ODIN

Real Name: Odin

Class: God (Norse gods)

Occupation: God of knowledge, ruler of the Norse gods

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Thor Odinson (son)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Asgard

First Appearance: (comics) Comic Cavalcade #17 (October, 1946)

Powers: Like all Norse gods Odin was immortal and invulnerable, although his power levels fluctuated as belief in the Aesir waxed and waned. His ravens Huginn and Muninn scoured dimensional planes to bring him knowledge.

History: 

(Jack Kirby s Fourth World #3) - Darkseid of Apokolips claimed the power of hundreds of pantheons in his time, but he feared the Norse Gods, because of their close connection to the Old Gods. Odin went missing in the Promethean Galaxy, and his body was bound to the Source Wall, the same fate that befell anyone seeking the Source. This gave Darkseid the confidence to strike against the Norse, but Thor teamed with the New Gods to figure out a way to save his father. Mr. Miracle created a tether that would reach the Promethean Galaxy with the help of the Forever People, and together they found Odin trapped in the source wall. Serifan of the Forever People freed him with a cosmic pellet, and brought him to Highfather. Odin was eternally grateful, but they realized they might be too late when Darkseid assembled an armada of ships taken from the various worlds and pantheons he conquered, and  aimed them at Earth.

(Jack Kirby s Fourth World #4) - The New Gods waged war against Darkseid s armada to keep them from Earth, while Odin brought Metron, Miracle, Takion, and Beautiful Dreamer to Asgard to discuss the situation. Vykin returned from the front to confirm that aboard one of the ships was a doomsday device that could obliterate the universe, and he d discovered that only the astro-force could contain it. Highfather reluctantly resurrected his son Orion, the only god who could master the astro-force, and he saved the day.

(Wonder Woman II #126 (fb)) -

(Jack Kirby s Fourth World #8) - The Source Wall crumbled, and Highfather and Metron called Odin, Zeus, and Jove to the Source. The gods had come to respect Highfather s wisdom, and listened when he explained that the godwave that created them was collapsing, and the Source was buckling under the pressure. Ares showed up unannounced, but Highfather had expected him. The gods consented to his plan to save the Source by using his wonder staff to fuse them all into one ultimate deity, simply called the One. With their newfound power they penetrated a crack in the Source Wall, and sought the Source itself. The Source defended itself, and each obstacle they met made them split off one of the gods. Odin was first removed from the One, and then Zeus. As the One entered the Source, he realized Ares had expelled Jove too. They separated, and Ares revealed that he had tricked him. He was glad to gamble the fate of the universe if he could have access to the ultimate power of the Source. Highfather and Ares clashed, and the god of war ran him through with a sword. The New Gods, alongside Earth s heroes, continued to fight the Parademons, but sensed something was amiss. Only Takion knew Highfather was gone, but at the advice of the last of the Okld Gods, chose to keep that a secret, so the heroes wouldn't lose hope.

(Wonder Woman II #127) -

Comments: Adapted to comics by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter.

Odin was one of the Norse gods, for information on the mythical Odin see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin.