Helspont

Helspont is a character in Wildstorm's comics who was ultimately transplanted to the DC Universe. In addition to the WildC.A.T.s, he has also fought Team One, Gen¹³, Backlash, and when folded into the DC Universe, Superman.^[1][2][3]

Lord Helspont
Publication information
Publisher	Wildstorm (Image Comics, later DC Comics)
First appearance	WildC.A.T.s #1 (August 1992) #1 (August 1992)
Created by	Brandon Choi Jim Lee
In-story information
Alter ego	Helspont
Team affiliations	The Cabal Daemonites
Notable aliases	Wyvern Desmond
Abilities	Telekinesis Telepathy Shapeshifting Superhuman strength and durability Possession of other living beings Immortality

Fictional character biography

Helspont is a member of the alien race known as the Daemonites, serving as a high-level military commander.^[4] Helspont possessed another alien at some unknown point in time, which became his default form.^[5] Helspont was stationed on the Daemonite ship that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago. He, along with the two other highest-ranked surviving Daemonites, took the title High Lord and became a leader to the other Daemonites. Helspont had many Daemonites serving under him, though another lord, Defile, formed his rival faction. Helspont and his servants go on to form alliances with several humans over the years, using the name "The Cabal" to refer to their organization at least once before the mid-20th century.^[6][7][8][9]

Reunification

Helspont returned with a new plan in the 1990s. Instead of eradicating the human race on his own, he plans on contacting a Daemonite armada to attack Earth. However, Helspont requires a magical orb to create and maintain the portal needed for the invasion. To help retrieve the orb before the WildC.A.T.s could stop him, Helspont creates a new incarnation of the Cabal, consisting of a Coda, Pike, a psychic named Providence, several humans, and several Daemonites.

Helspont succeeds in launching the invasion, but is thwarted by the Youngblood team and Dan Quayle. Gnome, an ally of Helspont, betrays him and sets his compound to explode, which presumably kills them both.

Mr. Majestic

Helspont survives and goes on to pose as James Wyvern, the owner of technology company Pacificon. Much of the technology created by Pacificon was reverse-engineered from Kherubim tech.^[10] Mr. Majestic, his partner Desmond, and Zealot encounter Helspont in a defective Planet Shaper, which he has designs on.^[10] Helspont reveals his true identity and obtain control over the Planet Shaper, which he intends to use to reshape Earth to be suitable for the Kherubim.^[11][12]

Helspont possesses Desmond, who is connected to Planet Shaper. He repeatedly attempts to activate the machine's terraforming processes, but is thwarted by Mr. Majestic. As Majestic is about to die, all life on Earth is kidnapped by a powerful alien force, deactivating the Planet Shaper. Majestic separates Helspont from the Planet Shaper and kills him with his laser vision.

Helspont Redux

In the Wildstorm Universe relaunch (WildCats v4), Helspont is portrayed as a Daemonite hive mind that contains the knowledge and intelligence of every Daemonite and possesses a synthetic body made of metal and fire.

The New 52

In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, which merges the DC and WildStorm universes, the origin of Helspont and the Daemonites is adjusted. Nearly four thousand years ago, Daemonite prince Artus was cast out of court by his mother due to his belief that the Daemonites would destroy themselves by reproducing with other species.^[13] Artus was later imprisoned in the Eye, the future headquarters of Stormwatch.

In the present, Helspont's prison cell crashes on Earth in the Himalayas.^[14] Helspont, now freed, establishes a new base and confronts Superman.^[15] The villain returns and sends a full-scale assault against Superman and other alien heroes such as Starfire and Hawkman, trying to recruit them, during which he admits that never intended to destroy Earth or kill Superman. In fact, by protecting people, he protects the human genes from the corruption that destroyed his race. Before disappearing, Helspont mentions Jor-El, leaving Superman to contemplate the risk of a future invasion from Helspont.^[13][16]

Powers and abilities

Helspont's host body has shown superhuman strength and durability, comparable to Mr. Majestic. Furthermore, his Acurian host gives him vast psionic powers including telekinesis and mental attacks as well as energy blasts. Like all Daemonites, he can possess host bodies at will, though doing so would mean he has to give up his powerful Acurian host body.

In other media

• Helspont appears in Wild C.A.T.s, voiced by Maurice Dean Wint.
• A Helspont figure from Playmates Toys was released in 1994.^[17]