Character » The Presence appears in 85 issues.
The Anti-Monitor is the Monitor's counterpart from the Anti-matter Universe. He is responsible for the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, was the sole Guardian of the Sinestro Corps and once, against his will, was the source of the Black Lantern Corps Central Power Battery.
Asmodel was one of the four most respected angels in Heaven. However, he rebelled against Heaven and became a servant of Neron.
The original champion of the Wizard, Teth-Adam was a former slave who channeled the power of six Egyptian Gods to fight evil. But when his family was murdered during the conquest of his people, he developed more ruthless methods to protect innocents. Seeing him as corrupt, the Wizard banished "Black Adam" to the tomb of Ramesses II. After centuries of imprisonment, he would finally escape to overthrow Kahndaq's tyrant by force, becoming the country's defender and a natural enemy to the world's heroes.
Carnivore is the first vampire and former member of Heaven, he wielded the power of the Presence in Peter David's Supergirl run.
Barbara Ann Minerva was an archaeologist who used an ancient ritual to turn herself into the avatar of Urzkartaga, but because she didn't meet the requirement of virginity, she was cursed by the god to suffer from an unending hunger for human flesh.
Formerly, Christopher Rudd was a human soul condemned to Hell. He rose up and seized control of Hell and became its ruler.
Uxas, famously known as Darkseid, is the supreme monarch of the ecumenopolis, Apokolips. Widely regarded as one of the Justice League's worst adversaries, the greatest enemy of New Genesis and one of the biggest threats to the DC Multiverse, he seeks to bend everything to his will and remake the cosmos in his image, while searching for the Anti-Life Equation, an equation which seemingly consists of immense power that has the potential to dominate all life in the DC Multiverse.
Originally, Eclipso was the first incarnation of the Spirit of Wrath who went rogue. Sealed inside the Heart of Darkness, he could posses those that came into contact with it, most famously Bruce Gordon. In the New 52, Eclipso is said to be Lord Kaala, the evil offspring from House Onyx and House Diamond born during an eclipse granting him vast powers and eventually becoming the tyrant of Gemworld.
The First of Fallen is a Hellblazer character that was meant to be the "Devil" of the Hellblazer series, but Lucifer was already appearing in The Sandman so Garth Ennis (his creator) had to make it clear he was another character...although because of all this, continuity has been left sketchy.
The Joker, Clown Prince of Crime, is Batman's arch-nemesis. An agent of chaos known for his malicious plots, wacky gadgets and insidious smile, he has caused Batman more suffering than any other villain he has ever faced. His origin, name, and true motivations remain a mystery.
As a Maltusian, Krona is virtually immortal and invulnerable; he possesses vast psionic powers. He is obsessed with finding the origin of the universe itself and how it came into existence. He was the main antagonist of the "Brightest Day" story arc.
Lex Luthor, Superman's arch-nemesis, is one of the most brilliant men alive, whose hatred of "interfering aliens" pushes him down the path of a sociopath. Known for his "ends justifies the means" approach to life, his single-minded and often brutal focus puts him at odds with The Man of Steel. Luthor is arguably DC Comics' most iconic villain.
In Jewish folklore Lilith was Adam's first wife, but was expelled from Eden and became a demon. She is mentioned in the Bible, Babylonian Talmud and the Zohar Leviticus, but this fiery demon mother has possible origins in ancient Mesopotamian religion and mythology.
In the beginning The Presence filled The DC Universe with life using the blinding White Fire of Creation. After Seven Hundred Years had passed Nekron waged war against The Presence and shattered The White Fire of Creation into the seven fragments. Each fragment became one of the colors from the ROYGBIV Pallet and thus was The Emotional Spectrum born. Nekron's primary goal is and always has been to undo all of this and restore the Universe back to its most primal state of being: a lifeless endless void of eternal darkness.
Neron is a fallen angel of Hell, a Devilish being of great power.
Once considered the greatest Green Lantern in any sector, Sinestro came to believe that the only way to ensure order in the universe was through the reign of fear, a crime for which the Guardians banished him to Qward. There he created the first yellow power ring and later on founded his own corps, The Sinestro Corps. He has clashed frequently with his former student and protege; Hal Jordan. The relationship between the two is a complicated one, a mixture of both hatred and respect in equal measures.
He was once Gods architect, but when God left him he rebelled, and all of Gods armies fought him and barely defeated him. De-powered, he is now a cosmic tyrant who serves the Nameless, a collective of shadowy entities.
The Brothers Yin and Yang are two vastly powerful primordial entities who's energies spawned the DC and Marvel Universes.
The evil side of the Presence.
Member of the Bull Host.
Trigon is a demonic conqueror intent on bringing every reality in existence under his control. He is also the father of Raven and a deity worshipped by the Church of Blood.
Given power by the Guardians of the Universe, the mysterious First Lantern was locked away and guarded by another group of the Guardians' species, after his powers were determined to be too great and dangerous. The Guardians used his powers to help create the Third Army.
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