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Cain
Calamity King
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Calamity King (E. Davis Ester) is a superhero from the 30th century in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Adventure Comics #342 (March 1966), and was created by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan. Within the context of the stories, Calamity King is a rejected member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Calamity King in other media
The character appeared briefly in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "The Karate Kid", voiced by Alexander Polinsky.
Calendar Girl
Calendar Girl was a villain created by Paul Dini, a victim of ageism and a former supermodel who attacks while dressed up as various holiday girls from sexy pin-up calendars. The character was a female variation of pre-existing character Calendar Man, otherwise known as Julian Gregory Day.
Calendar Man
Calculator
Canterbury Cricket
| First appearance | Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1 (Aug 2011) |
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| Created by | Mike Carlin Rags Morales |
| Species | Giant cricket (formerly human) |
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The Canterbury Cricket, also known as Jeramey Chriqui, is a superhero appearing in DC Comics. The character first appeared in Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1 (August 2011), created by Mike Carlin and Rags Morales.
Chriqui first appeared in the Flashpoint timeline, where he was a University of Kent student and conman in Canterbury, England. When Wonder Woman and the Amazons invaded England, Chriqui took cover inside a church. When the church was bombed by an Invisible Jet, Jeramey makes a connection with a cricket. Jeramey emerged from the wreckage as a giant cricket with a new lease on life.[1]
With his new abilities, he leads the Ambush Bugs, an insect-themed resistance group, though all but him die in a battle with the Amazons. He later joins Lois Lane's Resistance.[2]
The Canterbury Cricket was adapted into the mainstream DC Universe in the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock". He was stated to be a member of Knights, Inc., a team of heroes ordained by the Queen of England who protect the borders of the United Kingdom as it's sanctioned superhero team.[3]
Canterbury Cricket in other media
- Canterbury Cricket appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Canterbury Cricket appears as a summonable character in the 2013 video game Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
Captain Atom
Captain Boomerang
Captain Cold
Captain Comet
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Nazi
Frankie Carbone
Frankie "Angel" Carbone is a DC Comics character appearing in Batman: The Long Halloween (December 1996).
Frankie Carbone is a mobster who works for Maroni family. At some point, he was assaulted and defeated by Batman and later was killed by serial killer Holiday.[4]
Frankie Carbone in other media
Frankie appears in Gotham, portrayed by Danny Mastrogiorgio. He is the second-in-command to Sal Maroni, knowing each other for over 20 years. Debuting in "Arkham", he goes to investigate the stolen money in Bamonte's restaurant, finding Oswald Cobblepot inside the freezer, holding the bag containing Maroni's money. After telling own story, Cobblepot is accepted by Maroni to become a restaurant manager. Carbone begins to despise him for his rise in Maroni crime family. During the conflict between Maroni and Falcone (caused by Oswald's appearance in GCPD), he and Oswald go to wipe out Nikolai and his men in the storage. Frankie then tries to kill him with own men, unaware that they were already bought by Oswald, the latter despising him for his love of money and not a power and respect, ultimately killing him.
Carcharo
Carcharo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
When Doctor Love experimented on the unborn children of Maria Montez and her sister, the experiments gave the child of Maria's sister shark-like characteristics. After a drowning attempt by his mother, Carcharo survived in the oceans where he gained the ability to control sharks.[5]
Carcharo in other media
Carcharo appears in the Stargirl episode "Frenemies – Chapter Eight: Infinity Inc. Part Two". This version is a patient at the Helix Institute for Youth Rehabilitation.
Joseph Carver
Joseph Carver is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Joseph Carver is a scientist who worked on experimenting on the Speed Force as a member of the Black Hole.[6]
Joseph Carver in other media
Joseph Carver appears in The Flash, portrayed by Eric Nenninger. While his involvement with Black Hole remains intact, this version is the CEO of McCulloch Technologies and husband of Eva McCulloch who used his wife's technology for criminal means out of a belief that he was saving the world. Though he encountered resistance from Team Flash and CCPD, he was eventually killed by Eva.
