29 Facts About Per Degaton

Per Degaton is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Per Degaton has been obsessed with time travel ever since he was an assistant to the Time Trust, a group of scientists developing a time ray in order to go to the future and acquire an effective bombing defense for use during World War II.

Several times Degaton tries without success to alter the course of history for his own benefit, including thwarting the course of historical events like the Battle of Arbela between Greece and Persia in 331 BC, thus halting technological development and allowing him and his henchmen to conquer an America of ancient technologies with modern weapons which he had left in specially-prepared caves, safe from the alterations to the time stream.

The story closes with Professor Zee in his lab with Per Degaton, who seems to remember some foolishness about him dreaming that he ruled the world.

Per Degaton tries to stop the JSA with the help of villains he has pulled back in time: the Monster, King Bee, Professor Zodiak, Sky Pirate, Solomon Grundy and Wotan, who imprisons the JSA in a magical aura.

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When Degaton tries to destroy the island where the JSA are imprisoned, the Spectre is released, who frees the other members, after which Degaton returns the villains to their own time periods and returns himself to 1947, again losing his memory of the events.

Shortly thereafter, Per Degaton remembers all prior attempts through a dream that happens the night before Zee tests the time-machine.

Per Degaton realizes that he simply must wait until the machine returns.

Per Degaton begins a short career as an evil para-military commander and joins the Injustice Society of the World.

Per Degaton recognizes that this is likely his last chance to defeat his old enemies, since the return of Zee's time machine is close at hand.

Per Degaton keeps her head by his side for the next five years, and they fall in love.

Frustrated for being unable to harm the JSA, Per Degaton uses his time-traveling abilities to "watch life hurting [his enemies]".

Now equipped with a time disc, Per Degaton has the ability to live "between seconds", apparently ageless in an intangible state, which he can only be removed from with the concentrated tachyons found in the hourglass of Hourman.

Per Degaton is eventually stopped by an alliance of the 1950s JSA and the early-2000s JSA.

Per Degaton tells his younger self that by combining all of his infinite selves across the time lines, he will become omnipotent, but that will require his younger selves to cease to exist.

Per Degaton appears as a member of the Cabal alongside Amazo, Doctor Psycho, Hugo Strange, Queen Bee, and Teel.

Per Degaton was seen as a member of the Injustice Society when Hawkman and Hawkgirl recount their time in the 1940s when the Justice Society fought the Injustice Society.

Per Degaton is a skilled tactician, possesses genius-level intellect, can become intangible, and is seemingly immortal.

Per Degaton possesses a limited "Time Vision", allowing him to know what will happen in the near future.

Per Degaton is out of phase with normal time, which renders him intangible.

Per Degaton is aware of changes to the timestream and has made mention of remembering events from before Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Per Degaton appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Golden Age of Justice", voiced by Clancy Brown.

The Justice Society of America enlist Batman's help when Per Degaton is revived from suspended animation by his assistant Professor Zee.

Per Degaton is defeated when the Spear backfires, turning him into an old man while Professor Zee is reduced to a baby.

Per Degaton is featured in Legends of Tomorrow with his younger self portrayed by Cory Gruter-Andrew and his older self portrayed by an uncredited actor.

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Per Degaton is first mentioned in the first episode along with Caesar and Hitler, and described by Rip Hunter as a "rank amateur" when compared to Vandal Savage.

Per Degaton next appears as a young boy in his homeland of Kasnia in the episode "Progeny".

The team's actions only accelerate events, leading to Per Degaton murdering his father in his sleep and his reign beginning at an earlier point.

Per Degaton gets mentioned by Pat Dugan in the season 2 premiere episode of Stargirl as he was banished to an alternate reality by The Flash.