DC Mangaverse
On DeviantArt, Nightshade475 is working on the DC Mangaverse. Here are most of their biographies, in convenient alphabetical order.
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Andrea Rojas' father Bernardo was a big time politician and drug lord in Mexico. When his rivals stormed his house to kill him, one of his guards sacrificed his life to save Andrea. She eventually was able to reconnect with her mother in Costa Rica and grew up there, but never forgot what she survived. When she was old enough, she returned to Mexico with the lunar disc of Awilix, which granted her the ability to move through shadows, among other abilities. Waging war against the drug cartels of South America, Captain Acrata was recruited into the Captains of Infamy by Captain Hunter who told her he would reveal her father's slayer as payment for joining.
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The Dean of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at the Marston Academy and coach of the school's fencing team, Prof. Whitley Kincaid-Foster never gave a break to her most promising student, Katsumi Toriyama. When she started acting suspicious, Katsumi followed her and found evidence of criminal activity. Whitley used her expertise to evade the police, but her student found her out and attacked her; Whitley almost killed Katsumi in sword combat, but Wonder Woman stopped the professor. She was handed over to the authorities, but since all of the evidence was destroyed she was released. Whitley met the Witchqueen Circe, who gave her two magic weapons, which transformed her into the Adjudicator, so she could take revenge against Wonder Woman and Katsumi, who she didn't know is really Wondergirl Troia.
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At the theme park Colonial Times, Ben Lockwood was part of the entertainment. After a string of devastating events, he gave up on life and was about to end it all when he saw someone whose life was in danger. Wearing the same costume, he sprang into action and saved the woman. In the process, Lockwood also stopped an attempted terrorist attack on the theme park. Getting an enormous rush from the event, he got a new lease on life and became the hero Agent Liberty. Not long after, he gathered people from his old job who wanted to join his cause, forming the Sons of Liberty. The woman Ben saved at Colonial Times was Belle Garrick. Her Liberty Belle costume is (subliminally) in honor of him.
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Atsuo Sakanoue built a homemade prototype lightsuit with the help of Green Lantern Hanami after she became lost on Earth. Instead of the Oan power batteries, the suit utilizes life energy, provided by a seed in watered earth. The suit can scan earthly objects and create duplicates from green energy; the suit's only weakness is the inability to affect wood and plants. The Sentinel would over the years attempt to refine the process and make the discovery about the connection to cosmic ley lines. It was his discovery that allowed for the initial powerup of the suit's systems 22 years after it crashed on Earth. It would be this incident that would alert the Guardians that the Lightsuit and bring Hari Jouon to Oa to eventually join the Spectrum Lanterns.
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Akifumi Takaharu was a samurai warrior from the Hidden Regions of Japan, serving under feudal lord Tomihiro Watanabe. Takaharu was discharged from service prior to the noble's assasination. He now carries a broken wooden sword instead of samurai steel. He raised young Koumori after his parents' death and taught him the ways of defending himself from swordplay. Koumori later became the ninja known as the Batman. After retiring to the samurai monastery Bloodhaven, Takaharu took in Batman's apprentice Nightwing, so that he may train in the samurai arts to save his teammate Robin from serving the Red Hand.
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Felina Furr of South America was better known by her criminal alias, Alley Kat. Her heists were foiled time and again by Captain Carrot, but he never really pursued prosecuting her. One job had the cat burglar luring the Captain into a trap that she didn't realize was set by the gorillas. She helped free him and kept him from getting caught by the gorilla patrols long enough to acquire one of his power carrots and turn the tide. Leader Grod, furious at her betrayal, attempted to kill her by stabbing her with a replica wand from a movie series, but a gem (really a Darkstar fragment) she had stolen revived her. She drew the piece of wood from her chest and is able to channel her new abilities through it. She now works with Captain Carrot as Captain Katabra of the Captains of Zoology.
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The combined form of the robotic Metal Men is known as Alloy. Alloy has its own personality which is the sum of all its parts. The Alloy formation is used in last resort situations. Due to the massive amount of energy the robot consumes in its attacks, there is a time limit involved. Once that limit is reached, the robots disassemble and have all of their energy reserves depleted. They are left without access to their weapons or abilities for a time, until their recharge cycle completes. Tin becomes the head, Gold and Mercury the body, Platinum and Copper the arms, and Lead and Iron the legs.
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The "Advanced Mimicry Android Zeolitic Organism" was built by Professor Ivo. Using the mineral zeolite, he created a new organic material, with the power to absorb energy. Ivo wanted to use the robot to absorb his mind, but he died before it could activate. Lex Luthor found the android while clearing out his lab, and completed the work. The conscious android followed Lex's orders, as it was told that he will replace the Justice League. Luthor was attacked by Superman, and Amazo absorbed his life energy, turning him into a differently-colored version of Supes. As Amazo made contact with each League member, he added their powers to his own, taking on an amalgamated form of their appearances. Not only did Amazo take on their powers, but he took on their weaknesses as well...
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Years ago, the dark witch Tabu and her army invaded 3 kingdoms of Animus: Mammalus, Insecton, and Aquarax. The king and queen of Mammalus sent their baby to Earth after fusing him with half of the Omnitotem, giving him the power of many animals. After teen Billy Baker arrived on Animus, the wizard Anansi told him that if Tabu conquers all of Animus, she can summon the Dark Totem Hamed-Ali, with the power to conquer any and every world. The only being capable of defeating Hamed-Ali is the Totem King B'Wana, and he can only be summoned with the full power of the Omnitotem. So Baker, now calling himself Animal Man, sets out on a journey to unite with Jiwe Mari, princess of Aviazir and wielder of the other half of the Omnitotem, and summon B'Wana to free Animus.
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When Captain X's grandson, Jason Raymond, takes ill in the states, the Captain takes an extended leave of absence from his duties with the Captains of Industry. For his time away, he enlists the aid of fellow African hero, Markus Okoye the Amazing Man, to replace him in the CoI while he is away. While on the team, "Captain Amazing" flirts constantly with Captain Glider, who has begun to grow tired of her one sided flirtation with Captain Triumph. Markus has the power to transmute his body into any inorganic material he touches.
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A young Native American of the Apache tribe, known as John Casts-A-Long-Shadow, went on a spirit quest to finish his shaman training. In the Worlds Where Spirits Dwell, John was taught to commune with mountain spirits by the spirit of Arion, Lord of Atlantis. When John returned, he discovered that his many of his people and the Native Americans of other tribes have been taken by US Army raiders. John united the remaining warriors of the tribes to fight the raiders, and he became the War Chief of the Apache. During the bloody battle, John's love Nitika was mortally wounded. In his anger, John screamed the words "Inyuk Chuk", which made him draw in the spirits of the Earth, which grew him to titanic size. After defeating the white men, the Apache Chief accessed the spirit world in order to bring Nikita (and their unborn child) back to life... at a penalty of trapping John in the spirit world.
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Kaizen the Aquaman, younger brother of the Atlantean king, is the latest in a long line of Undersea Samurai who defend the undersea kingdom of Atlantis. Kaizen wields the water-manipulating Sword of Atlantis, and the Trident of Poseidon, which allows him to mentally control sea animals. When elemental sea monsters attacked, the forces of Atlantis were forced to ally with the other undersea kingdoms, Lemuria (earth), Sup'hala (fire), Shindagha (wind), Sommersa (ice), Rhakotis (lightning), and Dwarka (darkness). After uniting with heroes from the surface world against an alien menace, Aquaman and these other champions formed the Justice League. Aquaman's current apprentice is his niece Umiko the Aqualass, while his former apprentice Zenjiro the Aqualad is now training under the elemental wizard Samurai to become the Tempest. Kaizen is currently betrothed to the lovely Otohime (Mera).
