Originating in Milestone Comics media, he first appeared in Hardware #11 (January 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III, and Denys Cowan.

Dharma is the leader of the Shadow Cabinet who can perceive the past and future of any object he touches.

[1][2][3] It is later revealed that Dharma orchestrated the Big Bang to create powerful beings capable of preventing an approaching apocalypse whose cause he could not determine.

When his last two prospects (Hardware and Static) fail to meet his expectations, he absorbs the powers of the god-like being Rift, destroying the Dakotaverse.

[4] Dharma possesses powerful precognitive abilities that enable him to see the past and future.