Nommo Balewa (Prime Earth)

Doctor Mist
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Nommo Balewa
Main Alias	Doctor Mist
Other Aliases	Nommo
Relatives	Mosa (wife, deceased)
Affiliation	Global Guardians, The Network, Justice League Unlimited · Formerly A.R.G.U.S. Justice League Dark
Base Of Operations	South Africa · formerly Kor
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Race	Homo Magi · Deserter
Citizenship	South African
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Wizard
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Bald
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	E. Nelson Bridwell · Ramona Fradon
First Appearance	Justice League Dark #9 (July, 2012)

Nommo Balewa is a powerful immortal wizard who, in the current era, founded the Global Guardians team, the United Nations metahuman force. In ancient times he was known as Nommo, but today he adopts the alias of Doctor Mist.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Immortality: Nommo gained immortality thousands of years ago and is over 10,000 years old, having once fought a possessed Vandal Savage alongside other divine entities.
• Magic: Nommo gained formidable magical powers; Vixen described him as being a known mystic powerhouse.
  • Magic Absorption
  • Energy Projection
  • Eldritch Blast
  • Flight
  • Molecular Reconstruction: Using mystical means, Nommon was capable of repairing the broken Tantu Totem.
  • Telekinesis
  • Telepathy
  • Force Field
  • Healing

Abilities

• Leadership: Doctor Mist founded Global Guardians and acts as a competent leader of the team.
• Occultism
• Deception
• Political Science

Notes

• Doctor Mist was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, first appearing in Super Friends #12. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Doctor Mist first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Justice League Dark #9 by Jeff Lemire and Mikel Janin.
• The name "Nommo" comes from the Nommo, primordial ancestral spirits of the Dogon people of Mali, who physically resemble Merpeople. However, there has not been any indication that Dr. Mist is an actual Nommo.
• Earlier versions of Doctor Mist had been tied to the novels of H. Rider Haggard, with Mist being from the ancient kingdom of Kor, and gaining his immortality from the Pillar of Life, both concepts from the novel She. Those Haggard-derived elements have not yet been shown to be part of the background of the Prime Earth Mist.

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Footnotes

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