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List of minor DC Comics characters
American comic book publishing company DC Comics has introduced many characters throughout its history, including numerous minor characters. These characters range from supporting characters, heroes and villains that appear infrequently, to characters that only take part in a single story.
|First appearance
|Hawkman Vol. 3 #3 (1993)
|Created by
|John Ostrander and Jan Duursema
Airstryke is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, William Kavanagh was given the ability to transform into a human/pterosaur hybrid by a weapons company named Meta/Tech and he took the name Airstryke. Count Viper took advantage of these new abilities and used Airstryke to distract Hawkman while Viper tried to take command of the Justice League and thus the world. Airstryke and Viper were soon defeated and Airstryke was sent to Belle Reve Prison. He remained there until he was freed by Neron and was given the chance to sell his soul along with numerous other villains. Airstryke chose not to sell his soul and continued his life of crime. Eventually, Airstryke was returned to prison where he became a victim of Joker's Joker gas. Again, he was defeated and returned to prison. This time, he was sent to the Slab. During his stay, Brother Blood attempted to break all the villains out of the prison so they could assist him with his mission. Airstryke was the first to question Blood on his plan. Brother Blood then shot and killed Airstryke for his hubris.
Naif al-Sheikh[edit]
|First appearance
|Justice League Elite #1 (September 2004)
|Created by
|Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke
Further reading
Naif al-Sheikh is a spy and superhero in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Naif al-Sheikh is a Saudi espionage expert recruited by Vera Black to oversee and coordinate the Justice League Elite. He also acts as the group's liaison with world governments and ultimately the one that can and does disband it.
In the alternate timeline of the 2011 "Flashpoint" storyline, the character was reworked as a member of the H.I.V.E. council, a group of world leaders trying to deal with the war between Aquaman and Wonder Woman that is devastating Europe.[1]
Henry Allen[edit]
|First appearance
|The Flash #126 (February 1962)
Henry Allen is the father of Barry Allen/Flash and Malcolm Thawne, and the husband of Nora Allen. Initially depicted as an obscure character,[2] he was featured in a storyline in which his body was possessed by the Top's spirit.[3] However, his character's story changed in The Flash: Rebirth due to Professor Zoom's time-traveling actions. When Barry was a child, Henry was convicted of Nora's murder after being framed by Zoom. This incident drove his son to become obsessive in finding the real killer in hope of freeing Henry.[4] Henry died in prison a year or two before Barry became the Flash, however, Henry's name is posthumously cleared by his son in The Flash: Rebirth storyline.[5] In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, his problem of Zoom's framing remains intact, however, he's still alive and is later freed after the Flash proves his father's innocence after catching Zoom.
Henry Allen in other media[edit]
- Henry Allen appeared in the 1990s television series, portrayed by M. Emmet Walsh.
- Henry Allen appears in the 2014's television series, portrayed by John Wesley Shipp.[6] A respectable doctor, Henry is Barry Allen's father and Nora Allen's husband. He was wrongfully convicted of Nora's murder then incarcerated in Iron Heights after the Reverse-Flash framed him, and only his son and later Joe West believed in his innocence. Learning that Barry is the Flash, Henry serves as his son's moral conscience in using these powers wisely and not being tempted from personal gains. After being released from prison due to Eobard Thawne's confession to Nora's murder, Henry seeks a reclusive life yet occasionally returns later to counsel Barry to offer encouragement during his son's disastrous confrontations with Hunter Zolomon before Henry himself is killed by Zoom to enrage Barry. Henry is also the Earth-1 doppelganger of Jay Garrick/Flash of Earth-3.
- Henry Allen appears in the 2017 film Justice League, portrayed by Billy Crudup.
Nora Allen[edit]
|First appearance
|The Flash #126 (February 1962)
Nora Allen is the mother of Barry Allen and Malcolm Thawne, and the wife of Henry Allen. She was initially depicted as an obscure character,[2] however, her character's story changed in The Flash: Rebirth. When Professor Zoom decided to get revenge on the Flash, Nora is murdered to mess with Barry's childhood, and Henry was convicted due to lack of evidence. However, Barry could never believe that Henry killed Nora, and this led her son to become the Flash.[4]
Nora Allen in other media[edit]
- Nora Allen appears in the 2013 animated movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced by Grey Griffin.
- Nora Allen appears in the live-action 2014's television series, portrayed by Michelle Harrison.[7] Similar to her modern depiction, Nora was Barry Allen's mother and Henry Allen's wife. She was in the middle of the Reverse-Flash's way trying to kill the young Barry during a fight with the Flash's future self. Unfortunately, Nora ends up instead Reverse-Flash's target after the Flash takes the younger Barry to safety, figuring that such a tragedy would prevent Barry from being Flash with Henry being framed for her murder. The Speed Force would occasionally use Nora's likeness to help Barry come to terms with her death.
|First appearance
|Action Comics #252 (May 1959)
|Created by
|Otto Binder and Al Plastino
Further reading
Alura Zor-El is a Kryptonian and mother of Supergirl in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, three distinct versions of Alura have been presented, but in each case she is the mother of Superman's cousin. The character as first introduced survives the destruction of Krypton along with her husband Zor-El, and the rest of Argo City. Years later, when a second catastrophe threatens to destroy Argo City, she and her husband send their daughter, born long after the destruction of Krypton, to Earth.[Superman 1] Later stories reveal that Alura and Zor-El had escaped the destruction of Argo city in a "survival zone" to be reunited with their grown daughter.[volume & issue needed]
A variation named Allura In-Z appeared in Showcase #98 (March 1978) in a story set in the publisher's Earth-Two continuity as the mother of Power Girl.[Comics 1]
Both of these versions of the character were removed from in-story continuity as part of Crisis on Infinite Earths along with most of the material related to Supergirl and the Earth-Two version of Superman.
When the Kara Zor-El version of Supergirl was re-introduced in "The Supergirl from Krypton" in 2004,[Comics 2] Alura was also re-introduced. In this version Alura and Zor-El send their daughter to Earth during the destruction of Krypton, intending her to help raise her infant cousin. Alura also saves Argo City by constructing a protective dome around it. When Brainiac returns to Krypton to survey his destruction of the planet, he merges Argo City with the previously shrunken Kandor. The character would play a prominent role in the story arc "New Krypton" and the follow up limited series and arcs Superman: World of New Krypton, "Last Stand of New Krypton", and Superman: War of the Supermen.
Alura in other media[edit]
The character of Alura has been adapted for appearances in a film and television show based on the Superman characters.
- Alura appears in the film Supergirl portrayed by Mia Farrow.
- Alura appears in Superman: Unbound voiced by Sirena Irwin.
- Laura Benanti initially portrays Alura in the TV series Supergirl.[8] In this version, Alura is a member of the Kryptonian Science Council. She also has a twin sister General Astra (also played by Benanti), one of the primary antagonists of season one (alongside her husband Non) who was part of the attempted coup d'état and now is trying to take over Earth while convincing Kara that she is doing it for the good of the planet.[9] Erica Durance (Lois Lane of Smallville) portrays Alura since season three.
- Alura appears in the video game Injustice 2, voiced by Grey DeLisle.
- Alura appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year, voiced by April Stewart.
Amazing Grace[edit]
|First appearance
|Superman Vol. 2 #3 (March 1987)
|Created by
|John Byrne
Further reading
Amazing Grace is an extraterrestrial supervillain in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Amazing Grace is a New God of Apokolips and sister of Glorious Godfrey. She acts on behalf of Darkseid among the lowlies of Apokolips, continually instigating opposition and revolt which is quickly defeated, keeping their spirits broken. In her initial appearance, she seduced Superman into serving Darkseid and Apokolips, but was ultimately defeated in this effort.[10]
Angela Chen[edit]
Originally created for the TV series "Superman the Animated Series", Angela Chen was a Daily Planet employee. Several years later, Angela was brought to the comic books where she appeared as a talk show host.
Angela Chen was created for the TV-Series "Superman: the Animated Series". She was created by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini. She never appeared outside of the Superman series in the DCAU.
History (DCAU)[edit]
Angela Chen was a fast rising star of the Daily Planet and also hosted the popular TV news show "Metropolis Today".
Other Media[edit]
- Angela never appeared on-screen but appeared in the Smallville: Season Eleven comics. She works as a field reporter for the TV channel GNN.
- Angela Chen appears in Justice League vs. Teen Titans.
|First appearance
|Superman #13 (November–December 1941)
|Created by
|Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak[11]
Further reading
Archer is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Fenton Quigley is a wealthy big game hunter who, after an argument with his father, is cut off from the family fortune. To maintain his lifestyle, he turns to crime using his skill with the bow and calling himself the Archer. He robs the wealthy by threatening to kill them at bow-point. He is defeated by Superman, arrested, convicted and jailed.[Superman 2]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, during the Forever Evil storyline, some of the Rogues landed in Metropolis where they encounter someone in a red hoodie called Archer. The Rogues managed to knock him out.[12]
Archer in other media[edit]
- A character of the same name appeared in the television series Batman portrayed by Art Carney. According to the records of the show's production company, the character Carney played was created specifically for the series by writer Stanley Ralph Ross, not adapted from the Superman character.[13]
- This character was later adapted for an appearance in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as an inmate of Blackgate Prison.
- An alternate-universe version of Green Arrow named Scarlet Archer appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths voiced by Jim Meskimen. He was first seen providing security at a shipment being made by Johnny Quick, with alternate versions of Black Canary and Lobo. He fires arrows at Flash but is defeated by Martian Manhunter. He again appears attempting to kill an alternate Rose Wilson for speaking out against the Crime Syndicate. Martian Manhunter catches his arrow and proceeds to stop him by scaring him to the point of falling off the building he was perched on. He is later arrested by law enforcement.
- Archer made a cameo appearance in the 2016 animated film Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (which is a continuation of the Adam West 1966 Batman TV series). He along with the other supervillains team up with Robin and Catwoman in order to stop a group of cloned rogue Batmen.
Armless Master[edit]
|First appearance
|Batman #509 (July 1994)
|Created by
|Doug Moench and Mike Manley[14]
Armless Master is a martial artist and sensei in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Armless Master is a martial artist who in part trained Catwoman and Hellhound.[volume & issue needed] His death at the hands of Lady Shiva is used to forcibly retrain Batman after his back was broken by Bane.[Batman 1]
|First appearance
|Robin #78
|Created by
|Chuck Dixon and Pete Woods
Arrakhat is a supervillain and sensei in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Arrakhat is an evil djinn from the O'salla Ben Duuram, or "Oasis of the Damned" one of the descending circles in Hell. Instead of granting three wishes to the invoker, the demon offers three murders and upon completion returns to the so-called "Well of Flames". Arghulian was an enemy of Tim Drake's classmate Ali Ben Kahn who was the prince of Dhubar. Arghulian then summoned Arrakhat to kill the prince. Arrakhat was stopped by Robin, Connor Hawke, and Eddie Fyres.[15] Arrakhat resurfaced again as part of Tapeworm's ambush against the Justice Society of America. He was expelled from our dimension by Doctor Fate (Kent V. Nelson).[16]
General Astra is a character from the Supergirl television series in which she is the maternal aunt of Kara Danvers / Supergirl and one of the primary antagonists of the first season, along with Non. Astra was imprisoned in Fort Rozz when Krypton was destroyed. Astra is a twin sister of Kara's mother Alura Zor-El and the wife of Non.[17] She was killed with a Kryptonite sword by Kara's adoptive sister, Alex Danvers.[18]
|First appearance
|The Atlantis Chronicles #5[19] (July 1990)
|Created by
|Peter David and Esteban Maroto
Further reading
Atlan is a mage from ancient Atlantis in the DC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Atlan is a member of the Homo magi offshoot of humanity born in ancient Atlantis. While within the lineage of the Atlantian royal house, his spirit interacts with the past generation to father Aquaman, Ocean Master, and Deep Blue.[20] He also acts as a mentor in magic to Aqualad.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Atlan's origins are once again revised. He is now known as Atlan the Greatest King of Atlantis. Before Atlantis was sunk into the sea, the nation was ruled by Atlan until he was betrayed by his brother Orin (Aquaman's ancestor) and by his people. They killed his wife and children and he and his loyalists were all hunted down. Within that time he forged the Six Artifacts of Atlantis with his arcane knowledge and became known as the Dead King. He returned years later and without uttering a single word killed his brother and his queen, plunging Atlantis into a civil war. After years of silence, he finally spoke, "Let it all...die" and using his great strength along with the Trident (one of the six Artifacts he forged) eventually sunk the great nation he had spent his lifetime building, what happened to Atlan afterwards remains unknown.
Later, he was awakened in Antarctica, when Aquaman, now the current king of Atlantis, used his telepathy on a global scale, and claiming that Aquaman is mistaken to think he is the king of Atlantis, proceeded to destroy a research station and killed its personnel. After that he found Mera and took her to Xebel. Aquaman travelled to Xebel to free Mera but was shocked to hear the truth that his ancestors murdered the Dead King's family and usurped the throne. After a brutal fight (during which the Dead King manages to claim Aquaman's Trident) Aquaman freed Mera and the rest of the Xebelians but they sided with the Dead King recognizing him as the true ruler of Atlantis, except for Mera. They managed to escape to Atlantis but found it being attacked by the Scavenger's fleet. During the battle the Dead King and the Xebelians arrive and he manages to cause Aquaman to black out, using his Sceptre and Aquaman's Trident. After being in a coma for six months and soon discovering the Dead King's origins with the help of Vulko, Aquaman returned to liberate Atlantis from the Dead King and the Xebelians, using the Dead King's relic Scepter and the Trench. When the Dead King grabs the relic Scepter and strikes at Aquaman, Vulko tries to prevent the Dead King from killing him, saying that Aquaman is the rightful king of Atlantis, causing the Dead King to be so angry, he attempts to destroy all of Atlantis, but Aquaman stopped and destroyed the Dead King along with the relic Scepter. The battle was over when Aquaman reclaims the throne once again.
Atlanna is the mother of Aquaman in the Silver Age of Comics and Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths. In Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, Atlanna was retconned as the Queen of Atlantis. After a dream-affair with Atlan, Atlanna become pregnant with a baby. She died in prison from illness. Afterwards, she was resurrected as a mermaid by Charybdis.
Atlanna in other media[edit]
- Atlanna appears in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, voiced by Sirena Irwin. She attempts to have peace with the "Surface-Dwellers". When Atlanna reveals she knows Orm killed several Atlanteans and blamed it on the Surface-Dwellers, Orm kills her.
- Atlanna will appear in Aquaman, portrayed by Nicole Kidman.
Axis America[edit]
|First appearance
|Young All Stars #1 (June 1987)
Axis America are a group of bio-genetic saboteurs and spies who have been created by the Axis powers during World War II. The objective of their creation was to cripple the American homeland security.
Batman Jones[edit]
Batman Jones is a Batman expert in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Jack Schiff and Bill Finger, first appeared in Batman #108 in June 1957.
Within the context of the stories, his parents were rescued by Batman shortly before Jones was born, and they named him "Batman" as thanks. The boy grew up idolizing Batman and tried to become a crime fighter before taking up stamp collecting.[21] As an adult, he is an expert on Batman.[22]
Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is a Native American shaman in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982).[23]
Within the context of the stories, Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is the great-grandfather of John Ravenhair and the last great shaman of the Bison Cult. He resents his great-grandson's disrespect for their traditions. When he is killed by muggers in Central Park, he binds his spirit to a magical amulet.[Firestorm 1] The amulet allows his spirit to influence or control his great-grandson when worn.
Black Bison[edit]
Further reading
Black Bison is the name of two supervillains in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982).[23]
John Ravenhair[edit]
Within the context of the stories, John Ravenhair is a Native American born Black-Cloud-in-Morning and raised in Queens, New York. When his great-grandfather Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is killed in a mugging, he becomes influenced and possessed by his ancestor's spirit. This leads him to set about avenging the wrongs committed against the Native American people.[Firestorm 1] When removed from the angry spirit, he occasionally acts for good, but is frequently a threat to Firestorm.[24]
Black Bison is armed with a coup-stick that allows him to bring any inanimate objects to life and command them to aid him as well as manipulate weather, but requires a special talisman he wears to maintain its power. He is also trained in martial arts.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Black Bison is a Native American named Black-Cloud-In-Morning.[25] He appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains, alongside Hyena, Multiplex, Plastique, and Typhoon. They are sent by the Crime Syndicate to finish Gorilla Grodd's work. The villains end up defeated by the Rogues since one of their targets is at the hospital where Captain Cold's sister is.[26]
In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Black Bison is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler to talk about the Superman Theory. When Moonbow and Typhoon are stated to be creations of the government and Black Bison is near them, Black Bison states that he was not mentioned to be created by the government.[27]
Black Bison in other media[edit]
A female version of Black Bison named Mina Chaytan appears in The Flash, played by Chelsea Kurtz. She gained her power from being on the bus that was hit by dark matter when the Flash escapes the Speed Force due to the Thinker's plans and begins targeting collectors of Native American artifacts. She was defeated by Team Flash and remanded to Iron Heights Penitentiary. In the episode "True Colors", Black Bison is among the metahuman inmates at Iron Heights Penitentiary that Warden Wolfe planned to sell to Blacksmith. When Warden Wolfe outs Barry's true identity to Blacksmith, Dwarfstar, Hazard, Kilg%re, and Black Bison, they prepare to attack only for Thinker to arrive and absorb the powers of the four metahumans while also killing them.
Further reading
Blackout (Farooq) is a metahuman who can harness electricity. He makes his first appearance in Flashpoint vol. 2, issue #1 (July 2011). In the alternate timeline created by the events of Flashpoint, Blackout is recruited by Cyborg into a team of superheroes whose mission was to end the Amazon-Atlantean war, which had devastated Europe and caused millions of human casualties. To that end, the team was assigned to take down both Emperor Aquaman and Wonder Woman.
Another new recruit, the Outsider, revealed during a meeting with Batman that he had been hunting Blackout so he could use his abilities to power India. This manhunt resulted in the loss of Blackout's girlfriend and his departure from school. Blackout has since voiced his reluctance to be part of the same team with his worst enemy.
