Paintball (Paul Deisinger) is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared inStars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #2 (September 1999), and was created byGeoff Johns and Leo Moder. Paintball is an art teacher who was transformed into a paint-themed criminal and became a minion ofDragon King.[1]
Paul Deisinger appears inStargirl, portrayed by Randy Havens. This version is an art teacher at Blue Valley High School before being transformed into a paint monster byCindy Burman andEclipso. AfterStargirl frees and cures him, Deisinger undergoes a psych evaluation before being killed byIcicle's mother Lily Mahkent.
Linda Park (also known asLinda Park-West) is afictional character in theDC Universe. She is best known as the girlfriend and later wife ofWally West. Linda Park first appeared inThe Flash (vol. 2) #28 and was created byWilliam Messner-Loebs.[2]
She is aKorean-American television reporter forKeystone City and regularly deals with the Flash, whom she does not like. During their initial meeting she constantly hounds the Flash about the property damage caused by his battle with the Porcupine Man. Despite this, Linda and Wally become friends while investigating the Celestial Enlightenment Ranch, a spiritual-retreat scam. After Wally helps Linda deal with her apparent possession by the ancient Irish bard Seamus O’Relkig, they become close and later marry.[2][3][4][5]
Linda later retires from journalism and has twin children: Jai and Iris.[2][6]
Dr. Jarrett Parker is afictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He was created inThe Flash (vol. 2) #10, and was created byMike Baron andMike Collins.
He was a therapist who practiced in Huntington, New York and a colleague of Dr. Owen Slade.[9]
One of his patients wasChunk. After swallowing a matter transmitter and becoming a human singularity, Chunk became frustrated with Parker and sent him to another dimension. Here, Parker helped establish a community with others who suffered the same fate, including Karin Preus and Eric Gunderson. Parker's counsel remained ineffective on Chunk, and Chunk's frustration with this caused him to be absorbed into a separate dimension.
Dr. Jarrett Parker appears in theseventh season ofArrow, portrayed by Jason E. Kelley.[10] This version is the corrupt chief psychiatrist ofSlabside Maximum Security Prison who utilizes unethical and lethal methods to rehabilitate criminals. AfterOliver Queen andTalia al Ghul discover and expose his corruption, Parker is subsequently fired from Slabside and killed by Talia.
Peek-a-Boo (Lashawn Baez) is aDC Comics supervillain. She first appeared inThe Flash (vol. 2) #180 (January 2002), and was created byGeoff Johns andScott Kolins.[11]
Lashawn Baez was a graduate student at Central City Medical School, but put her studies aside to help her father Tomas when he got ill, requiring a kidney transplant. Lashawn tried to donate hers, but the procedure activated her latent metagene, granting her uncontrollable teleportation powers. In subsequent appearances, she battles theFlash before willingly turning herself in to the police.[11][12]
Penny Dreadful is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is a member ofHelix who developed energy-absorbing abilities after being experimented on as a child.[14]
| First appearance | Flash Comics #66 (August1945) |
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| Created by | Gardner Fox andJoe Kubert |
| Teams | All-Star Squadron Young All-Stars |
| Abilities | Enhanced ocean-adapted physiology, ability to communicate with marine mammals |
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Neptune Perkins is asuperhero in theDC Universe.
The character, created byGardner Fox andJoe Kubert, first appeared inFlash Comics #66 (August 1945).[15] That and a follow-up story in 1947 were the character's only appearances, untilRoy Thomas revived him for anAll-Star Squadron story in 1984 and later selected him as one of the focal characters ofYoung All-Stars in 1987.[16] In addition, Thomas expanded the character's backstory and origin so that it incorporated large chunks ofThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket byEdgar Allan Poe andTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas byJules Verne.
Within the context of the stories, Neptune Perkins is a mutant born with attributes that lend themselves to living at sea. DuringWorld War II he works with the All-Star Squadron. After the war he wedsMiya 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 forAquaman andYoung Justice after being elected to the United States Senate and was even a member ofOld Justice. He is killed inInfinite Crisis #3 when theShark andKing Shark together attack and partially devour him during an undersea battle.
