Bruce Gordon

During a solar eclipse, scientist Bruce Gordon was scratched by the evil sorcerer Ecks, causing him to transform into the villainous Eclipso whenever darkness fell. He became both the original host of Eclipso and the hero dedicated to stopping the entity he unwillingly unleashed.

Born in the pages of House of Secrets #61 in 1963, Bruce Gordon is a Silver Age DC creation from the imaginative pairing of writer Bob Haney and artist Lee Elias — a character with genuine collector cachet anchored by at least one key issue to his name. His story has proven surprisingly durable, stretching across an remarkable six decades of DC history from 1963 all the way to 2024, turning up in titles as varied as Green Lantern and Action Comics Weekly. Along the way he's shared adventures with some of DC's heaviest hitters — Superman, Hal Jordan, and the enigmatic Eclipso among them — making Bruce Gordon a fascinating thread woven quietly but persistently through the fabric of the DC Universe.