and would initially convert living people into the corpses of a Black Lantern. With his task completed, Lord was now fully restored, he then exhibited voluntary activation and control over every resting O.M.A.C. infected within the global populace. Following a company-wide reboot, Lord was reintroduced as part of the DC Rebirth publishing event, now having been a metahuman since his youth. His primary power is tweaked to a form of powerful psychic persuasion which works best when paired with a vocal command. In this later depiction, his powers work by exploiting and promoting people's underlying desires and inhibitions to make them do his bidding. His power does not give him outright control over them, as he can only push them to act on their own subconscious wants. For example, he could draw out Deadshot's subconscious desire to kill his daughter so that he could be free to kill anyone, but when he used his power on Killer Frost, he only drew out her desire to make a difference. Other versions Earth One In Wonder Woman: Earth One, Maxwell Lord is an expert entrepreneur who provides his services to the US Army in areas such as robotics, tactical analysis and psychology. He was the main expert against alleged plans of an Amazon invasion and domination of the men of the world by women. He is also the mind behind the Project A.R.E.S. It is subsequently revealed that he is actually the modern disguise of Ares. Amalgam Comics In the Amalgam Comics universe, Lord is mixed with Cameron Hodge to form Lord Maxwell Hodge. Elseworlds In the Elseworlds tale Justice Riders, Lord is reimagined as a villainous 19th Century railroad baron who employs Felix Faust. In other media Television Maxwell Lord appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Ultimatum", voiced by Tim Matheson. This version is a member of Project Cadmus and the human manager of the Ultimen, a team of genetically-engineered superheroes who operate independently of the Justice League. Maxwell Lord appears in the ninth season of Smallville, portrayed by Gil Bellows. Introduced in the episode "Charade", this version is the Black King of Checkmate who possesses the ability to extract memories from others, which he uses in an attempt to determine "The Blur's" identity. While he is thwarted by Clark Kent, Lord escapes, only to be apprehended by Checkmate's mysterious Red Queen. In the episode "Hostage", Lord kidnaps and interrogates