Blackout in other media[edit]
Farooq Gibran/Blackout appears in The Flash, portrayed by actor Michael Reventar. One time Farooq Gibran was out with friends when the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded and electrocuted him. He survives and later finds out he has the ability to siphon electrical energy. In the episode "Power Outage", he decides to take out revenge on Harrison Wells for the particle accelerator's activation. He is confronted by the Flash and drains the speedster's speed. He later attacks S.T.A.R. Labs, kills Girder and attacks Wells. However, the Flash was able to get the speed back and kill him. Blackout was mentioned by Barry Allen in the Supergirl episode "Worlds Finest".
Blackrock is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. Blackrock is a recurring enemy of Superman first appearing in Action Comics #458, (April 1976).
Blackrock was the creation of Dr. Peter Silverstone in an attempt to increase ratings for the United Broadcasting television network. Silverstone hypnotized UB President Sam Tanner and later Tanner's nephew, Les Vegas, to fill the role. A third Blackrock (an energy construct) was created by Tanner's command not much later.
However, it is known that eventually Silverstone assumed the mantle of Blackrock himself, using a powerful stone that could metabolize electromagnetic energy into energy to achieve flight, energy blasts and superhuman strength, and fought Superman several times. This rock, while a technological artifact, has the appearance of a polished gem that is black as coal. It was appropriately dubbed the "Blackrock".
The Post-Crisis version was stated (in Batman/Superman adventures) to be a symbiotic alien life form, rather than a creation of Dr. Silverstone. Its appearance and abilities are approximately the same.
Silverstone is the only Pre-Crisis user of the stone that has been mentioned in Post-Crisis continuity. Overuse of the Blackrock's powers blinded Silverstone and left him insane. He was found sitting muttering to himself and watching constant television in an apartment by an ex-convict named Samuel Benjamin, who beat Silverstone to death with the Blackrock and took it for himself. Despite its power, his inexperience with the Blackrock led to his defeat, and Superman took the stone and threw it towards the Sun.[28]
A short time later, Alexander Luthor, Jr., disguised as Lex Luthor, dispatched Bizarro to retrieve the Blackrock from the Sun[29] before passing it on to a South American woman named Lucia,[30] a drug smuggler and revolutionary who had been jailed by Superman before. Her intense feelings of hatred towards the Man of Steel matched those of the Blackrock, and she proved particularly adept in using it. However, her skills were not enough to defeat Superman, and the Blackrock withdrew into itself.[31]
It was eventually shown that the Blackrock had been kept by Superman who eventually locked it away in his Fortress of Solitude. The Blackrock eventually escaped and bonded with Plastic Man. Shortly after the Blackrock was removed from Plastic Man, and found its way into the hands of Batman, who shortly afterwards decided he needed its powers to help him stop a currently-rampaging Superman (Superman had fallen under the influence of Despero as he attempted to turn Earth's alien heroes against humans). Although it remained on Batman after Superman threw off Despero's influence, Superman was able to force it to leave Batman by threatening to kill him, informing the Blackrock that he knew Batman would rather die than live like this.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Blackrock is Bradley Glenn, an ex-con who was hired to star in a reality television show called Badass Nation about the life of a supervillain.[32] The TV company provided him with powered armour and a fictional backstory about finding it in a crashed spacecraft. They intended to film him tearing up a bridge that was scheduled for demolition, but the crew neglected to ensure that the bridge had been closed to traffic and the Pre-Flashpoint Superman had to intervene.[33]
Powers and abilities[edit]
The Post-Crisis wielders of the Blackrock seem to have developed differing powers based on their personality. All seem to have possessed superhuman strength and endurance, flight and energy projection abilities. The Blackrock also has the ability to absorb ambient energy to empower its wielder. Dr. Silverstone seemed most adept at using its ability to process information from TV and radio signals. Samuel Benjamin was particularly skilled at using it to boost his own physical strength and toughness. Lucia's abilities seemed to be an amalgamation of her predecessors', but she seemed to prefer using its energy projection abilities and discovered a way to use it to drain Superman's power.
While the stone had bonded to Plastic Man, he was not shown using its abilities much.
Batman used it in much the same way that Lucia did; however, Batman showed more of a preference for physical combat than Lucia did.
Jimmy Olsen and several other humans were bonded to Blackrocks when a shower of them rained down on Earth. These people showed some level of superhuman abilities similar to those demonstrated by Lucia, etc. but it was not shown if they were as strong.
Bradley Glenn's armour enables him to leap great distances and an energy field around one gauntlet gives him a powerful punch.
Blackwing (Charles "Charlie" Bullock) is a fictional superhero from DC Comics. He was created by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton and Joey Cavalieri.
The character was chronologically introduced in Adventure Comics #464 (April 1979), but was unnamed in that comic. He was, however, named in his next appearance in Wonder Woman #281 (April 1981) and later, became Blackwing in Wonder Woman #297 (August 1982). Also, worth to note, the original story in Adventure Comics was intended for All-Star Comics #75. Charlie was drawn as a teen in that story, but in his next appearance (only three years later) depicts him as a young adult who graduated law school.
In his mid-teens, Charles Bullock was searching for a direction in life. The teenager found it after he helped fight off street punks alongside Wildcat (Ted Grant) and was invited to join him at his gym. Charlie attended law school and later became a junior partner and top-notch researcher to the law firm called Cranston, Grayson and Wayne. When a criminal named Karnage broke into the office looking for his boss, Arthur Cranston, this, and another event, lead him to become the costumed hero, Blackwing. Although, his first outing as a crime fighter proved unsuccessful when he was captured by the costumed villain Boa's gang, Blackwing managed to contribute in freeing the Huntress (Helena Wayne) from Boa's giant snake and recorded some evidence that was used to put the mastermind and his men away.
Since then, Blackwing has never appeared in any other published story.
Vera Black[edit]
Further reading
Vera Black is a British psionic cyborg in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, first appeared in JLA #100 (August 2004).[34] The story line set up the limited series Justice League Elite which consisted of 12 issues published over 2004 and 2005.
Within the context of the stories, Vera Black is the sister of Manchester Black. As children their parents would often fight and Manchester would take her out to play to avoid them. As his idea of "play" became killing sprees, Vera's perspective twisted.[volume & issue needed] When her brother dies after attempting to destroy Superman, she has her ruined arms, lost in an untold childhood incident, replaced with cybernetic prostheses which can configure into any weapon she desires, initially contemplating revenge on Superman before she decides to be better than her brother.
Her new abilities result in her leading the remnants of The Elite and tacitly working with the Justice League. This leads to the League, encouraged by the Flash, asking her to lead a new team with the intention that she will handle black ops missions that the League cannot due to what they represent to the public, primarily involving hunting down and eliminating metahuman threats before they go public. Starting with Coldcast and Menagerie, she adds Flash, Manitou Raven, Major Disaster, Green Arrow and Kasumi to the team. She also enlists Naif al-Sheikh to keep the team in check and serve as a liaison to the governments of the world.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Vera's cybernetic arms have the capacity to transform into an almost unlimited variety of melee, projectile, and beam weapons. They also incorporate camouflage technology relying on optics as well as altering sense perception in others.
Vera Black in other media[edit]
The character was adapted along with the other elements of "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" for the direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman vs The Elite, voiced by Marcella Lentz-Pope and by Tara Strong as a girl in a flashback sequence.
Further reading
Bolphunga is an extraterrestrial bounty-hunter in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #188 (May 1985).[35]
Within the context of the stories, Bolphunga the Unrelenting has a love of destruction and plots to make a name for himself by challenging the most feared and mysterious beings in creation, fixating on Green Lanterns. This has led to his defeat by Mogo,[GL 1] Kilowog,[GL 2] and Guy Gardner.[GL 3]
Bolphunga in other media[edit]
The character was adapted for a segment of the animated film Green Lantern: Emerald Knights with his voice provided by Roddy Piper. He is in Mogo's story, on which he is described as an undefeated and merciless warrior who is determined to prove himself the most powerful being by defeating and destroying the most powerful warriors in the universe. He then seeks to challenge Mogo, whom he initially believed to be just another Green Lantern, in a mysterious green planet. But eventually sees his mistake and apparently meets his demise when Mogo is revealed to be the planet itself and captures him.
Further reading
Brimstone is a supervillain and artificial construct in the DC Universe.
The character, created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne, first appeared in Legends #1 (November 1986).[36]
Within the context of the stories, Brimstone is initially created by Darkseid as a part of his plot to turn the population of Earth against their superheroes.[Comics 3] He does this by implanting a nuclear reactor with a "techno-seed" which modifies it to create the several story tall Brimstone. It is speculated by the heroes that it is composed of superheated plasma.[Firestorm 2] Its initial rampage is ended by the Suicide Squad when Deadshot shoots out the creature's "heart".[Comics 4]
A handful of stories published much later have used Brimstone, though without fully explaining how the construct was recreated.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Due to its construction, Brimstone possesses superhuman strength and endurance, generates extremely high temperatures, can produce bursts of flame and can generate a giant flaming sword.
Brimstone in other media[edit]
- An alternate version of the character appears in Justice League Unlimited. Presented as a nuclear-powered robot built by a foreign power, it is seen in the pilot episode "Initiation".
- The character was adapted for use in the direct to DVD animated film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
- Brimstone will appear in Young Justice: Outsiders.
Calamity King[edit]
Further reading
Calamity King (E. Davis Ester) is a superhero from the 30th century in the DC Universe. The character, created by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan, first appeared in Adventure Comics #342. Within the context of the stories, Calamity King is a rejected member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
The character appeared briefly in the season 2 episode of Legion of Super Heroes titled "The Karate Kid."
Michelle Carter[edit]
Further reading
Michelle Carter is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Dan Jurgens, first appeared in Booster Gold #5 (June 1986).[37]
Within the context of the stories, Michelle Carter is the twin sister of Michael Carter. She follows her brother from the 25th century back to the later 20th. She decides to explore the era and "borrows" the Goldstar costume.[Booster 1] During this exploration she acts like and dies as a super hero.[volume & issue needed]
Years later, subjectively, Rip Hunter rescues her by pulling her to the present from just before she was to die. This removed her "death" from the timeline.[Booster 2] From her perspective she was rescued in the nick of time and it is not until some time later that she learns that she had originally died. The revelation of this by Rex Hunter traumatizes her and leaves her obsessing on the belief that she is now a "glitch" in the timeline.[Booster 3] Resenting Rip and Booster for having hidden her "real fate", she disables Skeets and disappears into the timestream.[Booster 4]
She resurfaces in Coast City just prior to its destruction by Mongul.[Booster 5] Booster is able to get her out of Coast City, but it costs her a newfound boyfriend.[Booster 6] This results in her contemplating going back to the 25th century. When she informs Booster, he is able to convince her to remain with him and Rip.[Booster 7]
Aaron Cash[edit]
|First appearance
|Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (2003)
|Created by
Dan Slott
Ryan Sook
Aaron Cash is a Corrections Officer and one of Arkham Asylum's most respected security guards. Aaron Cash was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Sook, and first appeared in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (2003). His hand was bitten off by Killer Croc,[38] and he sports a prosthetic hook in its place. Unlike many of his colleagues, he is neither mentally unwell nor corrupt and is a trusted ally of Batman.
Aaron Cash in other media[edit]
- Aaron Cash appears in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise, voiced by Duane R Shepard, Sr.[39][40]
- Cash also makes two cameo appearances in the first two issues of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures.
Further reading
Cerdian is an infant in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Dan Jurgens and Steve Epting, first appeared in Aquaman vol. 5, #63 (January 2000).[41]
Within the context of the stories, Cerdian is the son of Tempest and Dolphin. He is not seen after Infinite Crisis and is confirmed to have died during that event in Titans vol 2, #15 (September 2009).
Further reading
Charybdis is a supervillain associated with Aquaman. Created by Peter David and Martin Egeland, he first appeared in Aquaman vol 5, #1 (August 1994).[42]
Charybdis and his wife, Scylla, are international terrorists who attempt to kill Aquaman. When Scylla is killed, Charybdis is driven mad by grief. He uses his ability to suppress metahuman abilities in others to defeat Aquaman and attempts to absorb Aquaman's powers to himself.[43][44] Partially successful, he is unable to control his new ability to communicate with fish and falls into a pool of piranha. Instead of being devoured, he melds with the fish, taking on many of their traits, and taking on the name Piranha Man.[45]
Doris Chase[edit]
|First appearance
|New Teen Titans #29 (March 1983)
|Created by
Marv Wolfman
George Pérez
Doris Chase was Adrian Chase's wife. The character, created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appeared in New Teen Titans #29 (March 1983). Doris was killed (together with their two children) by a bomb planted meant for Adrian by mob boss Anthony Scarapelli; this trauma made her husband be the Vigilante.[46][47]
Doris Chase appears in Arrow, played by Parveen Dosanjh. Initially just like in the comics, this version is Adrian Chase's wife. She genuinely loves him and is concerned about Adrian's well-being. Doris later finds out from Green Arrow and John Diggle that her husband is Prometheus. Doris hoped Adrian would get help but Adrian killed her.
Christina Chiles[edit]
Christina Chiles, a.k.a. Cyber-Cat, is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Jim Balent and Doug Moench, first appeared in Catwoman #42 in 1997.
Within the context of the stories, Christina Chiles had been working on a cyber battle suit modeled after a cat and decided to test it against Catwoman, who had broken into the lab in which Christina worked. Despite the powers the suit gave her, Christina (now Cyber-Cat) was beaten by Catwoman. Infuriated at her loss, Cyber-Cat began a personal vendetta against Catwoman. As Catwoman managed to elude her Cyber-Cat became more and more fixated on tracking her down. Another confrontation with Catwoman resulted in failure because of the help of Catwoman's rival She-Cat.
Cyber-Cat made one final attempt on Catwoman's life but Catwoman had received her own suit of armor which gave her powers on par with Cyber-Cat's and finally destroyed the armor. Christina was taken into custody by the agency she worked for because of her unauthorized use of its technology.
Further reading
Chunk is a supporting character with superhuman powers in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Mike Baron and Jackson Guice, first appeared in The Flash vol. 2, #9 (February 1988).[48]
Within the context of the stories, Chester Runk is a physicist, engineer, and child prodigy. At age 24 he invents a primitive long range teleportation device. Due to a lack of safety procedures, the device implodes and merges with him. This imparts him with superhuman strength and durability, as well as the ability to teleport anywhere. In order to keep the machine from "eating" him, he is forced to absorb 47 times his own mass in super-dense matter.[Flash 1][49]
He first encounters the Flash while he is stealing diamonds to "feed" the machine.[Flash 1] During the confrontation, he sends the Flash to the "void", a rocky prehistoric wasteland where he has sent others who have crossed him. The Flash convinces him that he needs to return the people he has imprisoned to Earth.[Flash 2]
Over time Chunk becomes one of Wally West's friends and develops a degree of control over his abilities. He eventually opens a waste removal business believing "everyone has something they'd like to disappear".[volume & issue needed]
During her attempt to take over Central City and Keystone City, Blacksmith orders Plunder to shoot Chunk with a white dwarf matter bullet. This results in a rupture causing everything nearby to be sucked into him. The Flash is able to retrieve the bullet and the rupture closes.[Flash 3]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Because of the machine that he absorbed, Chunk has the ability to transfer matter to and from the "void", superhuman strength, limited invulnerability and the ability to manipulate local gravimetric fields.
Alternate versions of Chunk[edit]
A future version of Chunk was presented in Flash Annual #4 (1991) as part of the "Armageddon 2001" story arc.
Further reading
Coldcast is a metahuman who can manipulate electromagnetism for various effects in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, first appeared in Action Comics #775, (March 2001).[50]
Within the context of the stories, Nathan Jones, using the name Coldcast, is a member of the Elite. He is recruited into the team by Manchester Black prior to the team encountering Superman in Libya[Superman 3] After Superman defeats the team and Black's apparent suicide, Coldcast is recruited by Vera Black for a team that eventually becomes the Justice League Elite.
Coldcast in other media[edit]
The character has been adapted for the direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman vs. The Elite, voiced by Catero Colbert.[51]
Trixie Collins[edit]
Further reading
Trixie Collins is an office worker and superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Dan Jurgens, first appeared in Booster Gold #1 (February 1986).[52]
Within the context of the stories, Trixie Collins is hired by Booster Gold to be his personal assistant after he arrives in the 20th century.[Booster 8] When an anti-superhero mob threatens a weakened Booster's life, she reluctantly puts on the Goldstar costume that had been developed to give Booster a female sidekick.[Booster 9] After rescuing Booster, she accompanies him back to the 25th century to save his life and re-power his costume. On their return to the 20th century, she gladly returns the Goldstar suit, preferring her role as a personal assistant over that of a superhero.[Booster 10]
Condiment King[edit]
The Condiment King is a fictional DC Comics villain. He is generally used as comic relief. Although the DC Animated Universe debuted their Condiment King in Batman: The Animated Series where that version was created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, the comics version of Condiment King first appeared in Batgirl: Year One #8 and was created by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty.
The Condiment King first appeared in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Make Em Laugh," voiced by Stuart Pankin. The character was a throwback to the Adam West Batman TV series in that he was whimsical and made many condiment-based puns. Condiment King first appeared where he attacked a rooftop restaurant to rob it only to end up fighting Batman. Chased by Batman to the balcony of the restaurant he robbed, he slipped on ketchup and fell off the balcony where he fell unconscious upon landing on the police car that Harvey Bullock and Renee Montoya were in. They removed his mask revealing him to be a stand-up comedian named Buddy Standler. Batman and Alfred Pennyworth watched the news where it was mentioned that a hospitalized Buddy Standler had no memory of the restaurant attack and that the restaurant is suing the TV studio where Buddy Standler's TV show is shown for the damages Condiment King did to the restaurant. Batman discovered that Buddy Standler was brainwashed by the Joker (using the Mad Hatter's devices) where he and fellow comedians Harry Loomis (who Joker brainwashed into being Pack Rat) and Lisa Lorraine (who Joker brainwashed into being Mighty Mom) had unwittingly spurned the previous year at a comedian contest. After Joker was apprehended, it can be assumed that Buddy Standler and the other brainwashed comedians were cleared of all charges.
