History
In 1992, Genocide was the prince of planet D'Vor. Aching for a real challenge in combat, he surveilled the superhero team Brigade for months until he determined they were worthy foes for him. Afterwards, he directed his ship to chart a course for Earth.[2] He arrived there a week later, parking his ship in Los Angeles. After challenging Brigade, they fought for a while, but they were all teleported to D'Vor by its Imperial High Council.[3] The Council Magistrate declared Brigade had challenged Genocide first and for that they had to be executed. He sent an army of D'Vorans against the humans, who fled away.[4]
A few days later, Brigade was found by the Imperial High Guard alongside the D'Voran Freedom Fighters named the Birds of Prey. The imperial forces led the teams towards the Citadel, where Genocide could have his last shot at redemption. Genocide challenged Battlestone, leader of Brigade, to a one-on-one match. If Battlestone won, the Magistrate would teleport Brigade back to Earth, but if he lost, they would become Genocide's personal slaves. Genocide exacted the combat by opening the floor and dropping himself and Stone into an arena called The Pit.[5]
While fighting, Genocide explained he was doing this to regain his honor and mocked heroes for being too soft to deliver a killing blow. Battlestone stated he had what it took, but when Genocide egged him on to kill him, Battlestone said he wasn't worth it. The two combatants were interrupted by Brigade and the Birds of Prey bursting through a wall to join in. Nevertheless, Battlestone insisted on fighting Genocide himself, and left the teams to take care of the guards. Genocide attempted a sneak attack against Stone, but when Talyn, leader of the Birds, got Battlestone out of the way, the attack hit Atlas, a Brigade member, instead, killing him.[6]
In a fury, Battlestone pummelled Genocide, but Talyn stopped him just short from killing the prince, saying he couldn't let Bloodstone do that and that he'd see that Genocide saw justice. Talyn shared Stone's grief, but killing Genocide wouldn't bring Atlas back to life. The surviving members of Brigade boarded a ship and barely managed to escape the citadel, heading for open space, and Earth.[7]