#ian karkull

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JSA (1999) #7

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Justice Society of America (Comics), Preacher (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Ian Karkull/Todd Rice, Proinsias Cassidy/Dee Characters: Todd Rice, Ian Karkull, Dee, Pronsias Cassidy Additional Tags: Non-Consensual Touching, Non-Consensual Kissing, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Verbal Abuse, Abuse Summary:

Todd goes to New Orleans to flee Ian and meets some interesting characters.

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Who's Who Update 1987 #3

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this is the only good moment in this ableist plotline

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[image: two pages from JSA #8 featuring Todd Rice (Obsidian) and Ian Karkull. Ian is in his shadow form and is slashing at Todd's back, but todd dissipates. he reappears behind Ian, unimpressed.

TODD: Ian, please. You think You've been pulling my strings this whole time? You thought you were using me, but -- you're the one who's been used. Ian looks surprised and fearful and raises one arm up slightly defensively.

TODD: You opened up a bottomless pit when you tapped into my darkness. And now... (todd appears behind Ian) you are no longer needed.

Todd thrusts a hand through ian's chest and makes a fist. Ian crunts in pain and todd starts absorbing him or something?

IAN: Aargh! Arrh no....

TODD: You only hoped to rule the shadowlands. I am the shadowlands!

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I Tried To Quiet My Demons

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JSA

Volume: 1 #7

Darkness Falls (Part I of III)

Writers: Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer

Pencils: Stephen Sadowski

Inks: Michael Bair

Colours: John Kalisz

Covers: Alan Davis, Mark Farmer

Featuring: Atom-Smasher, Black Canary, Doctor Fate, Flash (Jay Garrick), Hawkgirl, Hourman, Sand, Sentinel, Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat, Ian Karkull, Obsidian

DC

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Obsidian

Content Warning: DC has questionable portrayals of mental illness yet again, mentions of Alcoholism and abuse

Summary: A brief character summary of Todd Rice is the son of the first Green Lantern and a founding member of infinity inc.

Comic Issues: Manhunter (2004-) #18, DC Pride 1, JSA (2000-),

Todd Rice is the son of Alan Scott (Green Lantern/Sentinel) and Rose Canton (Thorn). He’s the twin brother of Jennie-Lynn Hayden and the ‘domestic partner’ (DC just call them boyfriends) of Damon Matthews. Todd and Jennie-Lynn were conceived during the short honeymoon that Alan and Rose had. Rose faked her death in the fire that burned down their cabin and later gave up Todd and Jennie-Lynn for adoption, fearing that her alternate personality, Thorn would try to hurt the kids.

Todd grew up in an abusive home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His adoptive father was an alcoholic and you can imagine how that worked out for Todd. He met his twin sister as a teenager and the two became superheroes Obsidian and Jade, deciding to follow in the Green Lantern’s footsteps as at the time they were only assuming that Alan was their father.

Jennie and Todd were founding members of Infinity Inc, a team of heroes that was mostly full of the kids of the JSA as they had been denied JSA membership initially. Todd at one point had a conversation with Albert Rothstein who was going by Nuklon at the time and currently goes by Atom Smasher where Todd said that he was pretty certain the only people he could ever love were his sister and Al (that’s pretty gay bro).

Todd inherited schizophrenia from his mother (he was and currently is medicated for this), but the thing that actually did him in was the fact that his powers include a connection to the shadow realm. As a result, he was able to see the blackness within others’ souls. This ability gradually drove him insane. During his insanity, he began a revenge plot against both of his fathers, with Ian Karkull influencing him.

His ‘insanity’ was cured only after Todd joined forces with Eclipso and Mordru to seek vengeance against Alan (again. He failed twice). Todd retired from being a hero, which lead to some introspection and the realization that he was in fact gay. He then ended up meeting and falling in love with Damon Matthews, an Assistant District Attorney who works with Kate Spencer aka Manhunter. His powers go dormant until Jennie dies, which leads to him being a hero again but still dating Damon. Damon and Todd are trying to (or were trying to who knows with what DC is doing these days) to adopt a child together with no success due to the fact that Todd tried to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Apparently, that’s disqualifying for adoption.

Now back as a hero, he joins the JSA and serves as the security guard at their headquarters. He also has a whole plotline where he becomes a shadow-y egg and it’s a whole thing but basically, that was nullified so I won’t deal with that.

