Fatherbox

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Official Name

Fatherbox

Aliases

Father Box (alternate spelling), Magic Die, Foundation Stone of Manhattan, Hidden Eternal Heart of New York, Croatoan, Six-Sided God-Machine, Controller of Destiny

Model

1

Version

1

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Lead Designer

Unknown

Place of Creation

Apokolips ^{[citation needed]}

Owners

Current Owner

Misty Kilgore; Klarion, the Witch Boy; Doctor Impossible

Previous Owners

Melmoth; Power Boy

Creators

Walt Simonson, Grant Morrison

First appearance

Orion #

History

Origin

The Fatherbox, an Apokoliptian version of a Mother Box. Darkseid’s former aide Mortalla presents Orion with an Apokoliptian Father Box when he seemingly died. This box communicated by going "ting!" rather than "ping!", and was designed to turn him towards Darkseid.

Seven Soldiers

A Fatherbox is mentioned as one of the "Seven Treasures" the New Gods left to the Earth's first superhero. It came in the form of two dice. It was called "the Foundation Stone of Manhattan" when mentioned to the Manhattan Guardian and served as the "god" of Limbo Town and called "Croatoan" by Klarion's people. Eventually, it was stolen by Klarion, who took it to the future.

Powers

• Danger Sense: Fatherbox can sense when something is going wrong.
• Life Sense: Fatherbox can sense when things are going good.
• Omni-knowledge: Contains all knowledge of the New Gods and all of their accumulated knowledge.
• Energy Transference: It can transfer it's intelligence into other technology or even beings.
• Gravity Manipulation: It can distort or even create gravity wells.
• Telepathy: It can communicate with it's user telepathically.
• Hush-Tubes: They function as coming back points rather than going to points (See: Boom Tube) and are much quieter.
• Life Support: They can continue their user's life for an extended period if their injuries don't cause a fatality.
• Magic: Either it can directly access magic, something as old and powerful as magic, or it's powers can mimic magic. ^[1]
  
  

Notes

• First appeared in the Orion series by Simonson in 2000.
  
  

Trivia

• In Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle storyline, a father box is mentioned as one of the "Seven Treasures" the New Gods left to the Earth's first superhero.

• In Brad Meltzer's Justice League of America Vol.2 #1, a villain named Doctor Impossible uses a "Father Box" to summon "Hush Tubes".

• In Supergirl #15 Power Boy refers to and accesses his Father Box.

See Also

• Appearances of Fatherbox
• Item Gallery: Fatherbox
  
• Images featuring Fatherbox

Links and References

• None.