Aaron Cash
| First appearance | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) |
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| Created by | Dan Slott Ryan Sook |
Aaron Cash is a Corrections Officer and one of Arkham Asylum's most respected security guards. Aaron Cash was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Sook and first appeared in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (2003). His hand was bitten off by Killer Croc[7] and he sports a prosthetic hook in its place. Unlike many of his colleagues, he is neither mentally unwell nor corrupt and is a trusted ally of Batman. As cited in most Batman character guides, he is one of Gotham City's bravest people.
Aaron Cash in other media
- Aaron Cash appears in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise, voiced by Duane R. Shepard, Sr.[8]
- Aaron Cash also makes two cameo appearances in the first two issues of the six-issue miniseries Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures.
Catwoman
Cerdian
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Cerdian is an infant in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Dan Jurgens and Steve Epting, first appeared in Aquaman (vol. 5) #63 (January 2000).[9]
Cerdian is the son of Tempest and Dolphin. He is not seen after Infinite Crisis and is confirmed to have died during that event in Titans (vol. 2) #15 (September 2009).
Ch'p
Chameleon Boy
Charybdis
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Charybdis is a supervillain associated with Aquaman. Created by Peter David and Martin Egeland, he first appeared in Aquaman (vol. 5) #1 (August 1994).[10]
Charybdis and his wife, Scylla, are international terrorists who attempt to kill Aquaman. When Scylla is killed, Charybdis is driven mad by grief. He uses his ability to suppress metahuman abilities in others to defeat Aquaman and attempts to absorb Aquaman's powers to himself.[11][12] Partially successful, he is unable to control his new ability to communicate with fish and falls into a pool of piranha. Instead of being devoured, he melds with the piranhas, taking on many of their traits and taking the name the Piranha Man.[13]
King Chimera
Chris KL-99
Doris Chase
First appearance: The New Teen Titans #29 (March 1983). Creators: Marv Wolfman and George Pérez
Doris Chase was Adrian Chase's wife. The character, created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appeared in The New Teen Titans #29 (March 1983). Doris was killed (together with their two children) by a bomb meant for Adrian, planted at the direction of mob boss Anthony Scarapelli; this trauma caused her husband to become the Vigilante.[14][15]
Doris Chase in other media
Doris Chase appears in Arrow, portrayed by Parveen Dosanjh. Just like in the comics, this version is Adrian Chase's wife. She genuinely loves him and is concerned about Adrian's well-being. Doris later finds out from Green Arrow and John Diggle that her husband is Prometheus. Doris hopes that Adrian will get help, but Adrian kills her.
Cheetah
Chemo
Angela Chen
Angela Chen was created by Alan Burnett, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, first appearing in Superman: The Animated Series episode: "The Last Son of Krypton: Part II". She is based on Cat Grant and is voiced by Lauren Tom. Angela was a fast rising star of the Daily Planet and also hosted the popular TV news show "Metropolis Today".
In the Prime Earth continuity of comics, Angela Chen first appeared as part of The New 52 and DC Rebirth in Justice League of America: Vixen Rebirth #1 by Steve Orlando, Jody Houser and Jamal Campbell. She appeared in the comics as a talk show host.
Angela Chen in other media
- Angela Chen appears in the 2003 video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, voiced again by Lauren Tom.
- Angela never appeared on-screen but appeared in the Smallville: Season Eleven comics. She works as a field reporter for the TV channel GNN.
- Angela Chen appears in Justice League vs. Teen Titans, voiced by Laura Bailey.
Cheshire
Chief
Chillblaine
Chillblaine is the name of different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each version of Chilblaine wielded a cold gun similar to the one that is wielded by Captain Cold.