Perpetua is a fictional character appearing in media published by DC Comics. She was created by writerJames Tynion IV and artist Mikel Janín, and first appeared inJustice League (vol. 4) #8 (November 2018).
Perpetua is a sixth-dimensional being, the creator of themultiverse, and the mother of theMonitor,Anti-Monitor, andWorld Forger, who respectively guard the positive, anti-matter, and dark matter realms. After rebelling against her people, she is defeated and imprisoned in theSource Wall. However, Perpetua's powers enable her to influence the minds of others, causing variousCrisis-level events over the years.[17]
During theDark Nights: Death Metal event, Perpetua is freed after the World Forger's servant Barbatos and theBatman Who Laughs destroy the Source Wall. However, the Batman Who Laughs ultimately betrays Perpetua and re-imprisons her.[18]
Phantasm is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
The first version is a ghostly supervillain who foughtChris King and Vicki Grant. He was created byRobby Reed's Master form and is a member of the Evil Eight.[19]
Pistolera is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
An unnamed woman first operated as Gunbunny when she and Gunhawk were contracted to kill somebody only to run afoul of theJean-Paul Valley version ofBatman. She got wounded during the fight and was taken to the hospital while Gunhawk was apprehended by Batman.[20]
Gunbunny later took on the name of Pistolera when she worked for the Ravens.[21]
During the "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Pistolera appeared as a member ofAlexander Luthor Jr.'sSecret Society of Super Villains. She was later killed byDeadshot of theSecret Six after she had killedKnockout.[22]
Molly Pitcher is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Introduced in "The New Golden Age" event,Molly Preacher is a school girl and friend ofBetsy Rose who became the sidekick of Miss America and wields a magic pitcher that enables her to create various weapons and large amounts of water. After the end ofWorld War II, Pitcher and Ross mysteriously vanished and were kidnapped by the Time Masters.[23][24] Eventually, they are rescued byStargirl and brought to the present day byHourman.[25]
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Plunder is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
In a twisted alternate reality, a counterpart of Central City Police Department memberJared Morillo worked as an assassin.[26]
Plunder appears inThe Flash episode "The Present", portrayed byStephen Huszar.[27] This version is a jewel thief who uses a futuristic gun.
Derek Powers, also calledBlight, is asupervillain who appears in theBatman Beyond (1999–2001)animated series, voiced bySherman Howard.[28] He served as the primary antagonist of the series' first season.
Derek Powers is acorruptbusinessman who gains control overWayne Enterprises after merging it with his own company Powers Technologies asWayne-Powers afterBruce Wayne retires. He is the one who inadvertently sets a young man named Terry McGinnis on the path to being Batman. Powers had developed a lethal mutagenicnerve gas and intends to sell it as a weapon. One of his employees, Terry's father Warren, obtains evidence concerning this plan, for which Powers kills him. With this knowledge, Terry steals Bruce'sBatsuit and becomes Batman to stop Powers' plans. During their battle, Powers is exposed to the gas and subjects himself to extreme levels ofradiation to save his life, which interacts with the gas and causes his body to become radioactive and translucent. However, he hides this and contains his radiation with artificial skins that disintegrate over time. Eventually, he retires from leading his company to focus on finding a cure, appointing his estranged son Paxton as his replacement. However, Paxton betrays his father by publicly exposing his condition. Subsequently, Derek hides in an abandonednuclear submarine and is presumed dead after battling Batman.[29]
InBatman Beyond #18, Powers is revealed to have survived the submarine explosion and forgotten his original identity, referring to himself only as Blight.[30] After battling Batman in a steel mill, he is engulfed in melted steel and presumed dead once more.
In the "DC Rebirth"Batman Beyond series, Blight is revealed to have survived and regained his memories.[31] He encounters former Wayne-Power scientist Doctor French, who helps him build his suit. However, the suit becomes ineffective over time, and he learns that his condition is slowly killing him.[32] Eventually, Batman hacks into Blight's suit, transforming him into radioactive slime.[33]
Blight made another appearance in theGotham Academy comicsYearbook. He disguises himself as a visiting lecturer to kill Warren McGinnis, the father of his arch-foe. He used a portal located in a clock to travel to the past. However, the students of Gotham Academy manage to push him into the clock and destroy it, sending him back to the future.