Mitchell Mayo is a criminal who operates as Condiment King. He was seen holding up a bank until he was defeated by Batgirl.[53] He later made an appearance where he was committing a crime and is defeated by Black Canary, the third Robin, and Blue Beetle.[54] Robin defeats the Condiment King again. Robin observes that the villain is potentially dangerous (if only because his condiment guns could cause anaphylactic shock), but his ludicrous nature prevents the justice department taking him seriously.[55] Later in the aftermath miniseries of the Final Crisis storyline, Condiment King appears on General Immortus's side. Professor Milo had equipped Condiment King's gun with acidic vinegar.[56] He is seemingly killed after being betrayed and bludgeoned with his own ketchup and mustard guns by Human Flame.[57]
Condiment King makes use of various condiments (sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock) as his weapons in his condiment gun. The condiments range from ketchup, mustard, tabasco, and vinegar.
Condiment King in other media[edit]
- The Buddy Standler version of Condiment King appears in The Lego Batman Movie.[58] He appears as one of the Batman villains assembled by Joker.
- The Buddy Standler version of Condiment King appears in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Nolan North.
- The Mitchell Mayo version of Condiment King is a Rare figure in the February 2016 World's Finest expansion set for the HeroClix collectible miniatures game.[59]
- The Mitchell Mayo version of Condiment King will appear as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains.
Harriet Cooper[edit]
Further reading
Harriet Cooper is the maternal aunt of Dick Grayson in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, first appeared in Detective Comics #328 (June 1964).[60]
Within the context of the stories, Harriet Cooper is Dick Grayson's maternal aunt who comes to live at Wayne Manor after the death of Alfred Pennyworth. She involves herself in both Grayson's and Bruce Wayne's daily lives and on occasion comes close to uncovering their secret identities. When Alfred returns from the dead, she remains at Wayne Manor at his insistence.[Batman 2] Over time health problems reduce her activities and cause her to eventually leave Gotham City.
Despite the longstanding misconception of having been created specifically for the television series Batman, the character had actually been used in the comics for two years and was adapted for television where she was portrayed by Madge Blake. Some details from the television series (her last name, her status as a widow) were added to the comic stories in Detective Comics #373 (March 1968). In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Aunt Harriet has become a recurring character in the series Batman '66. She has also appeared in the ongoing series Gotham Academy.
Damien Darhk[edit]
Further reading
The enigmatic Damien Darhk is an elusive and dangerous criminal mastermind who is an enemy of the Titans. He makes his first appearance in Titans vol. 1 #1 (March 1999). Claiming to be a major player in the American underworld and implying he has an army at his disposal, Darhk is shown to be well-established and well-connected despite being in his early twenties, and has remained untouchable by the FBI and the CIA. He appears to have some connection to the crime syndicate H.I.V.E., and has access to unique high-tech equipment unknown to any organization. Darhk uses trickery and forgotten science to make his followers and the public believe he has mystical or magical powers but is later proven to be a fraud. Darhk is also a Wi-Fi genius, able to stay in touch with anyone by the very latest forms of mass communication. During an altercation with the Titans, Darhk was shot to death by Vandal Savage.
Damien Darhk in other media[edit]
- The character appears in Arrow, portrayed by Neal McDonough.[61] Ra's al Ghul's personal history mentions him as a friend-turned-rival in season three.[62][63] Described as a renegade member of the League of Assassins who left after being denied leadership to form a "hive" of his own, he is behind many past events in the series and appears as the main antagonist in season four. Damien uses a magical artifact to employ telekinesis, and can also drain the life energy of his foes if he makes physical contact with them. The only exception to this is Thea Queen who causes his life-force absorption ability to backfire due to being revived by the Lazarus Pit. Although a ruthless killer, when the Green Arrow saves his family from Anarky, Damien allows Oliver Queen to leave, despite having a chance to kill, out of appreciation for the actions. Damien's artifact is eventually destroyed by Vixen and he is prosecuted and sent to Iron Heights Penitentiary. But after recruiting Dark Archer, Brick, and Murmur, he eventually breaks out and murders Black Canary (Laurel Lance). After Anarky kills his wife and destroys the secret underground city in which Damien planned to survive the nuclear holocaust he wanted to cause, he becomes nihilistic and decides to destroy the world anyway. But with help from Mr. Terrific and the Calculator, Oliver's allies succeed in disabling all but one of the nuclear bombs (a city is destroyed by the successful nuke). Meanwhile, Green Arrow leads the people of Star City in a rally against Damien and his army, with the outpour of hope nullifying Damien's powers. The two engage in a physical fight with Oliver overpowering him. Defeated, Damien taunts Green Arrow, stating Oliver spared Slade Wilson after killing Oliver's mother. Oliver reminds him that he killed tens of thousands of innocent people, including Laurel, and states not having a choice before stabbing him with an arrow, killing him. He returned in season five as a manifestation from a Dominator's mental simulation in the 100th episode Invasion!.
- Neal McDonough also appears briefly in The Flash. In the episode "Legends of Today", the Flash rescues Team Arrow from Darhk's attack during a raid on an A.R.G.U.S. facility.
- Neal McDonough appears as Damien Darhk in Legends of Tomorrow.[64][65] In the first season, he is a minor antagonist as he attends a weapons auction held by Vandal Savage in the 1970s. Damien returns in season two as a recurring character, one of the two secondary antagonists alongside Malcolm Merlyn and a member of the Legion of Doom. He also serves as an archenemy to Sara Lance, Laurel Lance's sister and the Legends' leader. Although initially hesitant to work with Eobard Thawne, he quickly joins forces upon learning of his future death and the failure of his plans from Sara. Together with Eobard, his future/former accomplice Dark Archer, and the rest of the Legion of Doom, he works to find the fabled Spear of Destiny in order to change his fate. After they succeed, Damien makes himself mayor of Star City and regains his magical artifact. However, the Legends manage to travel back in time to stop the Legion's success. Eobard also travels back to warn the past Legion, so Damien sets out with the Legion to stop the Legends in a final battle. Using swords and a futuristic gun courtesy of Eobard, Damien eventually kills the future counterpart of Citizen Steel before engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Sara. Sara manages to overpower him and knock him out. After the Legion is defeated, the Legends return each member of the Legion to their respective place in the timeline and wipe their memories of time travel, so Damien ends up dying in 2016 as before. In season three, Darhk is the secondary antagonist and is resurrected from his death by his time-displaced daughter Nora Darhk, with his memories restored and resumes his feud with Sara, the Legends, and their allies. He later encounters Gorilla Grodd upon saving him from the napalm bombing during the Vietnam War and claims to have time traveling technology that will let Grodd time travel at will. It is revealed that his alliance with Mallus is intended to ensure Mallus's release from his prison dimension by causing temporal aberrations that will weaken it, but this effort is complicated when tension arises between Darhk and his daughter over their differing approaches to their relationship. Damien Darhk, after being convinced by Steel and The Atom that his daughter will cease to exist if Mallus is set free, decides to help the Legends stop Mallus from taking Nora's body, but ends up taking Nora's place and is killed by Mallus in the season 3 finale.
Dex-Star is abandoned stray blue house cat from Earth, adopted by a woman in Brooklyn who names him Dexter. During a break-in, Dex-Starr scratched the burglar before his owner was killed and he was evicted by police. Homeless, he was grabbed by two street thugs and thrown off the Brooklyn Bridge, but the rage he felt caught the attention of a red power ring and it came to him before he hit the water. As a member of the Red Lantern Corps, he killed the two thugs and slept on their skulls, proclaiming himself to be a "good kitty" using thoughts expressed in simple sentences. He was described by Geoff Johns in an interview with Wizard as "the most sadistic and malicious" of the Red Lanterns. Originally intended as a joke by Shane Davis, he began being featured more prominently due to positive reception. Dex-Starr frequently travels with Atrocitus, with his vengeful quest centering on finding the burglar that murdered his owner. Dex-Starr gained the ability to create constructs after drinking the blood of Rankorr, and unbeknownst to his fellow Red Lanterns, he used his new found ability to save Atrocitus from certain death after the former-leader of the Red Lanterns saw his red power ring being taken by Guy Gardner.
Dex-Starr in other media[edit]
- Dex-Starr appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. He is first found in the Hall of Justice in a side-quest requesting player to keep enemies from attacking him until he counts to ten. He later appears in Yismault, where Catwoman requests player to help find a place which could be his territory.
- Dex-Starr appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Jason J. Lewis. In the episode "Rage of the Red Lanterns", he is a member of the Red Lantern Corps.
- Dex-Starr appears in Injustice 2 alongside Atrocitus. He is Atrocitus' in-game character trait, on which player summons him to help Atrocitus attack the opponents.
- Dex-Starr appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis.
- Dex-Starr will appear in Lego DC Super-Villains.[66]
Deep Blue[edit]
Further reading
Deep Blue is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Peter David and Jim Calafiore, first appeared in Aquaman vol. 3 #23 (August 1996).[67]
Within the context of the stories, Debbie Perkins is the daughter of Tsunami and grew up believing Neptune Perkins to be her father while Rhombus believed her to be his daughter. As Deep Blue, she is among the heroes who respond to Aquaman's call to unite the undersea kingdoms.[volume & issue needed] Over time she begins to insist on being called Indigo and learns that Atlan claims to be her true father.[volume & issue needed]
Doctor No-Face[edit]
Further reading
Doctor No-Face is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Dave Wood and Sheldon Moldoff, only appeared in Detective Comics #319 (September 1963).[68]
Within the context of the stories, Bart Magan attempts to remove a facial scar using an experimental device. When the device erases all his facial features instead he takes the name "Doctor No-Face" and starts a short-lived crime spree in Gotham City.[Batman 3]
Doctor No-Face in other media[edit]
The character of Doctor No-Face was adapted for an appearance in the episode "A Bat Divided" of the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Debuting in Green Arrow and Black Canary #7 (June 2008), Dodger is a thief who deals in high-end merchandise. Operating from London, England, Dodger will steal and/or sell anything from information to advanced technology.
At one point he came into possession of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft. Recognizing that the vehicle's stealth capabilities made it a lucrative commodity, he began leasing the vessel to various underworld figures, including the League of Assassins. When the vessel in question was linked to an assassination attempt against Connor Hawke, Green Arrow and Black Canary began investigating its activity. The trail led them to London where they (along with Mia "Speedy" Dearden) engaged in combat with Dodger at a local pub. Although Dodger proved to be an able-bodied physical combatant, "Team Arrow" subdued him, and he told them about the League of Assassins.
When pressed for more information, Dodger was unwilling to cooperate, so Green Arrow and Black Canary dropped him from the belly of a cargo plane suspended by a bungee cord until he agreed to give them better intelligence. He took them to his secret lair and triangulated the last location of the stealth ship he had leased.
Green Arrow and Black Canary then persuaded him to accompany them on the search, which brought them to a castle in Leicestershire, England. They evaded several traps and finally discovered a cryogenics tube containing the compressed form of former Justice Leaguer Plastic Man.
Dodger continued to work alongside Team Arrow and, fought a team of Metahumans who claimed to represent the League of Assassins. Dodger contributed very little to the battle; however, he did manage to distract one of them long enough for Batman to subdue him. Dodger continued adventuring with the group, battled foes and completed the adventure along with the team.
After settling their business with the League of Assassins, Dodger accompanied "Team Arrow" back to the United States where he struck up a romantic relationship with Mia Dearden. Mia has now left the States and traveled to London to continue this relationship.
Dodger in other media[edit]
- The Dodger appears as a minor antagonist in the TV series Arrow. Appearing in the fifteenth episode "Dodger", he is a British jewel thief who robs valuable jewels from wealthy occupants and sells them at a high price. Unlike the comics, this iteration of the character uses hostages with bomb collars to steal for him, rather than alien technology. He also uses a high voltage stun-stick as a weapon, which renders victims unconscious. His real name is Winnick Norton, a reference of original creators of the character, Judd Winick and Mike Norton. He is defeated by Oliver and John Diggle when he is taken out with his own "shocker" after Oliver causes his car to crash using an arrow as a dagger and is arrested by SCPD unit afterwards. In Arrow: Season 2.5 tie-in comic, Norton escapes from prison and begins operating out of Bludhaven as part of a mercenary group called the Renegades. He and other members kidnap Felicity Smoak on the orders of Clinton Hogue, reminiscent how he kidnapped her earlier in "Dodger". Norton and other members are defeated by Oliver Queen, Roy Harper and Helena Bertinelli, leaving them bound and tipping the police so they could arrest them.
Dominus is a fictional character and a DC Comics supervillain who first appeared in Action Comics #747. He appears primarily as an opponent of Superman.[69]
Originally, Dominus was an alien priest named Tuoni, who served as one of the five custodians of his world's faith. During this time, he fell in love with his peer, Ahti. However, he was driven mad by jealousy when Ahti ascended past him and assumed the mantle of Kismet, Illuminator of All Realities.[69]
Studying infernal forbidden magic in an attempt to gain the power to challenge his former lover and rob her of the power of Kismet, Tuoni's assault was reflected by Kismet's divine energies, and his body was incinerated. Despite Tuoni's deceit, the omnibenevolent Kismet showed him mercy and shunted his shattered, still-living body into the Phantom Zone.[69]
Within the Phantom Zone, Tuoni encountered a holographic projection of Superman's long-dead Kryptonian ancestor, Kem-L, who was able to use his own ancient variety of arcane Kryptonian science to rebuild the former holy man as a psionic, cosmic phantasm known as "Dominus."
In this new all-powerful form, Dominus escaped the Zone via Superman's Fortress of Solitude and attacked Earth. Attempting to find Kismet to steal her cosmic powers, he was opposed by Superman. Swearing vengeance, Dominus telepathically entered Superman's mind and preyed on one of the Man of Steel's greatest weaknesses; his fear of failing the people of Earth.
Using mind control, Dominus convinced Superman to take control of Earth and build the Superman Robots to police the planet twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week forever. In another battle, Dominus used his reality warping powers to become Superman using the Superman Robots to search for Kismet while Superman was disguised as one of his own robots and later as Dominus.
During his captivity in these other forms Superman improved on his use of Torquasm Vo, an ancient Kryptonian warrior discipline technique where the warrior can control what they think. Superman and Dominus then engaged in a mental-physical battle with Dominus using any stray thought of Superman to reshape reality. The battle ends with Superman banishing Dominus to the Phantom Zone.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Dominus uses his "Continuum Control" to alter reality, and "Control" to make people unaware that the change occurred. He can actually create more than one simultaneous reality, each one attacking a specific character's mental attributes. Dominus' realities were also inspired by other times in Superman's publishing history (1940s, 1960s and 1970s) and "The Superman of 2965–2966" story involving Muto.[70][71]
Behind the scenes[edit]
In a 1981 DC Treasury Special, Superman And His Fortress of Solitude, the Pre-Crisis Lex Luthor posed as a red-armored alien named Dominus as part of an elaborate ruse aimed at destroying the Man of Steel.
Dreadnought is a fictional character in DC Comics appearing in the New 52 continuity. He serves as an agent of H.I.V.E. along with Psiphon. He appears in Superboy Vol 4 #20, where he is sent by H.I.V.E. to New York City to apprehend Doctor Psycho, who had escaped from a H.I.V.E. facility, and Superboy, whose psionic powers were of interest to H.I.V.E. The two characters teamed up and managed to defeat the H.I.V.E. soldiers. Dreadnought was sent flying by Superboy and landed in the Hudson River.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Dreadnought has undergone genetic modifications by H.I.V.E. that mutated him into a giant humanoid purple beast with metallic armor and large black horns protruding from his head. He has superhuman strength and durability which enable him to hold his own against Superboy.
Carl Draper[edit]
Carl Draper is a fictional character in DC Comics, an enemy of Superman. He has gone by the names Kator, Master Jailer, Deathtrap and Locksmith. Draper made his first appearance in Superman Vol 1 #331 (Jan 1979), written by Martin Pasko and drawn by Curt Swan and Frank Chiaramonte.[72]
In Pre-Crisis comics, Carl Draper grew up in Smallville (see Kator below). He was an overweight clumsy teenager whom most of the other kids never noticed or made fun of. He was in love with Lana Lang, who had eyes only for Superboy, much to Draper's resentment. As an adult, Draper underwent a self-imposed self-improvement regimen, including exercise and cosmetic surgery, to overcome his physical shortcomings. He became an expert locksmith and architect, designing an inescapable prison for super-villains. Impressed by the achievement, Superman augmented the prison's security by placing it on an antigravity platform. Initially dubbed "Draper's Island" by Superman, it was informally renamed "Superman Island" by the adult Lana – with whom Draper remained smitten, just as she remained lovestruck by Superman. It was the latter name, plus the novelty of the floating platform, that caught public attention, diverting recognition from Draper himself. This proved the final straw for Draper, who snapped and became the costumed supervillain Master Jailer. He attacked Superman and kidnapped Lana under the name the Master Jailer. Superman defeated him, and he was sent to his own prison.
In New Adventures of Superboy #17 (May 1981), at the prodding of Carl "Moosie" Draper, Superboy creates a robot named Kator as a sparring adversary (and gives the "safety cutoff switch" to Jonathan Kent). Kator, however, developed an artificial intelligence, and almost killed the Boy of Steel before being destroyed (in the New Adventures of Superboy #18). However, the robot apparently gave Draper its identity and powers before being destroyed. Draper (the new Kator) then engages Superboy in combat. However, Jonathan Kent presses the safety switch on the "cutoff" device, which removes "Kator's" super-powers from Draper, and Superboy removes the memory of Draper ever being Kator.[73][74]
In Post-Crisis comics, Carl Draper first appeared in Adventures of Superman #517 (Nov 1994). This was during the Dead Again storyline, when Superman was suspected of being an imposter after his body was found still in his tomb (from The Death of Superman). Draper was hired by S.T.A.R. Labs to design a holding cell for Conduit, when his daughter, Carla, asked him if he could build a prison that could hold Superman. Draper initially designed a trap that only the real Superman could escape from, explaining this to Superman by way of a hologram of a costumed figure named Deathtrap. However, when Superman escaped the trap, Draper became obsessed with proving he could capture the real thing.
Draper made several other attempts to capture Superman, often programming the Deathtrap hologram in advance so he could be publicly elsewhere. On one occasion, in Superman: The Man of Steel #43 (Apr 1995), he programmed Deathtrap to appear during a Draper Security press conference, and display how Draper's devices were being "subverted", thus both removing suspicion and acting as an advertisement.
