Lord Conquest

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character_name = Lord Conquest
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "Wonder Woman" #2 (Fall 1942)
creators = William Moulton Marston (script)
Harry G. Peter (art)
homeworld = Mars, Earth
alliances = Children of Ares, Olympian Gods
powers = Astral projection
Possession
Immortality
Inspires dreams of conquest

Lord Conquest is a fictional DC Comics villainous demigod who battled Wonder Woman in the Golden Age.

Character history

Lord Conquest, also known as Count Conquest and the Count of Conquest, is a son and lieutenant of Ares, God of War.

Lord Conquest kept a base of operations hidden underneath Mount Olympus on Earth, although he traveled frequently between Earth and Mars. Lord Conquest sent his astral form to inspire dreams of conquest in military and government leaders in order to prod them into making war.

His contributions to starting World War II included "inspir [ing] Mussolini to resurrect the Roman Empire by enslaving helpless Ethiopians, ... urg [ing] Hitler to weld his iron yoke on the bowed necks of Europe's imprisoned peoples and ... persuad [ing] Hirohito to torture into submission the uncounted millions of Asia" ("Wonder Woman" (vol. 1) #2).

Lord Conquest inspired Mussolini to send agents to America to capture Wonder Woman. Italian agents Count Crafti (alias Don Unaldi, Spanish nobleman) and giant slugger Mammotha were dispatched, with Conquest possessing Mammotha. After luring Wonder Woman into entering the boxing ring with Mammotha and then submitting her to enormous electric shock, Conquest prepared to deliver her and Steve Trevor to Mars. Only the timely interventions of Etta Candy and the Holliday girls released Wonder Woman and allowed them to escape.

Powers and abilities

Lord Conquest, like the Earl of Greed and Duke of Deception, was able to become an astral figure who inspired the kinds of thoughts that led to war. He also was able to possess the stupid giant Mammotha.

See also

*List of Wonder Woman villains