Whisper A'Daire is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. She was created byGreg Rucka andShawn Martinbrough, and first appeared inDetective Comics #743 (April 2000).
Whisper is an operative for theLeague of Assassins who was given a serum derived fromking cobra DNA that grants herlongevity and the ability to transform into a king cobra.[1] She is also accompanied by a group of men who possess similar abilities and are under her control.
In52, Whisper becomes the leader of the Cult ofCain and a manager for HSC International Banking, a company connected withIntergang that is flooding Gotham with futuristic weaponry. After being defeated byNightwing andRenee Montoya, Whisper travels to Africa and works with the warlord Kwesi.[2]
InThe New 52 reboot, Whisper A'Daire appears as a member of Intergang.[3]
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Kyle Abbot is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created byGreg Rucka andShawn Martinbrough, he first appeared inDetective Comics #743 (April 2000). He is a member ofIntergang and associate of Ra's al GhulBruno Mannheim who was given a serum that enables him to transform into a wolf.[6]
Kyle Abbot appears inDC Universe Online as a member ofIntergang.
Acrata (Andrea Rojas) is asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published by DC Comics who was created as part of thePlanet DC annuals event. She first appeared inSuperman (vol. 2) Annual #12 (August 2000), and was created by Oscar Pinto, Giovanni Barberi, and F.G. Haghenbeck.
Andrea's father was Bernardo Rojas, once a renowned leader in Central America who researched for "Prehispanic Cultures" at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana de Mexico. She later became a vigilante with shadow-manipulating abilities derived from an ancient Mayan symbol.[7]
Acid Master (Phillip Master) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created byJim Shooter andWayne Boring, he first appeared inAction Comics #348 (March 1967).
He is a chemist and saboteur who allied with forces behind the Iron Curtain.[10]
Acid Master appears inThe Flash episode "Failure is an Orphan", portrayed by John Gillich.[11] This version is an acid-generating metahuman.
| First appearance | Suicide Squad (vol. 6) #1 (February 2020) |
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| Created by | Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo |
| Abilities | Wings and flight |
The Aerie, is a fictional character, a terrorist in theDC Comics universe. They aregender non-binary. They first appeared inSuicide Squad (vol. 6) #1 (February 2020), and were created byTom Taylor and Bruno Redondo.
Agamemno is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He first appeared inSilver Age #1 (July 2000) during theSilver Age event, a series ofSilver Age-styled one-shots of which he was the chief antagonist. He was created byMark Waid.[7]
Michael Akins is a character in DC Comics.
Michael Akins is a member of the Gateway City Police Department.[12] He later moves to Gotham City and becomes a trusted police officer working underJames Gordon. However, he comes into conflict with Batman and removes theBat-Signal from the GCPD's roof.[13]
InDC Rebirth, Akins becomes the mayor of Gotham City.[14][15]
Michael Akins appears inBatwoman, portrayed by Chris Shields. This version is Gotham City's mayor in thefirst andsecond seasons before being succeeded by Mayor Hartley (portrayed bySharon Taylor) in thethird.
Alanna is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. Created byGardner Fox andMike Sekowsky, she first appeared inShowcase #17 (December 1958).
Within the context of the stories, Alanna isSardath's daughter andAdam Strange's primary love interest, who he meets after being teleported to Rann. However, the temporary nature of the Zeta beams that brought him there means that they cannot remain together permanently. Eventually, Sardath creates an improved Zeta beam that enables him to do so, and the two have a daughter, Aleea.[16]
| First appearance | Justice League Adventures #13 (January2003) |
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| Created by | Dan Slott · Min S. Ku |
All-Star (Olivia Dawson) is asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. She is a young girl with an alien Star Charm who became a reserve member for theJustice League.
