Monarch is the name of a DC Comics supervillain created by Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil and Dan Jurgens. Hank Hall, the character who first became Monarch, was created by Steve Ditko. Monarch first appears in the mini-series, Armageddon 2001 #1, cover dated October (1991), and becomes Extant for the Zero Hour crossover. The second Monarch is Nathaniel Adam, reflecting the controversy surrounding the last minute change to Hank Hall of the original Monarch.