In Action Comics #739, Superman (in his blue energy form) was captured in an "energy hobble" by Deathtrap, now calling himself Locksmith. At the end of the story, it was revealed to the reader that Carla Draper was running the hologram this time and her father was unaware of this. The Master Jailer was one of the villains controlled by Manchester Black in the 2002 storyline "Ending Battle".
Carl Draper appears in Checkmate #17 (Oct. 2007). At some point, Checkmate discovered his multiple identities, and used this to force him into becoming a security consultant, protecting Checkmate itself from attack. In the issue, he prevents numerous assaults on Checkmate headquarters and is promoted to head of security, with the title Castellan. Although he has not told his superiors, he strongly suspects Carla is involved in the attacks. The issue also contains an Easter egg – computer displays show an actual website (now defunct)[75] that could be accessed with the username "CARL DRAPER" and password "wilhelmina". The site was a journal and database written from Draper's perspective. In his journal, he claimed to have been only Deathtrap and that he was unconnected with the Post-Crisis Master Jailer.
Carl Draper in other media[edit]
Master Jailer appears in the live action TV series Supergirl, portrayed by Jeff Branson. In this version he is an alien from planet Trombus who was a third-generation prison guard at Fort Rozz until the prison ship landed on Earth and many of the inmates escaped. He turned vigilante, hunting down and lynching several escapees until he was thwarted by Kara; in overview his methods were overzealous as he even murdered aliens that were not violent and wanted peaceful lives. On Earth he posed as Detective Draper of the National City Police Department.[76]
Carla Draper[edit]
Carla Draper made an appearance in Superboy #26 (May 1996), under the name Snare. She responded to a request from the Hawaiian Special Crimes Unit to Draper Security for assistance in capturing the supervillain Knockout, who was on the run with a misguided Superboy in tow. Snare, aware of her father's obsession, tried to prove she could do something he could not by capturing Superboy. This led to a fight with the SCU, during which Superboy and Knockout escaped.
Cal Durham[edit]
Further reading
Cal Durham is a former henchman of Black Manta and a public figure in the DC Universe.
The character, created by David Michelinie and Jim Aparo, first appeared in Aquaman #57 (August–September 1977).[77]
Within the context of the stories, Cal Durham is a mercenary hired by Black Manta under the pretense of establishing an African-American dominated underwater society. To this end, Durham undergoes surgical procedures to emulate Atlantian physiology.[volume & issue needed] Discovering that Manta is more focused on destroying Aquaman than fulfilling his social promise, he rebels. This results in Manta attempting to kill him and Duhram reevaluating his goals.[volume & issue needed] Much later he appears as the mayor of Sub Diego.[volume & issue needed]
In the comic book tie-in of the TV series Young Justice, Calvin Duhram appears as Kaldur'ahm's foster father. Formerly a henchman of the super-villain Black Manta, Calvin was genetically modified to acquire Atlantean physiology in order to infiltrate Atlantis, but defected to the Atlanteans and subsequently settled down with Aqualad's mother, Sha'lain'a of Shayeris.[78]
False Face[edit]
Further reading
False Face is a name used by a number of different supervillains in the DC Universe.
The concept and first character, created by Mort Weisinger and Creig Flessel, first appeared in Leading Comics #2 (Spring 1942) using the name "Falseface".[79] The name was later adjusted to "False Face" mirroring minor characters introduced by Fawcett Comics and Timely Comics.
Variations of the character have been introduced in Batman #113 (February 1958) and Birds of Prey #112 (January 2008). In all instances the character is only identified as "False-Face" or by an alias while in disguise.
Golden Age False Faces[edit]
Within the context of the stories, the False Face of the 1940s first appears as a small-time crook recruited by the Black Star to form a criminal gang. False Face attempts to rob a Mardi Gras event in New Orleans and is apprehended by the Shining Knight.[Comics 5] Much later he confronts the Star-Spangled Kid.[Comics 6]
Further reading
A different False Face dies in a confrontation with Captain Marvel, Jr.[Comics 7] While not the same character as created for DC, the publisher would later license and eventually purchase the characters and stories Fawcett published. The material would be assigned to "Earth-S" within the continuity of the DC Universe.
Silver Age False Face[edit]
The late 1950s version of the character, created by an uncredited writer and Sheldon Moldoff, appeared once in Batman #113.[80]
Within the context of the stories, this False Face appears as an opponent of Batman and Robin and uses his skill to commit elaborate robberies involving the kidnapping of high-profile individuals.[Batman 4]
This version of the character was adapted in 1966 for a two-episode story for the television series Batman. The role was performed by Malachi Throne though the actor's face was obscured by a translucent plastic mask. This was further adapted for a number of appearances in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold with Corey Burton providing the character's voice.
Modern False Face[edit]
|First appearance
|(January 2008)
Further reading
The late 2000s version of the character, created by Tony Bedard and David Cole, first appeared in Birds of Prey #112.[81]
Within the context of the stories, the modern False Face is a female mercenary who is contracted by the Calculator to kidnap and impersonate Lady Blackhawk in order to infiltrate the Birds of Prey.[Batman 5]
False Face in other media[edit]
- False Face appears in the Batman 60's series.
- Aside from adaptation of the Silver Age version of the character for television, the concept and name were adapted for an original character in the animated series Batman Beyond. This version actually has the ability to rearrange and mold his face to mimic others. The character appeared in the episode "Plague" voiced by Townsend Coleman, who was hired by Kobra.
- False Face appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
False Face appears in the Batman 60's series comics. His real name is revealed to be Basil Karlo who transforms into Clayface. [82]
|First appearance
|The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982)
|Created by
|Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick
|Flight; intangibility; manipulation and projection of heat and radiation
|Lorraine Reilly; Firestorm
Further reading
Firehawk is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982) as Lorraine Reilly. Her transformation into Firehawk was presented in The Fury of Firestorm #17 (October 1983).
Within the context of the stories, Lorraine Reilly is the daughter of United States Senator Walter Reilly. She is kidnapped by Multiplex on the orders of Henry Hewitt. Hewitt subjects her to experiments designed to recreate the accident that created Firestorm and Multiplex.[83] Dubbed "Firehawk", she is used as a pawn against Firestorm. Over the course of The Fury of Firestorm, she becomes a supporting character and an intended romantic interest for Ronnie Raymond, one half of the composite hero.
Later stories have her retiring from super heroics,[84] entering politics, and becoming a Senator.[citation needed] The Raymonds and Firestorm re-enter her life when Ed Raymond asks her to investigate Jason Rusch, the new Firestorm. As a result of that investigation, for a short time she becomes Rusch's "partner" in the Firestorm Matrix.
A new Firehawk later appeared as the Firestorm of France.[85]
Galactic Golem[edit]
|First appearance
|Superman #248 (February 1972)
|Created by
|Len Wein and Curt Swan
Further reading
Galactic Golem is a creature created by Lex Luthor in the DC Universe. Within the context of the stories, the Golem is a solar-powered enemy of Superman.
Joan Garrick[edit]
|First appearance
|Flash Comics #1 (January 1940)
|Created by
|Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert
Joan Garrick (née Joan Williams) is the girlfriend and later wife to Jay Garrick. The character was created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert, and first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940).
Joan Garrick appears in the Young Justice animated series, voiced by Kath Soucie.
|First appearance
|Villains United #5 (November 2005)
|Created by
|Stuart Moore and Jamal Igle
|Teleportation; limited telepathy
|Gehenna Hewitt
Further reading
Gehenna is a superhero in the DC Universe. She is a clone of Victor Hewitt who is rescued by Firestorm. Her telepathic ability is shown to be limited to those participating in the Firestorm matrix and strongest with Jason Rusch. She becomes a romantic interest for Rusch through Firestorm: The Nuclear Man volume 2 and a participant in the matrix. She is killed by the Black Lantern Firestorm in Blackest Night #3 (September 2009).
|First appearance
|Booster Gold #13 (February 1987)
|Created by
|Dan Jurgens
Further reading
Goldstar is a codename used by a number of superheroes and a supervillain in the DC Universe. It has been used for the characters of Trixie Collins (Booster Gold vol. 1 #13), Ernest Widdle (Lobo vol. 2 #5) and Michelle Carter (Booster Gold vol. 1 #20) as a heroic identity. It was used for a female supervillain that first appeared in Doom Patrol vol. 2 #5 (February 1988) by Paul Kupperberg and Steve Lightle.
Within the context of Booster Gold's history, it was the code name he had originally intended to use as a superhero.[86]
Further reading
Head is an alien in the DC Universe. The character, created by Gail Simone and Grant Morrison, first appeared in Brave New World #1.
Within the context of the stories, Head is stranded on Earth after a failed plot by the microscopic alien race, the Waiting, to conquer it.
There had been different characters named Headhunter in DC Comics.
Within the context of the stories, Headhunter is a mercenary and nemesis of Batman.
Headhunter first appeared attempting to kill Commissioner Gordon.[87]
During the DC Rebirth reboot, Headhunter murdered Swamp Thing's father. Batman and Swamp Thing investigated, discovering he was responsible. To Batman's horror, Swamp Thing murdered Headhunter.[88]
Hawkman villain[edit]
Within the context of the stories, Headhunter was a warrior shaman who uses Nth metal weapons. He developed a particular fascination with Hawkman, to the point of reanimating the bones of his previous incarnations.
Headhunter in other media[edit]
A variation of Headhunter appears in the Gotham episode "A Dark Knight: A Day in the Narrows," portrayed by Kyle Vincent Terry. This version has the real name of Wendell. Just like the comics, Headhunter had a habit of shooting his victims twice: the first shot to kill the person, the second one as his signature since he never missed the first shot to the head. At the time when Victor Zsasz was out of town, he recommended his old friend Headhunter to Oswald Cobblepot to be his replacement security counsel until his return. Headhunter accompanied Oswald Cobblepot when he and his group assisted the Gotham City Police Department into hunting Professor Pyg in the Narrows. Upon both groups falling into Professor Pyg's trap, Headhunter got wounded until James Gordon destroyed the trap. After falling back to the Iceberg Lounge due to Professor Pyg having gotten away, Headhunter stated to Cobblepot that Gordon is right. This causes Cobblepot to stab Headhunter in the neck with the knife concealed in his cane and then stab him in the chest stating to Headhunter that this was his signature. In the episode "A Dark Knight: The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause," Headhunter gets out of the hospital where he now wears an eyepatch and meets Sofia Falcone at the time when Victor Zsasz brings him to raid Arkham Asylum to target Oswald Cobblepot only for him to be sprung from Arkham by Edward Nygma. The two of them encounter Gordon and Harvey Bullock on the streets with Oswald Cobblepot which resulted in a gunfight where Cobblepot got away with Leslie Thompkins. When Sofia Falcone brought Zsasz, Headhunter, and some Falcone crime family operatives to Spa Bo'sh Sumka in order to target Arthur Penn, Zsasz and Headhunter pursue Bullock and Penn. While the two of them got away in Leslie's car, Zsasz and Headhunter went out for smoothies when they saw the police cars arriving.
Human Cannonball[edit]
Further reading
Human Cannonball (Ryan Chase) is a superhero in the DC Universe. The character, created by Tom DeFalco and Win Mortimer, first appeared in Superman Family #188 in March 1978. Within the context of the stories, the Human Cannonball grew up in the circus and is a friend of Lois Lane. He has no superhuman powers, but can fly using an advanced jet-pack – he wears a cannonball-shaped helmet to allow him to crash into his targets head-on. His costume consists of a green shirt (with a yellow CB emblem) and tights, black pants, black gloves and violet thigh-length boots.
Further reading
Hyena is the name of two fictional supervillains published by DC Comics. The first Hyena debuted in Firestorm #4 (September 1978), and was created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom. The second Hyena debuted in Fury of Firestorm #10 (March 1983), and was created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick.
Both werehyenas had problems with authority and resented Firestorm for interfering in their vendettas. The unique feature of the Hyenas was that they turned into werehyena forms whenever they were under great emotional stress, not only when there was a full moon. This meant that they could attack foes in broad daylight, and that they would revert into their human forms when their emotional tension was relieved.
The first Hyena, Summer Day, joined the Peace Corps as a result of relational issues with her father, was turned into a werehyena as a result of an accident in Africa. Taking the name the Hyena, Summer returned to America and began attacking both criminals and police officers. A result of her condition is a steadily progressing madness.[89]
The second Hyena, Doctor Jivan Shi, was a psychiatrist whom Summer Day had fallen in love with while he was attempting to treat her werehyena condition. One night, as Summer and Jivan were embracing, Summer transformed into the Hyena and infected Jivan with the werehyena curse. Professor Stein noted that being the Hyena seemed to have warped Jivan Shi's mind.[90] According to Fury of Firestorm #10–13, the madness suffered by the werehyenas is one's bestial side taking over coupled with an exaggeration of negative emotions.
In Infinite Crisis, Deadshot killed one of the Hyenas after a prison break out,[91] and the other appeared as a member of the Injustice League in One Year Later before being shot and killed by Parademons attacking the villains' camp.[92][92]
A pack of at least five new werehyenas, presumably suffering from the same curse as Summer and Jivan, were seen in San Francisco some time after the death of their remaining predecessor. They were promptly defeated and permanently returned to human form thanks to Zatanna, Vixen, and Black Canary.[93]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, the werehyenas are reintroduced as mercenaries who received special drugs that gave super-strength and velocity, with the side effect of a constant laugh.[94]
During the Forever Evil storyline as part of The New 52, the Summer Day version of Hyena appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. The Crime Syndicate sent Plastique with Black Bison, Multiplex, Plastique, and Typhoon to finish Gorilla Grodd's job. The villains were defeated by the Rogues since one of the targets was the hospital that was treating Captain Cold's sister.[26]
Invisible Hood[edit]
Invisible Hood is the name of two fictional superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. The original was owned by Quality Comics, but was later acquired by DC Comics, along with other Quality characters. He first appeared in Smash Comics #1 (August 1939), and was created by Art Pinajian, Pinajian illustrated the story under the pseudonym "Art Gordon".
Years after the character was acquired by DC Comics, a retroactive fictional history was developed.
A modern version of the Invisible Hood debuts in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #5. He assists the group in escaping from S.H.A.D.E., an evil governmental organization with control of the White House. In issue #6, it is revealed that he is Ken Thurston, the great-grandson of the original Invisible Hood and that he is using the same hood that the original Golden Age Hood used. Uncle Sam had used telepathy to direct Ken to the item. Later, Ken is killed by the traitorous Ray (Stan Silver), just as he is about to leave the superhero profession.[95]
Both Kent and Ken Thurston have no superpowers but they wear a chemically treated cloak that grants them invisibility.
Jack Haly[edit]
He is owner and ringmaster of Haly's Circus. The owner of Haly's Circus has gone by several names over the years, including C.C. and Jack, and his surname has been spelled Haly or Haley.
Jack Haly in other media[edit]
- Jack Haley appears in Batman The Animated Series episode "Robin's Reckoning Part I" voiced by Ed Gilbert. Haley ran an honest business, and would not pay Tony Zucco protection money. In retaliation, Zucco sabotaged the rigs, and caused the death of the Flying Graysons. However, the young Dick Grayson survived, and when Bruce Wayne took him into care, Haley bid him goodbye, assuring Dick that he would always have a home within the circus.
- Jack Haley appears in Young Justice episode "Fears" voiced by Stephen Root. Haly owned the circus, but he also performed as the ringmaster. He loved all the performers and considered them family, and to young Dick Grayson, he was the closest thing to a grandfather. In 2006, crime boss Zucco tried to extort money from him. Haly refused, as he ran an honest business, but it would cost him dearly. Zucco sabotaged the trapeze rig of the Flying Graysons, killing four and paralyzing one. Four years later, his European tour had several problems: a string of high-end technology robberies took place on exactly the same dates as the circus' shows in those cities, putting Haly and his acts under suspicion from Interpol agent King Faraday; and a "flu" (actually the effect of the Parasite's feeding process) went around among the performers, which caused Haly's top act to miss a show in Paris. Haly took on a new act, a trapeze team calling themselves The Daring Dangers. Seeing the Daring Dangers in action made Haly realize that the youngest, Dan Danger, was actually his old star Dick Grayson. He looked at his performance and progress with a sense of pride. Haly dismissed Carlo and his brother's complaints about being dropped from the top slot in favor of the Daring Dangers and their assertion that the Dangers weren't siblings as they claimed. When another robbery took place on the night of the show, King Faraday interrogated Haly again. Wishing to protect his own people, he lied to Faraday that he had done a bed check on all his performers. The Interpol agent made it clear that he would shut the circus down if he found Haly involved. As the circus left Bruges, Ray the Roustabout attacked Haly and tied him up. Haly was not discovered until the train was well underway to Geneva. Following the arrest of Ray—actually Parasite—as the thief, the Dangers left the tour. Haly told Dan he knew all along who he really was, and asked him to do one final performance, which the latter accepted.
- Jack Haley with the drawing of Young Justice makes a briefly non speaking cameo in the final scenes of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.
|First appearance
|Green Lantern #173 (February 1984)
|Created by
Dennis O'Neil
Mike Sekowsky
Dick Giordano
|Uses gimmicked javelins and other gadgetry.
Javelin is a fictional DC Comics supervillain.
The Javelin is a German former Olympic athlete who turned to a life of crime, using his uncanny abilities with a javelin-based weapons arsenal. The Javelin fought Green Lantern and was defeated before agreeing to serve with the Suicide Squad in exchange for the purging of his criminal record. His last Squad mission was a battle with Circe as part of the War of the Gods crossover event. It takes place in issue #58.
In the pages of Checkmate, Javelin is recruited by Mirror Master in an attempt to frame Amanda Waller. He teams up with several other villains, such as Plastique and the duo Punch and Jewelee. They invade a Myanmar military facility in order to neutralize what seems to be a superhuman power source. Javelin is killed by a runaway jeep while trying to protect a distraught, newly widowed Jewelee.[96]
Javelin in other media[edit]
- Javelin makes several brief, non-speaking appearances as a member of the Legion of Doom, in Justice League Unlimited's final season.
- In the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Scorn of the Star Sapphire", Javelin appears briefly during a montage of the known Green Lantern foes.