A young Derek Powers appears in theTask Force Z series.[34]
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Pozhar (Пожар or "Fire") is a Russian superhero in theDC Universe. The character, created byJohn Ostrander and Joe Brozowski, first appeared inThe Fury of Firestorm (vol. 2) #62 (August 1987).[37] Within the stories' context,Mikhail Arkadin is a nuclear technician who worked at theChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and during themeltdown that occurred there, he gained the ability to convert matter into energy. He was subsequently recruited by Major Zastrow of theRed Shadow as one of theSoviet Union's official superheroes.[38][39] However, he was forced to wear a containment suit to prevent himself from destroying everything he touched.[39] The Russian government then maneuvered him into position to be one of its premier heroes, placing him into a battle againstFirestorm, who was calling for nuclear disarmament.[39]
During their battle, Firestorm and Pozhar are fused into a new Firestorm after a nuclear weapon is dropped on them. Eventually, they are separated and removed from the Firestorm matrix so thatMartin Stein can be its sole host.[40][41]
In "The New 52" reboot, Arkadin helped Stein invent the Firestorm Protocols.[42][43]
InDoomsday Clock, Pozhar appears as a member of the People's Heroes and closes Russia's borders to all foreigners, be they metahuman or not.
Mikhail Arkadin appears inLegends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Voytek Skrzeta. This version is a prison guard from 1986.
Preus is afictionalDC Comicssupervillain who first appeared inThe Adventures of Superman #625 (April 2004) and was created byJoe Kelly andTalent Caldwell as part of their "Godfall" arc.[44]
For years,Sergeant Preus had proudly served the Citizen's Patrol Corps, a police force that kept the peace inKandor under theKryptonian banner of El, their "creator".[44] 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 "TheSuperman" 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 namedKal-El, who tainted Paradise when he seemingly murdered several Kandorians.[45]
Preus swore a solemn oath to make the murderer pay, not realizing that Kal-El was the Superman that he and the others had worshiped for so long.[46] 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-explodedKrypton.[47] Eventually shattering the illusion, Superman escaped Kandor and confronted Lyla back inMetropolis. 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.[48]
Convinced that Kal-El had 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 theMartian Manhunter andJimmy Olsen to investigate, only to have both of them captured by Preus and his men.[49]
This forced a confrontation with Superman, who, at the time, was dealing with the effects ofGog's synthetic yellowkryptonite, 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 Preus.[50]
A last-ditch gambit using kryptonite to try and weaken Preus failed, as Preus revealed a previously unknown resistance to kryptonite. 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 toS.T.A.R. Labs for treatment. Preus disappeared after Superman was engaged by an army of Gogs.[51]
Preus possesses powers similar to those of Superman, such as superhuman strength and speed, flight, invulnerability, X-ray vision and enhanced senses. Preus can generate fiery black energy from his eyes and is immune tokryptonite.
Preus appears inKrypton, portrayed by Ciaran Owens. This version is a Sagitari commander on the moon Wegthor.
TheProtector (Jason Hart) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an ally of theTeen Titans. He first appeared inThe New Teen Titans anti-drug comic specials, and was created byMarv Wolfman andGeorge Pérez. The Protector was created forKeebler's anti-drug campaign as a replacement forRobin, who was licensed byNabisco and thus unavailable.[52]
Jason Hart is a high school student and an expert in sports who becomes a vigilante to save his younger cousin Ted from his drug addiction and stop the men who had been supplying him drugs.Nightwing trains Jason in combat and makes him an honorary member of the Teen Titans.[53]
Since then, the Protector has made sporadic appearances inTitans: Secret Files,Infinite Crisis, andHeroes in Crisis. In the latter event, he is killed bySavitar before being resurrected.[54][55]
Protector is an expert in hand-to-hand combat.
The Protector appears inTeen Titans Go! as an alternate alias ofRobby Reed after his H-Dial borrowsRobin's abilities.[56][57]
Psiphon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, introduced inThe New 52.
In September 2011,The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline,Psiphon is introduced to DC as aH.I.V.E. warrior and partner ofDreadnought. He appears inSuperboy (vol. 4) #20, where the team are dispatched toNew York City to captureDoctor Psycho, who had escaped from a H.I.V.E. facility, andSuperboy, whose psionic powers were of interest to the H.I.V.E. Despite proving to be formidable opponents, both Psiphon and the 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.