Todd and Alan are estranged at best, and they have a rocky relationship though they agree that they love each other. In DC Pride, Todd and Alan share a heart to heart where Alan explains that Todd being openly gay and happy is what gave Alan the strength to come out which is incredibly sweet when you remember that Alan lived through the 20s, 30s, 40s, etc where being openly gay was a good way to have an awful life.

Overall, Todd’s wonderful. He’s funny, he’s multitalented (the man can fly helicopters), he’s also very honest and he’s able to keep others on his toes (He joked once that he was ‘cured from being gay’ just to get to look at the expressions of the various JSA members and lemme tell you their expressions were genuinely priceless). Todd and Damon are also really cute together and DC needs to let them stay happy.

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March 12th Obsidian 


Todd Rice is the son of Alan Scott (the Golden Age Green Lantern) and Rose Canton (the one time supervvillain known as The Thorn).  Alan Scott did not know of Todd and his twin sister’s existence and Canton put the two children up for adoption fearing that her being a former villain would ruin their lives. Unfortunately, the two siblings were split up and Todd was adopted into a highly abusive household. In his early teens, Todd discovered that he possesses super powers. Specifically, he could manifest and manipulate a dark force of energy emanating from an alternate dimension. This energy enabled him to fly and could also be used to create constructs. Soon thereafter, Todd also discovered his parentage and the fact that he had a sister. Renaming himself ‘Obsidian,’ he sought out his sister (the super hero Jade) and the two of them helped to form the group of legacy heroes known as Infinity Inc. Later, Obsidian joined the Justice League. Obsidian suffers from the mental disorder schizophrenia.  The villainous scientist, Ian Karkull, used Todd psychological difficulties so to manipulate the young man, tricking him into committing evil deeds. Alan Scott was able to help Obsidian overcome Karkull’s manipulation and ongoing treatment has enabled the hero to better cope with his mental illness.   Obsidian has subsequently joined the most recent iteration of The Justice Society. Actors Lance Henriksen and Dan Payne portrayed an older and younger version of the character in the television series Legends of Tomorrow. Obsidian first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 (1983).

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Today in History

In 1941, the Justice Society and their allies battle Ian Karkull who has mastered the arcane forces of the Shadowlands. The radiation released in Karkull’s defeat bath the assembled heroes, apparently extending their lives and affecting them in other, unknown ways.

(art from All-Star Squadron Annual Vol 1 #3 by Rick Hoberg and Jerry Ordway)

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What do people think happened to Todd?

Obvious options are separated via him getting adopted; being sent to different homes; Todd getting trapped in the Shadowlands or, least likely based on current evidence, Todd dying. He could also have been kidnapped?

If he was adopted then they could give him a similar backstory to in the comics where he lives with his alcoholic adoptive father motivated by a desire to care for him. Which would be a good narrative foil to both Cyndi and Rick because of their home lives. Or since they have changed it from Jennie having a good home in the comics and him having a bad one. He could be living a perfect life with a loving family which would also cause conflict since she is the one out to find him. So she might feel really hurt if she finds out that he was just living it up.

If they were just sent to different homes it would be the easiest to write if there was no intent to cause conflict or anything. Since they wouldn’t have huge experience gaps that might make it difficult for them to reconnect and they could simply mirror each other. But this is pretty illogical since when she turned 18 she got Todd’s toy car.

The possibility of him being trapped in the Shadowlands is kinda rooted in the fact that Todd was first mentioned in the same episode as The Shade being more solidly introduced. In the comics I believe they are both connected to the Shadowlands. I believe there is a storyline in the comics where Obsidian (Todd) is influenced by Karkull to bring Darkness to the world and Eclipso is actually one of his allies in this since his weakness is sunlight. He also gets possessed by the Shadowlands in this. So in theory Todd could be brought in as an ally of Eclipso under the influence of the Shadowlands. Alternatively he could be brought in via The Shade.

There is very little evidence that Todd is dead. But for some reason a toy car belonging to him was in that box. There was Alan’s Ring and Todd’s car but nothing of Jennie’s which indicates that something happened to Todd before she got put in the group home otherwise why would she receive his toy car. However this could also be evidence that he was already trapped in the Shadowlands at this point.

