Ishmael Gregor

Ishmael Gregor is a DC villain who claimed the power of Sabbac, gaining demonic abilities by speaking that name — granting him dark magical strength analogous to Shazam's heroic counterpart. He debuted clashing with the Outsiders as a ruthless criminal empowered by forces of darkness.

A creature of the Modern Age, Ishmael Gregor slithered into DC's darker corners with his debut in Outsiders #9 in 2004, the creation of writer Judd Winick and artist Tom Raney. Though his catalog footprint is compact, he's kept genuinely striking company — sharing pages with the likes of Green Lantern, Jade, Grace Choi, and Doctor Fate — and his appearances stretch across nearly two decades and titles as varied as Detective Comics and The Other History of the DC Universe. That kind of longevity across prestige corners of the DC universe marks him as a figure worth tracking down for any serious Modern Age collector.