Henry Allen is the father ofBarry Allen / The Flash andCobalt Blue and the husband of Nora Allen. He was created byJohn Broome andCarmine Infantino, and first appeared inThe Flash #126 (February 1962). He was initially depicted as an obscure character,[18] and was featured in a storyline where theTop possessed his body.[19] His character's story changed inThe Flash: Rebirth, whereProfessor Zoom / Reverse-Flash framed Henry for murdering Nora, leading Barry to become obsessed with finding the real killer in hopes of freeing Henry from prison.[20] Henry died in prison before Barry became the Flash, but his son posthumously clears his name.[21]The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity, where Henry is eventually freed while still alive.
| First appearance | The Flash #126 (February1962) |
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Nora Allen is the mother ofBarry Allen andMalcolm Thawne and the wife of Henry Allen. She was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and first appeared inThe Flash #126 (February 1962). She was initially an obscure character,[18] but her character's story changed inThe Flash: Rebirth, where theReverse-Flash kills her and frames Henry.[20]
| First appearance | The Question #33 (December 1989) |
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| Created by | Dennis O'Neil Alan Grant |
Harold Allnut is a fictional comic book character appearing in stories published byDC Comics, in particular those featuringBatman. He is amute andkyphotic man who serves as a trusted mechanic and aide to Batman, helping to design, build, and repair that superhero's equipment. Created by writersDennis O'Neil andAlan Grant, the character first appeared inThe Question #33 (December 1989).
Harold is a mutehunchbacked man who is expelled from his house inGotham City and subsequently travels toHub City.[27]
Harold initially works as a henchman for thePenguin before Batman convinces him to work for him instead.[28]
While promised to be given the ability to speak and walk right in exchange for givingHush the location of the Batcave, Harold is later killed byHush. Batman later buried him on the property of Wayne Manor.[29]
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth" which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". While his history with Batman remains intact, this version of Harold Allnut can do sign language.[30]
Alpha Centurion is the name of threefictionalsuperheroes published byDC Comics. Created byKarl Kesel, the character first appeared inZero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3 (September 1994).[31]
Marcus was a normal human who had been taken by aliens into space. He was granted access to incredible knowledge and advanced technology. In addition to his spacecraft the Pax Romana, Marcus' advanced suit of alien armor allows him to fly, grants him superhuman strength and speed, and allows him to generate an energy blade, similar to a lightsaber, and an energy shield.
During theZero Hour: Crisis in Time! storyline,Superman was transported to an alternate timeline and meets its version of Marcus Aurelius.[32] This version of the character is erased after the universe is rebooted.[33]
Another alternate version of Alpha Centurion appears inThe Final Night event.[34][7] This version is the champion of the Virmiru aliens.[35]
A new Alpha Centurion was introduced in theDoomed series.[36] This version isRoman, a college student who was possessed by the Alpha Centurion god.[37]
Amazing Grace is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Amazing Grace lives among the lowlies ofApokolips and the sister ofGlorious Godfrey.[38] A loyal agent ofDarkseid, she pretends to preach opposition to Darkseid's word and encourages them to revolt.[39] When they do, they are easily defeated, crushing their revolt and their spirits.[40]
AfterSuperman (in his civilian guise as Clark Kent) was transported to Apokolips, Grace was "captured" byDarkseid's troops and was to be thrown into the firepits; all to lure Superman out.[41] He saved her, but he himself fell into the firepits. He survived, but with no memory or powers. It was implied that Grace seduced Superman on behalf of Darkseid, and convinced the Man of Steel that he was Darkseid's son. Superman was given his powers back when he allied himself with Darkseid and led Darkseid's forces into battle. Serving Darkseid, Superman went into battle against Darkseid's true son Orion who used the powers of the Motherbox to restore Superman's memories while erasing his knowledge of, and guilt over, the thousands that had died because of his actions under Grace's influence.[42]
Amazing Grace andKalibak later pose asWonder Woman and Superman as part of Darkseid's plot to destroy Mount Olympus.[43]
TheAngle Man was an unsuccessful criminal who became obsessed with crimes with unbeatable "angles". He plaguedWonder Woman with a series of increasingly clever schemes involving "angles".