Jefferson Jackson[edit]
Further reading
Jefferson Jackson is a supporting character of Ronnie Raymond (a.k.a. Firestorm) who makes his debut in Firestorm vol. 2 #1 (June 1982). Jackson is a former student of Bradley High School in Manhattan, New York. During his tenure at Bradley High, Jackson became a member of the school's championship basketball team, where he met Ronnie. The two became close friends, and Jackson frequently aided Ronnie during the numerous episodes wherein the latter would find himself embroiled in conflicts with school-jerk Cliff Carmichael. Jackson dated a young woman named Stella, and the two frequently double-dated with Ronnie and his girlfriend, Doreen Day.
Jefferson Jackson in other media[edit]
Jefferson "Jax" Jackson appears in live action Arrowverse series, portrayed by Franz Drameh. Making his debut in the second season of The Flash, Jax is a high school football star who got injured during the particle accelerator explosion, and forced to become a mechanic instead of playing college football. He was selected as a potential candidate to replace the deceased Ronnie Raymond as the other half of Firestorm due to having been affected by the particle accelerator explosion in a manner similar to Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein. Although reluctant to cooperate, he later accepts the role and teams up with the Flash to defeat Henry Hewitt, another candidate who absorbed some of the Firestorm powers. Jax later appears in series Legends of Tomorrow as one of its principal characters. Drameh reprised his role in the web series Vixen.[97]
Adeline Kane[edit]
Adeline Kane, formerly Adeline Wilson, is best known as both the leader of the criminal organization H.I.V.E. and the ex-wife of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke the Terminator. An enemy of the Teen Titans, Adeline makes her first appearance in New Teen Titans #34 (August 1983). She was brought up as a wealthy jet-setting playgirl, despite being trained by a father who had worked with Chinese guerrilla forces. But, after a traumatic first marriage at nineteen, she joined the U.S. military, where she met, trained, and married Slade Wilson. After Slade left the military, Slade and Adeline took up the socialite lifestyle Adeline had been raised to.
Unbeknownst to her, Slade was using his hunting trips to gain clients for his mercenary side job, which resulted in the kidnapping and near-death of their younger son, Joseph. Enraged and betrayed by Slade's prioritization of Deathstroke's honor code over their son's well-being, Adeline shot her husband and, when he survived, served him with divorce papers.
Grant, who had idolized his father, rebelled against his mother and ran away to New York, where he ran into the Titans and ended up dying due to his alliance with H.I.V.E. Slade vowed to pick up his dead son's contract against the Teen Titans; Adeline promptly interfered. She blamed Slade for Grant's death. Due to Adeline's intervention, Joseph, who had been working with her, joined the Titans as Jericho.
Joseph eventually became possessed by the spirits of Azarath. Begging his father to kill him in order to prevent the corrupted spirits from achieving their purpose, Adeline's only remaining son died at her husband's hand. Adeline found this out from one of her Searchers Inc. agents, rather than from Slade himself, which merely cemented her long-held grudge against her ex-husband.
Slade, however, held no grudge against her, keeping an eye out for her safety and attempting to aid her when he thought he could get away with it, e.g., when Adeline had been abducted by her first husband Morel, a.k.a. Count Tavolera, who had poisoned her in an attempt to force her to work with him to discover her ancestor Josiah Kane's treasure.
To save Adeline's life, Slade gave her some of his own serum-altered blood. This ended up driving her crazy; Slade's genotype had a unique mutation which enabled him to effectively metabolize his serum. Other less fortunate people either died or went mad.
For a time, Adeline went underground, slowly losing more and more of her normal cognitive abilities, though none of her tactical skills. She eventually turned herself into the H.I.V.E. Mistress, in her madness focusing on superheroes as the reason for her sons' death and creating a plan to kill all the heroes she could.
Her plot resulted in her death. Vandal Savage put a team together to take advantage of Adeline's plan, intending to take her immortal blood to create a sort of Fountain of Youth potion. With her throat cut, unable to die and yet unable to fully heal, Adeline regained her sanity briefly and pleaded with Slade (who had learned of her involvement and arrived to try and save her) to kill her and reunite her with their children. He was unable to comply with her request and Starfire killed her instead.
Kilg%re is a sentient computer virus capable of hacking into any computer system.
Killg%re is a virus. The first time Kilg%re appeared was in The Flash #3. Killg%re has the ability to take control of anything that is electrical. Killg%re took over the worlds computer system. The virus was able to appear on every computer in the world. Killg%re is a virus so there is no real image of him just fake images of other people. The Kil%re killed the scientist that was supposed to help Flash run faster. The dome that Kilg%re was first inhabited in had a cloning chamber. The Kilg%re cloned the scientist and took control over him. The Killg%re had prepared the scientist to receive its mind in case it was forced out of the system. Flash consulted with Cyborg to try and shut down the worlds power to try and kill Killg%re. This was successful. After that they found the clone of the scientist. If the Killg%re had been able to reach the clone it might have been able to hide itself until it could once again enter the system. When the JLI was investigating reports of a rampage by The Construct, they encountered a sentient computer program, apparently created by Metron. This program took control of Metron's chair and opened a Boom Tube to New Genesis. Once there it took control of most of the planets technology and referred to itself as "Kilg%re." It is unclear if this is the same entity that the Flash encountered. Recently, Kilg%re took on a more humanoid appearance and joined a small cabal with the Calculator and a zombified Gizmo.
DC Rebirth[edit]
In other Media[edit]
In The Flash, the computer that manipulated him in the comics, Kilg%re, is featured in Season 4 Episode 2, portrayed by Dominic Burgess. Here, Kilg%re is not a machine, but a computer programmer named Ramsey Deacon who developed an application that was stolen by his teammates for self-profit, leaving him with nothing. Ramsey was one of the twelve passengers on the bus which was hit by dark matter when the Flash/Barry Allen escaped the Speed Force, becoming a metahuman who can control and manipulate technology. Taking the name "Kilg%re", Ramsey used his powers to take revenge on his former teammates, killing one and nearly doing the same for the others until he was stopped by Team Flash.
Kirigi is a martial arts master in DC Comics. The character, created by James Owsley and Jim Aparo, first appeared in Batman #431 in March 1989. Within the context of the stories, Kirigi taught Bruce Wayne the art of ninjutsu when Bruce approached him for martial arts training. He was later hired by Ra's al Ghul to train members of the League of Assassins in ninjitsu. Batman visited Kirigi when he recognized some of the moves done by the League of Assassins members that Kirigi taught him.
Kirigi in other media[edit]
Kirigi appears in the video game Batman: Arkham Origins voiced by Kaiji Tang. He is featured in the "Initiation" DLC challenge map. Before he becomes Batman, Bruce Wayne approaches his dojo in the mountains of North Korea. and asks Kirigi to train him. Kirigi lets him train with him and his students for a while out of pity and later tests him to see if he is worthy. Depending on how the player operates Bruce Wayne during this performance, there are three different endings after Bruce Wayne defeats Lady Shiva. If the player completes the challenge map with less than nine medals, Kirigi states that Bruce is the best foreigner that he has trained yet it does not say much. Kirigi then sends Bruce to get a bucket and broom in order to attend to the latrines. If the player completes the challenge map with 9 or more medals, Kirigi is impressed with Bruce's progress yet he still has a lot to learn. For a time being, Kirigi sends Bruce to find a rag and clean the floors. If the player completes the challenge map with all 15 medals, Kirigi states to Bruce that he is impressed and rarely impressed. Upon telling Bruce that he has gained his dojo's respect and proven himself worthy, Kirigi states that he will be given the information that he seeks. Bruce is sent to the kitchen by Kirigi to prepare tea for him and all of Kirigi's students where there is much to discuss.
Further reading
Komodo (Simon Lacroix) first appears in Green Arrow #17 (April 2013). He was created by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino. Komodo was once Robert Queen's protégé, and was part of Robert's expedition to find the "Arrow totem" which was said to bring enlightenment. Seeking this enlightenment for himself, Lacroix betrayed and murdered Robert, but could not find the totem. Consumed by his desire for the totem's enlightenment, Lacroix strove to destroy Oliver Queen and Green Arrow, and became the masked archer "Komodo". Through his company Stellmoor International, he works on behalf of the Outsiders, a shadowy secret society of warriors from different weapon disciplines, which he wants to rule. Komodo travels with his equally deadly "daughter" Emiko, who in fact is the daughter of Robert Queen and the archer Shado. Emiko later learns this, and is shocked, and learning that both her parents were alive, turned against Komodo. He attempted to kill her, but ultimately, she killed him with an arrow through the heart.
Komodo also appears in the Arrow season 3 episode "Sara", played by actor Matt Ward. In the TV series, he is described as a mercenary from Sainte-Sophie, Quebec. He begins targeting several businessmens in Star City (including Roy Palmer), but is prevented by Team Arrow for the latter target. Arrow and others think he killed Sara Lance, but he denies of it, which is proven correct. Simon then escapes from them and is never seen again.
Further reading
Kulak is a sorcerer and supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, first appeared in All Star Comics #2 (Fall 1940).
Within the context of the stories, Kulak is the high priest of the dead planet Brztal who had been imprisoned on Earth in antiquity. When released by archeologists in 1940, he seeks to destroy the earth but is defeated by the Spectre.[98]
The character was not used again until 1983 when he appears in a three-part story published in All-Star Squadron, and has been rarely used since.
Lady Eve[edit]
Lady Eve is a fictional supervillainess created by Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis, making her first appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #24 (Aug. 1985).
Little is known about Lady Eve's past, but she first met the terrorist cult leader Kobra (Jeffrey Burr) in Egypt where she nursed him back to health. In gratitude, Kobra offered Eve to join him in exchange for a better life. She accepted, and eventually became Kobra's lover as well as a high-ranking member of the Kobra Cult. She and Kobra once hatched a plot to brainwash top officials of the U.S. Army and steal a satellite defense program to blackmail the United States Government, but Batman and the Outsiders eventually stopped them both.[99][100][101]
Lady Eve in other media[edit]
A variation of Lady Eve appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Jill Scott.[102] Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson is the owner of a funeral parlor who connects Tobias Whale with a secret group of corrupt leaders that gave him leadership over the 100. She also has ties to Peter Gambi.
|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|The Man of Steel #3 (November 1986)
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|Margaret Pye
|Team affiliations
|Black Lantern Corps
Magpie (Margaret Pye) is a fictional supervillainess created by John Byrne, who first appeared in the miniseries The Man of Steel.
She is notable for her outlandish 1980s style including a unique tri-hawk/mullet hairstyle (although in Man of Steel #3, Superman reveals that her unique hairstyle is a wig, and she was actually a redhead) as well as an exotic red and silver costume consisting of large sunglasses, earrings, long gloves, and fishnet stockings.
Magpie is a jewel thief who specifically targets jewels named after birds and then replaces them with booby trapped replicas.[103] Her codename comes from the magpie, which, in folklore, is attracted to bright, shiny objects. Taking a job as a museum curator she is slowly driven mad surrounded by the beautiful things she so loves but can never own. She was notable in Post-Crisis continuity as the first villain who was defeated by Superman and Batman working together, Superman having visited Gotham to "apprehend" Batman before Batman's demonstration of his skills while tracking Magpie convinced Superman that Gotham needed someone like Batman to protect it.
Magpie disappears for a length of time until it is revealed that she is Poison Ivy's cellmate at Arkham Asylum.[104]
Shortly thereafter, she is murdered by Tally Man II along with Orca, the Ventriloquist and Scarface, and KGBeast, villains working for the Penguin. Ultimately her death was part of a revenge scheme by the criminal known as the Great White Shark.[105]
During the Blackest Night, Magpie is among the many deceased villains that receive a black power ring and become reanimated into a Black Lantern. She is seen slaughtering people in a grocery store. She also works closely with the reanimated Trigger Twins and King Snake.[106]
Magpie is alive once again in the DC Rebirth. She is one of the many villains taken down by Batman and Catwoman after he takes her along with him on an average night of his job.[107]
Alternate versions of Magpie[edit]
Magpie appears in the prequel comic to Injustice 2. Following the events of the first game, Magpie is shown as a member of this universe's Suicide Squad.[108] The Impostor Batman detonated the bomb in Magpie's head for being useless.[109]
Magpie in other media[edit]
Magpie appears in Beware the Batman, voiced by Grey DeLisle.[110] She can grow poisonous claws for nails and is unable to feel pain after an experiment that would purge Margaret Sorrow's kleptomaniac tendencies in return for a reduced sentence at Blackgate Penitentiary. However, her memories altered with the new identity of "Cassie", Margaret's darker aspects manifested as a second personality: Magpie. In "Secrets", prior to learning the full extent of the experiment and thinking they only robbed her of her memories, Magpie tries to get her memories back and get her revenge on the psychiatrists (Joe Braxton and Bethanie Ravencroft) that ran the experiment before being stopped by Batman and Jim Gordon. In "Attraction", she has developed an obsession with Batman after he visits her in prison. Magpie also becomes jealous of Katana and escapes from Blackgate, declaring her love to Batman and threatening Katana. Magpie lays a trap for her and tries to bury her alive. However, Magpie is defeated by Batman and Katana escapes. Magpie is later one of the several villains gathered by Ra's al Ghul in "Reckoning" to bring Batman to him dead or alive. She engages the other villains in battle while they are all competing to get to Batman.
Magpie appears in The Lego Batman Movie, with a design similar to her appearance in Beware the Batman, though with an added skirt piece.[111]
Magpie will appear in the fifth and final season of Gotham.
Matches Malone[edit]
|First appearance
|Batman (vol. 1) #242 (June 1972)
|Created by
|Dennis O'Neil, Irv Novick, Dick Giordano
Further reading
Matches Malone was originally a Gotham gang boss who Batman attempted to recruit to help him take down Ra's al Ghul. When he was accidentally killed by a ricocheting bullet, Batman began to impersonate him to use his underworld contacts and to fool Ra's.
Post-Crisis, he was a relatively small-time arsonist with his brother Carver, and who came to Gotham early on in Batman's career, attracting Batman's attention when Carver was apparently murdered. Although Malone was the prime suspect, there was no concrete evidence to make the charges stick and Matches was released, only for Batman to subsequently find what appeared to be Matches' dead body in another fire, apparently a suicide. However, Batman never reported the death; at the time, he had been attempting to establish a criminal alias for himself to help him gather information, but the exclusive nature of the criminal sects meant that nobody would recruit someone they had not heard of, prompting him to adopt Matches' identity and use it for his own.
However, years later, Batman learned the truth about what had happened. Carver's death had actually been a suicide prompted by his guilt over a fire that he and Matches had started that resulted in the death of a homeless man resting in the building they had torched, with Matches making the body look like a murder victim because he was ashamed of his brother's suicide. Subsequently, deciding to escape Batman stalking him for the crime, Matches used the body of their earlier victim to fake his own death, with Batman being so eager to establish his criminal alias that he never took the time to definitively confirm the body's identity. After operating underground for years by committing low-end robberies, Matches returned to Gotham after hearing reports of 'his' activities, only to be shot by Scarface for 'his' recent betrayal, surviving long enough to simply confess his role in events to Batman and Nightwing before dying, with his last request being that Batman bury him next to his brother Carver.
Having destroyed Scarface in 'revenge' for Matches' death, Batman commented to Nightwing later on that he continued using the Matches identity because, in the years he had spent playing Matches, he had come to recognize that Matches was not an evil man, but had done some bad things he never had the chance to make up for, regarding his use of Matches' name as a chance to give Matches some absolution.
The "Matches Malone" identity indirectly caused the events of Batman: War Games; after she was fired as Robin, Stephanie Brown attempted to implement an old plan of Batman's that would allow him to take control of the city's criminal organisations, hoping that this would impress Batman enough to convince him to take her back. Unfortunately, she was unaware that Batman's agent who was meant to take control of the meeting, Matches Malone, was actually Batman himself, resulting in tensions between the crime families flaring up and most of them being killed in the subsequent stand-off, leading into the subsequent gang wars and Stephanie's own apparent death.
In The Batman Adventures comic series Batman uses the Matches Malone guise against the False Face Society and a backstory reveals Malone was a low-level enforcer for Rupert Thorne who agreed to become a snitch for Batman and Commissioner Gordon against Thorne. But when Malone began skimming cash from Thorne he was shot to death by "two Chicago triggers" who go by the monikers Dapper (for always dressing well) and Cricket (for his short wiry build). Upon finding the dying Malone, and being told his killers went to a well-known Chinese restaurant, Batman removed his glasses - and was shocked by what Malone looked like. Batman took Malone's guise, defeated the two hitmen and sent them to prison, and has used the guise ever since.
Matches Malone in other media[edit]
- The character, renamed Matthew "Matches" Malone, is used in Batman: The Brave and the Bold as alias by Batman (voiced by Diedrich Bader). In the episode "Chill of the Night!", Batman uses the name variation during a trip to the past with the Phantom Stranger to see Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne years before their deaths and unaware that Malone is their grown son. In the episode "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Batman gets amnesia while in his Matches Malone persona and believes himself to actually be a gangster.
- The character appears renamed Patrick "Matches" Malone in the live-action Gotham TV series, portrayed by Danny Schoch (first appearance [masked]) and by Michael Bowen (second appearance). This version is a philosophical hitman-for-hire who is one of Gotham City's deadliest murderers. He is the masked man in shiny shoes who killed Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne in front of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, taking Joe Chill's place in the comics and most adaptations. This has led Detective James Gordon into finding him in order to bring to justice. Silver St. Cloud revealed the killer's identity to be Patrick. When Bruce finally confronts Patrick, Patrick stated that he was tired of doing bad things while barely recalling if he killed Bruce's parents and Bruce decides not to kill Patrick. Using the gun that Bruce left behind, Patrick committed suicide by the time Gordon caught up with Bruce. Gordon and Harvey Bullock were left wondering who could have hired Malone to kill Thomas and Martha (which was eventually revealed to be Hugo Strange).
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|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
Pamela: Action Comics #775, (March 2001)
Sonja: JLA #100 (August 2004)
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|Team affiliations
Justice League
The Elite
|Controls symbiotic alien parasites.
Menagerie is a name shared by two anti-heroines in the DC Universe, both members of The Elite. The two are Puerto Rican sisters who are linked with a symbiotic alien weapon crèche, called symbeasts. Menagerie appears in Superman vs. The Elite voiced by Melissa Disney.