Chillblaine I
The first Chillblaine is an unnamed man who worked for Captain Cold's sister Golden Glider. At the time when Golden Glider and Chillblaine were fighting Flash when he was eclipsed by Eclipso, Golden Glider became eclipsed and killed Chillblaine.[16]
Chillblaine II
The second Chillblaine is an unnamed man who fought Flash twice. After being dragged into the beam of his cold gun, Chillblaine escaped from police custody and planned to enact his revenge during the New Year's Countdown. After dealing with his own personal crisis, Flash defeated Chillblaine.[17]
Chillblaine III
The third Chillblaine is an unnamed man. He and his henchmen robbed a bank. Flash informed Jay Garrick, Impulse, Johnny Quick, and Jesse Quick about his different fights with the previous people that went by the name Chillblaine. They helped Flash defeat Chillblaine and his henchmen.[18]
Chillblaine IV
The fourth Chillblaine is an unnamed man who was tracked down by John Fox and Linda Park at the time when John was filling in for Wally West.[19] John and Linda learned that Chillblaine worked with Golden Glider before killing her.[20] John and Linda track Chillblaine to an aquarium where they fall into his trap.[21] John brings Wally back to his time and they defeat Chillblaine.[22]
Captain Cold later tracks Chillblaine down to Candyman's hideout and kills Chillblaine as a way to avenge his sister's death.[23]
Chillblaine in other media
A version of Chillblaine appeared in Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, voiced by Matthew Senreich. He, Captain Cold, Icicle, and Mr. Freeze each try to rob a jewelry auction and get annoyed with the fact that there are different ice-based villains. When it is noted that they each took down some load-bearing walls, the building collapses on them as Ice is shown outside. In a later sketch, Chillblaine joins the Legion of Doom in attacking the Justice League.
Chillblaine appears in The Flash, portrayed by Jon Cor.[24] This version is Mark Blaine, a former Ivo Laboratories scientist who was fired for creating a microchip that would be used for cryogenic technology. While operating as a bartender in Keystone City, Mark started to use his cryo-bracelets to become Chillblaine to steal back his microchip and frame Frost, whom he considers a kindred spirit. While getting a scan of her, Mark improved his cryo-bracelets by the time Frost showed up. Both of them engaged in an ice battle before Frost took advantage of her ice healing to wound Chillblaine with an icicle. Flash and Allegra Garcia arrive where Flash quickly patches him up and has him cuffed. It was mentioned that Chillblaine was incarcerated at Iron Heights. During the storm caused by the Speed Force's Nora form, Chillblaine is among the inmates that escape and is defeated by Frost. When Frost encounters Chillblaine again in an alley, he shows her a news article that states that he got out upon handing over certain information to the authorities. After he was wounded by some thugs, Chillblaine was taken to S.T.A.R. Labs by Frost who healed his injury. Upon receiving his cryo-bracelets back, Chillblaine assisted in the fight against the Godspeed clones. Following the battle, Chillblaine snuck away. In season eight, Chillblaine and Frost started dating.
Christina Chiles
Christina Chiles, a.k.a. Cyber-C.A.T., is a supervillain in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Jim Balent and Doug Moench, first appeared in Catwoman (vol. 2) #42 in 1997.
Within the context of the stories, Christina Chiles had been working on a cyber battle suit modeled after a cat and decided to test it against Catwoman, who had broken into the lab in which Christina worked. Despite the powers the suit gave her, Christina (now Cyber-C.A.T.) was beaten by Catwoman. Infuriated at her loss, Cyber-C.A.T. began a personal vendetta against Catwoman. As Catwoman managed to elude her, Cyber-C.A.T. became more and more fixated on tracking her down. Another confrontation with Catwoman resulted in failure because of the help of Catwoman's rival, the She-Cat.
Cyber-C.A.T. made one final attempt on Catwoman's life, but Catwoman had received her own suit of armor, which gave her powers on par with Cyber-C.A.T.'s, and finally destroyed the armor. Christina was taken into custody by the agency she worked for because of her unauthorized use of its technology.
