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.png) Secret as depicted inYoung Justice Secret Files & Origins #1 (January 1999). Art by Todd Nauck. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Young Justice: The Secret #1 (June 1998) |
| Created by | Todd Dezago (writer) Todd Nauck (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Greta Hayes |
| Species | Ghost (current) Human (former) |
| Team affiliations | Young Justice |
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Secret (Greta Hayes) is a character appearing in American comic books published byDC Comics. Created by writerTodd Dezago and artistTodd Nauck, she was introduced in 1998 as a ghostly member ofYoung Justice who had no memory of her previous life. It is later revealed that Secret is the adoptive sister of Billy Hayes, who murdered her and became the supervillainHarm. Near the end of theYoung Justice series in 2003, Secret is manipulated into servingDarkseid, who later resurrects her and removes her powers. After years of absence, Secret returns in the 2023 miniseriesStargirl: The Lost Children, where she is depicted as aGolden Age hero and sidekick of theSpectre.
Secret has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with Masasa Moyo voicing her in the animated seriesYoung Justice.
Secret first appeared in a one-shot comic, part of the Girlfrenzyfifth-week event, byTodd Dezago andTodd Nauck calledYoung Justice: The Secret, in whichRobin,Impulse, andSuperboy helped her to escape from agents of theDepartment of Extranormal Operations who were holding her captive.[1]
Secret joinsYoung Justice along withWonder Girl andArrowette.[2] She is often referred to as "Suzie" because her real name was unknown at the time. It is later revealed that Secret was once an ordinary girl named Greta who was killed by her adoptive brother Billy Hayes. Because of the manner of her death, Greta remained on the mortal plane, acting as a gateway between the living and the dead.[3][4][5]
Secret eventually gave in to the darkness in her nature at the behest ofDarkseid, whom she mistakenly called 'Doug Side'. In the last issue ofYoung Justice, Darkseid revives Secret as a powerless human. Finally having a life of her own, she attends the Elias School for Girls with Wonder Girl and Arrowette.[6][7][1]
In "The New Golden Age" storyline, Secret is reimagined as the former sidekick of theSpectre who was captured by Childminder, a bird-like entity, and held on Orphan Island.[8] After Childminder is defeated and regressed into an egg, Secret is among the Lost Children whoHourman brings to the present day, as allowing them to return to their native time period would cause atime paradox.[9]
As a ghost, Secret can fly, teleport, shapeshift, become ethereal, possess any sentient beings, and take souls to the "other side".[3]
[Secret] appeared in a one-shot comic, part of the Girlfrenzy event from DC Comics in 1998 by Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck called Young Justice: The Secret, in which Robin, Impulse, and Superboy helped her to escape from the DE, and she became a member of Young Justice. That was until Darkseid stripped Greta of her powers, and found herself attending Saint Elias School for Girls, with Cassie Sandsmark and Cissie King-Jones.
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