Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)

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Clifford Zmeck
Real Name	Clifford Zmeck
Affiliation	Formerly Bureau of Sovereignty, Suicide Squad, United States Army
Base of Operations	Mobile
Status
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 5"
Weight	280 lbs (127 kg)
Eyes	White
Hair	White
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Cary Bates; Greg Weisman; Pat Broderick
First Appearance	Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #19

Overview

Major Force was a military operative working under General Eiling.

History

You called me "soldier;" General. Soldiers fight enemies on a battlefield. This is no battlefield.

--Major Force  

Martin Stein hoped to continue his research on the Firestorm Matrix, but for that, he needed Firestorm (Jason Rusch/Ronnie Raymond) in a secure location. He turned to the government, and so the mission ended up with General Eiling. Eiling dispatched Major Force.

The hero was fighting several of his villains in Pittsburgh, and Major Force gained his trust by disposing of Hyena. Though Killer Frost briefly froze him, he broke free and punched out Black Bison. He then lured Firestorm to his vehicle and used a special camera to knock him out.

Major Force completed his mission, but Stein had seen how the government subverted his research and brought in Superman. Major Force confronted him about his lack of authority but was easily dispatched.

Major Force was resurrected by the technology of Brainiac Queen and employed as a living security system at the Bureau of Sovereignty's Hall of Order. He was deployed to respond to an incursion at the Hall by the Flash and Green Lantern, destroying a Batmobile deployed from the latter's "Batwolf" jet. The Major pursued the Green Lantern, who found the jet's non-lethal weaponry ineffective against his pursuer, to Spain, landing on the Batwolf only to be dislodged by the rogue Bureau android Jadestone, who pinned him to the ground and stripped the Brainiac nodes from his body. 

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Unique Physiology
  • Superhuman Strength: Major Force is strong enough to seriously hurt Match with his blows.
    • Super-Leaping
  • Superhuman Stamina:
  • Superhuman Durability:
  • Flight
  • Energy Absorption
    • Template:Matter Absorption
  • Energy Projection: Major Force can project powerful blasts of energy from his hands. These blasts are strong enough to obliterate Thrill Kill, Thing-Man and Oedipus and hurt Match.

Abilities

• Military Protocol
• Expert Combatant
• Indomitable Will
• Leadership

Notes

• Major Force was created by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, and Pat Broderick, first appearing in Captain Atom Vol 2 #12. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Major Force first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #19 by Dan Jurgens.
  

Trivia

• In his initial appearances in Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men (Volume 1) and Legends of Tomorrow (Volume 1), Major Force's appearance was different from his previous, purple and yellow design. He resembled the character Black Jack (Major Bolton), introduced in Voodoo Vol 2 #2. The DC Comics Encyclopedia: All-New Edition connects the two, using an image of Black Jack and positing that they may have been the same, or, as Black Jack was decapitated, Major Force is a successor to the role. Major Force was never identified as either Major Bolton or his previous name, Clifford Zmeck, and holds the rank of colonel. He reappeared in Suicide Squad (Volume 7) after Infinite Frontier, with older elements such as his color scheme and real name restored.

Links and References

• 3 Appearances of Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)
• Minor Appearances of Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)
• Media Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth) was Mentioned in
• Images featuring Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Clifford Zmeck (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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References

Firestorm Villain(s) This character, team or organization, is or was primarily an enemy of Firestorm and any of his supporting cast or members of the Firestorm Matrix. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Firestorm Villains category."

Suicide Squad member This character is or was a member of the Suicide Squad, a team of imprisoned super-villains who perform high-risk missions for the U.S. Government in exchange for commuted sentences, in any of its various incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Suicide Squad members" category.