General Immortus
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General Immortus is a DC Comics villain. He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80.
[edit] Biography
General Immortus was the leader of a criminal syndicate who had lived for centuries due to a life-extending potion. As his potion began to run out, he hired young scientist Niles Caulder to recreate the potion. When Caulder discovered Immortus's identity and plan, he sabotaged the "life extending ray" that he had been developing. Caulder, as "The Chief" later formed the Doom Patrol specifically to combat one of Immortus's later schemes.
From time to time thereafter, Immortus sparred with the Doom Patrol, usually in an effort to force the Chief to reveal the secret of his life extending ray. Immortus was a one-time member of the Brotherhood of Evil, a group formed largely to combat the Doom Patrol.
In 2004, DC writer John Byrne restarted the Doom Patrol series and declared that the previous history had never happened, though this revision did not tamper with the history of all its villains, since their history had also been chronicled in various Teen Titans books. Since Infinite Crisis, all Doom Patrol continuity Byrne attempted to wipe out is now largely chronicled, including that of General Immortus.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Immortus is a cunning criminal mastermind, and has lived for centuries as a result of his life-extending potion.
[edit] Teen Titans animated series
In the Teen Titans animated series, Immortus is apparently much older than he was in the comic books. There are scenes of Immortus commanding troops in various battles going back to Phaeronic Egypt, and upon quoting The Art of War Immortus claims that Sun Tzu was one of his best students. According to Mento of the Doom Patrol, Immortus is a master tactician as a result of his millennia of combat experience in virtually every major world conflict. It is not clear if the animated series Immortus is actually immortal, or has just been using his life extending potion for thousands of years, although the former is more likely (Immortus says, in regard to the Doom Patrol, "Persistent, yes. But not immortal!", implying that because he is immortal and they aren't, he has the advantage.) He commanded his robots to bring in Argent. During the final battle, he and his army was washed away by Aqualad and Tramm. Soon he was flash-frozen in "Titans Together". Xander Berkeley, also voice of Warp and Mento of the Doom Patrol, provides Immortus' wheezy British voice. His uniform resembles that of a Nazi officer, impliying that he may have been a member.
Apparently, he and the other villains were somehow freed, since he appears in Teen Titans Go! #32. He also appears in issue #35 with Private H.I.V.E. as his (temporary)foot soldier and a robot army of sladebots as his followers. He attempts to infiltrate Titans Tower and use their giant defense robot against them, betraying Private H.I.V.E. in the process. He is quickly defeated.
