Major Disaster

Major Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=190}}

Paul Booker is a low-level crook who accidentally discovers the secret identities of Green Lantern and the Flash after finding Thomas Kalmaku's casebook.{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=111}} He then becomes a criminal using devices that can create natural disasters and protect him from them. Despite having his memories erased, Major Disaster continues to battle Green Lantern and allies with Epoch.Karate Kid #12-15 (February - August 1978)Image:MDisaster.jpg.]]

Major Disaster later learns that he has gained his devices' power innately, but is slowly dying due to their effects. He joins the Injustice League, eventually reforms, and becomes a founding member of Justice League Antarctica.

After returning to crime, Major Disaster makes a deal with Neron to gain enhanced powers in exchange for his soul. Furthermore, he joins the Suicide Squad and a substitute Justice League consisting of Nightwing, Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, Jason Blood, and Faith while the main group are believed dead.JLA #80 (June 2003)

In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006) He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern in Blackest Night and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #4-5 (January - February 2010)

In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.Superman/Wonder Woman #13 (January 2015) Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #52 (December 2018)

Major Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately.

• Major Disaster makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society before being killed by Darkseid.
• Major Disaster appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.{{cite web |title=Major Disaster Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Batman-The-Brave-and-the-Bold/Major-Disaster/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
• Major Disaster appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 4, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=IGN}}

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