Publisher: DC Comics
Created by: Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
1st appearance: Batman and the Signal #2 (April, 2018)
Nationality: Unknown
Team Affiliations: Unknown
Legal Status: Unknown
Height: 6’1 Weight: Unknown
Eye color: yellow Hair color: Unknown
Relatives: Signal (son)
Skills and abilities:
Powers: Unique Physiology: As Duke’s father, Gnomon shares many of Duke’s metahuman abilities and some unique to himself. He also appears to have a connection to Eighth Metal, amplifying his abilities when sunlight is filtered through it. Gnomon claims Duke has his “infinite blood”, implying he may be immortal.
Photokinetic Vision: Due to sharing biological characteristics, Gnomon shares the same photokinetic powers as his son, Duke Thomas. Gnomon is more experienced than Duke, being more acclimated with his power allows him to do things his son can’t such as sharing Duke’s visions and get impressions of his thoughts.
Precognition: Gnomon has the same precognitive abilities as his son but due to his experience has better reaction time, giving him a significant advantage over Duke
Telepathy: Gnomon has some form of telepathy that allows him to communicate across long distances.
Mind Control: Gnomon has demonstrated some level of mind control over the metahumans he created and can even manipulate non-Metahumans to some degree; inducing sleep in Detective Aisi
Immortality: Gnomon claims to be hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.
Biography
A mysterious immortal entity, Gnomon calls himself the Eternal Light. He formed a union with Elaine Thomas, but she fled when she was pregnant. Gnomon spent years looking for his heir and eventually came to Gotham. He was disgusted that his son, now going by the name Signal, worked with Batman – a man Gnomon felt represented everything that pushed the people back.
To lure out his son, he empowered numerous delinquents in the Narrows. He also installed a generator that would overload – and the explosion would either kill Signal or evolve him if he absorbed the powers. Detective Aisi shot Gnomon and arrested him. He goaded her with her past failures and blamed her for Signal’s death as well, but he was rescued by Batman.
