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The Overmaster is a DC Comics
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 supervillain. He first appeared behind the scenes in Justice League of America #233 (December 1984), and was created by Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an United States writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man....
 and Chuck Patton.

0 million-year-old alien who considered himself a celestial force beyond good and evil, with the purpose to "act when judgment has been passed". After judging a world unworthy, he would collect a sample of each species of the planet, then terminate all other life.

Overmaster first appeared on Earth years ago, assigning the original Cadre
Cadre (comics)

The Cadre is a DC Comics supervillain group, except for members of the Cadre of the Immortal, most of whom were redeemed and became heroes by story's end....
 to put the human race to a "test".






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The Overmaster is a DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 supervillain. He first appeared behind the scenes in Justice League of America #233 (December 1984), and was created by Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an United States writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man....
 and Chuck Patton.

Fictional history

A 580 million-year-old alien who considered himself a celestial force beyond good and evil, with the purpose to "act when judgment has been passed". After judging a world unworthy, he would collect a sample of each species of the planet, then terminate all other life.

Cadre

The Overmaster first appeared on Earth years ago, assigning the original Cadre
Cadre (comics)

The Cadre is a DC Comics supervillain group, except for members of the Cadre of the Immortal, most of whom were redeemed and became heroes by story's end....
 to put the human race to a "test". The original Justice League
Justice League

The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional DC Comics List of superhero teams and groups....
 defeated the Cadre, after which the Overmaster vanished. Years later, he returned, acting through heralds such as the Aryan Brigade, the New Extremists
Extremists (comics)

The Extremists are a team of supervillains in DC Comics Justice League titles, they were introduced in Justice League Europe issue #15....
, and the Cadre of the Immortal.

Cadre II

Finally making his presence known, the Overmaster selected villains from each of the groups to form a new powerful Cadre known as Cadre II. The Overmaster was incredibly powerful but not very imaginative. He then announced his intention to destroy the Earth in one week, erasing Central City
Central City (DC Comics)

Central City is a fictional city that appears in stories published by DC Comics, and is the home of the Silver Age of comic books version of the Flash, Flash ....
 from the planet and stopping all deaths and births across the globe as proof of his power. The Justice League invaded the Overmaster’s spacecraft and used its technology to reverse all effects of the Overmaster’s activities.

Death

Overmaster was accidentally killed by Will Everett III the second Amazing Man after the Justice League member Ice
Ice (comics)

Ice is a Character , a comic book Superhero#Superheroines in publications from DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire, she first appeared in Justice League International #12 ....
 had been killed by the villain. Following this event, the League moved into Overmaster’s space station, making it their new headquarters.

Powers and abilities

Overmaster’s exact powers are unknown. He has access to advanced technology and he has undefined energy powers.

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