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Eclipso is a Fictional Character , a Villain in the DC Comics Universe . In the comics, Eclipso was the original God of Vengeance who turned evil after being replaced by Spectre . ECLIPSO IN THE BEGINNING Eclipso's early comics debut is tied to another character, Bruce Gordon, a scientist specializing in solar energy. While in the jungle in order to view a solar eclipse, Bruce was attacked by a tribal sorceror named Mophir. Before plunging to his death off of a cliff, Mophir managed to wound Bruce with a black diamond. After this, Bruce would find himself transformed into the villanous Eclipso whenever he was in the presence of an eclipse. An off-color (blue-grey or purple) circle would appear covering the rightmost two-thirds of his face, reminiscent of a partial eclipse. From this point on, Bruce would go through many Jekyll-and-Hyde -style misadventures in '' House Of Secrets ''. During this period, Eclipso was portrayed as a more conventional villain, possessing super-strength, partial invulnerability and eye blasts (aided by his black diamond). Eventually it would be found that Eclipso could be summoned by any type of eclipse: lunar, solar, or any other object blocking out a light source. This was countered by the relatively easy way of banishing Eclipso; any bright flash of light would turn him back into Bruce Gordon. THE DARKNESS WITHIN In the early 1990s, DC revamped Eclipso in a company that Eclipso was not simply Bruce Gordon's dark half, but a vengeance demon who had possessed Gordon. He lived on the dark side of the moon and Lar Gand discovered the Black Diamond on it from which the demon was banished. After Lar Gand freed him from his domain, he used hate as a trigger to possess other beings so when someone who has the black diamond gets mad, he instantly takes control of that particular person from his lair who than uses an eyeblast to take control of others. Furthermore, there were thousands of black diamonds around the world, through which Eclipso could possess others by playing upon their darkest emotions. It was further established that Eclipso was an extremely cruel and vindictive being, who had only been pretending to be a B-list villain in order to avoid detection by heroes. In this story, Eclipso became weary of his Modus Operandi and decided to launch an all-out offensive by using his black diamonds to possess heroes and villains directly or to manipulate them by possessing their loved ones. During this conflict, Eclipso possessed even Batman , Captain Marvel , and Superman (on two separate occasions, albeit for a short time each). The story climaxed with a massive confrontation at Eclipso's hideout on the moon, where despite the cast of many superpowers, Bruce Gordon played a key role in Eclipso's defeat. HIS OWN SERIES Following this successful miniseries, Eclipso received a solo series where he conquered a South American nation. Bruce Gordon tried leading a counterattack with a group of heroes called the Shadowfighters , but Eclipso slaughtered them, including the second Wildcat ( Yolanda Montez ), the second Dr. Midnight , The Creeper , Commander Steel , Manhunter, Major Victory, and Peacemaker. MORE REVELATIONS Later in the '90s, the series '' The Spectre '' gave key revelations about Eclipso. The Spectre was not the first embodiment of the wrath of God, but was Eclipso's replacement. Series writer John Ostrander chose to portray this as a distinction between the Spectre's pursuit of vengeance and Eclipso's pursuit of revenge. In a historical context, Eclipso was responsible for the Biblical Flood , while the Spectre was the Angel Of Death who slew the first-born Egyptian children. MODERN ECLIPSO After the end of this series, Eclipso appeared as the villain in several storylines. Teaming-up with Mordru and Obsidian , he participated in the "Princes of Darkness" storyline opposite the JSA . In this arc, Yolanda's cousin, Alexander Montez, had gathered the black diamonds the world over, and with the help of witchcraft he learned from Diablo Island, contained Eclipso's entity--in effect, gaining his powers while retaining his own personality. As the new Eclipso, he joined the short-lived team of loose-cannon heroes assembled by Black Adam , which was the subject of the subsequent story-line "Black Reign". During Adam's reign in Khandaq , Alex became romantically involved with his teammate Nemesis . However, Eclipso eventually gained control of Alex, and asserted himself by killing Nemesis. Alex then committed suicide to prevent Eclipso from controlling him further. This was significant because after this story arc, Eclipso no longer had a limitless number of black diamonds waiting out in the world for him to utilize. LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE Despite the loss of the other black diamonds, the disembodied Eclipso then tried to possess Superman by antagonizing him through many deaths. He eventually possessed Superman by upsetting him via his possession of Lois Lane . At this point the Wizard Shazam stepped in by sending Captain Marvel to fight the possessed Eclipso-Superman. Eventually Shazam himself was forced to step in and removed Eclipso from Superman by calling upon the hostless Spectre himself to do it. The Spectre forces Eclipso back into a lone black diamond. The Spectre then warns Shazam that he's made an enemy of Eclipso and that the Spectre will no longer defend him. At the end of this series, the black diamond is seen appearing in Jean Loring 's cell in Arkham Asylum . ''DAY OF VENGEANCE'' In the '' Day Of Vengeance '' miniseries, which tied into the '' Infinite Crisis '' event, Jean Loring, ex-wife of Atom (Ray Palmer) and murderer of Sue Dibny as seen in the '' Identity Crisis '' miniseries, discovers a black diamond in her prison cell, becomes the new Eclipso and tricks the Spectre into attacking magic-based heroes as her revenge against Shazam. After fending off multiple attacks upon herself, Eclipso-Loring was eventually teleported to a non-decaying Orbit around the sun by Nightshade . Since then in the pages of Infinite Crisis , Alexander Luthor, Jr. revealed that he had sent Superboy-Prime to recover the black diamond, and that the Psycho-Pirate delivered it to Loring on Alex's orders and manipulated Eclipso into manipulating the Spectre. This was all done in the interests of breaking magic down into raw magical energy, which Alexander could use for his own ends. ECLIPSO IN OTHER MEDIA Eclipso has also appeared in a '' Justice League '' episode called 'Eclipsed'. Although never referred to by name, Eclipso was characterized as the collective souls of an evil race of snake people who imprisoned themselves in a black diamond to eventually destroy the human race. EXTERNAL LINKS
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