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| Image = Parademons 01.jpg
 
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| Name = Parademons
 
| Name = Parademons
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| Aliases = Para-Demons
 
| Identity = Secret
 
| Identity = Secret
| Affiliation = Darkseid
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| Affiliation = [[Darkseid]]
| Universe = New Earth
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| Universe = Earth-One; New Earth; Sphere of the Gods; Earth-16
 
| BaseOfOperations = [[Apokolips]]
 
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Parademons are the personal shock troops of [[Darkseid]] of Apokolips. They are genetically created in Apokolips' laboratories and serve as his loyal army. Some Parademons are bred from human stock, culled from the lowly [[Hunger Dogs]] that reside in the Armagetto district of Apokolips. Ironically, the Parademons are primarily used to quell Hunger Dog uprisings. When Apokolips decides to mount an inter-planetary invasion (usually Earth), he sends in waves of Parademons as the advance force. The Parademons have engaged in combat with several of Earth's super-heroes, notably the Justice League of America.
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Parademons are the personal shock troops of [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]] of Apokolips. They are genetically created in Apokolips' laboratories and serve as his loyal army. Some Parademons are bred from human stock, culled from the lowly [[Hunger Dogs]] that reside in the Armagetto district of Apokolips. When Apokolips decides to mount an inter-planetary invasion (usually Earth), he sends in waves of Parademons as the advance force. The Parademons have engaged in combat with several of Earth's super-heroes, notably the [[Justice League of America]].
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===New 52===
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Parademons were the advance forces in the armies of [[Apokolips]], created from reformatted genetic material gleaned either from the living or dead remains of native species pertaining to parallel worlds razed throughout the multiverse.<ref name=E2WE2>{{c|Earth 2: World's End Vol 1 2}}</ref> In initial assaults they first snatch up every living being in sight taking them to their nearby conversion facilities, there using new god technologies the cultivation of captured victims occurs. Repurposing them into new Parademons programmed to serve and enforce the will of lord [[Uxas (Prime Earth)|Darkseid]].<ref>{{c|Justice League Vol 2 #4}}</ref> It was their invasion that led to the creation of the [[Justice League (Prime Earth)|Justice League]].
 
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*{{Energy Projection}}
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**{{Thermal-Blast|Fire Breath}}
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** '''Self-Detonation''': When all else fails they can discharge themselves immolating everything around them.<ref name=JL1>{{c|Justice League Vol 2 #1}}</ref>
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*{{Infection|Parademonization}}: Parademons act as mobile conversion factories capable of processing and repurposing individual beings into new Parademons.<ref name=E2WE2>{{c|Earth 2: World's End Vol 1 2}}</ref>
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*{{Transformation}}: They have the capacity to convert shape and form for better and quicker mobility when aerial adaptation is inoperable.<ref name=JL1/>
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*{{Superhuman Strength}}
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*{{Flight}}
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** '''Wing Blades''': A Parademon's avian features are razor sharp, cutting and piercing with a refined edge.<ref name=JL1/>
 
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| GovernmentType = None; slave labor force
 
| GovernmentType = None; slave labor force
| TechnologyLevel = Advanced; Parademons make use of advanced weaponry and glider-rockets for flying.
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| TechnologyLevel = Advanced; Parademons make use of advanced weaponry and glider-rockets for flying. New 52; Parademons are composed of biomorphing Nanocytes that change and morph their physiology.
 
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| Representatives = [[Parademon]] (a nameless Parademon who came to Earth and became an unwilling member of the [[Secret Six]].
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| Representatives = [[3g4 (New Earth)|3g4]]; [[Pharzoof (New Earth)|Pharzoof]]; [[Topkick (New Earth)|Topkick]]; [[Parademon (New Earth)|Parademon]] (a nameless Parademon who came to Earth and became an unwilling member of the [[Secret Six]]); [[Mother Machine (Prime Earth)|Mother Machine]] (A human who was partially parademonized bestowing technopthy and technomorphing).
   
 
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===Recommended Readings===
 
* [[New Gods Vol 1|New Gods (Volume 1)]]
 
* [[New Gods Vol 2|New Gods (Volume 2)]]
 
* [[New Gods Vol 3|New Gods (Volume 3)]]
 
* [[New Gods Vol 4|New Gods (Volume 4)]]
 
   
 
{{New Gods}}
===Related Articles===
 
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{{Fourth World}}
* [[New Gods]]
 
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[[nl:Parademons]]
 
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[[Category:1971 Team Debuts]]
 
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[[Category:1971 Race Debuts]]
===External Links===
 
* [[Wikipedia:Parademons|Parademons article at Wikipedia]]
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[[Category:Parademons]]
 
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Revision as of 18:55, 1 February 2020

 

History

Parademons are the personal shock troops of Darkseid of Apokolips. They are genetically created in Apokolips' laboratories and serve as his loyal army. Some Parademons are bred from human stock, culled from the lowly Hunger Dogs that reside in the Armagetto district of Apokolips. When Apokolips decides to mount an inter-planetary invasion (usually Earth), he sends in waves of Parademons as the advance force. The Parademons have engaged in combat with several of Earth's super-heroes, notably the Justice League of America.

New 52

Parademons were the advance forces in the armies of Apokolips, created from reformatted genetic material gleaned either from the living or dead remains of native species pertaining to parallel worlds razed throughout the multiverse.[1] In initial assaults they first snatch up every living being in sight taking them to their nearby conversion facilities, there using new god technologies the cultivation of captured victims occurs. Repurposing them into new Parademons programmed to serve and enforce the will of lord Darkseid.[2] It was their invasion that led to the creation of the Justice League.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Energy Projection
    • Fire Breath
    • Self-Detonation: When all else fails they can discharge themselves immolating everything around them.[3]
  • Parademonization: Parademons act as mobile conversion factories capable of processing and repurposing individual beings into new Parademons.[1]
  • Transformation: They have the capacity to convert shape and form for better and quicker mobility when aerial adaptation is inoperable.[3]
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Flight
    • Wing Blades: A Parademon's avian features are razor sharp, cutting and piercing with a refined edge.[3]



Miscellaneous

Type of Government:

None; slave labor force

Level of Technology:

Advanced; Parademons make use of advanced weaponry and glider-rockets for flying. New 52; Parademons are composed of biomorphing Nanocytes that change and morph their physiology.

Representatives:

3g4; Pharzoof; Topkick; Parademon (a nameless Parademon who came to Earth and became an unwilling member of the Secret Six); Mother Machine (A human who was partially parademonized bestowing technopthy and technomorphing).


See Also


Links and References

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