Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics character Granny Goodness is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.[1] She is a New God from Apokolips and a servant of Darkseid who trains others to serve him.
Goodness has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with Darkseid and the New Gods. Ed Asner, Deborah Strang, and Cloris Leachman, among others, have voiced the character in animation.
Publication history
Granny Goodness first appeared in Mister Miracle #2 (May 1971) and was created by Jack Kirby.[2] Her appearance was modeled after Phyllis Diller.[3]
Fictional character biography
Granny Goodness is originally a peasant on Apokolips before being taken from her parents and trained to serve Darkseid.[4] As part of her training, she is forced to kill her war dog Mercy.[2]
After proving herself to be one of Darkseid's elite and most reliable soldiers, Goodness is tasked with running the "Orphanage", a training camp for his minions.[5] Additionally, she becomes the leader of the Female Furies and raises Highfather's son Scott Free as part of a peace treaty before he escapes.[2][6][7][8]
In Amazons Attack!, Granny Goodness disguises herself as Athena to manipulate the Amazons.[9][2] In Final Crisis, she is killed by Infinity-Man before being resurrected.[10][11]
Powers and abilities
As a New God, Granny Goodness possesses superhuman physical abilities and is functionally immortal. She also wields advanced weaponry, including the Mega-Rod, a staff that can project concussive energy blasts.
Reception
Granny Goodness has been described as a symbol of the "monstrous feminine" who "violates traditional paradigms of motherhood and femininity" through her wickedness, as opposed to more traditional, nurturing depictions of motherhood in fiction.[12]
Other versions
- An alternate timeline variant of Granny Goodness who fused with a Mother Box, gaining teleportation and pyrokinesis, appears in the "Rock of Ages" storyline.
- Granny Harkness, a fusion of Granny Goodness and Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness, appears in the Amalgam Comics universe.
In other media
Television
- Granny Goodness appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by Ed Asner.[13]
- Introduced in Superman: The Animated Series, this version is the second leader of Intergang following Bruno Mannheim's death before being defeated by Supergirl and forced out of the position.
- Goodness appears in Justice League Unlimited. Following Darkseid's death in the Justice League episode "Twilight", she battles Virman Vundabar for control of Apokolips.
- Granny Goodness makes a cameo appearance in a flashback in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "Unnatural Alliances" as Imperiex's former master on Apokolips.
- Granny Goodness appears in Smallville, portrayed by Nancy Amelia Bell in "Salvation" and by Christine Willes in the tenth season.[14][15]
- Granny Goodness appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Cloris Leachman.[16][17][13]
- Granny Goodness appears in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Deborah Strang.[13] This version utilizes the human alias of Gretchen Goode and is initially an ally of the Light before leaving them to seek the Anti-Life Equation.[18][19][20][21]
- Granny Goodness appears in the Harley Quinn episode "Inner (Para) Demons", voiced by Jessica Walter.[13]
Film
- Granny Goodness appears in Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, voiced again by Ed Asner.[22][13]
- An alternate universe incarnation of Granny Goodness appears in a flashback in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Khary Payton.
- Granny Goodness appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High, voiced by April Stewart.
- Granny Goodness appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, voiced by April Stewart.[13]
- Granny Goodness appears in Zack Snyder's Justice League through computer-generated imagery (CGI), modeled after the aunt of Wētā FX artist Jojo Aguilar.[23][24]
Video games
- Granny Goodness appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Lainie Frasier.
- Granny Goodness appears as a boss and unlockable playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Diane Delano.[25]
- Granny Goodness appears as a support card in the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us.
- Granny Goodness appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[26]
Miscellaneous
Granny Goodness appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by April Stewart. This version is a librarian at Super Hero High.
References
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- ↑ "Mister Miracle" #9 (September 1972)
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- ↑ Birds of Prey #118 (July 2008)
- ↑ Final Crisis #5 (Dec. 2008). DC Comics.
- ↑ O'Brien, Annamarie. "'How Can I Refuse You, Mother Box?!' Abjection and Objectification of Motherhood in Jack Kirby's Fourth World". ImageText 7, no. 4. (2014)
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