Mister 08

MISTER 08

Real Name: Terry Sloan

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Military advisor, former research scientist, superhero

Group Affiliation: World Army, formerly Wonders of the World

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Overwatch-One

Base of Operations: Ninth dimension, Earth 2

First Appearance: Earth 2 #2 (August, 2012)

Powers: Mr. 08 was a genius and a skilled inventor. He was armed with a laser blaster and wore body armor that allowed him to fly and gave him enhanced durability. He wore gloves that released a nono-virus, enabling him to take over technology. Mr. 08 had a dimension piercing device that could see into parallel universes or allow him to enter the ninth dimension.

History: (Earth 2 #0) - The Wonders of the World were the greatest heroes of Earth-2. Captained by the core Ternion of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, they were joined by Robin, Catwoman, Supergirl, two unnamed members and Mr. 8, the Eighth Wonder of the World. Darkseid invaded Earth 2, plunging the world into war, and the Wonders fought him, his general Steppenwolf and his armies of Parademons across the globe, but the raging conflict dragged on without either side gaining a clear advantage until Darkseid used his Rapture Generator to subvert the wills of the entire populations of Italy, Brazil, South Africa and Pakistan using the anti-life equation. Now servants of Darkseid, he planned to use them as cannon fodder for Steppenwolf. Mr. 08 built a machine to pierce other dimensions in hopes of finding Apokolips and bringing the fight to Darkseid’s world. He didn’t succeed in that task, but uncovered numerous parallel Earths, and saw many of them that were similar to Earth 2. In some the Wonders won, in others they lost, and after observing numerous possible future outcomes Mr. 08 resolved to find a way to avoid the future Earth 2 was headed for. Mr. 08 and the Ternion attacked Darkseid’s base housing the Rapture Generator, and after a fierce fight Mr. 08 told his teammates he was about to attach a module that would override it, but instead unleashed synthesized opal kryptonite of his own invention on Superman, driving him mad, and causing him to attack Wonder Woman. Mr. 8 explained to Batman that what he was going to do would seem insane and monstrously evil, but had to be done to assure victory. 8’s module, once attached to the generator, blew up the countries subjugated by the anti-life equation, killing millions. Mr. 08 said that if the Wonders had done the “right thing” and fought to save them they would have lost the war against Darkseid. The opal kryptonite’s effect’s wore off, giving the Ternion time to flee as Mr. 08 set his device to destroy Darkseid’s base, saving himself by fleeing into the ninth dimension. Mr. 08 knew his former teammates would pursue him, but hoped one day the world would remember him as a hero and not a villain.

(Earth 2 #2) - Mr. Terrific of Prime Earth opened up a wormhole and ended up on Earth 2. Terry Sloan predicted his arrival and said that with his genius and the technology from his own world Terrific could oppose his longterm plans, and Terry couldn’t allow that. Mr. Terrific said he was delusional because he’d never met him or been to his world before, but Terry assured him that if Terrific knew what he was planning he’d try to stop him. Terrific used his T-Spheres against Terry, who countered with an airborne nano-virus that took control of the T-Spheres, which shocked Terrific unconscious.

(Earth 2 #5, 6) - The Green chose Alan Scott as its’ champion Green Lantern to defend the world from a coming threat, and the Grey responded by waking its’ champion Solomon Grundy. Grundy’s revival caused plant life around the world to wither and die, and he attacked the White House to draw Green Lantern’s attention. Grundy went on a murderous rampage, saying the world had its' chance and it was time for life on the planet to end. Commander Amar Khan coordinated the World Army response, with Wesley Dodds and his Sandman extracting the President from the White House to safety. AWOL World Army wonder Hawkgirl and new wonders Flash and Green Lantern fought Grundy, and Amar dispatched Atom, who stepped on Grundy, disabling him, and grabbed Hawkgirl telling her she was coming back to the World Army whether or not she wanted to. Grundy revived, wrapped Atom in fungus, and began absorbing his lifeforce. Flash freed him and the wonders continued their battle, with Green Lantern entering the Grey to face the power behind Grundy. The Grey tried to convince Green Lantern that it was time for life on Earth to end so new life could arise and evolve, even offering him a place by their side as a servant, showing him an image of Sam Zhao and saying they could reunite Lantern with his love. The World Army determined that Grundy’s presence would mean the end of life on Earth within the day, and having no other choice called in Terry Sloan as an advisor to assist Khan. Khan called him a genocidal lunatic, refusing to work with him, but the World Army council told him he had no choice. Sloan said the only solution was a tactical nuclear strike, and over Khan’s objections nuclear missiles were launched at the White House. Khan had to be physically restrained from attacking Sloan, who said he saw none of the guts of the Amar he knew who fought Parademon’s with only the kirpan given to him by his father figure. Sloan showed him that cities the world over were succumbing to the Grey, still insisting that a nuclear strike was the only option, and saying any loss of life would be an acceptable trade-off. Green Lantern shook off the Grey’s illusion, and realized most of the Grey’s power was tied up in Grundy, so he flew Grundy into space and launched him at the moon where there was no life for him to corrupt and draw power from. He also managed to divert the missile strike, sending the nuclear missles into space. Khan was relieved that lives had been spare, but Terry Sloan merely found the unfolding events interesting.

(Earth 2 #7) - The World Army council made Terry Sloan their head of the World Army Science Directive over Khan’s objections. Amar disliked the degree of autonomy the council decided to give Sloan, and warned Terry he’d be keeping an eye on him. As part of his working agreement with the world Army Sloan revealed his various hidden bases and hideouts, but Khan suspected he was holding out on the World Army, and with the help of sandman Wesley Dodds he located Sloan’s base in Paris. Wesley and his Sandman raided the base, which was protected by Mr. Terrific, who was now under Sloan’s control. The Sandman subdued him, copied the scientific work Sloan was working on, and then blew up the labs and scientific equipment in the base. Terry Sloan called the World Army Wonder Initiative a failure, and took over the Red Tornado project, assuring Khan that he could get her operational in no time. Sloan told Khan he’d outwitted him at every turn, and wondered if he was playing a game or just stupid, and Khan repleid that his advantage was that if the world every found out that Terry Sloan was back people would be calling for his blood. Khan shared drinks with Sandman, reminding him that they were committing treason by going behind the World Army’s back to go after Sloan, and Sandman said that he was dedicated to building a better world, which didn’t involve working with mass murderers.

Comments: Created by James Robinson & Nicola Scott.