Benny Red's gang.
Following a series of encounters with Superman, Gunn is imprisoned. Ginny McCree frees Gunn from prison, but he is shot and killed by the police shortly afterward.
Mike Gunn appears in the Superman & Lois episode "In Cold Blood", portrayed by Arpad Balogh.