Our work is not done, if this world is to fall each of us has been diminished by our sister's defeat. We must work together now. Even now, the primal forces of this planet gather to unite their powers as one. Their Avatars will seek to destroy us before our work is complete. We must destroy the Avatars and its parliament first. Together we fly, my sisters. Together to vanquish our enemies. Together to greet our beloved Apokolips......and end all life on this world! 
- — Death src
Death is one of the four Furies of Apokolips and the mother of Darkseid's child, Deathspawn.
History
Origins
Born on Mars, she was gentle and kind, a healer of her planet. She loved all creatures and healed them of their pain, but when the invaders came, she was too sick and frail to nurse her child, and when she died, her pain and sorrow where such that Darkseid felt her grief and summoned her to him.
Against all the odds, she had managed to survive past starvation, death, decay, and ruin. Darkseid offered her the chance to become his harbinger of death, and to bear a new child that would bring about the destruction of countless worlds. Upon hearing this, she felt such joy that she accepted his offer, becoming the final Fury of Death.[1]
World's End
Death arrived to Earth alongside her Fury sisters through the fire pits[2] and went straight to the ocean towards the kingdom of Atlantis,[3] killing and reviving almost everyone on it. [4]
She then reunited with the other Furies on the North Pole, revealing that Famine has fallen. Before they replace her, they must eliminate the planet's Avatars so Apokolips may triumph.[5] They ambushed the Grey and White Avatars, with her strangling the White one while Pestilence infected him.[6] As Green Lantern joined the fight, the Furies were overpowered and the three Avatars attempted to escape to join the remaining two.[7]
As they recovered and were ready to destroy the Avatars, she and War were knocked out by the champion of the Blue.[8]
They continue to battle until the arrival of the new Fury of Famine[9] which turned the battle tide on their side,[10] but was short as Flash brought the Avatars intel on their weaknesses in order to overwhelm the Furies, engulfing Death on a circle of fire. However, their combined strengths shrugged of their efforts, once again gaining the upper hand.[11]
Victory nearly at their hand, the Furies watched the arrival of the Red Avatar which finally gave the Avatars the power they need to defeat the Furies, and alongside their allies, the Furies were all defeated except for Death, who choose to yield for her child's life.[12] A poor decision, as her child ripped his way out of her womb, absorbing her life force to strengthen himself, reducing his own mother to dust.[13]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Martian Physiology: The average Martian possesses the potential for the following power set:
- Shape-Shifting: Martians have psionic control of their physical for down to the molecular level. This allows them to a form of shape-shifting that allows them to mimic other forms, elongate aspects of their body, increase or decrease their physical size, and so on.
- Size Alteration: As an extension of their shape-shifting abilities, Martians can easily alter their size, shrinking or growing to gigantic size.[14]
- Invisibility: Martians can cause the biopolymers in their bodies to lose their ability to reflect light, making the Martians invisible to normal light and human sight.[15]
- Phasing: Martians can go through solid matter.
- Superhuman Strength:[15] Martians possess vast levels of superhuman strength and are among the few races that are able to match Kryptonians in terms of raw strength. Martians can easily shatter reinforced concrete and steel, lift and carry hundreds of tons with ease and deliver incredible damage with their blows.[16]
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Durability: Martians possess high levels of durability that make them nigh-invulnerable to all forms of damage. Martians can withstand high-caliber bullets, powerful energy blasts, and kinetic impacts without suffering damage.[17]
- Superhuman Speed: Martians can process thoughts, move, and react at incredible speed, being able to cover vast distances in little or no time, catch bullets in mid-flight, run on water and create afterimages as they run.[18]
- Regeneration: Martians have powerful regenerative powers that enable them to regenerate their entire body from a severed limb, they can further enhance their regenerative powers by drawing mass from nearby sources.[19]
- Flight[15]
- Extrasensory Input
- Longevity[19]
- Super Hearing[19]
- Heat Vision[20]
- Martian Vision: Martian visual acuity greatly exceed human norms and allows for a wider range of information to be observed. This includes the following:[15]
- Infrared Vision[citation needed]
- X-Ray Vision[21]
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision[citation needed]
- Telescopic Vision[22]
- Microscopic Vision[citation needed]
- Telepathy: Martians have the ability to read the minds of others and project their thoughts to varying degrees. They can also project their mental essences into a gestalt community known as the "Great Mind". Through this, the community can enhance the telepathic strength of other Martians. This power can also enable them to reverse the effects of amnesia or psychological brainwashing. [15]
- Illusions
- Possession
- Astral Projection
- Mind Control: As an extension of this, Martians can also use the ability to alter a psychological profile of a target, enabling them to manipulate, and in some cases, outright control that individual. This practice is greatly discouraged however, and only rarely used. [23]
- Telepathic Relay[23]
- Telepathic Assault
- Telekinesis:[24] Martians have mind-over-matter abilities and can lift and move objects with their minds. They can also employ their telekinesis in an offensive way by discharging telekinetic blasts capable of great concussive power.[25]
- Shape-Shifting: Martians have psionic control of their physical for down to the molecular level. This allows them to a form of shape-shifting that allows them to mimic other forms, elongate aspects of their body, increase or decrease their physical size, and so on.
- Invulnerability: She could endure the heat of the fire pit[2] and the combined assault of the Avatars without any strain.[8]
- Self-Sustenance: Death was capable of travel in the ocean without any need of oxygen.[4]
- Necromancy: As the Fury of Death, she can revive any being she previously killed and bind them to her will.[26]
- Decadence: Death's power over decay surpasses even the Grey's Avatar itself.[8]
- Fatal Touch: According to Darkseid, Death is the most powerful of Apokolips' Furies, having the ability to "touch death in life".[1]
- Claws
Abilities
Weaknesses
- Vulnerability to Fire: Martians are much more vulnerable to fire than the average Earth human. At times this has been portrayed as physical, psychological, or a combination of the two. The effect of this is to strip any Martian of their powers as they involuntarily lose control of their body.[11]
- But for some reason, the flames of the fire pit were she arrived to Earth didn't seem to harm her.[2]
Recommended Reading
Related
- 14 Appearances of Death (Earth 2)
- 5 Images featuring Death (Earth 2)
- 1 Quotations by or about Death (Earth 2)
- Character Gallery: Death (Earth 2)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Earth 2 #28
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Earth 2: World's End #1
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Earth 2: World's End #3
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #7
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #8
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #9
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Earth 2: World's End #10
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #12
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #13
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Earth 2: World's End #15
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #16
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #17
- ↑ Martian Manhunter (Volume 4) #1
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Detective Comics #225
- ↑ Martian Manhunter (Volume 4) #2
- ↑ Martian Manhunter (Volume 3) #3
- ↑ JLA #3
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #8
- ↑ Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #3
- ↑ DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ Who's Who: Update '88 #2
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Martian Manhunter #4
- ↑ Detective Comics #226
- ↑ Martian Manhunter (Volume 3) #8
- ↑ Earth 2: World's End #4
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