Him being kidnapped could be by their mother Thorn in the comics (although if they want to include Alan Scott being gay as he now is in the comics they might go with her being surrogate since he would have died when they were quite young) or another villain such as Ian Karkull. They only real evidence for this is the car and the fact Jennie seems to feel she needs to search for him using her ring instead of using the internet and given the time it has been. Her knowledge of her brother would make him easier to find although a name change would make it harder. As previously stated the car in the box implies her brother was MIA prior to her going in the group home.

Overall I do not know what is going on with Todd and Jennie but I hope to see them. They are some of my favourite DC comics siblings. I hope she finds him!

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ian karkull cursed alan scott’s dick back in the 60s and thats why obsidian is like that

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I keep forgetting Karkull is a dude and not an eldritch monstrosity like in Superman TAS. Let alone a guy named Ian.

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Wildcat

“Fists are nature's problem solvers.” - Wildcat

Real Name: Ted Grant

Gender: Male

Height: 6′ 5″

Weight: 250 lbs (113 kg)

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Black

Powers:

Resurrection

Decelerated Aging

Enhanced Vision

Abilities:

Martial Arts

Driving

Equipment:

Wildcat's Catocycle

Universe:

Earth- Two

New Earth

Base of Operations: Gotham City

Citizenship: American

Parents: Henry Grant; father

Marital Status: Single

Occupation:

Adventurer

Boxer

Retired

First Appearance: Sensation Comics #1 (January, 1942)

Powers

Resurrection: Ted possesses the ability to return from the dead. However, he cannot come back to life if he is killed nine consecutive times.

Decelerated Aging: The process that enables Ted to return from the dead has also retarded his aging process, enabling him to keep himself in peak physical condition. His aging processes were further retarded by exposure to the energies wielded by Ian Karkull on their first encounter in 1941.

Enhanced Vision: Ted has preternatural eyesight that allows him to see in the dark. He once claimed to have witnessed Doctor Mid-Nite perform open heart surgery in total darkness.

Abilities

Martial Arts: Ted is a master combatant and has used his skills to train other heroes including, Batman, Oracle, Catwoman, Black Canary, and Superman.

Boxing: Ted's favorite, foremost and first learned combat skill was and always will be Boxing. No matter how big the opponent or how seemingly impossible the odds might be in or out of combat Wildcat will always solve the issue with boxing.

Driving

Equipment

Wildcat's Catocycle: Wildcat rides a modified Indian stunt motorcycle, which he uses during many of his crime-fighting adventures. Ted's cycle is distinguished by the over-sized cat's-head ornamental fairing above the front fender.

Early Life

Ted Grant grew up in the Great Depression with his father Henry. As a child, he participated in many sports at his father's behest, and excelled at boxing. As an adult, Ted attempted to study medicine, but became a professional heavyweight boxer instead.

Becoming Wildcat

Early in his career, Ted became entangled in criminal plot crafted by his managers Flint and Skinner, who attempted to fix one of Ted's matches by drugging Ted's opponent "Socker" Smith. However, Flint and Skinner miscalculated the dosage, and "Socker" Smith died as a result. Not wanting to get caught, Flint and Skinner framed Ted for their crime.

After Ted was arrested, Flint and Skinner then arranged a hit on the prizefighter to prevent the truth from coming out. Although, Ted survived the assassination, the police officers who held him in custody were killed. Ted then fled the scene, and also wrongly accused of murdering the officers. While on the run, he came across a boy who was robbed of his Green Lantern comic. The boy described Green Lantern which inspired Ted to become a vigilante. He create a costume of a large black cat, called himself Wildcat, and vowed to clear his name. He forced Flint and Skinner to confess, and cleared himself of all charges. Ted then continued to fight against crime as Wildcat.

Joining the Justice Society of America

During World War II, Ted became a member of the Justice Society of America and the All-Star Squadron, and had a romantic relationship with a time-displaced Queen Hippolyta. In 1945, King Inferno and Zatara cursed Ted with nine lives, which allowed him to recover from fatal inquiries. In the 1950s, Ted impregnated his then girlfriend Irina, who gave birth to Ted's eldest son Jake Grant. Unfortunately, Jake was kidnapped by the Yellow Wasp, one of Ted's sworn enemies. Although Ted searched for Jake and the Yellow Wasp for years, he was unable to locate either of them. As a result, his relationship with Irina disintegrated. However, Ted had a one-night stand with Marilyn Bronson, who became the mother of his youngest son Thomas Bronson. Later, Ted was critically injured by an out-of-control Red Tornado, but his goddaughter Yolanda Montez became Wildcat in his place.