Chris Kent
Chronos
Circe
Clayface
Clock King
Clown
The Clown (Lyle Corley) is a minor character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, first appeared in The Flash #270 (February 1979). He is a serial killer who uses circus clown gimmicks in Central City, and a minor enemy of the Flash.[25] The Clown is also partly responsible for Hunter Zolomon's transformation into Zoom, and is killed by Ashley Zolomon.[26][27]
Clownhunter
Bao Pham is an American-Vietnamese vigilante living in the Narrows, Bao Pham witnessed his parent's brutal deaths at the hands of the Joker at the age of twelve. As he grew up and watched the Clown Price of Crime's body-count rise, he came to believe Batman wasn't going far enough and that the criminal needed to die. Five years after his parents' death, the Joker waged war on Gotham City, leading an endless army of criminals to attack Gotham. After watching some of his men burn down a comic book store, Bao finally decided to take matters into his own hands and became the Clownhunter. Using a baseball bat with a batarang attached to the end, he patrolled the Narrows and killed roughly twelve of Joker's men during the war. [28]
With the aftermath of Joker's defeat, Batman confronted Boa at his room. Having heard that he'd been forced to fight his parents zombified bodies during one of the fights, Clownhunter berated the Dark Knight for destroying their bodies and for not killing the Joker directly. In response, Batman told him to give up the vigilante path and gave him the contact details of Leslie Thompkins, warning him that he'd be arrested if he killed any more of Joker's thugs.
Sometime afterwards, Clownhunter tracked down Harley Quinn and planned to murder her for her involvement with his parent's murder. As he prepared to attack, Batman subdued him. However, another vigilante called Ghost-Maker subdued the Dark Knight and brought them to an abandoned area of Arkham Asylum. Freed from his restraints, Ghost-Maker offered Bao the opportunity to kill Quinn without Batman's intervention, hoping to prove the Dark Knight his point. Though he planned to go through with it, he relented after Quinn apologized for her actions. Bao then left the asylum whilst they confronted Ghost-Maker. [29]
Cluemaster
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Blue is an alias used by supervillains in the DC Universe.
Malcolm Thawne
Malcolm Thawne is the twin brother of Barry Allen, the other son of Henry Allen and Nora Allen, and the ancestor of Eobard Thawne.
The doctor who delivered the twins had already accidentally killed a separate child who belonged to Charlene Thawne. To cover up the error, he removed the first baby from Nora's womb and gave Malcolm, the first-born, to the Thawnes and told the Allens that Barry was the surviving twin while the other twin had been stillborn.[30] Malcolm's "parents" (Hugo and Charlene) were con artists, passing off a healing salve that was actually used to cover the Thawnes' natural super-abilities. Because of his clean-cut looks and demeanor, Malcolm was most often used to lure the unsuspecting victims. As an adult, he was in Central City, and stumbled onto Barry by chance. Curious why there was another man with his face, he demanded the truth from his parents who admitted having been aware of the infant switch from the beginning. Malcolm refused to believe that his parents could be so heartless, and he tracked down the doctor that had delivered him. The doctor confirmed the Thawnes' story and, in a rage, Malcolm murdered the doctor.[30]
The Thawne family's matriarch, Malcolm's grandmother, who also possessed the ability to control the "blue flame" (which was revealed to be a mystical ability passed down through the Thawne family) was disgusted at Hugo's pathetic use of the gift to con people. Malcolm, on the other hand, possessed the passion required to make full use of the ability. His grandmother trained him in the secret of the flame. Fueled by Malcolm's rage and jealousy at his twin for 'stealing his life', Malcolm fashioned a blue gem to contain the flame, which was capable of stealing the second Flash's superspeed.[30][31]
His first attempt ended in failure,[32] and Malcolm was absorbed into the gem, only to re-emerge years later when Wally West was the third Flash. Barry's death during the Crisis on Infinite Earths appeared to have cheated Malcolm out of his dreams of revenge on his brother. Instead, Malcolm focused on his brother's descendants traveling through time in a bid to exterminate them, starting with Wally. As Cobalt Blue, Malcolm ignited a family feud that endured for a millennium.
The feud came to a head in the late 30th century, where Barry was living with Iris West-Allen but Wally arrived as protection. The Flashes of all eras between the 20th and 30th centuries arrived soon after, all under the control of Thawne's spirit because they all were carrying a shard of the original Cobalt Blue gem.[33] After defeating all the other Flashes,[34] in the end, Wally ended the menace of Cobalt Blue by running so fast and skirting the edge of the Speed Force. Its power poured into the gem, and Thawne's spirit (and the gem itself) overloaded from the excess energy.[35]
Despite the fact that there are supposed to be many versions of Cobalt Blue between now and the 30th century, neither Malcolm or Cobalt Blue have appeared since the "Chain Lightning" arc. It is unknown if these timelines even exist following the events of Infinite Crisis.