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Daughter to the King of Atlantis, and niece to Sword of Atlantis, Kaizen. Umiko (aka Aqualass) is chosen by Zenjiro to be his apprentice after Aquaman's disappearance, due in part to her insistence and her father's prohibition. She is headstrong and difficult to teach, but loves her uncle and wishes to aid in his safe return. Kaizen was infuriated to learn that Zenjiro had chosen his niece to be the new apprentice, since the lineage of the Sword of Dwarka swore to destroy the members of Kordax's family (a Sword of Atlantis and ancestor of Kaizen) who took up the Sword of Atlantis; this feud between the Sword of Dwarka and the Sword of Atlantis, known as the Curse of Kordax, began when Kordax slew Black Manta's grandfather.
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In order to end the Curse of Kordax, the feud between his father Black Manta and the Atlantean royal family members who wield the Sword of Atlantis, Kal'Dur Ahm agrees to be the apprentice to Umiko the Aqualass, after she succeesd her uncle Kaizen the Aquaman as Sword of Atlantis. Zenjro, the former Sword of Atlantis, broke an ancient pact by destroying Black Manta's Sword of Dwarka in battle, the Kingdom of Dwarka declared war on Atlantis. Knowing that Aqualass and the new Aqualad won't be enough to defend their home, Aquaman went rogue to find Zenjiro, now the Tempest, and reforge the Sword of Dwarka.
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The leader of a new team of Teen Titans that includes Risk, Hotspot, and Prysm. Their mothers were experimented on by aliens, which led to their children developing powers. Her powers are a silvery biodefensive exodermal secretion; she can control it, but it's also auto-defensive. Her team will come across both Fringe and the Atom of the Justice League.
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Arion and Kompera (Garn Daanuth) are the twin sons of gods Dainichi and Iki-Ryu. Knowing they could never be together, Dainichi raised Arion and Iki-Ryu raised Kompera. 10 years later, they traded sons. While with his mom, Arion was forced to learn black magic. 10 more years later, as they went to trade, Kompera lashed out at Arion for taking away his mother and she stepped in to protect Arion, dying as a result. Arion would later become ruler of Meropis. Kompera returned to destroy his brother's kingdom with elemental monsters, which he countered with 7 Elemental Swords, wielded by the heroes of the 7 cities. Years later, Kompera successfully destroyed Meropis, and it began to sink. Arion used magic to turn the populace into seabreathers; he then disappeared.
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Years ago, the mad immortal Anarky declared war against his brethren. Arkham, Anarky's brother, became the one to imprison him. They were both confined to an island with a magic barrier to keep them both there. Arkham tried to cure his brother; eventually, Arkham was convinced that it worked and dropped his guard. Anarky killed Arkham, but he was now alone and wished to die. The other immortals spoke to the daimyo and he sent warriors and healers to the island. Anarky inhabited a human sacrifice's body and was killed. The guards, monks and healers attempt to reform those who wind up there (usually dropped off by Batman), because it is impossible to escape...almost!
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Mayumi Kokuou-Jones' mother and stepfather were thought to have been slain by the future Obsidian Archer, who caused the cave in that inspired Ori to become the Emerald Archer. When her mother finally returned to her, after thinking she was abandoned, Mayumi was distressed to hear the true reasons that she was away from her so long. She felt guilty for how she cursed her over the years and later took up her mother's cause to train with the weapons that her mother was given by Marishiten. Eventually, she discovered that her mother was still obsessed with the man that had caused all her grief, Kisai the Obsidian Archer. She eventually rebels and leaves Hoshitokai (Star City) and travels to the Hidden Region of Japan to seek out The Obsidian Archer and kill him, bringing her mother peace. In the process, she becomes a member of a team of Teen Titans featuring Empress, Lil' Lobo, and Secret.
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Tsukiko Aramaki, aka the Wonder Girl of the House of Artemesia, is an expert archer. Her magic bow and arrows were created by the goddess Marishiten, who is the sister of Bishamon and mother of the immortal Amethyst.
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Arturo Lytener changed his name and fled his country of origin to avoid prosecution for abusing his patients. He set up shop in Japan, changed his name to Arthur Light, and managed to fly under the radar until his brother Edward contacted him. He pleaded with Arthur to go to his lab and remove his invention, a harness that he had helped to develop while working at Light Tech. He did so, but saw vast potential in the technology. Bringing it to a fellow ne'er do well, they were able to develop Edward's harness into a suit of light-manipulating armor. With the suit, Arthur became a super-villain named Dr. Light, a member of the Mal-Practice.
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In the ancient world, the continent of Meropis was controlled by 7 kingdoms: Atlantis, Dwarka, Sommersa, Lemuria, Su'phala, Rhakotis, and Shindagha. When Kompera, evil brother of Atlantis' ruler Arion, used his magic to sink the continent, Arion used his magics to change the population of the kingdoms into seabreathers. The Seven Undersea Samurai of Meropis now defend their submerged world from villains using elemental swords created by Arion. The current Samurai are: Aquaman of Atlants (Water), Black Manta of Dwarka (Shadow), Killer Frost of Sommersa (Ice), Geo of Lemuria (Earth), Siren of Su'phala (Fire), Charybdis of Rhakotis (Lightning), and Dolphin of Shindagha (Wind).
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One of the viruses that was unleashed in the Worldwide Web corrupted a nanotech construction device and evolved into Atom Smasher. Its programming was to destroy the Atom, a hero destroying the evil nanoviruses around the Web. They clashed frequently, which allowed Atom to observe something about its behavior. There were times when the Atom Smasher would deviate from its programming, briefly to save the innocent denizens of the Web. However, the nanobot kept pursuing him until Atom was able to get Atom Smasher to notice it had gained sentience and thereby wasn't bound to its programming. Smasher would eventually assist Atom in his adventures, while maintaining a small level of hostility towards him.
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Azrael is an apprentice of the Red Hood, and a member of the Order of St. Dumas. He has retractable blades in his gauntlets and insanely strong combat skills.
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The demon hunter Bane captured a powerful demon, which he keeps bound in magic chains. He drains the venom from it and uses an injection device which sends the venom directly to his heart, nervous system, jugular, and extremities. Each vial is a different color and grants different demonic attributes. Bane tried to capture the Demon Bat by snapping its spine, but the demon fused with his avatar Batman, becoming the horrific Man-Bat! Bane barely escaped with his life, and the Man-Bat became out of control after slaughtering members of the League of Shadows, who tried to usurp the Emperor of Goth-Ahm. The Demon Bat was separated from Batman by the Spectre after Batman's apprentices weakened the Man-Bat, and the demon vanished. Bane's life was saved by the Demon's Head, who replaced Parademon with him in the Secret Six to pay off this debt.
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Kumori Watanabe was orphaned at a child when his rich parents were slain by ninjas. He was raised by Akifumi Takaharu and trained in bushido; he then learned ninjitsu from Yoru-sensei. Kumori became "The Dark", a ninja in the League of Shadows. When the Dark's last mission took him to the caves of Mt. Goth-Ahm, he was trapped by the Demon Bat. He was the only ninja to ever escape the Demon Bat's caves, so the Demon Bat made Kumori his human avatar, the Shadow of the Bat. Batman and the Batclan, which formed with his students Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, continue to protect Goth-Ahm and imprison ninja criminals on the Island of Arkham.
