Kalibak of the New Gods


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Back in the 70's DC comics introduced The New Gods which is where Kalibak, one of Darkseid's sons originated from. I'm looking for detailed information on his powers and his Beta-Club. The internet searches have produced fairly vague information about his Beta-Club. I understand that it has a uses force bolts and nerve beams. What is the origin of his Beta-Club? Can someone please tell me exactly what these powers are...what they do? What powers would you say Kalibak has?


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My only familiarity with Kalibak is from the DCAU (Michael Dorn!) where he was the natural son of Highfather who was given to Darkseid as part of the peace treaty between their peoples. (Darkseid's son Orion was given to Highfather in return.)

I remember him being strong enough to slug it out with Superman, but not enough to beat him. I also remember him not being able to fly, which Superman used to his advantage (sometimes hilariously.)


Kalshane wrote:

My only familiarity with Kalibak is from the DCAU (Michael Dorn!) where he was the natural son of Highfather who was given to Darkseid as part of the peace treaty between their peoples. (Darkseid's son Orion was given to Highfather in return.)

I remember him being strong enough to slug it out with Superman, but not enough to beat him. I also remember him not being able to fly, which Superman used to his advantage (sometimes hilariously.)

In the comics, Scott Free (Mr. Miracle) was Highfather's son, exchanged with Darkseid's son Orion in a pact to end the war between New Genesis and Apokolips (which begins again when Scott escapes from Apokolips to Earth). Kalibak was also Darkseid's son and Orion's half brother.

Kalibak in the comics was super strong and super tough. A police detective named Turpin takes him down by channeling all of Metropolis' electric power through him, which knocks him out - but doesn't kill him. I presume the origin of club is that it was forged for him by the munitions factories on Apokolips, but I don't know if this was ever revealed in the comics explicitly.

I think that the force bolts did impact damage and the nerve beams caused pain.


Corathon wrote:

In the comics, Scott Free (Mr. Miracle) was Highfather's son, exchanged with Darkseid's son Orion in a pact to end the war between New Genesis and Apokolips (which begins again when Scott escapes from Apokolips to Earth). Kalibak was also Darkseid's son and Orion's half brother.

Okay. I could have been wrong on that, then. The DCAU makes clear that Orion was originally Darkseid's son and the peace-treaty exchange of sons happened, but never mentions who Highfather's son was. When Kalibak shows up calling Darkseid father (and sporting a similar hairdo and beard to Highfather, only black) I assumed he was Highfather's natural son.

Mr. Miracle shows up later in Justice League Unlimited, but outside of antagonism with the forces of Apokalips, I don't recall them mentioning him being Darkseid's adopted son.

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The New Gods are DC's answer to Marvel's Asgard. (Both were created by Jack Kirby.)

Both are Clarke's Law level tech, just Asgard looks traditionally magic, while Apokolips/New Genesis have a science-fiction aesthetic. But this is why Granny Goodness, Kalibak, Big Barda, Mister Miracle, Orion, the furies and so on all have super high-tech weapons that never seem to be manufactured in bulk: It's the 'named fantasy weapon' thing applied to sci-fi.

In the DCAU, the Beta Club doesn't seem to be more than a club. Wikipedia tells me that it fires energy beams and can be used as a control for other Apokolipian tech like Aero-disks.

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Kalshane wrote:
Mr. Miracle shows up later in Justice League Unlimited, but outside of antagonism with the forces of Apokalips, I don't recall them mentioning him being Darkseid's adopted son.

I'm pretty sure it's explicitly mentioned in the JLU episode "The Ties That Bind", though obviously the two events (The introduction of Kalibak in Superman: TAS and Mr Miracle's episode in JLU) were separated by almost a decade of real world time, so there is certainly a lot of justification in losing track of the minor details.

And aren't all of Darkseid's minions super-strong and super-tough? They even show Kanto (who looks like a twig) to have those powers. Kalibak, though, has always been shown to be strong and tough even by Apokalypse's standards. So I guess he's super-super tough and super-super strong. :)


rooboy wrote:
Kalshane wrote:
Mr. Miracle shows up later in Justice League Unlimited, but outside of antagonism with the forces of Apokalips, I don't recall them mentioning him being Darkseid's adopted son.

I'm pretty sure it's explicitly mentioned in the JLU episode "The Ties That Bind", though obviously the two events (The introduction of Kalibak in Superman: TAS and Mr Miracle's episode in JLU) were separated by almost a decade of real world time, so there is certainly a lot of justification in losing track of the minor details.

And aren't all of Darkseid's minions super-strong and super-tough? They even show Kanto (who looks like a twig) to have those powers. Kalibak, though, has always been shown to be strong and tough even by Apokalypse's standards. So I guess he's super-super tough and super-super strong. :)

The references I have found concerning Kalibak indicate that he is super strong and super tough, which I have translated over into my Legion of Super-Heroes RPG. It was primarily the powers of his club that I found sketchy in details.


I can't seem to find any information Kalibak in any of my RPG stuff. I'm gonna dig a little deeper...


Freehold DM wrote:

I can't seem to find any information Kalibak in any of my RPG stuff. I'm gonna dig a little deeper... [/QUOTE

Thanks Freehold DM, let me know how the search goes, thank you for the effort.

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