Numerous others in the future have become Cobalt Blue, such as the 21st century version that was defeated by a time-travelling Jay Garrick and Iris West II.[36]
23rd Century Colbalt Blue
The Cobalt Blue of the 23rd century had brutally murdered the Flash of that era's wife and had crippled his daughter, Sela.[37] Eight months after this, the Flash killed Cobalt Blue, but his victory was short-lived as a child picked up the gem and, being consumed by its rage, killed the Flash. A time-travelling Max Mercury and Sela Allen, who was now healed, returned the boy to normal.[36]
25th Century Cobalt Blue
In the 25th century, the roles of the Flash and Cobalt Blue were reversed. Now Chardaq Allen had taken the role of Cobalt Blue. Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash and Wally West defeated Chardaq and returned him to normal.[37]
28th Century Cobalt Blue
The 28th century Cobalt Blue almost ended the Allen bloodline when she infected Jace Allen with a virus. Jace's father Blaine, the then-current Flash, sacrificed himself to save his son. Ten years later, Jace was now the Flash[38] and he and a time-travelling Jesse Quick defeated Cobalt Blue.[36]
Malcolm Thawne in other media
A variation of the character renamed Eddie Thawne appears in the live-action series The Flash, potrayed by Rick Cosnett.
Coldcast
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Coldcast is a metahuman who can manipulate electromagnetism for various effects in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, first appeared in Action Comics #775 (March 2001).[39]
Within the context of the stories, Nathan Jones, using the name Coldcast, is a member of the Elite. He is recruited into the team by Manchester Black prior to the team encountering Superman in Libya[40] After Superman defeats the team and Black's apparent suicide, Coldcast is recruited by Vera Black for a team that eventually becomes the Justice League Elite.
Coldcast in other media
Coldcast appears in Superman vs. The Elite, voiced by Catero Colbert.[41]
Colossal Boy
Comedian
Commander Steel
Condiment King
The Condiment King is a supervillain who is generally used as comic relief. Although Bruce Timm and Paul Dini created Condiment King as a one-off joke character in their DC Animated Universe television series, Batman: The Animated Series, Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty created their own version in Batgirl: Year One #8. He made a cameo in The Lego Batman Movie.
Buddy Standler
The Condiment King first appeared in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Make 'Em Laugh" as stand-up comedian Buddy Standler, voiced by Stuart Pankin. Standler was brainwashed by the Joker into becoming Condiment King to ruin his reputation as retaliation for being spurned during a comedy contest the previous year. The character was a throwback to the Adam West Batman TV series in that he was a whimsical villain and made many condiment-based puns.
Buddy Standler made his comic book debut in Detective Comics #1000. This iteration is shown to have two henchmen named Salt and Pepper.[42]
Mitchell Mayo
Mitchell Mayo is a criminal who operates as the Condiment King introduced in Batgirl: Year One. He was seen holding up a bank until he was defeated by Batgirl.[43] He later made an appearance while committing a crime before being defeated by the Black Canary, the third Robin, and the Blue Beetle.[44] While fighting him, Robin observes that the villain is potentially dangerous (if only because his condiment guns could cause anaphylactic shock), but his ludicrous nature prevents the Justice Department from taking him seriously.[45] In the aftermath miniseries of the Final Crisis storyline, the Condiment King appears on General Immortus' side, having been given acidic vinegar from Professor Milo.[46] He is seemingly killed after being betrayed and bludgeoned with his own mustard and ketchup guns by the Human Flame.[47]
Equipment of the Condiment King
The Condiment King makes use of various condiments (sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock) as his weapons in his condiment gun. The condiments include mustard, ketchup, tabasco sauce, and vinegar.
Condiment King in other media
- The Buddy Standler incarnation of the Condiment King appears in The Lego Batman Movie as one of several villains recruited by the Joker.[48]
- The Buddy Standler incarnation of the Condiment King appears in the video game Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Nolan North.
- The Mitchell Mayo incarnation of the Condiment King appears as a "Rare" figure in the February 2016 World's Finest expansion set for the HeroClix collectible miniatures game.[49]
- The Mitchell Mayo incarnation of the Condiment King is a playable character in the video game Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Armin Shimerman.