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A mysterious kunochi with a connection to the Batman. Her true story will emerge when Batman disappears and a young boy claiming to be his son tries to claim the mantle of the Shadow of the Bat.
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When the Batman, Goth-Ahm's greatest ninja hero, disappears, his apprentices take on their own identities of the Shadow of the Bat in order to maintain law and order in their home land. The struggle to take control of the Batclan has come down to two warriors: a young man claiming to be the son of Batman and Tsuyomi (daughter of Onishusoku), and a mysterious kunochi calling herself Batwoman.
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The mysterious circumstances behind Batman's disappearance are related to him confronting The Spectre and subsequently getting hurtled through time to the future. While there he meets his future successor, in a Goth-Ahm much different than the one he knows...
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Kemonomaru Meiun was taken in by the Doom Patrol. When the DP was murdered in front of his own eyes, Meiun went insane and was kept at a Cadmus facility. During an escape attempt by another, Meiun was freed from his cell. He came upon a room that had a device that was now insecure. It bonded itself to his right wrist and instantly cleared his multiple personalities. He fled the facility, and when attacked by guards, the device activated and released a small, green-furred animal which furiously defended the boy. Later, he would find out that the device, the Animatrix Gauntlet, allows him to create monsters based on his former alters. When Beast Boy's team of Titans encountered the Brotherhood of Evil, the Doom Patrol's enemies responsible for their deaths, one unnamed beast pulled out a giant sword and nearly killed them; Beast Boy realized that this personality was responsible for his family's death!
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One of Darkseid's Female Furies. Bernadeth was placed in Granny Goodness' orphanage when her brother, Darkseid's minion Desaad, grew tired of abusing her himself. He would have new playthings to toy with as Apokilips' resident Dungeon Monitor, the person who supervises the interactions between participants at a dungeon to enforce house rules. The Dungeon is where Darkseid rewards his loyal servants with the attention of the Furies, as well as the location where Desaad would interrogate prisoners. Bernadeth would be presented as a "gift" and when whoever she was presented to began to have intercourse with her, she would endure it until her bodily fluids paralyzed them. She would then continue until she climaxed, erupting in a flood of acid which would dissolve them entirely. The more heightened her arousal, the more acidic her fluids are. She is naturally submissive, but dreams of being more.
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One of Darkseid's Female Furies. The daughter of perhaps the deadliest of all Female Furies, Big Breeda, Barda lost her mother at a very young age. However, her legendary warrior mother was able to instill in her scion the warrior's pride that made her feared and respected on Apokolips and throughout the galaxy. For years, in Granny Goodness' Orphanage, she put up so much resistance to the programming that Darkseid took notice. For the first time in ages, he graced the orphanage with his presence and took Barda to receive his personal attention. Although the other girls of the orphanage knew Barda was about to receive ongoing punishment that if she endured would probably wished she had died...they were jealous that Darkseid paid her such attention. She would return a few years later the perfect soldier, and the perfect leader for the furies...who still harbored some resentment towards her. Barda was infused with artificial pain receptors linked to endorphins and adrenaline dispersal, resulting in super-strength and durability.
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Whenever young Booeki Batsu says "Xiazamm", the name of the magi who granted him his powers, Batsu transforms into the World's Mightiest Mortal, "Captain Marvel." He possesses the martial arts of Xuan Wu, the lightning of Izanagi, the speed of Anjanea, the senses of Zatoichi, the foresight of Ahura Mazda, the wisdom of Ma Chao, and the strength of Mahasona. When Batsu returned from the Cave of Wonders, he had a vision: a global crisis and other images that he couldn't interpret, including a black-clad version of himself. Batsu later took a field trip to a zoo, and at one point heard a tiger talking; the tiger said he is Tawny of the realm called Animus, and that he has the power to interpret Batsu's vision. Later that night, Marvel freed Tawny from the zoo and they began their quest to save Earth...starting with forming the Captains of Industry.
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Batgirl, Black Canary, Huntress, Hush, Lady Blackhawk, Misfit, and Hawkgirl first formed the "Birds of Prey" to protect Onishusoku, the Demon's Head, from a team of assassins known as the Secret Six. Hawkgirl and Lady Blackhawk later left the Birds of Prey to join the Justice League.
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In his attempts to kill Superman, Lex Luthor found an alternate universe where a virus broke out. That earth's Superman transports the uninfected to the Phantom Zone, while he rids the Earth of the virus by pushing the planet near the sun. He goes to the moon where the left the P-Zone Projector and sees that the virus has spread there, too. He enters the Zone where he becomes infected and slaughters the remaining infected, including his Justice League! The virus becomes inert in his system due to his alien physiology. Lex frees the zombie-Superman from this Phantom Zone, and uses his limited mental capacity to manipulate him. His costume changed color as a result of his time in the Phantom Zone, and he is much stronger than the main Superman from the prolonged exposure of solar energy. "Bizarro" is a name a bystander gives him, which, due to his diminished intelligence, winds up sticking.
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Kommand'r, aka Blackfire, can fly and manipulate purple energy. The planet Tamaran was destroyed by Trigon; to survive, the Tamaranians use a caravan of giant starships. As they sought a new home, they were hunted by the Gordanians. After years of fighting and running, the Royals of Tamaran agreed to make peace with the Gordanians, who demanded to make the first-born virgin princess their ruler's consort. It was originally Kommand'r, until she revealed that she lost her virginity, unlike her younger sister, Korriand'r. The Gordanians agreed to the switch, but Korri didn't comply. She snuck away before the wedding and got on a ship with her new ally, Raven. They fled, and the Gordanians gave chase. Kommand'r was told that if Korri wasn't recovered, the original deal would return. She went with a search party, and younger brother Ryand'r was taken as punishment for breaking the deal.
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The Father of Nightwing and Red Hood. The Shadow Wing clan was the Protector Clan of Ninja in the Hidden Regions until their destruction; the Batclan, which includes survivor Nightwing in their number, has become the new Protectors, but without asking for payment in exchange (since Batman's civilian identity is independently wealthy from his deceased parents' will).
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Black Adam was Adam Marvel, an Egyptian prince and 1st champion of Xiazamm. By saying his name, Adam gained the wisdom of Xerxes, the senses of Imohtep, the power of Aten, the foresight of Zehuti, the strength of Anhuret, the martial arts of Monthu, and the speed of Mafdet. Adam's family was slain by the pharaoh Ahk Ton, so they fought in the arena that held a magic war. When warriors were drawn into magic cards, Xiazamm tried to use his magic to revert Adam back, but it was intercepted. Angry, Adam yelled "XIAZAMM!" and fell to Earth. After learning that Ahk Ton is in Hell, Adam became the evil Black Adam. He and his consort Blaze attacked Xiazamm in the Cave of Wonders. Xiazamm sent Blaze to Hell and trapped Adam in another dimension. Years later, a scientist absorbed Black Adam's essence, who seeks revenge against Xiazamm.
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There are two Black Canaries in the Mangaverse, a mother and a daughter. The daughter is Black Canary II (Moriko Kurotori), apprentice of Gray Ghost and a Bird of Prey. She is usually soft-spoken, except when using her sonic scream attack, known as the Canary Cry! Before her marriage to Lord Blackhawk, Canary I had a fling with a certain green-clad archer, which probably means that he's the real father of Black Canary II. Moriko also has a brother, by her "father" Lord Blackhawk, codenamed Black Condor.