Psych is the name of severalfictional characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics.
An unidentified female with empathy is a member of theWanderers. When a space cloud turns the Wanderers evil, they battle theLegion of Super-Heroes before being defeated byBouncing Boy.[58]
An unidentified female with mental powers is a member of Knight Shift. They went up against the Legion of Super-Heroes.[59]
Bashir is an information broker who wields theSage Force which grants him telekinesis and telepathy. The character was created by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval, and first appeared inThe Flash (vol. 5) #61 (March 2019). Throughout his appearances, he battles theFlash,Fuerza andSteadfast before being killed by theBlack Flash.[60][61]
The Bashir incarnation of Psych, fully named asBashir Malik, appears inThe Flash, portrayed byEnnis Esmer.[62] This version is a psychic who is immune to mental inhibitors, and has a connection withCecile Horton. Introduced in theseventh season, he recklessly uses his abilities until deciding to helpBarry Allen, Alexa Rivera and Deon Owens subdue theSpeed Force and restore balance to their world. In theeighth season, Malik falls ill with a time sickness, causing theNegative Still Force to steal his likeness until he recovers.
| First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 2) #1 (July–August 1960) |
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| Created by | John Broome,Gil Kane |
| Abilities | "Hypno-ray" device that allows mind control |
| Aliases | Jordan Weir |
ThePuppeteer, originally known as thePuppet Master, is aDC Comicssupervillain.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.[63]
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.[64] Through his robot puppets, the Puppeteer took control ofCyborg,Kid Flash,Starfire, andWonder Girl and turned them against their teammates.Raven's soul-self was finally able to break their trance and the Titans united to battle the 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.[65]
Purgatory is a supervillain in DC Comics.
Paul Christian is a man who lost his legs in a subway accident. Years later,Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) used his ring to create prosthetics for him.[67] Following another accident, Christian's willpower diminished, causing the constructs to vanish.[68]
During theUnderworld Unleashed crossover event, Christian accepted the demon-lordNeron's offer to regain his legs and was given superpowers. As the green flame-emitting Purgatory, he was sent to kill Kyle before being defeated by him and taken toHell by Neron.[69]
Purgatory appears as a character summon inScribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[35]
| First appearance | Action Comics #49 (June1942) |
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| Created by | Jerry Siegel and John Sikela |
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ThePuzzler is a name used by threesupervillains in theDC Universe.[70]
The concept and original character, created byJerry Siegel and John Sikela, first appeared inAction Comics #49 (June 1942).[71]
The original Puzzler is an unnamed non-costumed criminal who is skilled in parlor games and puzzles and operates aprotection racket inMetropolis.[72] The character, along with most of theGolden AgeSuperman material, was later assigned to the universe of Earth-Two in theDC Multiverse, before being removed from continuity duringCrisis on Infinite Earths.
The name of the Puzzler was reused inSuperman (vol. 2) #187 (December 2002) as the supervillain identity ofValerie van Haaften, a new version of the character whose body was composed of living "puzzle pieces". In the first appearance, as "Puzzler", she admits that she is a large fan of Superman's, and initially attempted to join several super groups to no avail. Thus, she decided that she would become a villain to gain his attention. Her body is composed of multiple large "puzzle pieces" that she can fully control, even when they are not directly attached to her. Superman disperses her with his super breath.[73]
The Puzzler reappeared inSuperman: Up, Up and Away! during theOne Year Later story arc as an assassin hired byIntergang to kill Clark Kent. When she sees Superman, she decides to attempt to kill him instead to become famous. During the fight, she reveals she has been "upgraded" to have pieces that are nearly indestructible. Her "puzzle pieces" are much smaller and appear to be able to hit with greater force than her previous appearance. Superman defeats her again by trapping her component pieces in separate containers - preventing her from building up sufficient speed to escape.[74]
In September 2011,The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, a new character called the Puzzler under an alias of "Agent Evans" appears as a member ofA.R.G.U.S.[75] He is later revealed to be a descendant ofVandal Savage.