Monarch (comics)
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Monarch (Hank Hall) kills Dove, Armageddon 2001 Special #2. Art by Dan Jurgens.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Armageddon 2001 #2 (October 1991) |
| Created by |
Archie Goodwin (writer) Denny O'Neil (writer) Dan Jurgens (artist) |
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| Alter ego |
Hank Hall Nathaniel Adam |
| Notable aliases | Extant, Hawk, Captain Atom, Lord Monarch |
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Monarch is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains. The first Monarch is Hank Hall, formerly Hawk, who later renames himself Extant for the Zero Hour crossover. The second Monarch is Nathaniel Adam, a U.S. Air Force Captain. The third Monarch is Captain Atom, a former superhero retroactively revealed to be a "quantum field" duplicate of Nathaniel Adam. Monarch was created by Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil, and Dan Jurgens, and first appeared in Armageddon 2001 #1, cover dated October (1991).
Monarch is an oppressive tyrant from a bleak, dystopian Earth in the year 2030 AD. The people are unhappy with his rule, particularly a scientist named Matthew Ryder, an expert on temporal studies, who is convinced he can use his technology to travel back in time and prevent the maniacal ruler from ever coming to power. He learns that, in 1991, one of Earth's heroes eventually turned evil, eliminated the superheroes of Earth, and became Monarch, who would conquer the world ten years later.
Chosen by Monarch to take part in a time-travel experiment, Matthew Ryder travels back to the DC Universe of 1991. Ryder decides to find out who Monarch really was and, if possible, kill him before he can rise to power. As he travels through the rift, his body mutates into a form of living temporal energy, and upon arriving at his destination, he takes the name Waverider.
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