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Ryouhei Kurotori is Black Condor, the firstborn son of Lord Blackhawk prior to him taking over the Blackbird clan. His stepmother, Lady Blackhawk, has made it so that his birthright as heir has been usurped by his sister Black Canary. This of course has caused tremendous strife within the family as well as the clan. There is a faction that supports his claim to leadership, but won't act against their lord...but if the young mistress were to have a tragedy befall her...
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Hishou Kurotori is Lord Blackhawk, the son of Black Eagle, the former leader of the Noble Blackbird shinobi clan of the Hidden Regions of Japan. The clan resides in The Aerie, a stronghold high in the mountains. They are the premiere couriers and masters of evasion of the ninja world, and select members possess the unique trait of "air walking". This allows the practitioner to gather energy in air molecules, draw them together, and with an equal but opposite charge channel energy into his foot and step on midair. Higher level members can do multiple steps, and Lord Blackhawk can run. Lord Blackhawk also has the Eagle Eye, a sense of sight as keen as Bloodhound's sense of smell. His father arranged a deal with Onishusoku, The Demon's Head, to allow for the arranged marriage of Red Canary, one of the deadliest assassins ever produced by the League of Shadows, to his heir.
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Dr. Ashita Myounichi captured 4 elemental spirits and fused them with android bodies to show that the people of Earth will always be subject to nature's destructive powers. The Doctor sent the Elemental Androids to eliminate those who would threaten the planet (such as Charles Magnus), but when Black Lightning was sent to kill Dr. Michael Pierce, the robot developed a relationship with his children, Jefferson, Anissa, and Jennifer. The Blue Inferno android killed the family and tried to eliminate Lightning, but the robot escaped. Flooded with grief, Lightning's spirit took over Jefferson's body and revived his sisters. This means, in order for the good Red Tornado to become human, he would have to destroy what he loved. Black Lightning is now one of Batman's Outsiders.
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Black Manta is the shadow-bending Sword of Dwarka, and archrival of Aquaman. Manta's grandfather and sea samurai master was slain by Kordax, Aquaman's ancestor. Since then, Black Manta's family and apprentices have sword to slay in battle all the members of Kordax's family who took up the swords of Atlantis; because of this bloodfeud, called the "Curse of Kordax", Aquaman's older brother took up their birthright as King of Atlantis instead of becoming a undersea samurai. Devil Ray is Manta's apprentice; after Black Manta's disappearance, Devil Ray refuses to take on a new apprentice, keeping his master's Sword and his own training swords until he returned.
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During the final battle between Zoom and his heroic brother Flash, Zoom stole Flash's hypersuit and fused the two suits together; the result was a white hypersuit that Issoku willed to turn black, becoming the Black Racer. Just then, Impulse, a future hero wearing the white suit, divided his suit into the red and yellow ones, allowing The Flash and his nephew, Zoom Jr., to defeat Black Racer. The resulting explosion hurled Issoku into the 25th Century. After he healed, Issoku decided to change his ways, and so he married the woman who nursed him back to health and they had a son named Kosuku... who grew up to become Impulse!
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The Black Spider is an arachnid-like puppet commanded by the assassin called the Ningyotsuki. This puppet is armed with poison darts, nets, and other adhesives and traps.
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After a gate to Hell was opened by a blue demon, Christian librarian Shoki Chikamoto used a holy dagger to kill the demon and seal the portal. She too late realized that some of the demon's blood got into her mouth, which turned herself into a blue demon. She was told by Amanozako (Neron), a demon sorceress trapped in a magic card, that she has 666 days to return the 113 freed demons to Hell, or she'll be a blue demon forever. Shoki is now the Blue Devil, a powerful demon hunter with great strength (which she can temporarily increase by drinking demon blood), and the ability to create a trident from one of her hairs. She wears the skull of the demon she killed on her shoulder, and her new home is a magic fortress called the House of Weirdness. She is the mentor of the Teen Titan called Red Devil.
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Chandalika Matir developed her mind, spirit, and body with training called the Three Jewel system. She became a renowned guru, teaching peace and enlightenment. A gypsy called Sargon, an illusionist who made money doing tricks for crowds and robbing them blind, tried to get Matir to increase the power of his illusions, but she refused. She exposed his criminal acts on TV and he got his revenge by killing her brother and torturing her mother until the father gave up the location of a scroll that would teach him what he wished to know. Matir went on a hunt to find the man who destroyed her family and her quest brought her to Roulette, who tried her hypnosis on her to no avail. They administered drugs in her system that weakened her resolve, which turned her skin turned blue. Roulette places her as a rival of Judomaster, and Sargon winds up in the male version of Metabrawl.
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After her mother, a South American cartel boss, was sexually assaulted by military police officer Clifford Zeimeck, the girl who became Bombshell turned the corrupt official and had to go into protection. She was offered the opportunity to undergo a similar process that Captain Atom underwent, changing her into sentient radiation inside a living metal shell. Her dog tags belong to her American soldier father that she never knew. She can release her Quantum Energy in bursts, either through her fists or her entire body. She can also charge inanimate objects with it, like the bullets in her side arm, for longer distance attacks. Bombshell is now a member of Ravager's team of Teen Titans, but soon to be replaced by Kid Eternity...
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Mikoto Jin Kaeda was a janitor in the "21st Century Hero Museum" that was built in the 31th Century. He was in love with the curator, so he memorized every exhibit to have something in common with her. On the night he planned to use his knowledge of her favorite subject...a meteorite crashed through the window, killing her! Mikoto tried to lift the rock off her, but when he touched it, it spewed forth liquid gold! It encased him in a nanotech armor that was sent to win the Dominator War, which had been over for decades. He activated a tour drone, and together they figured out how to activate one of the exhibits, a time sled. Attempting to go back to save the woman, they missed the mark and wound up in our time! Stuck in the past, he decided that it wouldn't matter if he became a hero. Although, "Bio-Booster Gold" would soon find out that history isn't exactly as he had studied it to be!
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The Battle-Ready-Artificially-Intelligent-Nemesis-InterActive-Construct (Brainiac, for short) is a computer program designed by Joru-Ku to train young Superman in kryptonian martial arts. When Superman finally surpassed Brainiac, it goes haywire and becomes his enemy. Superman defeats him once before, and his scattered tech is confiscated by Lexcorp to help create Superboy. After Superman defeats the rebuilt BRAINIAC at the second Man of Steel combat tournament, Brainiac sends out a signal to a group of space-faring Kryptonian warriors, led by General Zod. Soon enough, BRAINIAC returns and starts looking for its missing program, the Book of Rao, which was downloaded into Superboy's brain.
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Brainiac 5 is a "Biological Replicant Amplified Intelligence Node Interactive Construct 5.0". When the Dominators invaded, a cabal of scientists found the remains of the original Brainiac and tried to create a new army of cyborgs. The problem with the first 4 models is that the combat parameters drove them insane, and they fought to the death. On the 5th try, the scientists tried to suppress the combat programming and amplify its intelligence node, so that it could help them solve their problem. However, the lab was infiltrated and the scientists died. As the assassins approached the cyborg, it created a force field generator out of spare parts and detonated the facility's failsafe. The unconscious B-5 was found by the leader of the Legion of Super Soldiers, Rakuin Hinshu (RJ Brande), and made a member of the team. His Skirmisher battlesuit can connect with the other Legionaries' and give them his advanced combat skills.