The Angle Man was created byRobert Kanigher andHarry G. Peter, and first appeared inWonder Woman #70 (November 1954).
Angle Man later acquires the Angler, a reality-warpingPenrose triangle, and joins theSecret Society of Super Villains before being killed duringCrisis on Infinite Earths.[44]
Later, duringPhil Jimenez's run on theWonder Woman title, he is revamped asAngelo Bend, an Italian thief.[45][46] He later joins the Secret Society of Super Villains inInfinite Crisis.[47][48][49][50]
InThe New 52 continuity reboot, Angle Man isVandal Savage's son.[51]
Anima (Courtney Mason) is asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics, who starred in the comic book series of the same name. The character was created and written by science fiction and fantasy authorsElizabeth Hand and Paul Witcover.
During theBloodlines event, Courtney is kidnapped by a cult and possessed by the Animus, gaining energy-draining abilities. As Anima, Courtney sought revenge against the cult. She also met theTeen Titans and battled a variety of supernatural menaces.[7]
In 1993, Anima received a solo series that ran for 16 months before being cancelled due to low sales. The series had a huge supporting cast, both human and supernatural – in some issues, Anima herself appeared for only a few pages. Courtney's younger brotherJeremy Mason becomes the channel for Animus' evil sister,Eris (Eris shares her name with a goddess of Greek mythology, who herself appeared in DC'sWonder Woman title, second series). Animus and Eris ultimately combine as the Syzygy, to fight their father/enemy known only asThe Nameless One. Fellow DC superheroesSuperboy andHawkman also guest-starred – with Superboy temporarily acting as a channel for an archetype calledThe Warrior.
Anima later joins theBlood Pack alongsideGunfire, Hook andArgus before being killed byPrometheus.
Ant (Eddie Whit) is a costumed enemy of theTeen Titans. He was created byBob Haney andNick Cardy and first appeared inTeen Titans #5 (October 1966).
Anti-Fate (Benjamin Stoner) is a former psychiatrist who became an enemy ofDoctor Fate after being possessed by Typhon of theLords of Chaos. Before he was corrupted by Typhon, Benjamin Stoner was a chief psychiatrist atArkham Asylum inGotham City.[55] After an encounter with Doctor Fate, Stoner was freed from the influence of the Lords of Order and Chaos.[56]
The character was created byJ.M. DeMatteis andKeith Giffen and first appeared inDoctor Fate #1 (July 1987).
Benjamin Stoner appears inJoker, portrayed byFrank Wood. This version is Penny Fleck's therapist at Arkham State Hospital.[57][58]
Arthur Curry Jr., also known asAquababy, is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He was created byNick Cardy, and first appeared inAquaman #23 (October 1965).
Arthur is the son ofAquaman (Arthur Curry Sr.) andMera. He was killed byBlack Manta inAdventure Comics #452 (August 1977) and has remained dead since, though he was temporarily resurrected as aBlack Lantern inBlackest Night.[59][60]
Archer is an alias used by several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
In 2011, "The New 52" introduced an unidentified second incarnation of the Archer.[63][64]
Argus is a superhero appearing anAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He first appeared during theBloodlines crossover event inThe Flash (vol. 2) Annual #6 (1993), and was created byMark Waid andPhil Hester.[7] While investigating one ofKeystone City's criminal organisations using the alias "Nick Kovac", federal agent Nick Kelly was attacked by a Bloodlines Parasite named Venev, gaining the ability to become invisible in shadow and see in multiple spectrums of vision.[7][66]
Amadeus Arkham is a character inDC Comics. He was the founder ofArkham Asylum and is the uncle ofJeremiah Arkham.[67]
He was created in 1984 for the entry for Arkham Asylum inWho's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #1. The story was retold and expanded in 1989 inArkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. The graphic novel is interspersed with flashbacks to Arkham founder Amadeus Arkham's life and childhood. The character appeared in DC'sThe New 52 as a protagonist ofAll Star Western alongsideJonah Hex.
