So many of my favorite comic book characters are of the obscure variety — and one of the most obscure of all is Pariah, the tragic hero introduced by Marv Wolfman and George Perez in Crisis on Infinite Earths. I’ll freely admit that the first thing that drew me to the character was that costume — I loved the audacity of it, from the puffy sleeves, to the strange collar, to the cloak and hood, to the boots. I felt like he had so much untapped potential — I would have played him like a superhero version of Quantum Leap, jumping from disaster to disaster every few issues, trying his best to save lives and atone for his ‘sins’ of hubris in the past.
Well, after years of waiting, DC has decided to bring him back in a huge way this summer. Yay!!!!
But, wait! He’s going to be the villain of their series, Dark Crisis.
Oh.
Damn. Be careful what you wish for, I suppose.
Barry Reese - Writer of Badass heroes 