Pariah

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Pariah
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Crisis on Infinite Earths, #1 (April 1985)
Created by	Marv Wolfman (writer) George Pérez (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Kell Mossa
Team affiliations	Black Lantern Corps
Abilities	Brilliant scientist; invulnerable to physical harm; seemingly immortal up to and including the Crisis on Infinite Earths; immediately teleports to the focal point of any catastrophic event; flight.

Pariah is a fictional scientist published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985), and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.

Fictional character biography

In the 1985 12-issue comic book limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Pariah was one of the greatest scientists from his version of Earth. Pariah's unorthodox experiments to view the creation of the Universe result in the Anti-Monitor learning of the existence of his Earth and destroying it with waves of anti-matter. He survived, through the intervention of the Anti-Monitor's benevolent counterpart, the Monitor, and acquired the ability to travel from one alternate Earth to another, forced to witness untold millions perish. Pariah blames himself for the destruction of his own world, the release of the Anti-Monitor, and the subsequent destruction of universe after universe, until he finally learns he was essentially blameless.

Pariah was seemingly indestructible and immortal, but relatively powerless in terms of his physical capabilities (although he also appeared capable of flight), and he considers the powers he has a curse, since they doom him to witness horrors he cannot stop.

Many years later, Pariah attempts to warn Lex Luthor that a dangerous predator is coming. However, this Luthor is in actuality Alexander Luthor of Earth-3 in disguise, posing as this universe's Lex Luthor in order to create a new incarnation of the Secret Society of Super Villains. Pariah is subsequently murdered by Alexander Luthor in Villains United mini-series, but later resurrected by Dark Angel in Supergirl (vol. 5) #19.

As part of the Blackest Night event, Pariah's corpse is reanimated by a black power ring and recruited to the Black Lantern Corps. He appears in Blackest Night #2 (October 2009), interrupting a cadre of mystical heroes gathered to investigate the strange occurrences of the event and again in Green Lantern #45 as the black rings restore the planet Xanshi.