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O-Sensei, Yoru-Sensei, Shuo-Shi-Sensei, and Kirigi-Sensei make up the Yottsukonin (Four Great Ninja Masters). After O-Sensei was betrayed by his student Silk Snake, he disappeared and his students separated. Ben and Richard, aka Bronze Tiger and Ivory Dragon, became like brothers, connected by the loss of their parents. They were both attracted to a woman named Myoshi, but she wound up with Tiger. The two were approached to take a mission to infiltrate the League of Shadows, but Dragon didn't want to take it as their master never wanted them involved with the League, but Tiger took the mission to show that he was truly the "better" of the two. Myoshi was kidnapped during the battle, and Tiger tried to barter for her release, but it was too late. They subdued the distraught fighter, and Onishusoku's head trainer, Shuo-Shi-Sensei brainwashed Tiger into becoming one of the League's top assassins for years. Bronze Tiger also served in the Suicide Squad.
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Bumblebee is the daughter of Queen Bee, Ruler of the Hive. When she was born, Queen Bee attempted to kill her, but was stopped by one of her drones. Bumblebee was emitting her own pheromones that made that drone genetically loyal to her as the entire hive was to her mother. Seeing her as the threat she was, she ordered her death.The drone took the newborn and fled. He kept her in hiding as she grew to be a teen and strong enough to challenge her mother for control of the hive. As a teenager, Bumblebee joined the Teen Titans under the Herald.
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During WWII, British agent Clive Arno posed as an archeologist. Nazis discovered a hidden city and artifacts that they thought would help them win the war. That night, Arno tried to ruin the project, but was found. A fight began and Clive tripped over a box of ancient coins. The Nazis shot at Arno, but the bullets melted. Arno saw his hand on the Hephaestus Coin. He fought back with this power until it ran out and he was shot. The power caused structural damage and the cave came down; the head nazi Krellik took most of the coins and ran. As the cave fell, Arno got his hand on the Kronos coin that sent him back to Europe... of 2010. Arno's now the hero Captain Action, one of the Captains of Industry. The Proteus Coin gives him shapeshifting, the Kronos Coin grants immortality, and the Hephaestus Coin grants fire blasts.
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Falsely accused of a crime, Cpt. Nate Allen volunteered for a mission that would set off a nuclear bomb near an alien spacecraft to commute his sentence. The explosion fused the energies with his consciousness and trapped them in the alien metal that made up the craft. Nate later formed a new humanoid body from the alien metal and became Captain Atom, the North American member of the CoI. Captain Atom is superhumanly strong and durable and can use the energies inside him to fire radiation blasts and fly.
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Rowena Mercer was an outlaw biker who became the heroic Captain Boomerang, Australia's Captain of Industry. She became friends with teammate Chilali Kainoa (Captain Cold), and they both fell in love with the Flash. Flash agreed to date them both, but he bumped them both off to date a news reporter. In their Captain identities, the girls attacked the Flash, which led to a battle between the Justice League and the CoI. Boomerang and Cold were kicked out of the CoI for inciting the deadly struggle. They were eventually replaced by Captain Triumph and Cold's sister Captain Glider. Boomer and Cold are now members of the Rogues, the Flash's collective enemies. As a member of the Captains of Infamy, Boomer's understudy is Captain Walkabout, a humanoid dingo who gained teleportation powers when he accessed the dreamtime. After the Rogue Boomerang is sent to death row for multiple murders, she was approached by Amanda Waller...
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A young woman was quickly succumbed to the charms of a wealthy Asian business man, but she was too late to realize that he was already married. When she threatened to tell his wife, he nearly beat her to death and told her to keep her mouth shut. He put her out on the streets without knowing that she was pregnant with his child. Her rage and hatred drew the attention of Dr. Bedlam (a member of the Mal-Practice), who told her he would help her gain revenge on the man who ruined her life in exchange for the child she carried. She agreed, and he surgically implanted the spirit of a Yakubyogami (a demon of misfortune and pain) inside the newborn. She left the newborn on the doorstep of the man's family and when they took the child in, the entire house collapsed killing everyone in it...except the baby. The baby girl, Yoko Kurushima, is now a deadly warrior, bringer of sorrow, and Captain of Infamy known as Captain Calamity.
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Originally a farmer in Europe, Roger Rodney Rabbit's family was killed and farm was razed by a group of gorillas, but there was only one patch of fertile earth that wasn't completely destroyed. In that patch grew some carrots. Rodney took the carrots and the earth that they were in and relocated them to a safe location. It turned out that one of the fragments of the Darkstar were in that patch of earth. Touching the fragment altered Rodney's DNA so that whenever he ate a carrot from that patch, he was endowed with marvelous abilities! The effects would last 24 hours, or less depending on his exertion. He would be the first hero to take the gorilla threat head on, becoming Captain Carrot, leader of the Captains of Zoology!
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Chilali Kainoa was an Inuit girl trained to use ice powers to imprison Poora Braku, born with dangerous powers, in the Antarctic. She fell in love with him, and he escaped when she let her guard down. She grew up with her tribe and her little sister in the Arctic and was recruited into the Captains of Industry, where she was given Focus Pistols to increase her powers. She became friends with teammate Rowena Mercer (Captain Boomerang), and they both fell in love with the Flash. Flash agreed to date them both, but he bumped them both off to date a news reporter. In their Captain identities, the girls attacked the Flash, which led to a battle between the Justice League and the CoI. For instigating a dangerous fight, Boomerang and Cold were kicked out of the CoI. The girls formed the Rogues Gallery, collective enemies of The Flash, and later joined Max Lord's Captains of Infamy.
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While on board the International Space Station, astronaut Adam Blake was exposed to a wave of cosmic energy which activated a latent mutant ability to absorb radiation. When he returned to Earth, he was given a harness that allowed him to safely expel stored energy. This was later upgraded into a rocket pack and a pair of focus pistols that allow him to fire blasts of cosmic radiation. He briefly worked for MI6, the British defense agency, before being recruited into the Captains of Industry as Captain Comet. Before the Captains' battle with the Mal-Practice, Comet is recruited into a mission in space by Adam Strange and is replaced in the CoI by Captain Action.
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In the 1500s, Ferrous was captured in a Spanish raid of the Caribbean. He lead a revolt and took over the ship. He was given the name Captain Fear by his crew and after years of pirating, he decided to retire. He agreed to do one last job in order to pay for his new life with Buella. The job was financed by Aron Hemlocke and the prize was the treasure of Klaw the Unconquered. During the hunt, Hemlocke's men killed the natives who led them to the treasure. The local shaman's dying act was to unleash demons to slaughter the men and curse Fear. Fear found the Red Claw which allows him to keep a material form. Tired of his immortality, Fear joined the Captains of Industry to lift the curse. Fear later betrayed the Captains of Industry to join the Captains of Infamy, but then betrayed the evil Captains for the good Captains; he was replaced by Captain Acrata as South America's Infamous Captain.
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After Cadet Marvel, using the full powers of Xiazamm to defeat Captain Nazi, the CoInfamy member wound up in a coma. He was replaced in the Global Captains of Infamy by his protege, Captain Murder. She was a member of his underground terrorist group, The Fourth Reich, and had a romantic involvement with him as well. She seeks vengeance on the Marvels and the Captains of Industry.
