| “ | Free again, and forever! | „ |
| ~ Karkull upon being released from the Artifact of Lorta. |
| “ | Ooh, he's bad, the worst. Seventh-level Lord of the Inner Pit. Seeks to transform all human life into his bestial demon slaves. | „ |
| ~ Rainsong's description of Karkull. |
Karkull is the main antagonist of the Superman: The Animated Series episode "The Hand of Fate".
He is the demonic seventh-level Lord of the Inner Pit who is accidentally unleashed in Metropolis when a thief steals and reads the inscription on the Artifact of Lorta, where he was imprisoned by Doctor Fate years ago. Upon regaining his freedom, Karkull decides to take over the world by transforming humans into his demonic servants, coming across Doctor Fate again and Superman.
He was voiced by Ted Levine.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Came across Doctor Fate in the past, with his constant escapes eventually disillusioning the latter, who by the 20th century wanted to live in retirement due to getting tired of fighting a never-ending battle against evil.
- Possesses the thief who accidentally freed him from the Artifact of Lorta 100 years after his imprisonment in a manner that's painful and traumatic for him.
- Attacks a police officer and destroys some cars, endangering many civilians.
- Attempts to kill two police officers by throwing them a long distance while they were inside their car.
- Casts a spell of protection over The Daily Planet, trapping all its employees inside with him, allowing him to transform the premise into his own realm and opening a portal to his inner circle so he can summon demons.
- Transforms many of The Daily Planet employees, like Ron Troupe, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, into his demonic servants by having his demons possess them against their will, a process that is quite painful to many as it shreds off their skin, so he can use them to conquer the world, with it being revealed by Rainsong that he intends to do the same to the entire human race.
- Tries to have his demons kill Superman after he comes back to stop him, and when he starts to fight back against them, he's quick to point out that he could end up hurting or killing someone he knows by doing so, both to discourage and taunt him.
- When Doctor Fate appears to imprison him inside the Artifact of Lorta again, he knocks the artifact out of Fate's hand into his portal and sends his demons after Fate and Superman.
- Tries to kill Doctor Fate.
- Despite the massive Heinous Standards of the DCAU, Karkull still stands out due to seemingly being restricted to Earth and his plan to transform all human life into demons and make them his slaves forever; in other words, giving them fates worse than death.
External Links[]
- Karkull on the Villains Wiki
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