- Producer John Stephens has stated that he wished to include the Condiment King in the live-action television series Gotham, but was reportedly denied due to the ridiculous nature of the character and him not fitting the overall tone of the show.[50]
- The Mitchell Mayo incarnation of the Condiment King appears in Harley Quinn, voiced by Alan Tudyk. He first appeared on the promotional artwork released for the show before appearing in the second-season episode, "Thawing Hearts", competing against his rival Kite Man and Poison Ivy for a wedding venue.[51] While Condiment King ultimately secures the venue after Ivy is called to assist elsewhere, in the episode "Something Borrowed, Something Green", she has her sentient man-eating plant Frank eat him and his fiancée so she can have the venue for herself and Kite Man.
- The Mitchell Mayo incarnation of the Condiment King appears in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "#WorkingStiff", voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait. This version is an obsessive perfectionist who has been fired from multiple fast food restaurants.
Conduit
Confessor
Confessor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Confessor is a member of the Church of Blood. He serves as the group's interrogator[52]
Confessor in other media
Confessor appears in Titans, portrayed by Noah Dalton Danby.
Congorilla
Harriet Cooper
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Harriet Cooper is the aunt of Dick Grayson in the DC Universe.[53] The character was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, and first appeared in Detective Comics #328 (June 1964).[54]
Within the context of the stories, Harriet Cooper is Dick Grayson's aunt who comes to live at Wayne Manor after the death of Alfred Pennyworth.[55] She involves herself in both Grayson's and Bruce Wayne's daily lives and, on occasion, comes close to uncovering their secret identities. When Alfred returns from the dead, she remains at Wayne Manor at his insistence.[56] Over time, health problems reduce her activities and cause her to eventually leave Gotham City.
Some details from the television series (her last name, her status as a widow) were added to the comic stories in Detective Comics #373 (March 1968).
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Harriet has appeared in the ongoing series Gotham Academy.
Alternate versions of Harriet Cooper
Aunt Harriet appeared in Tiny Titans #33 (December 2010).
Harriet Cooper in other media
- Aunt Harriet appears in the 1960s television series Batman, portrayed by Madge Blake.
- Aunt Harriet has become a recurring character in the Batman '66 tie-in comics.
- Aunt Harriet appears in the animated movies Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face, voiced by Lynne Marie Stewart.
Cosmic Boy
Count Vertigo
Gerald Crane
Gerald Crane is a character in DC Comics and a father of Jonathan Crane, first appearing in Year One: Batman/Scarecrow, published in July 2005.
Gerald had a brief relationship with Karen Keeny which resulted in the son's birth, but as they were not married, Karen's mother and grandmother raised Jonathan as theirs, not even hiding their contempt for Karen, Gerald and Jonathan. Years later, Gerald moved to Gotham City, married and had two kids, finding a job in construction. His son (as Scarecrow) came back in attempt to kill him, but was prevented by Batman.[57]
In The New 52 (a reboot of DC Universe continuity), he appears in Batman (vol. 2) #1, where he is portrayed as a villainous doctor who experimented on his son and locked him in a small dark room. Gerald Crane suffered a heart attack and died, which left his son trapped inside the dark test chamber and wasn't discovered until days later by the cops when Dr. Crane's disappearance was reported.[58]
Gerald Crane in other media
Gerald Crane appears in Gotham, portrayed by Julian Sands. He is a biology professor, Jonathan's father and Karen's husband who died in fire accident year ago. Gerald has a severe form of pyrophobia for most of his life (inheriting this trait from his father), a factor which prevented him to save her. He took wife's body and crashed a car to make it seem that she died in a car crash. Debuting in "The Fearsome Dr. Crane", Gerald tries to develop anti-fear formula to cure his and son's fear, by kidnapping several people with various phobias with the help of his son and unnamed accomplice. He kidnaps Scottie Mullen (who runs a phobia support group), in trying to test her fear and later killing her to harvest the adrenal glands and acquire the levels of cortisol, a hormon which causes the fear and adrenalin. Gordon and Bullock prevent this and save Scottie. In "The Scarecrow", Gerald injects himself, believing that he conquered fear and injects it in his son, but is soon killed by Gordon and Bullock. His son is taken to the hospital, but develops a severe fear of scarecrows.