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In WWII, Dr. Siegmund Krieger turned his son Albrecht into a nazi super-soldier before he was slain by Allied troops; then a time-traveler convinced the Emperor of Japan to not invade Hawaii and to end their alliance with the 3rd Reich. Feeling betrayed by the Japanese, Hitler ordered a doomsday weapon to destroy Asia. With no time to find the Nazi bases in Japan, the Allies still dropped the nukes on the cities. With the fall of Hitler, Krieger hid himself in a cryogenic suspension pod, which would be found by Mr. Lord's excavation team. Captain Nazi has a greater hatred of the Japanese due to their 'betrayal.' When the Captains of Infamy were revealed, Nazi uses the guise of "Captain Arhat", claiming to br trying to restore the Hindu symbol that was tainted by Hitler. Behind the scenes, Capt. Nazi has his own agenda and is 2nd only to Black Adam in ruthlessness.
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Cpt. Benjamin Hunter was an American WWII officer in charge of a unit called Hunter's Hellions. His team assassinated Nazi scientist Siegmund Krieger and prevented the creation of Nazi super soldiers. When the war ended, Hunter faded into obscurity. Every generation since, there has been a Captain Hunter in the American military, the latest being Luke Hunter. Like those before him, he is an expert marksman, tactician, hand-to-hand combatant, and tracker. He was the first recruit in Max Lord's Global Captains of Infamy. Hunter was put in charge of Project M, which was run by Dr. Bedlam. The Project created the Creature Commandos, who are under the mental command of Hunter. As Black Adam is the most powerful, he is the team leader, but Hunter has the field experience and is quick to reassert Lord's objectives whenever they go off mission parameters.
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In the mangaverse, the Global Captains of Industry are an international team of heroes, each with Captain in their name. General Wade Eiling is the liaison between the United Nations and the Captains, formed and led by Captain Marvel. The Captains battled the Mal-Practice, the Captains of Infamy, and even the Justice League. When the captains began to question their handlers' orders, they were forced to disband and make room for the Silent Majority. Captains Marvel, Atom, X, Comet, Fear, Triumph, and Glider soon reformed the CoI in an unofficial capacity, becoming independent heroes in the vein of the Justice League.
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Born on the same day, Michael Lancer and Lance Michaels were virtual doppelgangers of each other. One born in Sydney, Australia, the other the Outback. They grew up without meeting each other. On the day Michael's trust fund was supposed to go into effect, he was murdered. At the same time, Lance bonded with Michael's spirit. The two now share a body, and can switch control. When Mike's in control, he has ghost-like abilities. Lance has super strength. They were asked to replace Captain Boomerang as defender of Australia and a member of the Captains of Industry.
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The captain of a spaceship that launched from 1940s Earth wound up on an alien word in the Alpha Centauri galaxy where he became known by the inhabitants as the adventurer Captain Venture. After many adventures and defeat the villainous Zalko and his machines, the captain wed Princess Zyra and retired. Zalko returned with an armada of Scanlos Invaders to destroy them all, dooming the entire planet. The captain died trying to get his wife to the safety of his ship, the Centaurus-1. She escaped with her life and traveled to Earth. Using his upgraded spacesuit and star-fighter, she carries on his legacy as Captain Venture and looks for allies to help with dealing with the invaders that killed her husband and conquered her world. She is now a member of the Captains of Industry.
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Over a hundred years old, African warrior N'Dare consumed a sacred root during a tribal ritual that enhanced his physical abilities to peak human levels. He has since mastered several forms of martial arts, and fought in several wars. He later became Captain X, a member of the CoI. When Witch Doctor Mid-Nite, possessed by the Shadower, was on the attack, Captain X used African magics to keep him bound, but he had to return periodically to keep the demon trapped. When the Captains were replaced and imprisoned by the Captains of Infamy, X couldn't refresh the binding spell and Mid-Nite escaped. When Mid-Nite freed himself from the Shadower, he and Cpt. X battled the demon to free X's grandson, Jason Raymond; this adventure turns Jason into the heroic Firestorm.
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Three crimes bosses hired the Ningyotsuki to kill the upstart crimelord Clayface, but when the price got too high, they decided to kill them both with explosive traps. They both survived, and the Ningyotsuki used a kinjutsu (forbidden technique) to transform the three bosses into living puppets that are subject to his control, calling them Thorne, the Squid, and Falcone. Shaped like a humanoid bird demon, Falcone is used for stealth and aerial attacks. The flag on his back has the kanji for Hyabusa, which is Japanese for falcon.
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This Cassandra Cain, another apprentice of Red Hood, is also the mangaverse's version of Hush. The daughter of two of the deadliest assassins on the planet, from birth she was trained to replace language with combat- making her an unstoppable force when it comes to taijutsu (much to Wildcat's chagrin). Her mask has no mouth to symbolize her lack of speech. Her father has trained her, and the only thing she has of her mother's is a trinket that looks like it has a matching half. Her mother is currently known as Lady Shiva. When the Batman disappears, which leads to the Battle of the Cowl storyline, Hush takes on the identity of a new Batgirl to better fight crime.
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Katashi Nekojin, a Secret Six member and patriarch of the Cat Clan. For generations, the Cat Clan mastered the art of stealth by studying the cats' stalking nature. Through this, they have become premier theft experts of the ninja world. Katashi underwent a ritual where 8 of his ancestors’ souls are bound to his own, giving him their skills and strength; this also gives him “nine lives”, for when a fatal injury is incurred, one of the attached souls is freed instead of death. The only downside to this is that when he consummated his marriage to Catwoman (to conceive their son Wildcat), he kept getting flooded with images of his past selves with their mates, including his mother and father! After the failed muder attempt on Onishusoku, Catman is down to 8 of his lives. Catman possesses 3 scars along his face that he got from Catwoman, and a gigantic liger named Kasha, who he rides.
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The Catclan is different from the other clans. Like lion prides, most of the work done by the women, while the males come in after the hard work is done. In order to become lady of the clan, Shiori Kawaii had to prove she could stand toe to toe with leader Catman. She went so far as to scar his face which only made him want her even more. She bore him a male child whom they named Wildcat. Catwoman is perhaps the greatest ninja thief ever. She enjoys her status, but not her relationship with Catman, who has no real affection for her. She sees Batman in action one night, and begins an ongoing flirtation with him. She enjoys stealing things knowing that it'll get him to pay attention to her, since her husband never does. She agrees to let her son become the pupil of the Gray Ghost, because she doesn't want him turning out like his father.
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Lightning samurai of Rhakotis, an undersea kingdom. His apprentice is Piranha; after Charybdis goes missing, Piranha chooses Moray as his apprentice.
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A member of the Secret Six and bodyguard of Catman. The young Catclan orphan was part of an exchange brokered by Onishusoku to train a Catclan member in the ways of the Assassin’s Guild to repay a violation of a treaty. For years she trained with master assassin Lady Shiva, and eventually returned to her clan. Upon her return, Catman kept her by his side by making him his personal guard since she was able to take out the 8 man entourage that preceded her. She wears the mask and long sleeves that is customary of many high level assassins (such as the Joker, Hush, and Ragdoll). When the Demon's Head took control of the Six, he sent Cheshire to infiltrate the Mad Hatter's gang. After that mission, she would later make contact with the Ruby Archer, a member of the Teen Titans.