TheWho's Who entry establishes that the Asylum was named after Elizabeth Arkham, the mother of founder Amadeus Arkham. The original name of the asylum was Arkham Hospital. Its dark history began in the early 1900s when Arkham's mother, having suffered from mental illness most of her life, committed suicide (it was later revealed that her son actually euthanized her and repressed the memory). Amadeus Arkham decided, then, as the sole heir to the Arkham estate, to remodel his family home and properly treat the mentally ill. Prior to the period of the hospital's remodeling, Arkham treated patients at the State Psychiatric Hospital inMetropolis, where he, his wife Constance and daughter Harriet had been living for quite some time.
Upon telling his family of his plans, they moved back to his family home to oversee the remodeling. While there, Arkham received a call from the police notifying him that serial killerMartin "Mad Dog" Hawkins — referred to Arkham by Metropolis Penitentiary while at State Psychiatric Hospital — had escaped from prison, and sought his considered opinion on the murderer's state of mind. Shortly afterward, Arkham returned to his home to find his front door wide open. Inside, he discovered the mutilated bodies of his wife and daughter in an upstairs room with Hawkins' nickname carved on Harriet's body.
The shock of the murders brings back the memory of killing his mother. For many years, Elizabeth suffered delusions that she was being tormented by a supernatural creature and would call to her son to protect her. One day, however, he finally sees what his mother saw – a great bat, a spectre of death. Taking a pearl-handled straight razor from his pocket, he cuts his mother's throat to end her suffering. He then blocks out the memory and attributes her death to suicide.
Traumatized, Amadeus puts on his mother's wedding dress and takes out the pearl-handled razor. It is vaguely implied that Arkham cannibalizes his family's remains in ashamanic ritual.[68] Kneeling in the blood of his family, he vows to bind the evil spirit of "The Bat", which he believes inhabits the house, through ritual and sorcery. He treats Hawkins for months until finally electrocuting him in a shock therapy session. This incident is treated as an accident by the authorities. Soon after, Arkham freefalls into madness. He continues his mission even after he is incarcerated in the Asylum himself after trying to kill his stockbroker in1929; he scratches the words of a binding spell into the walls and floor of his cell with his fingernails and constantly belts out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a loud voice until the day he dies.
Decades later, Dr. Cavendish, another doctor in the asylum, believes he is areincarnation of Amadeus and frees the inmates. Towards the end of the story, he takes another doctor, Dr. Adams, hostage, dresses himself in the dress of Amadeus' mother and relates Arkham's history to Batman before attempting to strangle him. Dr. Adams saves Batman by killing Cavendish with the same razor Amadeus used to kill his mother.
Amadeus' role in creating the asylum, Hawkins' history with Amadeus and Amadeus' descent into madness have become canon and are the origin of Arkham Asylum in all incarnations of the asylum since.
InThe New 52 reboot, Amadeus Arkham is re-established as having been the partner ofJonah Hex. Amadeus is a psychologist who specializes in criminal behavior and lives in a mansion with his mother. Amadeus works with Hex in an effort to solve a series of murders committed by the Gotham Ripper and even uncovered a child slavery operation run by theCourt of Owls.[69]
TheArkham Knight is a character inDC Comics. Created byPeter Tomasi andDoug Mahnke, she first appeared inDetective Comics #1000 (May 2019).