Pam first appears in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). While the origins of her powers are unclear in Action Comics #775, Manchester Black states that the rogue Men in Black (from the Department of Extranormal Operations) once picked up the dregs of society, turning them into weapons and selling them off to the highest alien bidder. Black recruits Pam to be a member of the Elite. This group takes it upon themselves to "free the Earth of scum." They come into conflict with Superman during their first mission, and Superman disables them following a showdown on Jupiter's moon, Io. The Elite are delivered into custody, but soon released by President Lex Luthor.[112] During an assassination attempt on Luthor, Menagerie reveals to Superman that the Elite are acting against their wills. For her betrayal, Black induces a stroke in her, putting her in a permanent vegetative state.[113]
Sonja first appears in JLA #100 (August 2004). Upon Black's apparent death, his sister, Vera Lynn Black, takes it upon herself to clear the family name and reassembles the Elite as a force for good. As Sister Superior she convinces Pam's sister, Sonja, to assume control of the alien cache as the second Menagerie. Vera then approaches the JLA with a proposition to form a sort of black ops JLA team: the Justice League Elite.[114] Sonja's hatred of Manchester Black becomes a hatred of the Elite. Sonja sees this as her opportunity to kill Vera's dream, so she plays along and joins the team. In their first mission, Menagerie secretly coaxes Coldcast into killing the foreign terrorist dictator, Hi-Shan Bhat.[115] Menagerie lays low during the fallout, and puts effort into her personal relationship with Coldcast. The two become lovers and are drawn together by their shared affection for Pam. Then while most of the Elite goes underground, Vera is finally fully overtaken by the disembodied Manchester Black.[116]
While Black threatens Earth with a Fourth World god, Menagerie goes missing, and Coldcast is arrested by the JLA for Bhat's murder. Coldcast confesses to the murder and is taken to the Slab prison. There he is visited by the spirit of the recently departed Manitou Raven, who frees him from Menagerie's control.[117] Coldcast is exonerated and the team tracks Sonja to Costa Rica. She is taken into JLA custody, deprived of the aliens, and begins a gradual separation they hope will sever her connection to the beasts.[118]
The symbeasts can be assembled to shift over the host to form various shapes and weapons such as claws, spikes or whips. Most commonly, they form around the body and take the form of wings, enabling Menagerie to fly. She can also instruct them to take other forms, or detach from her body and operate independently. One creature has a bite that can force its victims to tell the truth. According to Vera Black, there is also a creature among the creche that can create bioelectric bursts. Menagerie has acidic blood as well and Sonja often allows herself to get hurt by her opponents as a combat tactic.
Menagerie (group)[edit]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, during the Forever Evil storyline Menagerie is a group led by Cheetah. The group consists of Elephant Man, Hellhound, Lion-Mane IV, Mäuschen, Primape, and Zebra-Man. Steve Trevor and Killer Frost fight them in order to claim Wonder Woman's lasso, which is needed to save the trapped Justice League members from the Firestorm Matrix. While Steve Trevor manages to defeat Cheetah, the rest of the Menagerie are frozen by Killer Frost.[119]
|First appearance
|Legion of Superheroes (September 1985)
|Created by
|Paul Levitz and Steve Lightle
|Telepathy and Psi Invisibity
|Delya Castil
Delya Castil was a rejected Legion candidate who infiltrated the Fatal Five but was found out and subsequently murdered by the Emerald Empress.
Mia Saunders[edit]
Mia Saunders first appeared in JSA: All Stars #2 (1999). Mia is the infant daughter of Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl). As a teenager Kendra got pregnant from Mia and had to give her up to adoption for an Oregon couple. It's later revealed that Kendra regularly visits her daughter.
|First appearance
|Teen Titans vol. 3, #38 (September 2006)
|Created by
|Geoff Johns and Carlos Ferreira
|Ability to shrink.
Further reading
Molecule is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Geoff Johns and Carlos Ferreira, first appeared in Teen Titans vol. 3, #38 (September 2006).
Within the context of the stories, Molecule is a teen superhero patterned after the Atom and a member of the Teen Titans during the "one-year gap" between the Infinite Crisis series and the "One Year Later" storylines. He is one of a group of teen heroes attacked by the Terror Titans and put in the arena of the Dark Side Club. While trying to escape he is chopped in two by the Persuader.[120]
Mongal is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. She made her first unnamed appearance in Showcase '95 #8 (September 1995); her first appearance as Mongal was in Superman vol. 2 #170 (July 2001).
Mongal is the sister of Mongul (son of the original), introduced by her brother to Superman in Superman #170. When Krypto nearly killed Mongul, Mongal escaped and reappeared to destroy New York City. After Maxima's death in the "Our Worlds at War" miniseries, Mongal was chosen as the ruler of Maxima's homeworld of Almerac and was established as a galactic threat to Superman.
After a squabble with her brother in Green Lantern vol. 4 #8 (March 2006), Mongul decapitated her with a punch, stating family to be a weakness.
Her desiccated body appears in Green Lantern Corps #20, as the target to Mongul's ramblings. Mongul, newly imbued with a Sinestro Corps ring, taunts her skull by saying he would be the one to carry on their father's legacy and then drops it from the sky.
Mongal possesses superhuman strength and stamina.
Mongal in other media[edit]
- Mongal appeared in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Gary Anthony Williams, in the episode "Duel of the Double-Crossers!". This version is the sister of Mongul and is shown to be very competitive towards him.
- DC Super Hero Girls: Mongal debuted in Season 4, Episode 21 "Tamaranean Dance Club Part 1", with re rest of Korugar Academy.
- DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games: Mongal is one of the participants in the games as part of the Korugar Academy. She is seen in several competitions: a jumping game, in which she bends her ankle; a robots competition with Lobo against Batgirl and Bumblebee (her robot is destroyed by Batgirl and Lobo's is defeated by Bumblebee) and the final game, which is interrumped by Lena Luthor's attack. At the beginning of the conflict, Sinestro does not want to be involved and orders his students to retreat, returning to Korugar. She is voiced by Julianne Grossman
|First appearance
|Firestorm #1 (March 1978)
|Created by
Gerry Conway
Al Milgrom
|Self-duplication, super strength
|Danton Black
Further reading
Multiplex is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom, first appeared as Danton Black in Firestorm #1 (March 1978) and as Multiplex in Firestorm #2 (April 1978).
Within the context of the stories, Danton Black is a nuclear physicist who worked as Martin Stein's assistant in the designing of the Hudson Nuclear Facility. Feeling that he is not receiving his due credit, he begins stealing lab equipment. When he is caught by Stein and fired, he publicly accuses Stein of stealing his designs for the power plant. He breaks into the plant to steal blueprints to fabricate evidence on the same night that Stein attempts to bring it on line. Caught in the same explosion that fuses Stein and Ronnie Raymond into Firestorm, he gains the ability to split himself into identical duplicates, though those duplicates are smaller than the original, and get smaller the more he splits.[121]
Multiplex was a member of the Suicide Squad team tasked with capturing Firestorm when the hero attempted to coerce the nations of the Earth to destroy their nuclear weapons. Multiplex ran afoul of the Parasite, a dangerous villain brought along as a last resort, and appeared to be completely eaten by him.
Multiplex returned years later as an unwilling servant of The Thinker. He claimed to be the same villain that Firestorm had faced before, though he had no explanation as to how he was still alive. His powers had changed, as his duplicates were not reduced in size and appear to be disposable.
During the Forever Evil storyline, Multiplex appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. The Crime Syndicate sent Multiplex with Black Bison, Hyena, Plastique, and Typhoon to finish Gorilla Grodd's job. The villains ended up defeated by the Rogues since one of their targets was the hospital that Captain Cold's sister was recuperating at.[26]
Multiplex in other media[edit]
Michael Christopher Smith portrays Danton Black/Multiplex on The CW's The Flash. In the episode "Fastest Man Alive", Black appears as a former Stagg Industries employee, determined to get revenge on his former boss Simon Stagg that had stolen Black's research in cloning which led to the death of Black's wife. As a result of being caught in an energy surge caused from a malfunctioning particle accelerator coupled with testing his experiment on himself, Black gained the ability to duplicate himself. However, his clones have no mind of their own and have to be mentally controlled by him. After first getting the upper hand on The Flash, Black is later defeated by the speedster after he realizes that Black is weakened by the strain of making hundreds of clones, allowing him to identify the original Black based on which Black appears to be under genuine strain. Trying to tackle Flash leads to Black falling out of a window; though Flash tries to save him, Black chooses to fall to his apparent death. Cisco Ramon briefly nicknames Black "Captain Clone", but later changes it to Multiplex.
Murmur is the name of two characters in the comic books.
One is an earlier supervillain that appeared in Peter David's Supergirl series (first appearance in issue 33, 1999). This Murmur is a demon in the service of The Carnivore. He has an angel-like appearance, dark blue skin and golden armor. He rides a golden gryphon and wielded a powerful golden lance.
The other is a Flash supervillain introduced in the Post-Crisis Flash stories by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver. Dr. Michael Christian Amar is a long-limbed doctor turned killer with abnormal blood that makes him immune to several toxins. His mouth has been sewn shut because he incriminated himself after committing a crime and he never wanted to speak of his actions ever again.
Murmur in other media[edit]
Murmur appears in Arrow as a leader of a criminal gang and played by Adrian Glynn McMorran. Depicted in season 3, Michael Amar is revealed to have been beaten into confessing to a crime he did not commit years prior for which he served in Iron Heights. He then proceeded to have his mouth sewn shut. After his release, he went on to seek revenge against the police by stealing diamonds to make diamond-tipped bullets which could pierce their body armor. His plan is foiled and he is subdued by Team Arrow. Later in season 4, Damien Darhk is seen in jail with Murmur who has built up a gang in prison. Murmur and his gang beat up Darhk who in revenge forces Murmur to murder his gang and work for H.I.V.E by threatening his grandmother. Murmur contributes to the prison break and the Black Canary's resulting death. Murmur is present as an agent of H.I.V.E, going out and leading squads of soldiers in their missions leading up to Darhk's ultimate goal of global nuclear annihilation. After Anarky obliterates H.I.V.E's headquarters and underground bunker, and kills Darhk's wife, Darhk goes rogue and abandons his organization and plan with the nuclear codes, and Murmur is not seen again. Presumably, he is arrested and sent back to jail after Green Arrow takes down H.I.V.E and stops Darhk from launching the world's nukes.
Chief O'Hara[edit]
|First appearance
|World's Finest Comics #159 (August 1966)
|Created by
|Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan
Further reading
Chief Miles Clancy O'Hara is a member of the Gotham City Police Department in the DC Universe based on the character of the same name from the television series Batman played by Stafford Repp.
The character, as adapted by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan where he first appeared in the DC Universe in World's Finest Comics #159 (August 1966).
Within the context of the stories, Chief O'Hara is the chief of police during the early days of Batman's career. O'Hara was the first victim of the Hangman serial killer.[122]
A new female version of Chief O'Hara was created for The Lego Batman Movie.
Neptune Perkins[edit]
|First appearance
|Flash Comics #66 (August 1945)
|Created by
|Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert
All-Star Squadron
Young All-Stars
|Enhanced ocean adapted physiology, ability to speak with marine mammals
Further reading
Neptune Perkins is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, first appeared in Flash Comics #66 (August 1945). That and a follow up story in 1947 were the character's only appearances until Roy Thomas revived him for an All-Star Squadron story in 1984 and later selected him as one of focal characters of Young All-Stars in 1987. In addition, Thomas expanded the character's backstory and origin so that it incorporated large chunks of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
Within the context of the stories, Neptune Perkins is a mutant born with attributes that lend themselves to living at sea. During World War II he works with the All-Star Squadron. After the war he weds Miya Shimada, though this relationship becomes strained in part by his being unaware that he is not the father of their daughter, Debbie. In more recent years, he has acted as a governmental contact for Aquaman and Young Justice after being elected to the United States Senate. He is killed in Infinite Crisis #3 when the Shark and King Shark attack and partially devour him during an undersea battle.
Polka-Dot Man[edit]
|First appearance
|Detective Comics #300 (February 1962)
|Created by
|Sheldon Moldoff
|Can turn the polka dots covering his costume into a variety of devices
Abner KrillMr. Polka-Dot
Polka-Dot Man is a fictional DC Comics supervillain who first appeared in Detective Comics #300 (February 1962).
Abner Krill decided, for reasons unknown, to launch a crime wave based on spots and dots in Gotham City, where he inevitably came into conflict with Batman and Robin, the city's masked protectors. As the fearsome Mister Polka-Dot, he wore a bizarre costume covered in spots, the point of which soon became apparent - once removed from the costume, the spots could be used for a variety of purposes, creating deadly weapons and a bizarre escape vehicle. Perhaps surprisingly, he succeeded in capturing Robin, but Batman was nonetheless able to save his crime fighting partner and bring Krill's crime spree to an end.[123]
Some years later, Mister Polka-Dot (now calling himself the Polka-Dot Man) returned, yet also lacking his gimmicks, with the spots on his costume merely decorative. Using a baseball bat, he assaulted Officer Foley of the Gotham City Police Department, causing him very minor injuries. He was then beaten badly by Harvey Bullock, who was sick of costumed villains in the city. The assault put the Polka-Dot Man in traction and he filed a brutality suit against the police department, which resulted in Bullock being forced to see a psychiatrist for some time.[124]
Later, Mister Polka-Dot reappeared with a new look, joining a group of villains working for General Immortus. Immortus, with the help of Professor Milo, upgraded the villains' powers and gadgets.[125] The group was undone when they were betrayed by Human Flame. Most were killed in the brutal battle, including Mister Polka-Dot. His head was squished after a manhole cover landed on him.[126]
As a follower of General Immortus, Mister Polka-Dot has presumably been operated upon by Professor Milo to internalise his technology.
Powers and abilities[edit]
When he created his costume, Abner Krill possessed advanced technology in the form of the costume's dots. When attached to his costume, they were inert, but once removed, they would enlarge in size and become various different devices which could aid in his crime spree, most notably a flying saucer which he used as a getaway vehicle. The dots were controlled through the costume's belt. He used this belt to dominate Batman and Digger.
Alternate versions of Polka-Dot Man[edit]
Polka-Dot Man appears in the prequel comic to Injustice 2. Following the events of the first game, he is shown as a member of this universe's Suicide Squad.[108]
Polka-Dot Man in other media[edit]
- Polka-Dot Man appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. In the episode "Legends of the Dark Mite!", he is an illusion that Bat-Mite fights when he becomes Batman. Polka-Dot Man is defeated when the real Batman jumps in three dots in this uniform, causing him to 'TILT' like a pinball machine and shut down. He is later seen at a villain bar in the episode "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!".
- Polka-Dot Man appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Polka-Dot Man appears in The Lego Batman Movie. He briefly appears in the trailer of the film.
- Polka-Dot Man will appear in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Greg Miller.[127][128]
Polka-Dot Man also appeared in The All-New Batman: Brave & the Bold tie-in comic, where Bat-Mite summoned him and the Eraser to fight Batman & Batgirl.[129]
Mikhail Arkadin is a Soviet superhero known as Soviet Firestorm and Pozhar (Russian for uncontrolled loose fire).
Pozhar in other media[edit]
Mikhail Arkadin appears in Legends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Voytek Skrzeta. When the Legends infiltrated Luskavic Labs looking into Vandal Savage's Operation Svarog, Arkadin led Soviet soldiers in capturing Martin Stein, Ray Palmer, and Mick Rory and took them to the Koshmar prison camp. At Koshmar, Arkadin tortured Palmer and Rory in order to get Stein to divulge his knowledge of Firestorm. When Jefferson Jackson cut the circuit breaker to Koshmar, a prison riot broke out. Arkadin attempted to contain the prisoners, but Leonard Snart pushed him into a cell with Boris who proceeded to beat him up. He was killed when Valentina Vostok (as Firestorm) became unstable, causing a nuclear explosion at Koshmar.
Preus is a fictional DC Comics supervillain who first appeared in Adventures of Superman #625 (April 2004), and was created by Joe Kelly and Talent Caldwell.[130]
For years, Sergeant Preus had proudly served the Citizen's Patrol Corps, a police force that kept the peace in Kandor under the Kryptonian banner of El, their "creator."[130] Due to the compression of time, more than a century had passed inside the bottle city (compared to only a handful of years outside it) during which Preus and his fellow Kandorians had come to worship "The Superman" as their "god in heaven" above. The Corpsman was also a devout xenophobe who dispensed justice against "non-K" (Kryptonian) dissidents that threatened their way of life, especially a citizen named Kal-El, who forever tainted Paradise when he seemingly murdered several Kandorians.
