| Lady Quark | |
|---|---|
 Lady Quark, from the cover of L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #22 (Dec. 1990). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Tashana |
| Place of origin | Earth-Six, Earth 48 |
| Team affiliations | L.E.G.I.O.N. Injustice Incarnate |
| Abilities | Absorption of nuclear energies
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Lady Quark is a fictional character, asuperheroine in theDC Universe. In theDC Comics 12-issuelimited seriesCrisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), the character was one of the rulers ofEarth-Six, which was ruled by royalty. In the 2011 introduction ofThe New 52DC Multiverse, she and her husband Lord Volt are now the monarchs of Earth 48, which appears to be a modern analogue of Earth-Six in the original DC multiverse.
Lady Quark comes from Earth-Six, where theAmerican Revolutionary War was not won by theThirteen Colonies and where technology has become more advanced thanEarth-One. Lady Quark, her husband Karak ("Lord Volt"), and her daughter Liana ("Princess Fern") make up theroyal family that rules Earth-6. While Lord Volt and Princess Fern are both killed when Earth-Six is destroyed during the Crisis, Lady Quark is saved at the last minute byPariah, a dimensional traveler. Lady Quark helps most of themultiverse's surviving heroes and they journey to the Dawn of Time to battle theAnti-Monitor. After the Crisis is over, Lady Quark resettles on Earth with Pariah and theHarbinger.[1]
Missing her husband, Lady Quark approachesWill Payton with the idea of having him become her consort inStarman #8 (March 1989), but Payton rejects her advances.
Lady Quark is eventually recruited byVril Dox to become a member of the peace-keeping forceL.E.G.I.O.N. inL.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #18. Lady Quark is apparently killed inL.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #62 after a parasitic shapeshifter absorbs her memories and powers. The shapeshifter replaces her in L.E.G.I.O.N., but later dies inL.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #70. Lady Quark's corpse is later seen floating in space, heavily maimed.
Eleven years later, Lady Quark returns alive and well without explanation inVillains United #5 (2005), in which she is captured bySinestro at the request ofAlexander Luthor, Jr. She is imprisoned in Luthor's tower as part of his plan to bring the core Earths of the Multiverse back into existence. Lady Quark is later freed and joins Earth's heroes in defeating Luthor inInfinite Crisis (2005-2006).
Lady Quark appears again in several splash pages ofTales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (December 2007), and again in a double page spread of Legionnaires and characters associated with theLegion of Super-Heroes inFinal Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 (July 2009).
InThe New 52 2011 reboot ofVibe, Lady Quark is revealed to be one ofAmanda Waller's andA.R.G.U.S's interdimensional prisoners. Vibe releases Lady Quark, along withGypsy,Pariah, and several other formerly absent characters, and the former prisoners begin to attack Amanda Waller and A.R.G.U.S.[2]
InGrant Morrison'sMultiversity series, Lady Quark and her husband, Lord Volt, appear as residents of Earth 48 ofThe New 52 's modifiedDC Multiverse. According to subsequent information, this iteration of Earth-48 is a fusion of the Pre-Crisis Earth-Six and Warworld (52 's Earth-48). Lady Quark, Lord Volt and their daughter Liana are members of Earth 48's royal family, much as they were on Earth-Six.[3][4]
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Lady Quark is ametahuman with the ability to absorb and emit nuclear energies. She can direct these energies as percussive forces from her body. Her powers allow her to fly and travel through space. If her unexplained reappearance is taken as is, it may be assumed she can regenerate herself even from seeming death.
An older version of Lady Quark becomes one-half of the tyrannical ruler of L.E.G.I.O.N.[5]
Lady Quark is featured-along with Lord Volt in aConvergence tie-in, fighting Matrix-Supergirl.[6] Her daughter, Princess Fern, is featured in anotherConvergence tie-in, fighting Parallax. Fern's parents are seen on Monitor screens.[7]