Recent Activities

Eventually, Ted recovered and became Wildcat again after Yolanda was killed in action. He then joined the reformed Justice Society of America, where he and his teammates regained prominence as the forefathers of the heroic community. He was one of the many combat instructors sought out by Bruce Wayne on his path towards becoming Batman, and he also taught Dinah Lance and Selina Kyle boxing techniques, becoming a father figure to the former and a lover to the latter.

Fun Facts

Since 1947, Ted has been an owner of a silver mine.

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LGBT History of Superheroes: Obsidian

The shrouded man wanting created as the DCU’s “visible gay character”, Todd Rice aka Obsidian was a member of the Justice Society of America.

Todd Rice is the biological son of Alan Scott, aka the Golden Age Green Lantern. After growing up in an abusive adoptive household, Todd discovered he had a twin sister and the two later discovered they had powers which led them to become superheroes following in the footsteps of the Green Lantern.

Due to both his powers and heritage, Todd slowly developed schizophrenia and gradually became insane due to his ability to see the darkness of the shadow realm that imbues his powers.

Obsidian would later become corrupted by the villainous Ian Karkull, turning against his teammates and allies Obsidian was forced to blanket the world in darkness. This battle came to a close in a heated battle between himself and his adoptive father before he retreated to the Shadow Realm.

Eventually Obsidian was brought around from his mental instability causing his defection to the darkness and once made well he retired from his superhero ways. Coming to terms with his sexuality, Todd met long-term lover Damon Matthews.

Despite his powers having a dormant period, Obsidian returned to his superhero ways after the death of his sister and still remains in combat as well as in a relationship with Damon.

In other medias, Obsidian tends to appear whenever the JSA appear, his most prominant role particularly in live-action is in Legends of Tomorrow during Season 2. Here we met both a young and old version of the character showing his time as a superhero and retired as he was in the comics.

What is interesting about the character is it was stated the character was created to be a positive representation of gay men in comics. Despite the fact the character was portrayed as a very vanilla and reserved representation, he definitely paved the way for DC to make more riskay choices with future characters.

So what do you think? Is Obsidian a realistic example of mental illness and is his romantic storyline genuine? Post your comments and check out more LGBT History of Superheroes and Supervillains entries as well as other posts.

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Hank can get tentacled by Ian Karkull.

I don't want for him to be

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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA

En la continuidad Pre-crisis, en Tierra Dos, los miembros fundadores de la Sociedad de la Justicia fueron Doctor Fate, Hourman, The Spectre, Sadman, Atom, Flash, Green Lantern y Hawkman. Flash seria sustituido por Johnny Thunder. Hawkman es el único miembro que siempre ha estado en la Sociedad en el transcurso de su historia.Wonder Woman seria la primera mujer en el grupo de superheroes aunque inicialmente solo en el rol de secretaria. En All-Star Comics # 58 (Enero 1976) la Sociedad aceptó a un grupo de héroes más jóvenes, llamado brevemente "Super Squad".A comienzos del decenio de 1950, un comite de actividades metahumanas de la casa blanca de América obligó a la Sociedad de la Justicia a desmantelarse y retirarse en lugar de hacer publicas sus identidades civiles (Adventure Comics # 466, Diciembre 1979). La presidencia de la Sociedad de la Justicia había residido principalmente en Hawkman, aunque inicialmente fue Flash y Linterna Verde más tarde se convertiría en líder del equipo. Durante un breve período en 1942 eran conocidos como el Batallón de Justicia, ya que se convirtieron en una extensión de las fuerzas armadas de los Estados Unidos de América durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Más tarde se reveló que la razón por la cual la Sociedad de la Justicia no invadió Europa y puso fin a la guerra se debió a la influencia de la Lanza del Destino, que causaría que los mas poderosos miembros de la Sociedad cayeran bajo el control de su poseedor, Adolf Hitler. Despues la Sociedad realzaría una amplia asociación con el All-Star Squadron.Ambos equipos surgieron a petición del presidente norteamericano Franklin D. Roosevelt. El cuartel general de la Sociedad de la Justicia fue inicialmente una suite de un hotel en la ciudad de Nueva York y después de la guerra, el equipo se estableció en un edificio en Brownstone y más tarde en Gotham City. Durante un periodo muy breve, la Sociedad contaba con un satélite como su sede, al igual que sus homólogos de Tierra Uno, La Liga de la Justicia. En Flash (vol. 2) # 123 "El Flash de Dos Mundos" (Septiembre 1961), Flash de Tierra Uno se reunió con su homólogo de Tierra Dos, Jay Garrick, que (junto con el resto de la Sociedad de la Justicia) habitaba en un universo alternativo. Otras reuniones tuvieron lugar en Flash (vol. 2) # 129 (Junio de 1962) y Flash (vol. 2) 137 (Junio de 1963). Los sucesos anteriores desencadenarían la "Crisis en la Tierra-1" (Liga de la Justicia de América # 21, Agosto 1963) y "Crisis en la Tierra-2" (Liga de la Justicia de América # 22, Septiembre 1963), donde la Sociedad de la Justicia tendría colaboración con la Liga de la Justicia para luchar contra un equipo de villanos de ambos mundos.Al año siguiente, la Tierra-3 se ha introducido plenamente en la Liga de la Justicia de América # 29, "Crisis en la Tierra-3", (Agosto 1964). Esta Tierra presentó una versión malvada de la Liga de la Justicia conocido como el Sindicato del Delito de América, cuya alineación consistía de :

