Norman McCay
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Kingdom Come |
| Created by | Alex Ross and Mark Waid |
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| Full name | Norman McCay |
| Abilities | chosen to witness the events of Kingdom Come, Prophetic dreams |
Norman McCay is a fictional character from the DC Comics series Kingdom Come. As Kingdom Come is an Elseworlds series, McKay has not been seen in the regular DCU continuity since. However, with the recent revelations in the Justice Society of America title, McKay is apparently a part of DC Comics' multiverse. McKay is a priest and the witness to the Biblical events of the series.
[edit] History
McCay was friend and pastor to the former Sandman, Wesley Dodds, until he died. Dodds proclaimed an apocalyptic prophecy concerning future events involving the world's super-heroes.
McCay is saddened by this, and finds that he has inherited Dodds' visions. After he mistakenly drives his congregation away, he is contacted by the Spectre to bear witness to the events of the changing world.
While invisible to most, he becomes visible to the Justice League on one occasion when the Flash grabs him from the dimension through which he travels. He attempts to tell Superman that the apocalypse will result from their actions. Superman, however, is but confused by his appearance and refutes his warning.
At the final battle involving the Outsiders, the Justice League, and the heroes who escaped from the super-hero gulag, a nuclear bomb is dropped by the U.N. The Spectre asks McKay to pass judgement on who is in the right. McKay, recognizing that the situation is more complex than simply right or wrong, sees an alternative.
As Superman rages at the U.N., McCay reaches him and, informing him of the few survivors and calling attention to the fact that conflict arises when superhumans separate themselves from humans, convinces Superman to choose the correct path.
[edit] Origins
Clark Norman Ross, Alex Ross' father, and a minister, posed for Norman McCay. The sweater he wears throughout the series is his own (as mentioned by Ross in the sketchbook section of the Kingdom Come Trade Paperback).
