Father Box

Father Box

Father Box

Father Box

An Apokoliptian version of a Mother Box. Among other things, it can be used to summon hush tubes, a variant of boom tubes.

Name:

Father Box

Aliases:

Start year:

2000

First issue:

Orion #6 The King is Dead... Long Live the King!; The Perfect Servant

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History

Father Box

The father box, an Apokoliptian version of a Mother Box, first appeared in the Orion series by Simonsonin 2000.

Darkseid’s former aide Mortalla presents Orion with an Apokoliptian Father Box when he seemingly died.

This box communicated by going "ting!" rather than "ping!", and was designed to turn him towards Darkseid.

Abilities

Boom Tube
Corruption
Danger Sense
Energy Manipulation
Gravity Manipulation
Life Support
Matter Manipulation
Technopathy
Telepathy

Issues

November 2000

Orion (2000) #6 The King is Dead... Long Live the… November 19th, 2000

January 2001

Orion (2000) #8 The Righteous Treacheries of Desa… January 1st, 2001

February 2001

Orion (2000) #9 The Electro Death of Honor! February 19th, 2001

March 2001

Orion (2000) #10 Sirius Business! or Dog is God S… March 20th, 2001

April 2001

Orion (2000) #11 Orion Rules! April 1st, 2001

July 2001

Orion (2000) #14 The Ordering of the Cosmos!; Fra… July 1st, 2001

September 2001

Orion (2000) #16 The Abysmal Plane! September 1st, 2001

November 2001

Orion (2000) #18 The Return of the Prodigal!; A G… November 20th, 2001

December 2001

Orion (2000) #19 Laugh and the World Laughs With … December 20th, 2001

November 2008

Superman/Batman (2003) #52 Lil' Leaguers, Part 2 … November 1st, 2008

February 2011

Action Comics Annual (1987) #13 Father Box; A Fat… February 1st, 2011

August 2016

Grayson Annual (2014) #3 Who Is Agent 37?; The Ch… August 31st, 2016

January 2022

Justice League Incarnate (2021) #1 The Worlds Out… January 1st, 2022

July 2023

The Flash (2016) #799 Assault on Eternity July 1st, 2023

September 2025

Absolute Superman (2025) #9 Superman, Son of the … September 1st, 2025

November 2025

Absolute Superman (2025) #11 Superman, Son of the… November 1st, 2025

January 2026

DC K.O. (2025) #2 Chapter Two: Objects in Motion January 1st, 2026

June 2026

Absolute Superman (2025) #18 Reign of the Superma… June 1st, 2026

August 2026

Absolute Superman (2025) #20 Reign of the Superma… August 1st, 2026

Adventures of Superman: Book of El (2025) #9 The … August 1st, 2026

Volumes

1987

Action Comics Annual (1987) 1 issue(s)

2000

Orion (2000) 9 issue(s)

2003

Superman/Batman (2003) 1 issue(s)

2014

Grayson Annual (2014) 1 issue(s)

2016

The Flash (2016) 1 issue(s)

2021

Justice League Incarnate (2021) 1 issue(s)

2025

Absolute Superman (2025) 4 issue(s)

Adventures of Superman: Book of El (2025) 1 issue(s)

DC K.O. (2025) 1 issue(s)