Granny Goodness

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Template:Superherobox Granny Goodness is a follower of Darkseid in Jack Kirby's Fourth World meta-series published by DC Comics. In Kirby's "New Gods" system, she is the God of Child Abuse.

She runs the "orphanage" on Apokolips and is the chief of the Female Furies. She also raised Scott Free, the son of Highfather of New Genesis who had been traded for Darkseid's son as part of a peace treaty. Scott Free (AKA Mister Miracle) became the first child to escape her successfully.

History

Granny Goodness did not begin as one of the higher-level residents of Apokolips, but was instead one of the "Lowlies" - the brutally-oppressed peasant class. She was removed from her parents and trained to be one of Darkseid's "Hounds" (his elite soldiers); as the final step of her initiation into life as a Hound, she was told to kill her beloved pet. Instead, she killed her trainer for ordering this. Darkseid, seeing this, was impressed, and promoted her - conditional on her first killing the pet, which she did.

Since the war between Apokalips and New Genesis first moved to Earth, Granny Goodness has often run Earthly orphanages, looking for potential warriors for Darkseid.

More recently, after Darkseid's victory over New Genesis destroyed both planets, Granny reinvented herself. She is now a brothel madame, with the Furies as her prostitutes. In this guise she hoped to seduce the new Mister Miracle to Dark Side.

Other media

Granny Goodness appeared on Superman: The Animated Series where she was voiced by Edward Asner.

In Justice League Unlimited, Granny Goodness resurfaced and secretly kidnapped Oberon before approaching Mister Miracle and Big Barda with an offer: Free Kalibak from Virmin Vunderbarr in the X-Pits on Apokolips and she'll release Oberon. When Superman wasn't around, Flash went to help them. After Kalibak was released from the X-Pits, Flash freed Oberon after revealing the Kalibak with Mister Miracle was really Martian Manhunter in disguise and Kalibak was imprisoned in jail on Earth. Edward Asner reprised his role of Granny Goodness here.Template:DC-Comics-stub