Ned Creegan
Ned Creegan is a supervillain in DC Comics.
Ned Creegan is a crook who was tipped off by Billy Blabbermouth about valuable jewels that are being used for scientific experiments. He breaks into the house of a scientist named Nevil Long, steals the jewels, and takes them to a fence. The sale is interrupted by Batman and Robin, who battle the two. As Robin takes down the fence, Batman sees that Ned is becoming transparent because of the jewels, leaving him a skeleton. After Robin refers to him as Bag O' Bones, Ned defeats Batman and Robin with his electrified touch. Ned then returns to Nevil Long's house and has him determine what is wrong with him. Nevil reveals that he has been experiment with surviving nuclear war. After giving the temporary antidote to Ned, Nevil reveals that his Bag O' Bones form loses a day in his life for every time he is in that form. Agreeing to work with Ned, Nevil sends him out with some antidote pills to test the outcome. As Bag O' Bones is robbing a museum, Batman and Robin attack, where he loses the antidote pills in the scuffle. When he starts to get weaker, Bag O' Bones surrenders and states that the jewels were being experimented on by Nevil Long. Batman and Robin go to confront Nevil. After a scuffle with irradiated animals, Batman and Robin apprehend Nevil and have him give the antidote pills to Bag O' Bones. After he agreed to sell his secrets to the United States government to avoid legal trouble, Nevil is present at Bag O'Bones' trial, where he is sentenced to 20 years in prison. When Bag O' Bones states to Nevil that he will not survive the sentence in his condition, Nevil stated that he would not be in this position if he had not broken into his laboratory in the first place.[59]
Ned Creegan returns with new powers as the Cyclotronic Man, where he is hired by Tobias Whale of the 100 to kill Black Lightning and Superman. He lures them out by capturing Jimmy Olsen.[60] The Cyclotronic Man was defeated by Black Lightning and Superman.[61]
At Gotham State Penitentiary, Warden Brewster informs Ned Creegan that his parole request has been denied. Having become the One Man Meltdown, he goes into a frenzy and escapes from Gotham City Penitentiary. This causes Warden Brewster to call for Batman. After tying in the thefts for the radioactive items, Batman brings along the Outsiders to help track down the One Man Meltdown. During the fight at S.T.A.R. Labs, the One Man Meltdown takes Halo as a hostage while using her aura abilities to his advantage. Katana defeats Halo, as it is revealed that Warden Brewster has been experimenting on him. Returning to Gotham State Penitentiary, the Outsiders and the One Man Meltdown prevent Warden Brewster from destroying Ned Creegan's medical records and hand him over to the police. Batman tells the One Man Meltdown that he will be there when his parole request is approved.[62]
Ned Creegan in other media
Ned Creegan appears in the Black Lightning episode "The Book of Occupation Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird", portrayed by Chase Alexander.[63] While he maintains his force field abilities, this version also has disintegration and telekinesis abilities and was part of the same program that gave Commander Carson Williams his power-mimicking powers according to Peter Gambi's research sometime after serving time for carjacking a minivan. In addition, he also called himself the Cyclotronic Man or Cyclotronic for short. Creegan fought alongside his trainer Carson in the war until he became disillusioned and sided with Markovia. When Cyclotronic Man attacked the A.S.A. facility that Anissa Pierce and Reverend Jeremiah Holt were given a tour of, he destroyed a wall and took down some guards until Carson arrived. When Carson fought Cyclotronic Man, he fought him to a standstill as Carson started to copy his abilities. The fight ends when Carson wraps his legs around Cyclotronic Man's neck and snaps it. Carson then introduced himself to those taking the tour, while reporting to Percy Odell that Cyclotronic Man and the Markovian soldiers with him have been eliminated. In the episode "The Book of Occupation Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream," it was suspected by Lynn that Cyclotronic Man was the carrier for a man-made virus that the Markovians used to infect the metahumans in the A.S.A.'s custody. This was confirmed by Helga Jace in a discussion with Lynn in the episode "The Book of Markovia Chapter Three: Motherless ID."
