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Dharma

10 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1994–2022
Who is Dharma?

Dharma is a key figure in DC's Milestone universe, a precognitive strategist who serves as the guiding intelligence behind the Shadow Cabinet — a covert organization that manipulates events across the Milestone world to prevent catastrophic futures.

Few characters arrive with the weight of a universe on their shoulders quite like Dharma, who debuted in Shadow Cabinet #0 in 1994 — a landmark Copper/Modern Age launch brought to life by the visionary trio of Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III, and John Paul Leon at the heart of DC's Milestone imprint. Sharing pages with titans like Hardware, Static, and Icon, Dharma moves through some of the most celebrated corners of that universe, a presence whose reach extends across Justice League of America, Icon, and Hardware alike. That kind of cross-title footprint over nearly three decades speaks to a character whose role in the Milestone world runs deeper than a single series can contain — a figure worth seeking out for any fan who wants to understand how that richly imagined universe holds together.

★ First appearance
Shadow Cabinet #0
Jan 1994

Top series

Covers through the years — 1994–2022

Blood Syndicate #10 1994
Blood Syndicate #10
Justice League of America #33 2009
Justice League of America #33
Milestone Compendium #1 2022
Milestone Compendium #1

Appearances

Shadow Cabinet (1994)
#0
Xombi (1994)
#0
Static (1993)
#8
Icon (1993)
#9
Blood Syndicate (1993)
#10
Hardware (1993)
#11
Static Shock!: Rebirth of the Cool (2001)
#2
Justice League of America (2006)
Milestone Compendium (2022)
#1