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Animal Man

Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a fictional DC Comics superhero. As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily “borrow” the abilities of animals (such as a bird's...

Batman

Batman, originally referred to as "the Bat-Man" and still referred to at times as "the Batman", is a fictional character, a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit),...

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Black Canary

Black Canary is a fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine. Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947). Black Canary is noted for her martial arts skills and...

Black Lightning

Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) was one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics. He debuted in Black Lightning #1 (April 1977), and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. The original candidate for DC...

Calculator

The Calculator is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Detective Comics #463 (September 1976), and he was created by Bob Rozakis and Mike Grell. As is commonplace in comics, the character was based on a topical event...

Chronos

Chronos is the name of several fictional characters of DC Comics, both supervillains who take their name from the Greek personification of Time and have the ability of time travel and can manipulate history. Considered by some to be the arch-nemesis...

Dick Grayson

Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 on April 1940. The youngest in a...

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Doctor Mid-Nite

Doctor Mid-Nite is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. Created by writer Charles Reizenstein and artist Stanley Josephs Aschmeier, the original Doctor Mid-Nite first appeared in All-American Comics #25 (April 1941). In the history of the...

Elongated Man

The Elongated Man (Randolph "Ralph" Dibny) is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC universe. He is a reserve member of the Justice League. His first appearance was The Flash vol. 1, #112 (May 12, 1960). He was partially created by Julius...

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Firehawk

Firehawk is a superheroine in the DC Comics Universe. The daughter of Senator Walter Reilly, Lorraine Reilly was kidnapped and transformed by Multiplex at the behest of industrialist Henry Hewitt who wanted to recreate the accident that had created...

Green Arrow

Green Arrow (Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen) is a fictional character, published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941. His secret identity is Oliver "Ollie" Queen, billionaire and...

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Jean Loring

Jean Loring is a fictional character in comic books published by DC Comics, formerly associated with superhero the Atom for whom she was a supporting character and primary love interest. She first appeared in Showcase #34 (September-October 1961),...

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Katana

Katana is a fictional character, a superhero published by DC Comics. She first appeared in the The Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983), and was created to be a member of the first Outsiders team by writer Mike W. Barr and artist Jim Aparo. Tatsu...

Kyle Rayner

Kyle Rayner is a fictional character, a superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern, and at the time, the only member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, and at...

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Martha Kent

Martha Kent, nᅢᄅe Martha Clark, also known as Ma Kent, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. She is the foster mother of Superman, and the wife of Jonathan Kent (also known as "Pa Kent"). Martha lives with her husband in the small town of...

Martian Manhunter

J'onn J'onzz, also referred to as the Martian Manhunter, is a fictional character that appears in publications published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #225 ...

Mister Miracle

Mister Miracle (Scott Free) is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Mister Miracle #1 (April 1971) and was created by Jack Kirby. The original title featuring this character was the longest-lasting of the short-lived...

Mister Terrific

Michael Holt is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. He is the second character to take up the Mister Terrific mantle. At a young age, Michael Holt showed remarkable intelligence, reading and assimilating the works of Bohr, Einstein,...

Ray Palmer

The Atom is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero introduced during the Silver Age of comic books in Showcase # 34 (Sep-Oct 1961). He was named after Raymond A. Palmer, a science fiction magazine editor. Using a mass of white dwarf star...

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Shadow-Thief

Shadow Thief is the name of two fictional supervillains published by DC Comics. The first is a recurring foe of Hawkman named Carl Sands. He was created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, and first appeared in The Brave and the Bold # 36 (July 1961)....

Sue Dibny

Susan "Sue" Dearbon Dibny is a fictional character from DC Comics associated with the Elongated Man. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in Flash vol. 1 #119 (March, 1961). In 2004, she became a flashpoint for...

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Superman

Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were...

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Tim Drake

Timothy "Tim" Jackson Wayne (formerly Timothy Drake) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero from the DC Comics universe. As the third Robin in the Batman comics, he served as Batman's sidekick, and a superhero in his own right. He...

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Wally West

The Flash (Wally West) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics Universe. He is the first Kid Flash and the third Flash. Wally West was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino and introduced in The Flash (vol. 1) #110 ...

Wildcat

Wildcat is the name of several fictional characters, all DC Comics superheroes. The first and most famous of these is Ted Grant, a long-time member of the Justice Society of America. Created by writer Bill Finger and illustrator Irwin Hasen, Grant...

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superhero created by Dr. William Moulton Marston (Psy.D.) , first appearing in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941). Including Superman and Batman, she is also one of three characters to have been continuously published by...

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Zatanna

Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4 (October-November 1964). She appeared in vol. 2 #4 of Hawkman again as she and...
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