Preus swore a solemn oath to make the murderer pay, not realizing that Kal-El was actually the Superman he and others had worshiped for so long.[131] He was also unaware that the "victims" were constructs created by an alien telepath, Lyla, who had brainwashed Kal-El into believing that Kandor was a never-exploded Krypton.[132] Eventually shattering the illusion, Superman escaped Kandor and confronted Lyla back in Metropolis. Preus followed them, but exposure to Earth's air and yellow sun drastically affected him, giving him strange, new powers equal to Superman's while amplifying his already-unbalanced racist views.[133][134]
Convinced that Kal-El defiled the legacy of "The Superman," Preus swore to assume that responsibility himself, and that all of the impure would die by his hand. His xenophobia led him to a group of white supremacists in the American desert, who he forced into worshiping him and his views. However, in time, the people of "God's Peake" (as the camp was called) came to worship Preus as their cult leader. His increasing prominence eventually led both Martian Manhunter and Jimmy Olsen to investigate, only to have both of them captured by Preus and his men.[135]
This forced a confrontation with Superman, who, at the time, was dealing with the effects of Gog's synthetic Yellow Kryptonite, which had significantly aged and weakened Superman in a short period of time. So weakened, Superman was barely able to deal with Preus' legions alone, and quickly found himself outclassed by the (at the time) much more vital Preus.[136]
A last-ditch gambit using Kryptonite to try and weaken Preus failed, as Preus revealed a previously unknown resistance to Kryptonite. However, he was finally defeated when Superman attacked and destroyed a key portion of Preus' armor, rendering him unconscious. Afterwards, Preus was injured from that attack and had to be hospitalized. His current whereabouts are unknown. He was last seen as a weakened Superman tried to fly him to S.T.A.R. Labs for treatment. Preus disappeared after Superman was engaged by an army of Gogs.[137]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Preus possesses powers similar to those of Superman, such as superhuman strength and speed, flight, invulnerability, x-ray vision, and enhanced senses. Unlike Superman, Preus can fire beams of black energy from his eyes that strike a target with intense heat and force. Preus also does not share Superman's vulnerability to Kryptonite.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Psiphon is introduced to DC as a H.I.V.E. warrior paired up with Dreadnought. He appears in Superboy Vol 4 #20 where the team are dispatched to New York City to capture Doctor Psycho, who had escaped from a H.I.V.E. facility, and Superboy, whose psionic powers were of interest to H.I.V.E. Despite proving to be formidable opponents, both Psiphon and Dreadnought were defeated when Doctor Psycho and Superboy teamed up to take them down. Psiphon was knocked out by Superboy with just a flick of his finger.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Having undergone genetic modifications by H.I.V.E., Psiphon, as his name implies, has the ability to drain the energy of a psi-powered individual and feed it to Dreadnought to increase his strength.
|First appearance
|Green Lantern Vol 2 # 1 (Jul–Aug 1960)
|Created by
|John Broome, Gil Kane
|"Hypno-ray" device allows mind control
|Jordan Weir
Puppeteer, originally known as Puppet Master, is a DC Comics supervillain. Jordan Weir was a scientist who created a "hypno-ray" which he could use to force his victims to obey his commands. As the Puppet Master, he embarked on a crime spree, manipulating minor criminals into doing his dirty work.
After being defeated by Green Lantern, he started a new life as a scientist for Dayton Industries. However, when the company developed the self-generating power source known as Promethium, the temptation was too much for him.[138] Through his robot puppets, Puppeteer took control of Cyborg, Kid Flash, Starfire, and Wonder Girl, and turned them against their teammates. Raven's soul-self was finally able to break their trance, and the Titans united to battle Puppeteer and his toy robotic army. When the villain was defeated, the H.I.V.E. attempted to destroy him for his failure, but the Puppeteer escaped.[139]
Puppeteer in other media[edit]
- A supervillain called Dollman made a one-shot appearance in the 1968 Filmation cartoon series featuring Batman and Robin. He was, however, more reminiscent of the Puppet Master (a Golden Age Bat-foe from Detective Comics vol. 1 #212).
- In the Teen Titans animated series a character named the Puppet King is probably based on the Puppet Master and the Puppeteer.
- The Puppeteer made several background appearances as a member of Grodd's Secret Society in the final season of Justice League Unlimited.[140]
|First appearance
|Action Comics #49 (June 1942)
|Created by
|Jerry Siegel and John Sikela
Further reading
Puzzler is a name used by three supervillains in the DC Universe.
In Batman (1966) the Puzzler is portrayed by Maurice Evans. The concept and original character, created by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, first appeared in Action Comics #49 (June 1942). The concept was later revamped for the character Valerie Van Haaften.
Within the context of the stories, the original Puzzler is an unnamed non-costumed criminal who is highly skilled in parlor games and puzzles and operates a protection racket in Metropolis.
This character, along with most of the Golden Age Superman material was later assigned to the "Earth-Two" continuity of DC's in-story "multiverse". This material was later removed from the in-story continuity as part of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
The name "Puzzler" was re-used in 2002 for a new character who was made of puzzle pieces.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, a new character called "Puzzler" appears as a member of A.R.G.U.S.[141] He is later revealed to be a descendant of Vandal Savage.
Puzzler in other media[edit]
The character was adapted for a two-episode story for the second season of the television series Batman and portrayed by Maurice Evans. The episodes had originally been written for the Riddler, portrayed by Frank Gorshin. Since Gorshin was in a contract dispute with the series' producers, the script was rewritten as the Puzzler.[142]
The Puzzler is referenced in the film Batman Forever when Edward Nygma (Jim Carrey) suggests villainous nicknames for himself, including "The Puzzler, the Gamester, Captain Kill or the Question Mark Man".
A male Puzzler with a costume similar to Van Haaften's appears as a member of Grodd's Legion of Doom in Justice League Unlimited.
See List of Aquaman villains
Armando Ramon[edit]
|First appearance
|Justice League of America #233 (December 1984)
|Created by
|Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton
|Reverb, Hardline, Rupture
Armando Ramon (alternately spelled Armando Ramone and also known as Reverb, Rupture and Hardline) is the older brother of Cisco Ramon/Vibe. Created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton, the character first appeared in Justice League of America #233 (December 1984). Originally the leader of a street gang in Detroit, Armando gave this up after being inspired by his brother's actions as the superhero Vibe of the Justice League of America. Sharing his brother's metahuman power of manipulating sound waves, he became a hero himself and joined a corporate-sponsored superhero team. Armando has used different aliases over the years: Reverb,[143] Hardline, and Rupture.[144]
Armando Ramon in other media[edit]
Reverb and Rupture appear as separate characters in The Flash live-action television series: Reverb is the Earth-2 doppelganger of Vibe (Carlos Valdes) while Rupture is the Earth-2 doppelganger of Dante Ramon (Nicholas Gonzalez). Depicted as Zoom's enforcer on Earth-2, Reverb is a wrangler of Killer Frost and Deathstorm while trying to persuade Vibe to his side before being killed by Zoom for disobedience. When Hunter Zolomon invades Earth-1, Rupture attacks Vibe and Dante out of revenge for Reverb's death (as Zoom lied to him about Reverb's murder) but is stopped by the Flash and Vibe before being killed by Zoom for failure.
Dante Ramon[edit]
|First appearance
|Justice League of America's Vibe #1 (April 2013)
|Created by
|Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns and Pete Woods
Dante Ramon is a brother of Cisco Ramon/Vibe and Armando Ramon. Created by Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns and Pete Woods, he first appeared in Justice League of America's Vibe #1 (April 2013).
Dante Ramon in other media[edit]
Dante Ramon appears in The Flash live-action television series, portrayed by Nicholas Gonzalez. Taking Armando Ramon's place as the older brother, this version has a rocky relationship with Cisco Ramon. In season one, he and Cisco are held hostage by Captain Cold and Heat Wave to motivate Cisco for the Flash's secret identity which Cisco does for Dante's sake. In season two, Dante and Cisco fend off Rupture's attacks. After Rupture's death, Dante and Cisco develop a better brotherly bond. In season three, Dante is killed after Barry Allen's timeline changes which strained Cisco's and Barry's friendship for a while. Dante's memory is also exploited by Savitar towards Cisco.
|First appearance
|Firestorm the Nuclear Man #95 (March 1990)
|Created by
|John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake
|African Storm God, wields a magical stone labrys
Further reading
Shango is an adaptation of the deity Sàngó from the Yorùbá culture for the DC Universe.
The character, adapted by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake, first appeared in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #95 (March 1990).
Within the context of the stories, Shango is a deity and the war chief of the Orishas. He is responsible for asking Ogun to sever the Golden Chain linking Ifé, the land of the gods, with Earth. He is also responsible for restoring it in modern times. When he leads the reemergence of the pantheon in Africa, he encounters Firestorm. He and the pantheon are taken to task by Firestorm for their abandonment of Africa.[145]
|First appearance
Commando: Showcase #3 (July–August 1956)
Hardwicke: Detective Comics #253 (March 1958)
Karshon: Green Lantern Vol. 2 #24 (October 1963)
|Created by
Commando: Robert Kanigher (script)
Russ Heath (art)
Hardwicke: Dave Wood (script)
Sheldon Moldoff (art)
Karshon: John Broome (script)
Gil Kane (art)
Shark is the name of three fictional characters in DC Comics publications.
The first Shark is a non-superpowered commando. Along with his other companions named Sardine and Whale, he is part of the World War II-era fighting unit called the Frogmen. His sole appearance is in Showcase #3 (July–August 1956). The story was written by Robert Kanigher, and illustrated by Russ Heath.
The second Shark is the secret identity of criminal Gunther Hardwicke. He is a member of the Terrible Trio, along with Fox and Vulture. He wears a shark mask and uses fish-themed technology to commit crimes. This Shark and the Terrible Trio debuted in Detective Comics #253 (March 1958).
The third Shark, who once used the names T.S. Smith and Karshon, debuted in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #24 (October 1963). He is a tiger shark that rapidly mutated after exposure to nuclear waste (later retconned to be part of the Kroloteans' experiments in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #4 (October 2005)) . The rapid evolutionary growth gives him high intelligence, a humanoid appearance, and telepathic powers, but leaves him with his bloodthirsty shark instincts. Shark fights Green Lantern as well as Superman[146] and Black Condor.[147]
Shark in other media[edit]
- Robert Ridgely provided the voice of Shark in The All-New Superfriends Hour in 1977.
- The Shark made several non-voiced cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited as part of Grodd's Legion of Doom.
- The Shark made several non-voiced cameo appearances in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
|First appearance
|DCU Villains Secret Files and Origins #1 (April 1999)
|Created by
|Geoff Johns and Tom Mandrake
|Injustice Society
|sword wielder and power item user
Shiv is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
Shiv (Cindy Burman) is the daughter of the supervillain Dragon King. She had a grudge against Stargirl, and was also a member of Johnny Sorrow's Injustice Society team.
Appeared in 11 issues of Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., two issues of JSA and four issues of JSA All-Stars.
Silver Ghost[edit]
Silver Ghost is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Ric Estrada, first appeared in Freedom Fighters #1 in March 1976.
Within the context of the stories, Raphael Van Zandt is a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains as Silver Ghost. He opposes the Freedom Fighters in general, and Firebrand in particular.
Sidd is a minor villain in Batman: the Brave and the Bold, and later teams up with Clayface and Facade in Justice League.
Garrison Slate[edit]
|First appearance
|Blue Beetle #12
|Created by
|Len Wein, Joey Cavalieri and Paris Cullins
Garrison Slate is the founder of S.T.A.R. Labs in the DC Universe. Created by Len Wein, Joey Cavalieri and Paris Cullins, he first appeared in Blue Beetle #12.
Garrison Slate in other media[edit]
The CW series The Flash features Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), an original character as S.T.A.R. Labs' founder in Central City similar to Garrison Slate.
Solaris (also known as Solaris the Tyrant Sun) is a DC Comics supervillain, who exists in the distant future of the DC Universe. Solaris was created by Val Semeiks and Grant Morrison, and first appeared in the DC One Million crossover, although it also subsequently appeared in Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman series, set outside DC continuity. Solaris is a secondary artificial sun from the 853rd century. His caretaker is the future Starman. Solaris was created in the 20th-century section of the DC One Million storyline in an apparent predestination paradox, as his abilities were required to counteract an organic computer virus his 853rd-century self had sent back, concealed in the android Hourman. Unbeknownst to those constructing him, Solaris' core programming was contained in the computer virus, resulting in the tyrant sun's creation being the result of a time loop, although he was swiftly defeated and banished to the outskirts of the galaxy by the Starman of the 853rd century before he could organise himself enough to take offensive action after his creation. According to a history narrated by Platinum of the Metal Men, Solaris would torment the solar system for centuries until the Superman of the 505th century sacrificed himself to reprogram Solaris as a hero, although Solaris would revert to villainy in the 853rd century as it felt 'jealous' of Superman's superior reputation. It was finally defeated by the actions of the Justice League, who discreetly replaced the Knight fragment- the last piece of kryptonite in the universe, discovered by the original Starman and hidden on Mars- with the Green Lantern power ring at some point between the twentieth century and the 853rd, allowing the original Superman to claim the ring and crush Solaris.
Quitely and Morrison would then use the character in their out-of-continuity All-Star Superman series, which began in 2005 and concluded in 2008. Solaris was referenced in issue #2 of that series, in the form of a report from Kal Kent, the Superman of the 853rd Century. The report was viewed via Superman's prototype Time Telescope. Kal Kent appeared identical to his appearance in DC One Million. The Tyrant Sun appears as a distinct character in issue #11, where Superman reveals that he knows that Solaris will continue to exist into the distant future, again similar to the events in DC One Million.
A different Solaris entity appears in Sergio Ariño, Scott Hanna, José Villarrubia, Travis Lanham and Tony Bedard's series R.E.B.E.L.S. (vol. 2) #17 (August 2010). This "Solaris Macrocomputer" dubs itself Pulsar Stargrave (a reuse of a previous DC Comics character's name).
Solaris in other media[edit]
- Solaris appears in All-Star Superman voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.[148]
Cyril "Speed" Saunders[edit]
Cyril "Speed" Saunders first appeared in Detective Comics #1 (1937). Cyril started out as a G-Man, working in the FBI's River Patrol Division.[149] In 1999 James Robinson and David S. Goyer used the character in JSA Secret Files #1. In addition to being a G-Man, he also seemed to be both an adventurer and detective depending on the needs of the story. Eventually, it was revealed that he was a private investigator and later a member of the OSS. He is, according to later retcons, the grandfather of the current Hawkgirl, and first cousin to the original Hawkgirl, Shiera Saunders Hall.
Cyril "Speed" Saunders is an adventurer and detective during the 1930s and 1940s. During this time he meets Wesley Dodds and the two become lifelong friends. (JSA Secret Files #1, 1999)
In 1938 Saunders becomes involved in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), participating in counterespionage operations throughout World War II. (JSA Secret Files #1, 1999)
In the modern era, Cyril finds his orphaned granddaughter, Kendra Saunders; he takes her in and begins training her in hand-to-hand combat and other skills. He knows that she has a great destiny as the next Hawkgirl.
Cyril joined his friend Wesley Dodds on a trip into China and Tibet and the Himalayas. It is on Mt. Kailash that the two meet with the Gray Man. The two men receive the location of three babies, one of which is to receive the essence of Dr. Fate and so become the newest incarnation of that hero. Saunders leaves Wesley on that Mount so as to take the information to Alan Scott and the JSA, as well as to Sanderson Hawkins. (JSA Secret Files #1, 1999)
Once in China proper, Cyril also contacts his granddaughter Kendra and gives her information on one of the babies. He tells her to go to Vancouver, British Columbia and to protect that baby. (JSA #2, 1999)
|First appearance
|Firestorm the Nuclear Man #67 (January 1988)
|Created by
|John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski
|Super human strength, durability, and longevity
|Ivan Illyich Gort
Further reading
Stalnoivolk (Стальнойволк or "Steel Wolf") is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski, first appeared in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #67 (January 1988).
Within the context of the stories, Ivan Illyich Gort is a Russian born in the 1900s who underwent government experiments during World War II. He loyally serves the Soviet Union under the codename "Stalnoivolk" as a symbol of Russia's resistance to Nazi Germany. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he is exiled to Siberia for his participation in the purging of the Ukraine.[150]
He is reactivated just before the Soviet Union dissolves by Major Zastrow, leader of the Red Shadows. Initially he is tasked with eliminating Firestorm, which becomes a mission he cannot complete. He also encounters the Suicide Squad more than once.
Starling (Evelyn Crawford)[edit]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Starling is introduced as part of relaunch of Birds of Prey as a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and markswoman who has been friends with Black Canary since they worked undercover together at the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge. She is later chosen by Black Canary to help reform the Birds of Prey, but later betrays the group.
Starling in other media[edit]
- The character later appears in the TV series Arrow as Evelyn Crawford Sharp, played by Madison McLaughlin. Introduced in season for, she emerges as an impostor Black Canary following Laurel Lance's death. She was a star gymnast before her family became a H.I.V.E. test subject, leaving Evelyn as the only survivor. Knowing her idol had just died, she briefly took up the identity in her crusade against her parents' killer, precisely his wife, before giving it up to save her hero's reputation as Oliver Queen under the guise as Green Arrow advised her to. In season five, Evelyn is recruited by Oliver to train and join Green Arrow's team of vigilantes, taking the codename Artemis (unlike the comics version who goes as Starling). Later, she betrays the team to Prometheus as a brief double-agent upon learning Oliver's past as the Hood. Apparently she regrets to Oliver for betrayal during his captivity by Adrian who seemingly kills her, but this was revealed to be a deception in order to break Oliver psychologically. She later releases Black Siren (Laurel's Earth Two counterpart) and both of them, along with Talia al Ghul, kidnap all members of Team Arrow, including police captain Quentin Lance and Oliver's son William and take them to Lian Yu island in order to force Oliver into releasing Adrian from jail. Evelyn is seen keeping captured prisoners, Thea, Felicity, Curtis and William's mother Samantha, in cages with Talia. Oliver and his army of former enemies release the prisoners from cages, but Digger Harkness betrays them. Evelyn is defeated and put in the cage, but Oliver promises to come back for her after the reckoning. Her fate is unknown since Chase detonated the island with explosives and there is no sign or trace that she escaped from island.
- In Legends of Tomorrow episode "Doomworld", the Evelyn Sharp's mask of Artemis can be seen in a glass display alongside other vigilantes masks inside Damien Darhk office, who has become Star City's mayor after the alteration in the reality.
Clarissa Stein[edit]
Clarissa Stein is the estranged wife of Martin Stein (a.k.a. Firestorm). She is created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, and first appeared in Firestorm Vol 2 #10.
Clarissa Stein in other media[edit]
Clarissa Stein is portrayed by Isabella Hofmann (in The Flash), and both by Chanelle Stevenson and by Emily Tennant (in Legends of Tomorrow). Like the original comics, this version is Martin Stein's wife. She currently lives in Central City and was briefly reunited with her husband after he had disappeared for some time because he became part of Firestorm. She is also Lily Stein's mother.
Tattooed Man[edit]
|First appearance
Abel Tarrant:
Green Lantern #23 (September 1963)
John Oakes:
Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man #1 (July 1993)
Mark Richards:
Green Lantern #9 (April 2006)
|Created by
Abel Tarrant:
Gardner Fox
Gil Kane
|Living tattoos
Tattooed Man is the name of two of Green Lantern's enemies, as well as of one related character.
Abel Tarrant[edit]
The first Tattooed Man, Abel Tarrant, debuted in Green Lantern #23 (September 1963). Abel Tarrant was a sailor based in Coast City who turned to burglary. During one of his heists, he was exposed to some mysterious chemicals which left him with the mental ability to create actual objects from the chemicals. When he got back from the robbery, he tattooed himself using the chemicals so he would always have the chemicals near him. Some of the shapes he was able to conjure from his tattoos were an axe, shield, cannon, and dragon.
