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| Hazard | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Infinity Inc. #34 |
| Created by | Roy Thomas |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Rebecca Sharpe |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Injustice Society |
| Abilities | Psionic powers that can alter probability as she wishes |
Hazard (Rebecca "Becky" Sharpe) is a fictional character appearing incomic books published byDC Comics.[1] She is the granddaughter ofGambler.
Hazard made her live-action debut on thefourth season ofThe Flash, portrayed bySugar Lyn Beard.
During the anti-hero mania that was sweeping the U.S. (during theLegends miniseries, 1986), Miss Rebecca Sharpe took the opportunity to avenge the death of her grandfather, Steven Sharpe III alias theGambler. Rebecca took the nameHazard and joined with theWizard in his newInjustice Society – which he calledInjustice Unlimited. However, she refused to allow anyone to be killed, nor would she cause anyone's death in the process. They overcame the security at the International Trade Conference inCalgary—namelyInfinity, Inc. and a contingent of theGlobal Guardians—and forced the heroes to help in some mayhem. Hazard tookWildcat and theTasmanian Devil to Las Vegas and, with their help, financially ruined Mr. Taj, proprietor of the Taj Mahal Casino - it had been the crooked games of the casino which were in part to blame for her grandfather's suicide. They all returned to Calgary to share in the stolen wealth which the Wizard had been gathering, but the plan went haywire whenHourman revived and freed himself, as well as whenSolomon Grundy was brought in from the Arctic Circle. It was Solomon who incapacitated Hazard, but in the confusion she was able to escape.[2]
Only weeks later, Hazard joined again with the villainsIcicle andArtemis, along withHarlequin (Marcie Cooper). The Harlequin brought in theDummy and a duped Solomon Grundy. Under the leadership of the Dummy, their first goal was to murder the members of Infinity, Inc. so that the world and the criminal underworld would know and fear Injustice Unlimited. Though Hazard had previously voiced an unwillingness to take life, she consented to the murder of the super-powered Infinitors. The first target wasSkyman, and he was successfully murdered by Harlequin. Within days Hazard joined with Harlequin and the Dummy to murderPat Dugan working at Stellar Studios (the Infinity, Inc. HQ) outside Los Angeles. When Pat's young son became a collateral target, however, Hazard used her powers of probability manipulation to help save their lives – the Dummy decided instead to use Dugan as bait for the rest of the Infinitors. When the other heroes arrived at their HQ and the battle was begun, Hazard feigned the loss of her dice and did not join in. Afterwards, when the villains were successfully defeated, Hazard voluntarily entered into custody for her role in the criminal events.[3]
Hazard last appeared with several other villainesses who were hunting male superheroes who had been turned into animals byCirce. This takes place in a magically entrappedNew York City.[4]
Hazard has psionic powers that she uses in conjunction with special dice to influence probability as she wishes. She can cause good luck or harmful "accidents" to befall someone. The origin of her powers, nature of her dice, and the relationship between them are unknown. In addition, she keeps herself in good physical condition but has no known training in hand-to-hand combat.
Roger Sharpe ofEarth-2 was introduced in "The New 52" and operates inCasablanca under the alias of "Darcy Twain".[7]