Kalibak

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caption=Kalibak from "Jack Kirby's Fourth World" #9,
artist John Byrne,
character_name=Kalibak
publisher=DC Comics
debut="New Gods" #1, (February 1971)
creators=Jack Kirby (writer & artist)
real_name=Kalibak
species = New God
homeworld = Apokolips
species = New God
homeworld = Apokolips
alliances=Darkseid's Elite
aliases=Kalibak the Cruel
supports =
powers=Superhuman strength, durability, and endurance. Beta club. |

Kalibak is a fictional character, a deity and supervillain published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in "New Gods" #1 (February 1971).

Fictional Character Biography

Kalibak is the first-born son of Darkseid and Suli. His mother Suli is killed by Desaad, acting under orders from Kalibak's grandmother Queen Heggra. Kalibak becomes a legendary warrior, and often serves as Darkseid's second-in-command. After Darkseid breaks the pact of peace with New Genesis, the rival planet of Kalibak's home Apokolips, he aids his father in the resulting battles.

Kalibak is often pitted against Orion, and after numerous clashes they learned that they were half-brothers. This fuels Kalibak's hatred of Orion to new levels, for Darkseid clearly values Orion over his first-born.

At one point, Kalibak is desperate enough to confront Orion without Darkseid's consent. Kalibak's scheme fell apart, and he kills his accomplice Desaad, also a servant of Darkseid, to cover his tracks. Darkseid was not pleased when he finds out, and he reduces his son to a pile of ash. After enough time had passed Darkseid resurrects Kalibak, hoping the boy had learned a lesson.

Kalibak later spends some time in an Apokolips prison, on Darkseid's orders. In "Orion" #1, (June 2000), Darkseid is on Earth when Orion invades Apokolips. Justeen, a servant of Desaad, releases Kalibak to battle Orion yet again. Kalibak is swiftly subdued, but doesn't care much as Orion leaves to battle Darkseid and Kalibak hopes to gain power as a result.

During the universe-wide "Genesis" incident, Apokolips forces, including Kalibak, invade Earth. In issue #5 of the series "Young Heroes in Love", Kalibak and his small squad of Parademons are defeated by the leader of the 'Young Heroes', the telekinetic and telepathic 'Hard Drive'.

Kalibak is slain by his uncle Infinity-Man, who has murdering the residents of Apokolips and New Genesis as an agent of the Source Wall, in "Death of the New Gods".

In "Final Crisis" the new Fifth World and human version of Kalibak appears along side Darkseid, calling himself Dark Side, seemingly reborn in a new form alongside his father and a human Kanto.

Powers and Abilities

*Kalibak possesses incredibly high levels of superhuman strength, endurance, and invulnerability.
*Kalibak is armed with a Beta-Club, a weapon that fires force bolts or nerve beams that causes living beings agonizing pain. It is nearly invulnerable, though Orion once damaged it.
*Kalibak also has access to high tech weapons of mass destruction.

Other Media

*Kalibak appeared in the last two incarnations of the original animated series, "Super Friends", as his first televised appearance where he and Darkseid were voiced by Frank Welker.
*Kalibak was featured on "", where he was voiced by Michael Dorn.
*In "Justice League", Michael Dorn reprised his role of Kalibak in the second season premiere, "Twilight". He later returned in another episode as a member of the Superman Revenge Squad in a plot to kill Superman. During a second attack, he ended up engaging Lobo in battle and lost when he threw a pile of cars on him..
*In "Justice League Unlimited", Granny Goodness appeared before Mister Miracle and Big Barda to free Kalibak from the X-Pits (where Virman Vunderbarr was holding him) in order for Granny Goodness to release Oberon from her clutches. With the help of the Flash, they freed Kalibak, only to trick Granny Goodness with Martian Manhunter, who had shape-shifted into a copy of Kalibak. Flash was able to free Oberon in time, Granny Goodness was defeated, and Kalibak was returned to a prison on Earth.

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/ar/hellUSA/Kalibak.html Tom Morrow's DC Universe Who's Who: Kalibak profile]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=kalibak DCU Guide: Kalibak Chronology]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=suli DCU Guide: Suli]
* [http://darkmark6.tripod.com/fourthworldind.htm The Earth-One Index: Fourth World Titles]