The Persuader
| The Persuader | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(Ti) Adventure Comics #352, (January 1967) (Parker) Adventures of Superman #598, (January 2002) |
| Created by |
(Ti) Jim Shooter (writer) Curt Swan (artist) (Parker) Joe Casey (writer) Pete Woods (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Nyeun Chun Ti Cole Parker Elise Kimble |
| Team affiliations |
(Ti) Fatal Five Legion of Super-Villains (Parker) Suicide Squad (Elise) Terror Titans |
| Abilities | Atomic axe can cut through anything |
The Persuader is the name of three fictional characters featured in comic books published by DC Comics.
The Nyeun Chun Ti version of Persuader first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (January 1967), and was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan.
The Cole Parker version of Persuader first appeared in Adventures of Superman #598 (January 2002), and was created by Joe Casey and Pete Woods.
The Elise Kimble version of Persuader first appeared in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #56 and was created by Sean McKeever and Eddy Barrows.
The Persuader was one of five outlaws recruited by the Legion of Super-Heroes to help them combat the Sun-Eater in exchange for amnesty for their crimes. The villains later turned on the Legion and formed the Fatal Five, becoming one of the Legion's most notable threats. The Persuader wielded an "atomic axe" on a long shaft, resembling a halberd. This axe could reportedly cut through anything, occasionally including purely metaphoric or intangible things, such as a person's air supply, the force of gravity, or the separation between dimensions, and followed the Persuader's mental commands. The Persuader came from a heavy-gravity planet and while he possessed no superpower per se, he had enhanced strength and endurance.
He was relatively unchanged following the Legion Reboot. In the Teen Titans/Legion crossover that ended the Reboot Legion, the Persuader had used his axe to cut through Hypertime, thereby teaming Fatal Fives from various universes as the Fatal Five Hundred. He had a daughter that visited him while he was in prison.
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