Creeper
Crimson Avenger
Crispus Allen
Crush
| First appearance | Teen Titans Special #1 (June 2018) |
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| Created by | Adam Glass Bernard Chang Jorge Jiménez |
| Species | Human/Czarnian hybrid |
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| Aliases | Xiomara Rojas |
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Xiomara Rojas was born to an unknown human mother and Czarnian bounty hunter Lobo. Mysteriously, she crash-landed in the middle of the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert wrapped in a sentient chain known as Obelus. Obelus wouldn't allow her to be touched, until she was discovered by the couple David and Lisa Rojas, who would adopt the child. The family would homeschool Xiomara, and would move a lot due to their debts and legal issues.
After seeing a report of Lobo fighting Superman, she immediately recognized her true father. She confronted her adopted parents, who had previously told her that her birth parents were superheroes protecting the universe. She ran away, and after being attacked by white supremacists at a gas station, returned to find her mobile home burnt to the ground, with her parents dead and Obelus missing.
She began to fight in illegal rings, where she took the name Crush. She was then approached by Robin, who invited her to the Teen Titans. She accepted, believing Robin could help her solve her parents' murder.[64]
After the Teen Titans were enrolled as students in the newly formed Titans Academy, Crush quits the team after feeling she has no place in the school.[65][66]
After leaving the Teen Titans, Crush would travel space to hunt for her father's bounty and confront him.[67]
By the events of Dark Crisis, Crush has seemingly rejoined the Teen Titans.[68]
Cyborg
Cyborg Superman
Cyborgirl
| First appearance | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #179 (May 2002) |
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| Created by | Phil Jimenez Roy Allan Martinez |
| Species | Cyborg |
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LeTonya Charles was a young woman who had destroyed her body with the drug Tar, but was granted a second chance when her aunt, Sarah Charles, one of the scientists who helped repair Cyborg, saved her with powerful cybernetic implants. Rather than use her newfound gifts for good, LeTonya chose to focus on personal gain as Cyborgirl. She became a member of Villainy, Inc., teaming up with several seasoned Wonder Woman villains. She and her teammates tried to overthrow Skartaris, but were stopped by Wonder Woman.[69]
When the government rounded up villains and sent them to the planet Salvation, she handed herself over to the Justice League to avoid being exiled. Soon after, Cyborgirl joined the Cyborg Revenge Squad and was one of several such beings to wage an attack against Victor Stone at S.T.A.R. Labs. Stone avoided Cyborgirl's electromagnetic attack, but succeeded in defeating her through sheer force.
Powers and abilities of Cyborgirl
Cybernetic enhancement: Because of the implants that her aunt gave her, Cyborgirl has the same powers as Cyborg. Much of her body has been replaced with advanced cybernetics. This grants her a variety of powers, including superhuman durability, superhuman speed, superhuman agility, superhuman reflexes, superhuman stamina, superhuman strength, enhanced senses and energy projection.
Cyborgirl in other media
- When Justice League was pitched to the Kids' WB network, the lineup originally included three young members as protégés for the Justice League. The members would have been Robin, Impulse and an original character described as a teenage female version of Cyborg (Cyborgirl or Natasha Irons). The promo is viewable on the fourth disc of the Justice League Season One boxed set.
- A character based on Cyborgirl named Laura Washington / Cyber-Woman appears in the Arrow season 5 episode "Invasion!", portrayed by Erica Luttrell. Dr. Laura Washington, nicknamed Cyber-Woman by Rory Regan, is a doctor that artificially augmented herself using technology stolen from Van Horn Industries. Augmenting herself cybernetically, Laura Washington stole a regulator from Van Horn Industries and implanted it in herself. Sometime after, Team Arrow tracked Washington down to a warehouse, hoping to take the regulator for their own means. Wild Dog took her on, but she shot blasts of energy at him, forcing him to dodge them. Before she could accurately hit him, Wild Dog was saved by the Flash. The Flash proceeded to beat up Laura, before allowing Supergirl to hit her, sending Laura at him for a finishing blow.
Cyclone
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