John Oakes[edit]
The second Tattooed Man was John Oakes, the main character of the Vertigo series Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man by Jerry Prosser and Warren Pleece. Oakes first appeared in Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man #1 (July 1993). A cellmate of Abel Tarrant, John Oakes learned the art of tattoo – with a supernatural edge – from his fellow prisoner. After being released from jail, Oakes learned that his strange tattoos were a curse as well as a blessing as his tattoos now opened arcane 'doors' and could involuntarily trap people as 'tattoos' on his own body. Further studying for the Irezumi master Kobo in Kyoto, Oakes learned to control his strange abilities, and finally defeated both Tarrant and the 'tattoo killer' Mizoguchi Kenji by absorbing them. However, Oakes' beloved Yuko died in the battle as well, which prompted him to make her part of his own self.[151]
Mark Richards[edit]
The third Tattooed Man first appeared in Green Lantern #9 (April 2006). Mark Richards was a former U.S. Marine who went missing after a helicopter crash. He was presumed dead until he showed up in Gotham City as a hit man. He claimed that the tattoos covering his body were the sins of men he had killed, and that by the art of "sin-grafting", which he had learned from the nation of Modora, in which he takes the sins of others and puts them on himself, he claimed to be redeeming the men and women he killed. All his victims had tattoos of their sins. He was eventually stopped by Green Lantern and Batman. In DC's Brightest Day event, Mark appears as a member of Deathstroke's new team of Titans[152] He is convinced to join by Deathstroke who offers to help him track down Slipknot, the person responsible for murdering his son.[153] After a breakout at Arkham Asylum, Richards was about to leave his team until Deathstroke reveals that he has captured Slipknot for him.[154] Deathstroke allows the two to fight to the death, with Richards winning after he beheads Slipknot.[155] After this act, Richards quits Deathstroke's team, declaring that he is done with killing.[156] When Richards returns to Liberty Hill, he discovers his old neighborhood is afraid of him and the gangbangers have forced citizens and even the police themselves to clean up the area. His former assistant explains to him that they have taken control of the community and made a fortune for themselves through crime. Richards was then confronted by Vixen who believed that he was responsible for the acts of violence committed by his former thugs. Vixen rescinds her offer of Justice League membership and attacks Richards.[157] After a brutal fight, Vixen willingly surrenders and Richards agrees to leave her and take care of his neighborhood in his own way.[158] Richards later rejoins Deathstroke's Titans. Upon returning to the labyrinth, Deathstroke reveals to them that the items the Titans collected were used to form a healing machine called the "Methuselah Device," intended to restore his dying son, Jericho.[159] After healing Jericho, Deathstroke declares that the machine can also resurrect the dead, including Richards' son. Richards initially accepts but after Cinder declares the Methuselah Device a curse, he joins her and Arsenal in fighting the other Titans to destroy it.[160] After Cinder sacrifices herself to destroy the Methuselah Device, Richards returns home.[161]
In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Richards is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler that talks about the Superman Theory. He states that the Sanctuary place screwed up the first Tattooed Man.[27]
Tattooed Man in other media[edit]
- The Abel Tarrant version of Tattooed Man appears in Justice League Unlimited. Tattooed Man assisted the Legion in the assault to Gorilla City. When the Justice League showed up, Tattooed Man was briefly punched by Batman. He also witnessed when the Flash, in Lex Luthor's body, addressed the Legion.
- The Mark Richards version of Tattooed Man appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Scorn of the Star Sapphire!" voiced by Michael Jai White. Tattooed Man lived only for the thrill of battle. He recently robbed a bank in Coast City but was pursued by Batman and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). Batman used an ultrasonic gun to disorient Tattooed Man and applied the finishing blow. Green Lantern caught him and turned him over to the police.
- The Mark Richards version of Tattooed Man appears as a background student in DC Superhero Girls.
- A variation of Tattooed Man called Tattoo Man appears as a recurring character in the first season of Black Lightning, portrayed by William Catlett. This version of the character is Latavius "Lala" Johnson, a former student of Jefferson Pierce and current member of the 100 Gang. After being killed by Tobias Whale for his repeated failures to destroy Black Lightning, he went through the reanimation process where he started to see the ghosts of Lawanda and Will whose faces are tattooed onto him as a side effect of the reanimation process. In addition, the phrase "the Devil deals the cards" makes him obedient. After revealing this revival to Latavius and calling him Tattooed Man, Tobias Whale used him as a bomb mule in a plot to kill A.S.A. agent Martin Proctor. This plan failed as two A.S.A. agents perish while Martin is safely evacuated from the interrogation room.
- The Flashpoint version of Mark Richards appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
- Tattooed Man appears in Suicide Squad 2.
- The Abel Tarrant version of Tattooed Man appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series#4: "Tattoo You" in continuation of the series. Some time in the past, by unknown methods Abel had radioactive ink which could bring his tattoos to life. He used it for his criminal activities, but Green Lantern took him on and brought him to jail, where he had his tattoos removed, but he had hidden stash which he gave to a tattoo shop employee. After he escaped from prison he returned to the tattoo shop and received four new tattoos (with one of the tattoos being a heart symbol as a remind of his mother). After he came out of the tattoo shop, Green Lantern confronted him, but Abel quickly used his tattoos (a lion, Major Trouble (a Captain America esque super-soldier) and a sentient toy robot) to distract Green Lantern and escaped. At a market he wanted to find gladiolas, but could not get them, while short after he was confronted by Green Lantern once again. He was defeated by Hal using serums to change his tattoos, but before he was sent to jail, Abel received help from Green Lantern to get some gladiolas to give it to his mother for her birthday; the fourth tattoo he owned.[1]
|First appearance
|The Fury of Firestorm #15 (August 1983)
|Created by
|Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick
|Henry Hewitt, Victor Hewitt
Further reading
Tokamak is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #15 (August 1983) as Henry Hewitt and became Tokamak in The Fury of Firestorm #18 (November 1983).
Within the context of the stories, Tokamak is the identity taken by Henry Hewitt, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hewitt Corporation and high level director in the 2000 Committee, after subjecting himself to a recreation of the accident that created Firestorm.[162] Much later, in order to cure a terminal disease, he creates a clone of himself which he merges with. He creates the identity of Victor Hewitt in order to inherit his own company and sets out to create nuclear meltdowns across the globe to empower himself. He is stopped by Firestorm, Firehawk, and Pozhar. He is killed when Firestorm separates him from his clone.[163]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Tokamak has the ability to trap objects in energy rings and either compress them or break down their structural integrity.
Tokamak in other media[edit]
Henry Hewitt appears in The Flash, portrayed by Demore Barnes. In the episode "The Fury of Firestorm", the Earth-1 version is a scientist affected by the particle accelerator and is selected as a possible candidate to fuse with Martin Stein as Firestorm's new half after Ronnie Raymond's death (in the destruction of the Singularity), based on him having been affected by the dark matter explosion in a similar manner and possessing the same blood type as Ronnie and Stein. Caitlin Snow invites him to fuse with Dr. Stein, considering him the 'better' candidate due to his scientific background even though Jax Jackson seemed like a closer genetic match. Henry is upset when the fusion fails, however, the fusion does awaken an uncontrollable nuclear power within him which comes out when he is angry (which has caused him to have a criminal history). He fights the Flash and the new Firestorm, and he loses.[164] The episodes "Welcome to Earth-2" and "Escape From Earth-2" shows a parallel Earth-2 counterpart, a kind scientist in Harry Wells's S.T.A.R. Labs that has a run-in with Zoom.
|First appearance
|52 (vol. 1) #9 (August 2006)
|Created by
Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison,
Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
|Eliza Harmon
Further reading
Trajectory is a fictional superheroine in DC Comics.
Originally from Manchester, Alabama, Eliza Harmon was chosen by Lex Luthor to participate in the Everyman Project after she came to him begging to be granted superspeed. Her wish was granted, and she became a member of Luthor's new superhero team. However, she was not able to slow down to normal speed without taking the drug known as the Sharp. She blamed this predicament on Luthor and left the team.
Weeks later, she had stopped using the Sharp, and her friend and former teammate, Natasha Irons, convinced Luthor to let her back on the team. She hoped to one day move on to become a member of the Teen Titans and become the new Kid Flash. However, her dream was cut short, as Luthor stripped her of her powers at a crucial moment in a battle with Blockbuster, and she was killed.
Trajectory in other media[edit]
The character appears in The Flash, portrayed by Allison Paige. Here, Eliza Harmon is a scientist at Mercury Labs who once helped Caitlin Snow with the Velocity 9 formula, which was used to try and restore Jay Garrick's lost speed. Even though Caitlin never gave her the entire formula, Eliza managed to reverse engineer the drug. She becomes hooked on Velocity 9, blaming her addiction on work pressure and manifesting another "evil" personality to justify her actions to herself. Trajectory becomes a criminal speedster and causes havoc in Central City. After the Flash defeats her, she takes another dosage while already on one and disintegrates while running at high speeds, her body pushed beyond its limits. Her costume is subsequently recovered, modified, and given to Jesse Quick.
|First appearance
|All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984)
|Created by
|Roy Thomas and Rick Hoberg
|Superhuman strength; able to swim at superhuman speed, ability to create and control tidal waves.
|Miya Shimada
Further reading
Tsunami is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Roy Thomas and Rick Hoberg, first appeared in All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984).
Within the context of the stories, Tsunami is a Nisei who grew up in Santa Barbara, California, prior to World War II. Due to the racial prejudice against Japanese-Americans, she suffered in the period leading up to the entry of America into the war and joins the cause of the Imperial Japanese government. Over time, she becomes disillusioned by the dishonorable conduct of those she is working with and eventually changes sides. In stories set in contemporary settings, she has a daughter, Debbie, who she raised with her husband Neptune Perkins.
|First appearance
|Flash (vol. 1) #294 (February 1981)
|Created by
|Gerry Conway, Jim Starlin
|Weather Manipulation
Further reading
Typhoon, real name David Drake, is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Jim Starlin, first appeared in Flash #294 (February 1981).
David Drake was a research scientist at Concordance Research. Drake teamed with fellow scientist Professor Martin Stein (who was secretly one half of the hero Firestorm) to develop a new bathysphere prototype.[165] Drake designed the housing of the vessel while Stein developed the small nuclear reactor that was to be the craft's power source.
During the Forever Evil storyline, Typhoon appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. The Crime Syndicate sent Typhoon with Black Bison, Hyena, Multiplex, and Plastique to finish Gorilla Grodd's job. They were defeated by the Rogues since one of their targets was at the hospital where Captain Cold's sister was staying.[26]
In the Watchmen sequel "Doomsday Clock," Killer Frost mentioned in a TV interview that Typhoon was created by the government.[166] Typhoon is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler that talks about the Superman Theory. He and Moonbow claim that they weren't created by the government. When Penguin suggests that they hand Typhoon and Moonbow over to the government, Typhoon attacks Penguin until he is shot in the face by Comedian. The issue's final pages reveal the revised history of Typhoon, including that his powers were created in a "controlled accident" after Drake tested positive for the metagene, and he was thereafter enlisted as a government agent while proving that the Superman Theory was partially true. The Director of the Department of Metahuman Affairs orders for Typhoon's body to be retrieved for study.[27]
Powers and abilities[edit]
The accident that gave David Drake his abilities made him, in essence, the living eye of a storm. As Typhoon, Drake generates a whirlwind around the lower half of his body that enables him to fly or hover.[167] Typhoon can also project lightning from his fingertips, channeling the energy at times as powerful electric blasts.[168] Typhoon can also generate storms of tremendous strength that generate tornadoes and driving hail.[169] While the storms were originally localized to Drake's vicinity, over time he has gained the ability to generate entire storm systems that can stretch over multiple states.[170] Typhoon can also grow in size relevant to size of the system he is generating. At times, he has grown larger than a skyscraper when generating a system of sufficient strength.[171] Typhoon can change back and forth between his superhuman form and that of David Drake at will. He has shed his costume and returned to operating in the nude.[172]
Valerie Van Haaften[edit]
|First appearance
|Superman vol. 2, #187 (December 2002)
|Created by
|Geoff Johns and Pascual Ferry
|Composed of living "puzzle pieces"
Further reading
Valerie Van Haaften is a supervillain in the DC Universe who took the name "Puzzler".
The character, created by Geoff Johns and Pascual Ferry, first appeared in Superman vol. 2, #187 (December 2002).
Within the context of the stories, Valerie Van Haaften is a Superman fan who attempted to join a number of superhero groups to meet him. She eventually decides to become a villain to get his attention. Later she is hired by Intergang to assassinate Clark Kent.[173]
Fredric Vaux[edit]
Further reading
Fredric Vaux is a supervillain in the DC Universe. The character, created by Paul Levitz, first appeared in Adventure Comics #463.
Within the context of the stories, Fredric Vaux is an enemy of the Justice Society of America.
John Vance[edit]
An earlier version of Batman Junior made one appearance in Detective Comics #231 (May 1956), in a story written by Edmond Hamilton, with art by Sheldon Moldoff. In the story, Batman Junior is John Vance, a boy who once helped Batman as sidekick long before Robin (Dick Grayson at the time) had arrived. John re-enters Batman's life to solve yet another case, making Robin feel that he is about to be replaced. Apart from a reprint of the story in Batman #185 (October–November 1966), John Vance has not reappeared.
Van Wayne[edit]
|First appearance
|Batman vol. 1, #148 (June, 1962) (June 1962)
|Created by
|Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff
Further reading
Vanderveer "Van" Wayne is the spoiled and rich cousin of Bruce Wayne. During his visit to his cousin, Van got himself into some trouble when he hired a con-artist to impersonate Batman while he posed as Robin. He did all this with the intention of impressing Dick Grayson, but Van was not aware that they were in fact the real Dynamic Duo. Van had to be rescued from the con artist by Batman and Robin and in the aftermath of the situation, he learned a lesson in humility.[174]
Van Wayne in other media[edit]
Van Wayne appears in Powerless, played by Alan Tudyk. The cousin of Bruce Wayne and the son of Vanderveer Wayne Sr.,[175] this version of the character is in charge of Wayne Security, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises in Charm City. A self-proclaimed "rich, over-educated, globetrotting wastrel", Van is a power-mad disastrous dictator of a boss, hating his job and seeking to move to Gotham City from Charm City for a better position at the company.
Ernest Widdle[edit]
|First appearance
|Lobo vol. 2 #5 (May 1994)
|Created by
|Alan Grant and Val Semeiks
Further reading
Ernest Widdle is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Alan Grant and Val Semeiks, first appeared in Lobo vol. 2, #5 (May 1994).
|First appearance
|Krypton Chronicles #3
|Mistress of the Moons
Yuda is a fictional goddess in the DC Universe.
The character first appeared in Krypton Chronicles #3.
Within the context of the stories, Yuda is of the chief deities of ancient Krypton mythology and pantheon, associated with love and marriage. She also represented the two moons of Krypton, and was commonly known as "The Mistress of the Moons". For this reason, when the two moons Mithen and Wegthor came together in the night sky, they were believed to represent marriage.
Her worship ended with the flood, when Jaf-El introduced the monotheistic worship of Rao. However she was remembered in folklore, and even a mechanical statue of her was used in Superman's home city Kryptonopolis at certain festivities.
Ashley Zolomon[edit]
|First appearance
|Flash Vol. 2 #197 (June 2003)
|Created by
|Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins
Ashley Zolomon is the estranged wife of Hunter Zolomon. She made her first appearance in Flash Vol. 2 #197 (June 2003), and was created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins. She was with the F.B.I. when she met Hunter and they soon married. The two specializing in apprehending low-level costumed criminals until Hunter inadvertently caused the death of Ashley's father by mistakenly believing that the criminal they were after was incapable of using a gun, causing their estrangement.[176] After Hunter's transformation into Zoom, Ashley replaced Zolomon as a profiler in Keystone City's police department and attempted to communicate with her ex-husband. When Ashley was hospitalized after a car accident, Zoom returned out of concern for her.[177] Zoom is still apparently attached emotionally to Ashley.[178]
Ashley Zolomon in other media[edit]
Ashley Zolomon appears in The Flash live-action television series, portrayed by Tatyana Forrest. This version is depicted as Hunter Zolomon's mother on Earth-2 who was murdered by her husband James Zolomon (Hunter's father) in front of the young Hunter, resulting in their son eventually being a serial killer and then the monstrous speedster Zoom. Her original characterization as Hunter's love interest is seen with Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker).
|First appearance
|Firestorm the Nuclear Man #69 (March 1988)
|Created by
|John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski
|Super human strength, near invulnerability, energy discharge, claws
|Matvei Rodor
Further reading
Zuggernaut is a supervillain and symbiotic alien life form in the DC Universe.
The character, created by John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski, first appeared in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #69 (March 1988).
Within the context of the stories, the Zuggernaut crashes to earth as a meteorite in Russia. It was found by and bonded to Matvei Rodor, a black marketeer. Rodor is in conflict with a corrupt Moscow prosecutor named Soliony and agrees to the Zuggernaut's offer of help in exchange for being its host.
Returning to Moscow, they attack Soliony, who has been interrogating Mikhail Arkadin. Arkadin summons Firestorm and escapes the jail to find the Zuggernaut threatening Soliony. The Zuggernaut is driven off when Firestorm burns impressions of his hand into their chest.[179]
The Zuggernaut reappears a short time later and allows itself to be captured in order to get to Soliony. Again Firestorm intervenes, creating discord for the host and alien.[180] Their fight with Firestorm is interrupted by Stalnoivolk, allowing Rodor to override the Zuggernaut's desire to fight Firestorm and chase after Soliony. They, in turn, are delayed by the Russian super-team Soyuz, allowing Firestorm to catch up and stop them. This results in Rodor being mortally wounded and the Zuggernaut withdrawing to find a new host.[181]
Powers and abilities[edit]
When bonded with a host, the Zuggernaut can take the form of a tall, purple alien creature possessing long sharp claws and fangs. It also has a green gemstone embedded in its forehead which is capable of firing energy beams. The Zuggernaut could also project beams of energy from his eyes and had the ability to leap great distances.
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