Warp (comics)

Warp
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #14 (December 1981)
Created by	George Pérez (plot, pencils) Marv Wolfman (script)
In-story information
Full name	Emil LaSalle
Team affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains Brotherhood of Evil Society of Sin
Abilities	Flight, ability to open portals that permit travel to other locations

Warp is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in New Teen Titans vol. 1, #14 (December 1981).

Fictional character biography

Emil LaSalle's origin is unknown. This French supervillain had previously fought Phantasmo and Fleur-de-Lis, prior to being approached by the Brain, Monsieur Mallah and Phobia to become part of their new Brotherhood of Evil. At first, Warp refused but, after being attacked by Captain Toulon and trapped on the "Earth-11" alternate Earth, Warp changed his mind and joined the group. (The whole affair had been engineered by Doctor Mist to get rid of Toulon and save the survivors of that alternate Earth.)

Warp has fought the Teen Titans on different occasions, later resurfacing with the other Brotherhood of Evil members who were then called the Society of Sin.

When the Joker altered the sanity of dozens of supervillains, Warp was one of those affected. He attacked the United Nations building, sending the top halves of many people into deep space.

In the Villains United "Infinite Crisis" special, Warp, now partially cured, was seen working with Doctor Psycho to free Doomsday from captivity near the center of the Earth.

More recently, he kidnapped Icemaiden, a service paid for by Delores Winters. Winters stole Icemaiden's skin, but the heroine survived, now in a comatose state in S.T.A.R. Labs.

During the One Year Later story, Warp rejoined the Brotherhood of Evil. He was most recently seen in Salvation Run, where he was used by Lex Luthor as a component in a teleportation device and was killed when it self-destructed.

Warp appears in the Blue Beetle #1 from The New 52. He is one of the villains looking for the scarab with Phobia and Plasmus.

Powers and abilities

Besides flying, Warp can open portals between any two locations that he chooses and travel through them and bring others through it as well. Repeated use of this power tires him out.

In other media

Television

• Warp first appeared in the Teen Titans episode "How Long is Forever" voiced by Xander Berkeley. Unlike his comic book version, Warp is a time-travelling villain from one-hundred years in the future. He travels to Jump City in order to steal a device that (his) history said he had stolen, but the Titans appear to stop him. Warp attempts to escape, but Starfire follows him into a time portal. They end up twenty years in the future after she takes a crucial part of his suit. He steals the part back and fixes his machine, but before he is able to escape, the future Titans (Nightwing, Animal Man (the new name of Beast Boy's future self), a run-down Cyborg, and a previously unstable Raven in her frequently-seen white cloak) apprehend him. In the battle, his time suit malfunctions and he is reduced to the age of an infant. Starfire returned to the present at the time when Warp was escaping back to his own time. Warp makes a brief cameo in "Cyborg the Barbarian" when Cyborg mentions what happens when history is tampered with. He makes one final appearance as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil in "Calling All Titans", aiding fellow supervillain See-More in an attack on Herald. Warp participates in the subsequent showdown with the Titans and is later frozen by Más y Menos.

• Warp/Emil LaSalle appears in the tenth season of Smallville portrayed by Elias Toufexis. He appears as a member of the Suicide Squad assisting Rick Flag on a mission.

External links

• Warp's Bio