Granny Goodness is cruel, ruthless, and devoted to serving the will of her master Darkseid, though she is not afraid of deviating from his orders or interests in order to overcome her adversaries. She lords over her underlings and peers, such as Big Barda and Desaad respectively, often inflicting pain upon the former for any transgressions, calling it discipline, and cowing the latter into compliance. Yet she is truly a sadist, delighting in the excruciating pain she inflicts on others and has no qualms with harming her subordinates if it means killing her enemies.[1]
Physical appearance[]
Granny Goodness wears a dark blue suit beneath golden armor, a red cape, and a headdress that frames her face and holds her hair back, with the Omega symbol above her forehead.[1]
History[]
Early history[]
At some point Granny used a device to create a duplicate of herself to act on Earth as Gretchen Goode, alongside a duplicate Overlord.[2]
Granny Goodness was perplexed to find out that five Leaguers had tracked their headquarters via an ion trail, when they had a clear policy of boom tubing back and forth from raid sites. Big Barda explained that she did it deliberately to lay a trap and confront them head on. Granny chastised Barda for going against protocol and over her head, declaring that she would decide the time for conflict.
Moments later, Granny ordered Barda to open fire on the Leaguers, but Superman, Wonder Woman and Hawkwoman managed to beak into the base amidst the confusion. Granny saw through their ruse and ordered Barda to summon the Furies to waylay the interlopers. Despite Desaad's protests and fearing that the ensuing skirmish would destroy Darkseid's Ghost Dimension device, Granny decided to activate it and use it on everyone in its radius, including the Furies. In spite of the device's potency, Superman managed to extricate himself and the others from its energy bubble. When the three Leaguers hurtled at Granny, she boom tubed them into outer space and then boom tubed the Orphanage away.[1]
A squad of the Team infiltrated the Orphanage and found Granny at the device's controls. After taunting Geo-Force, Granny had the Leaguers under her control subdue the squad, and then placed them under her control. A second squad arrived, with Miss Martian brain blasting Granny and her thralls, but Overlord activated the device, disrupting Miss Martian's efforts enough for Granny to push Halo out into the field and take control of the second squad. With no opposition left, Granny gloated as the Anti-Life field spread further into space.[4]
After the device on Earth allowing Granny and Gretchen to maintain separate bodies was destroyed, Gretchen merged back with Granny. Victor Stone followed Gretchen to the Orphanage and freed Halo from Granny's control. Halo was then able to undo the effect of the Anti-Life Equation on the Team and League. Granny attempted to punish Halo, but she easily held Granny in a force field. After the Ghost Dimension device was destroyed, an enraged Granny broke free, but Halo blasted her. Superboy informed her that Vandal Savage had given them Halo's location, before Granny used a Fatherbox to boom tube away.[2]
Tod Donner reported on a video released by Cyborg showing Gretchen Goode and Granny Goodness merging back together. Goode World Studios claimed the video was faked with special effects.[5]
At some point in February, Vandal Savage traveled to Apokolips and met with Darkseid. As they hashed out their disagreements, they found common ground as Desaad tortured Granny for her failure.[6]
Granny Goodness spoke to a devastated Mary Bromfield as she wept, tempting her to disregard her friend's advice and use her powers. Mary said "Shazam".[7]
Body splitting device: Granny used a large device to maintain second separate bodies on Earth for herself and Overlord. It was kept in Building 16 of the Goode World Studios lot before it was destroyed by Victor Stone and Blue Beetle, returning the duplicate bodies to the originals and forcing them to re-merge.[2]
In the comics, Granny Goodness is one of Darkseid's elite, in charge of training most armies. She is the leader of the Female Furies.
This is her seventh animated appearance. She appeared in Superman: The Animated Series (voiced by Edward Asner), Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, DC Super Hero Girls and Justice League Action