During theDC Rebirth slate, to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of theBatman mythos in 2019, DC Comics debuted an iteration of the Arkham Knight character inspired by the 2015 video gameBatman: Arkham Knight. Taking place within the mainstream DC Universe, separate from the continuity of theBatman: Arkham games, this version is the founder of the Knights of the Sun, acult of Arkham Asylum inmates devoted to ridding Gotham City of Batman.[70][71] The Arkham Knight is eventually revealed to beAstrid Arkham, the daughter of doctorsJeremiah Arkham, the nephew of the asylum's founderAmadeus Arkham; and Ingrid Karlsson, a kind-hearted woman well liked by even the most dangerous patients.[72][73]
Astrid was born during a riot at the asylum, during which Ingrid was killed by abatarang thrown by an inmate. After being delivered safely with the help of the Joker,Harley Quinn,Poison Ivy,Clayface, andSolomon Grundy, Astrid was raised and homeschooled by Jeremiah in the asylum. She befriended the incarcerated supervillains and would sit outside the Joker's cell to readfairy tales with him, growing to idolize the knights in these stories. Astrid developed a grudge against Batman and saw him as a demon that tormented her friends. This grudge turned into hatred when she uncovered video tapes of Ingrid being struck by a batarang. Believing that Batman had murdered her mother, Astrid trained to become a skilled fighter and, inspired by the knights in her bedtime stories, rechristened herself as the Arkham Knight to seek revenge against Batman.[74][75][76]
DuringInfinite Frontier, she was killed in a raid on the Asylum by Simon Saint, only to be brought back as a zombie and join theSuicide Squad's Task Force Z team.[77]
An original incarnation of the Arkham Knight appears inBatman: Arkham Knight as the titular alias utilized byJason Todd. Additionally, Todd as the Arkham Knight appears as a playable character in the mobile version ofInjustice: Gods Among Us.[78]
| Arm-Fall-Off Boy | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Secret Origins #46 (December 1989) |
| Created by | Gerard Jones Curt Swan |
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| Alter ego | Floyd Belkin |
| Team affiliations | Legion of Super-Heroes Heroes of Lallor |
| Notable aliases | Splitter |
| Abilities | Can remove his limbs and use them as clubs |
Arm-Fall-Off-Boy (Floyd Belkin) is asuperhero from the 30th century, appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. His first appearance was inSecret Origins #46 (December 1989). He was created by writerGerard Jones and artistCurt Swan, who based him on a fan parody character.[79] After the 1994 "Zero Hour" storyline, the character of Arm-Fall-Off-Boy was briefly reintroduced asSplitter.
Arm-Fall-Off-Boy has the ability to detach his own limbs, which he can then use as weapons. His background is not explored in his initial appearances; inLegionnaires #12,Matter-Eater Lad claims he gained his powers through carelessness while holding the anti-gravity metal Element 152, but Matter-Eater Lad may not have been serious. In his introduction, he is an applicant at the first Legion tryout, and the first Legion reject.
Following theZero Hour: Crisis in Time! reboot, the character is identified as Floyd Belkin of the planet Lallor. Under the name Splitter, Floyd participates in the Legion's tryouts inLegionnaires #43 and is one of five finalists, but he is denied Legion membership after he panics and literally falls apart during the last test. Later in the comic, he appears as a member of theHeroes of Lallor.
A second version is an enemy of theDoom Patrol. He is a man withdwarfism who pilots a mechanical suit loaded with weapons.[88]
A third version had foughtChris King and Vicki Grant. This version was created byRobby Reed's Master form from the cell samples of an unidentified human, is a member of the Evil Eight, wears armor, and wields firearms.[89]
The second incarnation of Arsenal appears in theBatman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Last Patrol!", voiced byFred Tatasciore.[90]
Asmodel is afictionalfallen angel, a supervillain, and acomic book character published byDC Comics. He is based on the Asmodel of Christiantheology, theguardian angel of people born in the sign ofTaurus. Asmodel first appeared inJLA #7, and was created byGrant Morrison andHoward Porter.[91]
Asmodel is a bull-like angel and a general in thePresence's army. He attempts to overthrow the Presence, but learns that he cannot be defeated due to his omnipresence.[91][92][93]
InDay of Judgment,Etrigan bonds Asmodel to theSpectre. He causes chaos beforeHal Jordan bonds with the Spectre, leaving Asmodel to be imprisoned in the Shining City of Heaven.[94]
Asmodel possesses vast reality-warping abilities that enable him to control the minds of others and manipulate energy and matter. He can project heavenly light from his eyes, driving all but the purest souls insane.[95][96]
Asmodel appears as a character summon inScribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[5]
Asteria is an ancientAmazon and friend ofArion of ancientAtlantis. She appeared in the 2018 issuesJustice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth Special #1 andJustice League #11.
