Grant Emerson (New Earth)
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HistoryEdit
Origin
High school student Grant Emerson suddenly discovers he is a superhuman with incredible explosive powers. During the Zero Hour crisis, Grant's powers became the spark that restarts the universe after it was destroyed by Parallax; thanks to Damage's powers, the new universe evolved along natural lines, guided by nature rather than the will of Parallax
Titans
After he accidentally blew up half of downtown Atlanta, Sarge Steel was able to cut a deal for him: he would be banned from Georgia and remanded into custody of the then federally-sponsored Titans team, led by Arsenal. After a while, though, he left to find his origins. He learned that Vandal Savage was involved in an experiment at Symbolix called Project: Telemachus, where he took DNA samples he had collected from various superheroes and injected them into a fitting vessel: Grant. The heroes Grant shares DNA with are: Atom (Al Pratt), Flash (Jay Garrick), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Wildcat (Ted Grant), Hawkman (Carter Hall), Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders Hall), Hourman (Rex Tyler), Black Canary (Dinah Lance), Dr. Mid-Nite (Charles McNider), Starman (Ted Knight), Miss America (Joan Dale), Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers), Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence), Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz - John Jones), Flash (Barry Allen), Aquaman, Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), and Atom (Ray Palmer). Symbolix was allied with Shadowspire through Shadowspire's leader the Baron (Baron Blitzkrieg). The Baron became a recurring foe in Damage's series, starting with #3. Grant eventually learned that he was the son of the original Atom, Al Pratt and his wife Mary. Grant was forced to go underground after leaving the Titans, since he violated his parole by doing so.
When the original five Titans reformed the group, Arsenal nominated Damage for membership. Arsenal managed to erase Grant's criminal records, so he was no longer a fugitive, and Grant joined the team. After some missions, Damage confronted something he had buried for a long time: he had been victim of abuse at the hands of his foster father. After opening up to Roy Harper, Grant took a leave of absence and sought peace and healing on the Navajo reservation where Roy was raised.
Justice Society of America
He has helped the current Justice Society of America against Imperiex and the villainous team of Obsidian, Eclipso and Mordru, both times as part of a modern All-Star Squadron. He has since been seen with a new team of government-sponsored Freedom Fighters, whose activities are yet unknown. He also has something of a brotherly relationship with Atom Smasher, the godson of his father, the original Atom. It was thought that Grant had a brother, Walter, who was recently killed by Walter's superhero daughter, Manhunter, aka Kate Spencer. However, it turned out that Walter was actually the son of Iron Munro and Phantom Lady - an odd parallel to Damage's paternity search, as at one stage it appeared that Grant might be the couple's child.
Freedom Fighters
Several members of the modern Freedom Fighters team were killed by the Secret Society of Super Villains. Damage was one of the survivors, though his face is severely scarred by Zoom, although this isn't revealed until later. This heralds the end of the Freedom Fighters during that era and forces Grant to return to the Justice Society.
The Kingdom
Later, Gog returns to life with the promise of health and prosperity to point in which he heals Grant's face completely. Forgoing his mask, Damage joins Gag as a "follower" to spread his message as an example. After Damage attacks the JSA's action in the news, the JSA comes after him in order to return him to their base and speak with him privately. Atom Smasher cannot handle Damage's words and physically attacks him, nearly killing him. Magog appears and takes Damage away, back to Africa to consult with Gog.
Other JSA members see the benefit of Gog's words and actions and decide to join him. Allying themselves with Magog and Damage, they bow and worship the god Gog until the other members of the JSA show up and denounce Gog's actions. The two groups fight each other physically until Gog redacts his "miracles", either out of disappointment of his followers or being defeated by the JSA. Grant's face returns to it's scarred look much to Grant's extreme ire.
Blackest Night
During the Blackest Night event, the JSA were attacked by their fallen members, now reanimated as Black Lanterns. Damage was saved from Black Lantern Atom by the Atom, but was then killed by the resurrected Jean Loring. His death and the subsequent collection of his heart was the final one needed to bring about the rise of Nekron.[1] Atom then made a futile attempt to stop one of the black rings from turning Damage's corpse into an undead before Loring uses his own technology to shrink him, Mera, and herself into the fully-transformed Damage's ring.
While the other Black Lanterns continue their assault on the JSA headquarters, Damage claims that he has retained his original personality and mind and that he is not influenced by Nekron and his Corps. While he does sacrifice himself in order to destroy the other Black Lanterns his sacrifice also creates an opening in the JSA headquarters, which allows Lois Lane of Earth-Two to allow her Black Lantern Ring to leave her body, returning her to a corpse, only to be sent to the dead body of her husband, who is then reanimated as Black Lantern Superman of Earth-Two.
Aftermath of the Blackest Night, a funeral for Damage is held, attended by JSA and with Judomaster doing the eulogy for Damage. It is then revealed that Damage, having foreseen his death by one of Sand's prophetic dreams, had recorded his last will for Judomaster, wishing her a better life, and revealing he'd had planned, in the attempt of giving her an happier life, to get cosmetic surgery on his scarred face. Spurred by his will, Sonia Sato decides to fund anonymously several relief funds for the victims of collateral damages caused by Grant's powers, thus giving him closure and a legacy.[2]
Added by KyletheobaldPowers and AbilitiesEdit
Powers
- Biochemical Fusion Reactor: Damage is a living biochemical fusion reactor, that constantly absorbs, builds up and produces energy he can manipulate and use in numerous ways. This energy is able to enhance his physiology.
- Superhuman Strength: Internal energies give him enhanced strength, regardless of the amount of energy he's channeling into his body. At his lowest levels, he is still capable of lifting around ten tons casually, and with enough finesse that he doesn't crush anything he touches.
- Superhuman Durability: Channeled energy toughens his skin, making him highly resistant to injury. At the low end of the spectrum, Damage has enough resistance to stop twenty tons of force without being hurt. Bullets will not harm him, nor will temperature extremes from -100 degrees Celsius to about 2000 degrees Celsius bother him much. He's immersed himself in volcanic lava before, and suffered no ill effects except for the lack of air.
- Superhuman Reflexes: At his lowest levels, Grant has the agility and reflexes far above that of an Olympic athlete. At these levels, Damage would be able to catch a normal arrow fired from Arsenal at mid-range, and dodge single blasts and bullets. At his higher levels, he will be able to dodge fine-point lasers at close range, and could deflect a stream of bullets from an uzi fired from ten feet away.
- Energy Projection: Grant is able to focus his stored energy outward to produce energy blasts, which at his highest output levels can be focused into 100-ton maximum strength energy blasts of concussive force.
- Fusion Discharge: Grant has the ability to take the energy that he generates to detonate himself like a bomb. This power is the most dangerous of the abilities he possesses and also the most tied to his emotional state and the most likely to lose control.
Weaknesses
- Big Bang Discharge: If he doesn't use the energy in the aforementioned manner he is forced to expend it in a discharge, most notably the time he created the Big Bang during Zero Hour.
NotesEdit
- On the cover of Justice Society of America V. 2 #1, drawn by Alex Ross, Damage is depicted as being much larger than his fellow team members.
TriviaEdit
- During a mission with the Freedom Fighters, Grant's face was horribly scarred by Zoom as an attempt to leave a mark on the young man's life physically.
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LinksEdit
- Grant Emerson (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org
- Damage bio at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Damage profile at Titanstower.com
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Footnotes
- ↑ Blackest Night #4
- ↑ JSA All-Stars #7
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