Glorious Godfrey (DC)

Evil-doer

New Earth
Prime Earth

Full Name

Glorious Godfrey

Alias

G. Gordon Godfrey

Origin

Forever People #3

Occupation

Talk show host

Member of Darkseid's Elite
Member of Justifiers

Powers / Skills

New God physiology

Immortality
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Speed

Persuasive Mind Control
Charisma

Goals

Spreading the influence of Apokolips.

Discredit the Justice League and make humans more willing to surrender to Darkseid's rule.
Collect the Chaos Sliver and the sarcophagus of Damian Wayne.

Crimes

Assault

Conspiracy
Corruption
Incrimination

Type of Villain

Religious Fanatic

Glorious Godfrey is a New God from Apokolips and a minor antagonist in the DC Comics universe.

History[]

Modern Age[]

Darkseid, the Lord of Apokolips, formulated a plan in order to gain control of Earth. He sent various monsters to Earth so the heroes would fight them. There were many fights, each one caused more and more collateral damage which strained public relations between the heroes and the public.

In order to seal the deal, he sent Glorious Godfrey to Earth, who took the name of G. Gordon Godfrey and became a popular news reporter. He is a member of Darkseid's Elite and a master manipulator. As a talk show host, he publicly slandered heroes and lead various rallies against them. He also used hypnosis on people to have them run the heroes out of Earth.

At one of his anti-heroic marches, the heroes were able to free his controlled humans. As a last ditch effort he put on the helmet of fate to attack them; however, he is defeated and sent to prison. The Female Furies later broke him out. He later makes cameos among others on Apokolips.

One of Darkseid’s greatest Elites was Glorious Godfrey. Godfrey had similar powers to Amazing Grace, his sister, only instead of manipulation, he could persuade others. After his first brief appearance fighting the Forever People, Godfrey’s role became greater during the Legends crossover event.

Taking on the persona of G. Gordon Godfrey on Earth, he led a hate campaign against the heroes of Earth, in an effort to discredit them and make humans more willing to surrender to Darkseid’s rule. It nearly succeeds, but Godfrey was defeated after he unsuccessfully used Doctor Fate’s helmet, which mind-wipes him entirely.

The New 52[]

As archpropagandist for Darkseid, Glorious Godfrey uses his great eloquence and psionic suggestion to persuade and deceive. He is Darkseid's advance guard, visiting new worlds and spreading the influence of Apokolips through mass communications, usually as a populist media personality or a religious figure. When Darkseid was in stasis, Godfrey served his master's son and heir, Kalibak, collecting the Chaos Sliver and the sarcophagus of Damian Wayne so Darkseid could power his Chaos Cannon. However, Batman tracked Godfrey down. When not advancing Darkseid's philosophy offworld, Godfrey amuses himself by fomenting suspicion and dissent among his rivals in the Dark Lord's inner circle.

Other Media[]

Justice League[]

IMG 0337-1- — Gordon Godfrey in *Justice League*

In the show Justice League, Godfrey (voiced by Enrico Colantoni) appears in the episode "Eclipsed". He used collateral damage, merchandise, and utter timing to his advantage to slander the League. He has an effective point until the League stopped an asteroid from hitting Earth.

His show then got moved from his time slot and he loses opinion. In this show, he was voiced by Enrico Colantoni. Also in this series, he is not an alien from Apokoplis. He refers to himself as the "Glorious One" on his show.

The Apokoliptian version of Godfrey appeared in Adventures in the DC Universe #4. A future version of Godfrey called G. Glen Godfrey appears in the Batman Beyond (Vol. 4) comics. This version was affiliated with both Kord Industries and Wayne-Powers.

Smallville[]

Main article: Gordon Godfrey (Smallville)

Godfrey appeared in the Tenth Season of Smallville, portrayed by Michael Daingerfield.

Young Justice[]

IMG 0338-1- — Godfrey in *Young Justice*

He later appears in Young Justice where all throughout the second season he constantly slanders all heroes. When the Reach comes to Earth he welcomes them, but he later helps the public kick them out. It seems as though he is against all aliens in Earth and only appreciates government and Earth help.

However, in the last episode, it turned out that he is secretly working with Darkseid and Vandal Savage on Apokolips. He also endorsed Lex Luthor for defense secretary. In this show, he was voiced by Tim Curry and later James Arnold Taylor.

Superman & Lois[]

Gordon Godfrey appeared in the fourth season of Superman & Lois, portrayed by Arrowverse alumni Tom Cavanagh (who previously portrayed Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash in The Flash). Cavanagh's Gordon Godfrey hosts the "GODFREY!" talk show in Metropolis. He appears when interviewing Lex Luthor and later Lois Lane.

Lex details how Lois Lane's stories were filled with lies and got him jailed for crimes the Mannheim family committed, and all because Lois hated him. With Clark revealing his identity as Superman, Godfrey plays along at Lex's penthouse. He is Lex's pawn, eager to slander the Man of Steel, the Kents in general, and rack up views and ratings as he hates aliens.

He tries to frame Superman as a dissenter when Kal-El breaks through the window and flies off to fight a corrupted Steel suit. Godfrey rants about how Superman is a dangerous weapon, creating a media campaign meant to sway public opinion. It was all part of Lex's plan to show that Kal-El is a blight upon society.

Godfrey is grounded. He preys on human instincts, prejudice of the mind, and works to show the world, through footage of Clark accosting and beating up Lex in Smallville, that Superman is a problem if left unchecked.

DC Animated Movie Universe[]

Gordon Godfrey made a cameo appearance in the DCAMU film The Death of Superman. This version is similar to his Young Justice counterpart, but he is not an alien from Apokoplis.

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