Granny Goodness
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Granny Goodness is a fictional deity and supervillain published by DC Comics. Granny Goodness first appeared in Mister Miracle vol. 1 #2 (May-June 1971), she was created by Jack Kirby.
[edit] Fictional character biography
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.
Eventually, Granny worked her way up to running the training facility for Darkseid's elite soldiers, where she uses brainwashing and torture, in a brutal parody of child care, to turn the innocent into fanatical warriors willing to kill or die for Darkseid's glory. Since the war between Apokolips and New Genesis first moved to Earth, Granny Goodness has often run Earthly orphanages, looking for potential warriors for Darkseid.
Granny 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 successfully escape one of her Orphanages.
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 Darkseid.
[edit] Other media
- Granny Goodness appeared on the Superman: The Animated Series episode Little Girl Lost, where she was voiced by Edward Asner. In that episode, she brainwashed street children and took them in as members of Intergang. Jimmy Olsen and Supergirl attempted to infiltrate the revamped Intergang. Suspicious, Granny ordered Intergang to take them down, and summoned the Female Furies to take executive action when the debutante Supergirl proved too true to her Argosian roots to be defeated that easily.
- In Justice League Unlimited, Granny Goodness resurfaced and secretly kidnapped Oberon before approaching Mister Miracle and Big Barda with an offer: Free Kalibak from Virman 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 (they pulled a switcheroo) and Kalibak was imprisoned in jail on Earth. Edward Asner reprised his role of Granny Goodness here.
- She was later seen in Alive!, about to lead the Female Furies against Vunderbarr, and his lieutenants, Kanto and Mantis when Darkseid returns, putting an end to the war. She didn't speak here.
