Biography

Zebulon McCandles was an officer of the US Army in the Wildstorm universe with strong, zealotic Christina beliefs. But he had to see his belief opposed to the rise of superhumans in the form of the 40's heroes like The Paladins and then discovering of aliens on earth when the army had access to a daemonite spaceship. Using the ship's technology, McCandles developed the Number of the Beast hangar, a secret spot where the various superheroes and their respective enemies were stored in suspended animation. Spending much of their lives in a simulated biblical apocalypse.

Ironically, McCandles was indirectly responsible for the very Armageddon he feared so much when he left the alien Slyxx involved in the NoTB Program. Having participated in the creation of mindless clones of the old war hero the High dubbed as The Reaper Initiative, When the original High's remains were integrated into the main NoTB facilities, the precess facilitated his resurrection. The Paladins were freed by the eventually regrown High and escaped from the artificial slumber world to discover they had been lost and forgotten for more than forty years. This mass break out would eventually lead to the activation of The Reapers, a counter measure put in place in case for the Number of The Beast program for said specific situation. The Reapers launched a massive attack against the earth, causing an effective end of the world.

McCandles, haunted by his responsibility in this global tragedy, ran away to hide in a secret lair, seeking forgiveness. However he was eventually found by Mago and Tumbleweed. They put end to his anguish.