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Major Disaster
Major Disaster (Paul Booker) is a former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero.[1] Publication historyMajor Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.[2] Fictional character biographyPaul Booker is a low-level crook who accidentally discovers the secret identities of Green Lantern and the Flash after finding Thomas Kalmaku's casebook.[3] 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.[4]  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.[5] In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.[6] He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern in Blackest Night and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.[7] In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.[8] Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.[9] Powers and abilitiesMajor Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately. In other media
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