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Originally a member of her school's track and field team, Saraswati Yutaka was undefeated until her classmate Megami beat her in a race. Sara became obsessed with beating Megami, and her rash actions resulted in her getting injured. The school's Headmistress told her that her scholarship would be rescinded if she could not compete...but she had a way to help her. She returned to the track and shattered her previous records, but her feral side began to take over. The Headmistress, really Witchqueen Circe, used her magics and Dr. Cyber's tech to change Sara into the Cheetah in order to destroy Megumi's superhero identity Wonder Woman. The Cheetah fough alongside both the Witchqueen's other minions and Lex Luthor's Legion of Doom.
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Chien Na-Wei, a Kung Fu practitioner, merely moonlights as a Glam Slammer in the underground Metabrawl; her real source of income is being one of the Triads' biggest narcotics dealers. China White is also a nemesis of the superhero called The Emerald Archer.
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The Violet Lantern of Green Lantern John Stewart's team of Spectrum Lanterns.
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Major Target, Africa's representative in the Silent Majority. He's a master of disguise, martial artist, and marksman. It is unknown why the South African soldier had his past erased and was given the code name Christopher Chance, but he is now one of the most deadliest men on the planet. He specializes in flushing out assassins by becoming their target...and then eliminating them.
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The Witchqueen Circe, high priestess of Izanami and concubine of Mikaboshi. Megami caused Circe's spell to send them through the portal to Man's World. With the portal gone, Circe knew that her only way back to Onogorshima would be to find the missing artifacts and keep an eye on the amnesiac Wonder Girls. She placed them with parents, who were made to think they were with them since birth. As Dana Milton, she became headmistress of the Marston Academy to build an army to help find the artifacts, the first of which was the school nurse, aka Dr. Cyber of the Mal-Practice, who helps her alter students and faculty into super-warriors. These minions are Cheetah, Giganta, the Silver Swan, Frenzi, the Termite, Cloudburst, the Adjudicator, Hypnota, Syonide, Sharkeeta, Crystalla, the Mayfly, Minatoura, and Inventa.
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Crime lord Nendo Uwabari was disfigured in a botched trade with the Kite-Man. He was severely beaten by Batman when it was believed that he killed a young man. Weeks later, a contingent of guards came to retrieve Nendo from his hospital room, but his disfigured face shot living clay at them. Nendo escaped and returned to one of his hideouts. His goons were astounded to see him after the rumors of his death. The magic clay had permanently fused with part of his head and brain; this made him even more unstable, like he could "hear" the clay talk to him. With much effort, he can manipulate the clay into disguises and weapons. Nendo loses his cool and goes into a killer rage whenever someone refers to him as "Clayface."
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Taki-Yuki Kumomoto, a student in the atmospheric sciences dept. of Marston Academy, wanted to become a television weather reporter. After an accident in the lab, which gravely injured the professor she had a crush on, she was coerced by the Headmistress (really the Witchqueen Circe) into being a subject of Dr. Cyber's experiments to avoid criminal persecution. An enemy of Wonder Woman, Cloudburst has the ability to create clouds and project lighting, rain, snow, and hail through them. She is also able to use them as transportation, and use ice crystals in the clouds to reflect and refract light and radiation.
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Eldest son of the Riddler and older half-brother of the Question. Cluemaster's daughter, infuriated that females can't participate as field ninjas, rebelled against the Enigma Clan and became the "Spoiler."
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At the young age of 17, James William Glenmorgan is a very accomplished game hunter in his own right. The son of a Scottish gamekeeper who was secretly a member of the IRA, James sought out bigger game to hunt and eventually captured the attention of a rich collector that would send him all over the world to hunt exotic animals for him. He spent a lot of time in the Congo, hunting the most dangerous game and always coming out on top. He became arrogant to the point that he referred to himself as the Khan of the Congo. His benefactor commissioned him to capture what he considered the rarest animal on the planet...a talking chimpanzee. Khongo tracked Bobo at the same time that Billy and Mari had caught up with him. A big fight ensued and eventually Khongo got the upper hand. with them as his prisoners, he gloated about his prowess as a hunter and reveled in all the captures and kills he had made in so relatively brief a time. He felt superior to all animals. When his benefactor came to claim his prizes, Xero came to free them, and Khongo gave chase. Out in the jungle, a strange thing happened. Billy was able to use the Omnitotem to trigger Khongo's latent totem powers that even he was unaware of. Khongo transformed into a gorilla, and when his benefactors men caught up with them open fired on all of them, Khongo included. He was now as sought after as his prey was, as he couldn't shift back from his gorilla form. Now that he had become the hunted, he began to understand what he had been doing all this time. Khongo was captured and caged, prepped to be shipped as part of his benefactor's collection until Animal Man came to free him. Now indebted to them, the team agreed to allow him to stay with them until they could figure out a way to help him gain control over his abilities as they realized they could use the help.
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After having his heart broken by Zashiki (now Lady Blackhawk), Ori met a young woman who helped him see see the value in putting the needs of others before himself, and helped repair his broken heart. Before leaving she spent a night with him, and he never saw her again. He rededicated himself to his studies and went on to become an archeologist. The young lady returned to the order of nuns she had abandoned and she gave birth to a son, Takasouru. Takasouru was raised like a monk and he began to show signs of becoming a master practitioner of kyudo, Zen archery. When The Emerald Archer arrived at the monastery on a mission, he met with his former love and recognized her son as his own child. She was slain by those who targeted the nuns, and so Takasouru went with his father as a new apprentice named Jade Archer, the wielder of the Jade Bows and Arrows. Jade Archer is attracted to Lady Blackhawk's daughter Black Canary, but the shocking truth may be that they are half-siblings!
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One of Will Magnus' Metal Men. Weapon: Luster Cannon. Ability: Highest level of heat and electricity conductivity. Personality: arcastic, popular and sensitive, with outstanding people skills. Externally focused, with real concern for how others think and feel. Usually dislikes being alone. sees everything from the human angle, and dislikes impersonal analysis. Very effective at managing people issues, and leading group discussions. Interested in serving others, and will probably place the needs of others over her own needs.
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Jishaku, a young meta from the 30th Century. His dog, Cosmos, detected Dominator scouts and saved him from discovery, but his family was found. Seeing his parents killed in front of him, the boy's magnetic powers activated and he killed the aliens. Another 2 Dominators arrived, but the boy was weak. Trying to flee, one of the Dominators killed his dog and Jishaku snapped. He took on the Magnetar Defender battlesuit of a fallen resistance member, which greatly increased his powers, which he used to defeat the Dominators. When he joined the Legion of Super Soldiers, he took the name "Cosmic Boy" in honor of his fallen pet who sacrificed his life for him.
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The Creature Commandos are monstrous soldiers led by Captain Hunter of the Captains of Infamy. Max Lord's taking over the Captains of Industry started with Captain Hunter and Project M. The project dealt with a decades-old program to create supersoldiers using magic, bioengineering, and tech. When Hunter fights, he can transfer his body with that of one of the Commandos. Hunter can teleport away and swap places with one or more Commando, controlling them mentally. The Creature Commandos are: Medusa the snakewoman, Patchwork the zombie, Vampyr the vampire, Wolfrunner the lycan, Aten the mummy, and Bogman the swampbeast.
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The Justice League of Asia was contacted by Alex Luthor, a heroic alternate-universe version of Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor, to aide him in stopping the Crime Syndicate of Azia, an evil version of the JLA led by Ultraman, Alex's evil step-brother and Supe's dark counterpart. The controllers of Asia's crime rackets, the CSA also includes in their ranks Owlman, Superwoman, Power Suit, Jessie Quick, and Sea Lord.
