Major Force

Major Force
Major Force, in Green Lantern vol. 3 #178. Art by Luke Ross.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Captain Atom vol. 2, #12 (February 1988)
Created by	Cary Bates and Greg Weisman (writers) Pat Broderick (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Clifford Zmeck
Species	Metahuman
Place of origin	Earth
Team affiliations	Injustice League S.H.A.D.E. The Quorum
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, endurance and stamina invulnerability Can project and control dark matter and dark quantum energy Quantum Energy Projection Retroactive Immortality Flight Vuldarian Shapeshifting Restoration Empowerment

Major Force (Clifford Zmeck) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe.

Major Force first appeared in Captain Atom vol. 3, #12 (February 1988) and was created by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, and Pat Broderick.

Major Force is a product of the same U.S. Federal project which created Captain Atom during the Vietnam War. The government, in a project headed by Wade Eiling and the scientist Megala, was experimenting with the effects of atomic energy on an alien metal they had taken from a crashed spaceship to determine its full protective abilities; such as protecting a human being from a nuclear blast. After the disappearance of Nathaniel Adam and the perceived failure of the Captain Atom Project, the government restarted the project with a new subject, Clifford Zmeck and increased the amount of metal used (Captain Atom #36 Dec. 89). While in the USAF, Zmeck had been jailed in a high security prison for rape and murder and sentenced to life in prison. He was offered a pardon in exchange for participation in the high-risk governmental experiment. The results were the same as with the Captain Atom Project and Zmeck disappeared into the Quantum Field, emerging one year after the return of Nathaniel Adam. This time, the government was ready and placed microimplants ranging from knockout gas to mini-explosives under the metal while it was still malleable, in order to control Zmeck in case he went rogue. During one mission, a government operator (who was actually the son of the woman Zmeck had murdered) activated one such charge, amputating Zmeck's left hand. Introduced as an ally, then successor to Captain Atom, Force's brutality betrayed his government-concocted role of superhero and brought him in frequent conflict with Atom. Major Force is now arguably Captain Atom's arch-enemy. Eventually, he became a hired gun for General Wade Eiling's or any other government affiliated groups purposes.