In the present,Wonder Woman informsAquaman that the name 'Asteria' belonged to an ancient Amazonian who fought against the gods.
Asteria appears inWonder Woman 1984, portrayed byLynda Carter. This version helped free the Amazons from slavery, enabling them to escape and foundThemyscira.[97][98]
| First appearance | The Atlantis Chronicles #5[99] (July1990) |
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| Created by | Peter David andEsteban Maroto |
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Atlan is amage from ancient Atlantis in theDC Universe.
Within the context of the stories, Atlan is a member of theHomo 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 fatherAquaman, theOcean Master andDeep Blue.[100] He also acts as a mentor in magic toAqualad.
DuringThe New 52, 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 that he had forged), eventually sunk Atlantis beneath the ocean; what happened to Atlan afterwards remains unknown.
Later, Atlan was awakened in Antarctica when Aquaman, now the current king of Atlantis, used his telepathy on a global scale and, claiming that Aquaman was mistaken to think that he was the king of Atlantis, proceeded to destroy a research station and killed its personnel. After that, he foundMera and took her to Xebel. Aquaman travelled to Xebel to free Mera, but was shocked to hear the truth that his ancestors had 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 theScavenger's fleet. During the battle, the Dead King and the Xebelians arrived and he managed 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 ofVulko, 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 grabbed the relic Scepter and struck at Aquaman, Vulko tried to prevent the Dead King from killing him, saying that Aquaman was the rightful king of Atlantis, causing the Dead King to become so angry that he attempted to destroy all of Atlantis, but Aquaman stopped and destroyed the Dead King, along with the relic Scepter. The battle was over when Aquaman reclaimed the throne once again.
Atlanna is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Atlanna is the mother ofAquaman in theSilver Age of Comics and the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths comics and the wife of lighthouse keeperThomas Curry.
In post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, Atlanna was retconned as the Queen of Atlantis. After a dream-affair with Atlan, Atlanna became pregnant, but died in prison from illness. Afterwards,Charybdis revives her as a mermaid.
In 2011,The New 52 rebooted the DC universe. Atlanna is the jaundiced queen of Atlantis and mother to both Arthur Curry and Orm Marius. Post-Flashpoint Atlanna is a runaway from home after an arranged political wedding to much hated Orvax Marius of the Atlantean navy was decreed by her nation's parliament. It was during her great escape she met and fell in love with a lighthouse keeper named Thomas Curry while witnessing his bravery during a harsh storm out at sea. The two cohabited and would parent the future king of Atlantis; Aquaman. When young Arthur Curry began to manifest a rapport with the native marine life in the sea around their ocean side home early on, Atlanna was resigned to return home and face her duties as royalty under the crown.
She would marry her betrothed who now sat on the throne of the undersea nation as king, eventually fathering a second child to him calledOrm Marius, one who would later ascend to monarchy in later life. Her time as queen was rather horrid however as her spouse was abusive and power-hungry, often abusing his leadership to sanction raids on human-made vessels to spite those who made residence on land. On top of physically assaulting his lawfully wedded wife, Orvax cheated on his royal spouse, having fathered a second child namedTula with another woman at an unknown date. After finally gathering up the courage to leave her wretched life as Queen of Atlantis behind and be with her first love and other son, her king cruelly jested that he had had them killed by his military force just so she would avoid leaving him; this enraged Atlanna enough to kill him dead with her own royal scepter and make it look as though an assassin had done the deed when Orm came in on them. As Orvax's deranged rule had no shortage of enemies, this was what people believed.