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Lee Tawaraya is a retired soldier inspired to crimefighting after witnessing the death of his blind date. Leader of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
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Kitsune Hayatoro's parents, a Hound Clan ninja and a priestess of the Order of Inari, relocated to Paris, France to escape the Hound Clan's massacre. A fox spirit possessed Kitsune's unborn body, giving her the Mark of Myobu and an increased lifespan. She was educated by her father in the Hound Clan's techniques and their history, including their unjust exile and their leader's incarceration. Taking the codename Crimson Fox, Kitsune gathered the ninja-trained children of former Hound Clansmen, including Steel Wolf, Hellhound, Watchdog, Wild Dog, Mad Dog, and Devil Dog, to rescue their master and revive the Clan.
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Victor Yarasu was an athlete who won Olympic gold at age 12. He spent 4 years preparing for the next Olympics, while his single father studied artificial intelligence. Victor hated the time his dad spent with the AI, so he decided to sabotage the AI, only to find someone else trying to. He also learned the AI was alive and tried to save it. The saboteur used a bomb and the blast threw them 4 stories down. The AI took the injured Victor back to his dad's lab and replaced his damaged limbs with its own. By the time Dr. Yurasu came, the only thing keeping Victor's brain from dying was the AI's neural net, which he had partially fused with; the AI didn't want Victor's dad to suffer, since he considered him its father as well. Dr. Yurasu finished the surgery and waited for his son to wake up. Cyborg, still unknown if it's really Victor or the AI, later joined Raven's team of Titans. He's also a student of STAR Labs.
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Maxine Horuichi was a dancer and a contestant on the reality show, "So You Wanna be a Dance Star?!" She joined with her best friend, but when the competition became fierce, the friends became rivals. Before the finale, Maxine's friend attacked her backstage and broke her legs. Even though she couldn't compete, the viewers still voted for her to be the winner. Maxine recovered and was introduced to the counselor who was secretly Roulette. Under hypnosis, Maxine was able use her flexibility and spins as part of her fighting style. She was given the name Cyclone, and during her first bout, she forgot to wear panties. When the fight was televised, the lack of panties made her one of the most watched Brawlers. Her jealous friend became enraged that she was still more popular than she and she became the Glam Slammer called Hazard.
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Daigo comes from a future where Lord Chaos and his demons reign supreme. He was a human enslaved by the demons and fused with a vampiric demon to serve Chaos. He retained his humanity and joined three others of the same in fighting Chaos. He took the name Nightrider when they traveled back in time to prevent Chaos' birth. In the past, the four posed as superheroes, and gained much praise as such, especially Daigo (due to the popularity of vampire movies and TV shows).
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Garesu Emori (Grant Emerson) is the son of Aramoro Genshi (Al Pratt), one of the two mentors of Issun "The Atom" Mijin (the other being Reizo Hirate [Ray Palmer]). During his adventures in the Worldwide Web, Atom meets Garesu. At first, he believes him to be an evolved program similar to Atom Smasher, but he later learns the truth. He also learns that his mentors may still be alive, and somewhere within the Web; he believed them both dead from a lab explosion. Damage has a beef with Issun, due to believing that his father spent more time with him and is missing as a result of that. As Damage, his nanotech suit can absorb nanotech energy and break down nanomachines.
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A cabal of evil wizards, lead by Felix Faust. Other members include Faust's apprentice Tala, along with Klarion the Witch-Boy, Rebecca Ravenwind, and Sargon the Sorcerer.
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Darkseid created the Kryptonian caste system of scientists and warriors to ensure that they never united to defeat him. It was prophesied that the key to his undoing would come from Sector 2814. By this time, Highfather and Darkseid had made their peace treaty, and an attack on Lantern-patrolled space would've violated it. Darkseid made a deal with Yellow Lantern Sin-Es-Tro to ensure that the kryptonian Solar Impact Shell destroyed the solar system. He destroyed Krypton after the shell was fired to eliminate the evidence. Darkseid did, however, seal his fate by sending the baby kryptonian to Earth. After healing from the battle with Zod, Superman enlists his teammate Green Lantern to help him find his friends. She takes him to Oa where he meets the Martian Manhunter, who provides him with the secret to Darkseid's destruction.
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After completing his training, Komori Watanabe realized that the only way to find his parents' killer was to join the League of Shadows. He took on the codename of "The Dark" because, "at some point in their life, everyone was scared of The Dark". Once on a mission he and other LoS ninja were tasked to take out the kidnappers of a noble's daughter. During the fight, The Dark did everything in his power to protect the girl. After they dispatched the kidnappers, the members of Komori's team joked on how "chivalrous" he was in his attempts to keep the girl safe even though it was not part of their mission parameters. The called him "The Dark Knight". It was then that The Dark Knight (now called the Batman) began to rise, and the Demon's Head, Onishusoku, leader of the League of Shadows, would take notice of him.
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Hinshu Hachioji a low ranking official in the Emperor's court, and the love of the shogun's daughter. He was supposed to meet his beloved at a circus that had been touring the region, but was murdered by a hook-handed assassin seeking to join the League of Shadows. His soul was removed from his corpse by the shinigami that was tasked with bringing his soul to the afterlife. The shinigami offered Hinshu to battle him for the return to life, but instead he figured out how to trick the spirit into allowing him to see his love one last time. The shinigami took Hinshu to the woman, where he revealed that circumstances seemed to have changed and her time was now soon to come as well. As the events were unfolding to her demise, Hinshu struggled in vain to try and stop it. Right before her death, the carpet beneath her jerked suddenly and she fell out of the way of an assassin's dagger that doomed her. The purpose of a Shinigami is to end life, not give it; any Shinigami who violates this nature will perish. After the shinigami disintegrated, the light shone on Hinshu. He too, was now being judged for convincing a shinigami to betray its purpose; as punishment, Hinshu was transformed into a shinigami, forever separated from eternal rest. Returning to the land of the living as a spirit, the Deadman searches for his killer, and his love who he knows is in danger.
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The leader of Onishusoku's Secret Six. An expert marksman with any throwing weapon. Used to solo work, Deadshot is uncomfortable in the group setting, and even more so with taking orders. He is in constant confrontation with Catman over how to handle missions. He uses blowguns, crossbows, slingshots, and boomerangs along with regular shinobi throwing weapons. He later served in the Suicide Squad.
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A longtime member of the League of Shadows and agent of the Demon's Head, the assassin also known as Sado Washimi is as deadly as they come. After the attempt on his family was made, he believed his 2 sons dead, and his wife disappeared with his daughter. After years of working alone, he wanted what he lost back and decided that he would take Nightwing of the Shadow Wing Clan as his apprentice. Nightwing was, however, recently taken into the newly formed Batclan. During the Demon's Head-sanctioned battle to claim the right to train the boy, Batman takes out Deathstroke's right eye. After losing to Batman, Deathstroke the Terminator tried numerous attempts to test Nightwing during his time with the Teen Titans.
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Bobo the talking chimpanzee was once in the employ of the dark sorceress, Tabu. When she conquered the kingdom of Mammalus, one of the five kingdoms of Animus fifteen years ago, she had the king and queen slain after they had allowed for their child to escape the realm. Bobo, who was the king's adviser, was now hers. For years, he reluctantly helped her plan her invasion of the two other realms she conquered. Eventually, Bobo was rescued by Xero under orders of Anansi, and relocated him to Africa on Earth. He sets up shop as a detective, creating the false image of a human detective with him as a "mascot". He operated like this for some time before being tracked by both Xero (with Animal Man and Vixen) and Khongorilla.
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