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Brother Blood

character name	Brother Blood
publisher	DC Comics
debut	Sebastian Blood VIII: The New Teen Titans #21 (July 1982) Sebastian Blood IX: Outsiders #6 (January 2004)
creators	Sebastian Blood VIII: Marv Wolfman George Pérez Sebastian Blood IX: Judd Winick ChrisCross
alter ego	Sebastian Blood
alliances	Both: Church of Blood Sebastian Blood IX: Secret Society of Super Villains
powers	Sebastian Blood VIII: Hypnosis Sorcery Longevity Immunity to Raven's soul-self Sebastian Blood IX: Vampirism Enhanced strength Adept hand-to-hand combatant

Sebastian Blood VIII, known by his alias, Brother Blood, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a power-hungry priest and head of the Church of Blood, as well as the eighth person in the DC Universe to assume the mantle, after killing his father and taking the Brother Blood mantle from him. This tradition had gone on for generations, dating back to the 13th century, when the first Brother Blood was born after obtaining Jesus of Nazareth's prayer shawl and gaining superhuman abilities. As Brother Blood, Sebastian served as a recurring adversary of the Teen Titans before being killed by his successor, Sebastian Blood IX.

Brother Blood appears in the 2003 Teen Titans animated series and its 2013 spin-off Teen Titans Go!, voiced by John DiMaggio. Sebastian Blood is a recurring character in the second season of the Arrowverse series Arrow, portrayed by Kevin Alejandro. Joseph Morgan appears as the character in the fourth season of the HBO Max series Titans.

Publication history

In other media

Television

Brother Blood appears in Teen Titans (2003), voiced by John DiMaggio.[16] This version is a cyborg with psychic powers and the headmaster of the H.I.V.E. Academy. In comparison to the Teen Titans' previous enemy Slade, series producer and writer David Slack stated that Blood is his opposite, seeking attention rather than hiding from it. Furthermore, Blood draws inspiration from real-life cult leaders and deviates from his comics counterpart because the original's backstory was considered difficult to adapt.[17]
Brother Sebastian Blood appears in the second season of Arrow, portrayed by Kevin Alejandro.[18] This version was born in the crime-infested Starling City district of the Glades and raised by an abusive, alcoholic father named Sebastian Sangre and a submissive mother named Maya Resik. As of the present, Blood moonlights as a politician and friend of Oliver Queen while working to rebuild the Glades. In secret, he operates as the leader of the Church of Blood, which he inherited from its founder Roger Trigon. Through the cult, he kidnaps criminals and injects them with the Mirakuru serum in an attempt to replicate the process that empowered his ally and secret backer Slade Wilson, with cultist Cyrus Gold becoming Blood's first successful test subject. Following the death of his campaign rival Moira Queen and learning Slade intends to completely destroy Starling City, leaving nothing to rebuild from, Blood attempts to betray him by giving Queen vital information and Mirakuru samples in exchange for leniency, only to be killed by Slade's ally Isabel Rochev.
Brother Blood appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced again by John DiMaggio.[16]
Brother Blood appears in the fourth season of Titans, portrayed by Joseph Morgan.[19] This version is Sebastian Sanger, the son of Trigon and Mother Mayhem and half-brother of Rachel Roth who was orphaned by his parents and became a Metropolis taxidermist. After seeing hallucinations of blood and hearing chanting, Sebastian becomes the leader of the Church of Blood to seek Trigon's power for himself.

Film

Brother Blood appears in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, voiced by Gregg Henry.[16] This version is the leader of an unnamed cult that seeks divine dominion over mankind; claims to be centuries-old, attributing his long lifespan to his practice of bathing in his enemies' blood; and is served by Mother Mayhem as an aide. He tasks Deathstroke and Terra with kidnapping the Teen Titans so he can use their blood to become a god-like being. However, Nightwing and Terra thwart Blood's plot before Raven depowers him and Mayhem kills him to prevent him from being imprisoned.

Video games

Brother Blood appears as a boss in Teen Titans (2005), voiced again by John DiMaggio.
Brother Blood appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Ev Lunning.[16]
Brother Blood appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[20]

Miscellaneous

Brother Blood appears in Smallville Season 11: Harbinger.[21]
An original incarnation of Brother Blood appears in the Arrow tie-in comic Arrow: Season 2.5.[22] Following Sebastian Blood's death, devout theologian Clinton Hogue takes up the mantle of Brother Blood and leadership of the Church of Blood. Using his ties to the mercenary group, the Renegades, he takes Felicity Smoak hostage, but Oliver Queen saves her while Roy Harper kicks Hogue out of a window, sending him falling to his death.
The Arrow incarnation of Brother Sebastian Blood appears in the tie-in novel Arrow: Vengeance, which explores and expands on his backstory. As a result of his father Sebastian Sangre's abuse, Blood suffered skull-related nightmares. Amidst these, he befriended teenager Cyrus Gold and the latter's mentor Roger Trigon, who killed Sangre after he threatened to kill Blood. Blood's mother Maya Resik was framed for Sangre's death, arrested, and placed in a psychiatric institution while Blood was placed in an orphanage. After creating a skull mask to conquer his fears, Blood formally joined the Church of Blood as Brother Blood, vowing to protect the citizens of Starling City and Zandia no matter the cost. Sometime later, he met Slade Wilson, who offered to help him become mayor of Starling City.