During her second son's maritunis, Atlanna had faked her death during a freak accident while on stage, something which many people thought Orm secretly engineered to usurp the crown early on. She would finally leave her servitude to a nation she had hated for taking what she cherished most by using forgotten knowledge of Atlantean magitek to found her own secret nation of Pacifica, an extra-dimensional refuge for downtrodden mariners like her.
When her long-lost surface born son came looking for Atlanna, she adamantly rebuffed his claim of parentage. Believing her Arthur to be long dead, she sought to sacrifice Arthur and his wife to Karaku, a volcanic entity of colossal proportions. Aquaman managed to escape just as Atlantean reinforcements came through the Maelstrom; at the same time, Karaku the volcano god descended and attacked both sides with fire trolls. After a hard-won fight against the lava titan, Arthur would display his skill of marine telepathy which she herself possessed to prove himself. Atlanna then broke down in tears, realizing her son was well and truly alive, before sending him back to Earth with her Shell of Sounds.
Atom Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Heinrich Melch is a Nazi super-soldier fromEarth-Two who gained his powers through his father's experiments with Green Kryptonite. After a fight withSuperman, Heinrich was transported toEarth-One, where he gained new powers and assumed the alias ofHenry Miller before he was defeated bySuperman andBatman. After being returned to Earth-Two, he loses his Earth-One powers and is apprehended by Earth-Two's Superman andRobin.[106]
Aurakles is asuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He first appeared inJustice League of America #100 (August 1972), and was created byLen Wein andDick Dillin. He was originally namedOracle, but was renamed to Aurakles inSeven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #4 (May 2006).
Aurakles was created on the planet Earth by theNew Gods around40,000 BC and is generally considered "the original superhero", by those who know his reputation. He has the mission to "bring order and meaning where incoherence reigns". Opposing the evils of his time, he battles theSheeda and Neh-Buh-Loh, theNebula Man. The Sheeda finally succeed in imprisoning Aurakles in their "bone prisons", set up in the ancient past.
Aurakles reappears in our times as the Oracle. When theJustice League of America and theJustice Society of America work together to bring back the time-lostSeven Soldiers of Victory (themselves victims of the Nebula Man), they invoke the Oracle (in spiritual form) as their guide. It takes the combined magic ofDoctor Fate (Kent Nelson),Zatanna andThunderbolt to summon him. Oracle refuses to give direct answers to their questions, but helps them solve the matter for themselves. He sends them to the various places in time where the Seven Soldiers have been exiled.
Some time later, Aurakles is freed byMister Miracle (Shilo Norman) when the latter opposes Darkseid, Neh-Buh-Loh and the Sheeda as a member of the new Seven Soldiers. Aurakles' golden tomb on Mars is also seen inGrant Morrison's version ofFrankenstein.[108]
The rookie heroineBulleteer is Aurakles' descendant and "the spear that was never thrown", one of "seven imperishable treasures" used to combat the Sheeda.
Aya is asuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. She first appeared in theGreen Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Beware My Power" (2011), voiced byGrey DeLisle. Aya is an artificial intelligence created byScar as an empathetic alternative to theManhunters before becoming sentient after Scar infused her with a fragment ofIon. However, this caused Aya to rebel against her, so Scar wiped her memories and installed her in theInterceptor spacecraft. In the present, Aya forms a physical body to assist theInterceptor's passengersHal Jordan,Kilowog, andRazer and enters a relationship with Razer. After Razer rejects her, Aya attempts to remake the universe to eliminate the emotional spectrum before coming to her senses and sacrificing herself to stop the Manhunters.
Before her debut in the series, Aya appeared in the main comics continuity inGreen Lantern (vol. 4) #65 (2011), filling a similar role despite not having a physical body.