superwoman (malvada versión de Wonder Woman),

 Owlman (malvada versión de Batman), 

Ultraman (versión malvada de Superman ), 

Johnny Quick (versión malvada de Flash)

Power Ring (una versión malvada de Linterna Verde).

Las reuniones entre la Sociedad de la Justicia y la Liga de la Justicia se hicieron tradición hasta 1985.Estas reuniones elaboraron un número considerable de acontecimientos incluidos la deserción de Canario Negro de la Sociedad para unirse a la Liga de la Justicia, el regreso de los Siete soldados de la Victoria, la creación de los Combatientes por la Libertad y la introducción de una serie de otras tierras alternativas para albergar a otros equipos. En All-Star Squadron Anual # 3, la Sociedad de la Justicia (y varios amigos) habían absorbido la energía mágica del villano Ian Karkull durante una aventura en la década de 1940 que atrofió su proceso de envejecimiento. Después de la crisis en las tierras infinitas, en los últimos días de la Sociedad, la mayoría de los miembros de la Sociedad lucharon en contra de las fuerzas del mal en un limbo (Ragnarok) de manera permanente. Sólo Power Girl, Star-Spangled Kid, Spectre y Dr. Fate escaparon del cataclismo. En la serie limitada Armageddon: Inferno, La Sociedad regresó al actual Universo DC (Post-crisis) cuando WaveRider los reemplazo en el ciclo Ragnarok con otros superseres, lo que permite al equipo volver a la Tierra. En 1992, en la serie mensual titulada Justicia Society of America, (Len Strazewski y Mike Parobeck), con equipo original se adapta a la vida después de regresar de Ragnarok. No mucho después, la mayoría del equipo fue incapacitado o muerto en la serie Hora Cero. Durante la batalla entre la sociedad de la Justicia y el villano Extant, quien elimina la energía cronal que mantenia a la Sociedad de la Justicia jóven.Atom, Dr. Mid-nite y Hourman mueren inmediatamente. Hawkman y Hawkgirl se funden en un nuevo ser, Hawkgod. Dr. Fate muere como consecuencia del envejecimiento de Hora Cero, poco después. Linterna Verde se mantiene joven por los místicos efectos de la Starheart pero pierde su anillo y posteriormente cambia su nombre a Sentinel. El resto del equipo está ahora físicamente demasiado viejo para seguir la lucha contra la delincuencia y se retira. Starman se retira y pasa su legado a sus hijos.

Miembros de la Sociedad de la Justicia:

Superman

Batman

Flash

Atom

Hawkman

Green Lantern

Green Arrow

Wonder Woman

Black Canary

Starman

Sandman

Red Tornado I

Red Tornado II

Hourman

Doctor Mid-nite

Doctor Fate

Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt

Spectre

Mister Terrific

Wildcat

Robin

Huntress

Power Girl

Star-Spangled Kid

Hawkgirl

La Sociedad de la Justicia de America apareció por primera vez en All-American Comics, All Star Comics # 3 (1940) y fue creada por Sheldon Mayer y Gardner Fox.