Global Peace Agency
| Global Peace Agency | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | OMAC #1 (October, 1974) |
| Created by | Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Agent(s) |
Renee Montoya Mister Bones |
The Global Peace Agency (GPA) is a fictional law enforcement organization in the DC Comics Universe. The organization first appeared in the series OMAC by Jack Kirby, set outside the DC Universe.[1] GPA agents are nameless and faceless, using a "cosmetic spray to hide [their] features" because they supposedly "represent all nations."[2]
The Global Peace Agency was brought into the DC Universe proper in Final Crisis #7 (March 2009).
History
The origins of the Global Peace Agency trace back to the alien psych-historian race known as the Visionaries, dedicated to preserving civilizations "preferably by indirect scientific means." One of the Visionaries, Professor Z, discovered that Earth was on the brink of self-destruction by its own human civilization, which would bring forth the calamity known as the Great Disaster, and he urged the Visionaries' Council of Science to intervene on Earth's behalf. The Council supported Z's research and formed the Global Peace Agency. Disguised as humans, the members of the Global Peace Agency operated on Earth and became a benevolent, though powerful, law enforcement cartel.
The Global Peace Agency helped Earth's scientific community, particularly Doctor Myron Forest, to develop the Brother Eye satellite system, and they also initiated the OMAC Project which transformed meek stockroom clerk Buddy Blank into a "one-man army corps."
After the events of the Final Crisis, (specifically, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape), they started gathering particularly dangerous technology, such as the Flash's Cosmic Treadmill, Professor Carter Nichols' Time Pool, and the Miracle Machine. All of these were deposited in Electric City, an alien plane of reality that only intersects tangentially and in special occasions with the core DC Universe. They viewed this as removing the seeds of future Crises, and in this endeavor they recruited Nemesis (Tom Tresser) and Cameron Chase.
Known agents
- Renee Montoya[3]
- Mister Bones[4]
- Cameron Chase[5]
- Buddy Blank[5]
- Nemesis[5]
In other media
Television
- The GPA appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "When OMAC Attacks" with its leaders voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and Keone Young. Its leaders hire Batman to stop a Russian Scientist with the help of their janitorial agent Buddy Blank who can be transformed into OMAC.
References
- ↑ The Global Peace Agency, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series.
- ↑ Kirby, Jack. OMAC #2 (DC Comics, Dec. 1974).
- ↑ Final Crisis #7
- ↑ Justice Society of America #27
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #6