DEUTERONOMYDEUTERONOMY
Real Name: Deuteronomy
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Heaven (angel/demon hybrid)) magic-user
Occupation: Mischief;
promotion of self-love while merged with Iprah
Group Membership: Formerly merged with Iprah
Affiliations: Formerly Iprah
Enemies: Sigmund Freud, Gabriel, Howard the Duck, Religion as Replacement for Thought Coalition, Thrasher
Known Relatives: Unidentified demon father and angel mother
Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Node QZ5528-W, Heaven
Base of Operations: Currently
unknown;
formerly the Iprah show, on the corner of 4th
and Bosh, downtown Cleveland, Ohio;
formerly Node QZ5528-W, Heaven
First Appearance:
(Mentioned) Howard the Duck III#4 (June, 2002)
(Seen) Howard the Duck III#5 (July, 2002)
Powers/Abilities: Deuteronomy had
magical power superior to that of the Archangel Gabriel. It could
fire destructive blasts, travel though space unaided, possess
others, and likely other powers unseen. It was presumably immune
to age and conventional disease, as well as to physical assault.
When Deuteronomy merged with Iprah, the
combined being could levitate, control others with its voice,
control television broadcasts, and fire fatally destructive bolts.
History:
(Howard the Duck III#4 (fb) - BTS / Howard the Duck III#5 (fb) -
BTS) - In Heaven, the Religion as Replacement for Thought
Coalition, under the leadership of Chairman Gabriel, developed a
project known as "Da Bomb," in which an angel and a
demon were bred in hopes of creating a being to replace God.
Performed in Node QZ5528-W under the supervision of Cherub
Thrasher, the breeding went along well, but Deuteronomy proved
difficult to contain. Thrasher and his agents could not get the
force fields working properly as the Star Trek specs they had
used were full of holes.
(Howard the Duck III#4 - BTS) - Deuteronomy
escaped. Wishing to contain the problem before God found out, and
realizing that if the entity reached Earth prematurely that it
could fatally undermine the credibility of the Coalition, Gabriel
commanded Thrasher to capture or destroy Deuteronomy immediately.
Unfortunately for Thrasher, the specs for the
sensors that Gabriel gave him were similarly useless. However,
based on the likely deviant behavior of a demon-angel hybrid,
Thrasher was able to extrapolate that Deuteronomy would arrive in
Cleveland, Ohio the next afternoon. As Deuteronomy came back into
detection and within range, Thrasher fired their particle cannon
at it...and missed. Blaming the Chairman for putting together a
weapons system without a budget, Thrasher nonetheless pinpointed
Deuteronomy's exact point of impact: Downtown. Corner of 4th and
Bosh. The television studio of the Iprah Show.
(Howard the Duck III#5) -
Gabriel and Thrasher traveled to Hell to ask for God's help.
Finding him on a drinking binge--ever since Hitler's activities--at
Job's Place, they asked his assistance and were angrily rebuffed.
Meanwhile, Deuteronomy arrived on Earth,
merging with talk show host Iprah. The energies released burnt
the flesh from her audience, though they remained as vapid and
supportive as before. Their union was the fusion of a monstrosity
that was half-id, half-super ego with a creature that was all ego.
The resultant personality was a new age super-narcissist,
slavishly devoted to self-worship, driven to enforce its will on
others, and incapable of resisting any impulse. Iprah--now
possessing the power to control others with the sound of her
voice--began to continuously broadcast a message of unconditional
self love. Gabriel dispatched Thrasher to Earth to enlist the
Saint of Therapists Sigmund Freud.
Iprah continued her preaching, and even Howard
felt validated by her. However, when she asked him what he
believed, he told her that he believed that deep down, people
were no damn good. Iprah cursing Howard for committing negativity,
but he continued to hold his own in the argument against her,
despite her powers. Unable to win Howard over and finding him
grossly insensitive, Iprah decided to kill him to spare the rest
of humanity from him. The Saint of Therapists then arrived, using
psychology to put her on the defensive, and condemning
Deuteronomy as a failed experiment. Regrouping, Iprah/Deuteronomy
blasted a hole through the Saint's chest, killing him again. As
the Saint fell, however, he dropped his cigar, an item of vast
power. Howard picked up the cigar and blasted Iprah with nicotine-infused
negative energy. Deuteronomy was driven out of her form, and her
connection to the American public was severed (as was her aorta).
Comments: Created by Steve Gerber and Phil Winslade.
Try not to get caught up in actual, real world religion. I would consider that if a number of beings could pose as Satan, than there's no reason that there might not be a number of beings trying to pose as God, as well.
Deuteronomy is a parody/satire
of characters from the Preacher series, with Deuteronomy
representing Genesis, and the Saint of Therapists taking the part
of the Saint of Killers. Though having almost nothing in common,
Iprah (herself a parody of Oprah) played the role of Jesse Custer.
For more info on Preacher, see here: http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/preacher.htm
If you like Garth Ennis'
Punisher, and you feel you can't possibly be offended, you should
check out Preacher.
The word Deuteronomy always reminds of Billy Crystal in Running Scared.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
A popular talk show host,
she was targeted by journalist Splatter Gomorrah who felt that--between
her show, her therapies, and her syrupy spirituality--she had
convinced half of America that she was the voice of God. He
wished to expose her as a franchise, a marketing machine, Davy
Crockett with psychobabble. Working with Beverly Switzler and
Howard--whom he had met at the Boarding House of Mystery, he
infiltrated her show, with he and Bev posing as a troubled couple.
However, the show was interrupted when Deuteronomy arrived and
merged with Iprah.
The energies released burnt the flesh from her
audience, though they remained as vapid and supportive as before.
Their union was the fusion of a monstrosity that was half-id,
half-super ego with a creature that was all ego. The resultant
personality was a new age super-narcissist, slavishly devoted to
self-worship, driven to enforce its will on others, and incapable
of resisting any impulse. Iprah--now possessing the power to
control others with the sound of her voice--began to continuously
broadcast a message of unconditional self love. Gabriel
dispatched Thrasher to Earth to enlist the Saint of Therapists.
Iprah continued her preaching, and even Howard
felt validated by her. However, when she asked him what he
believed, he told her that he believed that deep down, people
were no damn good. Iprah cursing Howard for committing negativity,
but he continued to hold his own in the argument against her,
despite her powers. Unable to win Howard over and finding him
grossly insensitive, Iprah decided to kill him to spare the rest
of humanity from him. The Saint of Therapists then arrived, using
psychology to put her on the defensive, and condemning
Deuteronomy as a failed experiment. Regrouping, Iprah/Deuteronomy
blasted a hole through the Saint's chest, killing him again. As
the Saint fell, however, he dropped his cigar, an item of vast
power. Howard picked up the cigar and blasted Iprah with nicotine-infused
negative energy. Deuteronomy was driven out of her form, and her
connection to the American public was severed (as was her aorta).
--(Mentioned) Howard the Duck III#4; (seen) Howard the Duck III#5
images:
Howard the Duck III#5, p8, panel 1 (Iprah normal face)
panel 7 (Iprah full body)
p9, panel 3 (Deuteronomy
en route)
p10, panel 2 (merged,
full body)
panel 3 (merged, Iprah face)
Howard the Duck III#5 (July 2002) - by Steve Gerber (writer), Phil Winslade (artist), Stuart Moore (editor)
First Posted: 01/29/2006
Last updated: 01/29/2006
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