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Aqualad
Aqualad is the name of two DC Comics sidekicks of Aquaman: Garth, Aquaman's Atlantean partner introduced in 1960 and a founding Teen Titan, and Kaldur'ahm from Young Justice.
Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon, also Batgirl and Oracle, is a DC Comics character created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, debuting in Detective Comics #359 (1967), paralyzed by the Joker in The Killing Joke (1988), and reinvented as the information broker Oracle.
Big Barda
Big Barda (Barda Free), DC Comics New God superheroine created by Jack Kirby, debuting in Mister Miracle #4 (1971): Apokolips-raised ex-leader of the Female Furies, wife of Mister Miracle, wielder of the Mega-Rod, member of the Justice League and Birds of Prey.
Booster Gold
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter), DC Comics time-traveling superhero created by Dan Jurgens, debuting 1986: a disgraced 25th-century football star who uses stolen future tech and robot Skeets to pose as a hero, famed for his Blue Beetle friendship and planned DCU TV series.
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a DC Comics superhero, a green-skinned 12th-level Coluan genius and descendant of Superman's enemy Brainiac. Created by Siegel and Mooney, debuting in Action Comics #276 (1961), he serves the 30th-century Legion of Super-Heroes, invented its flight rings, and appears in the 2006 cartoon and 2023 animated film.
Bronze Tiger
Bronze Tiger, real name Ben Turner, is a DC Comics martial artist created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the 1974 novel Dragon's Fists, debuting in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #1 (1975); brainwashed by the League of Assassins, later a Suicide Squad field leader who beat Batman.
Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang (George "Digger" Harkness) is a DC Comics Australian supervillain, a Flash Rogues member and Suicide Squad recruit, created by Broome and Infantino, debuting in Flash #117 (1960), played by Jai Courtney in film.
Cheshire (comics)
Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a DC Comics assassin and Teen Titans enemy, debuting in New Teen Titans Annual #2 (1983) by Wolfman and Pérez; a poison specialist, mother of Lian Harper with Roy Harper, and lead of the 2025 miniseries Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League.
Cosmic Boy
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes founder from Braal with super-magnetism; debuted in Adventure Comics #247 (1958); 1986 solo miniseries; animated and Smallville appearances.
Deadshot
Deadshot, also known as Floyd Lawton, is a DC Comics marksman and hired assassin, a Batman villain from 1950 and a core Suicide Squad member.
Doctor Manhattan
Doctor Manhattan (Jon Osterman) is the only superpowered being in DC's Watchmen, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in Watchmen #1 (September 1986); a physicist transformed by an intrinsic-field accident, he is named for the Manhattan Project, shaped Cold War history, and appears in the 2009 film, HBO series, and 2024 animation.
Emilia Harcourt
Emilia Harcourt, DC Comics intelligence agent introduced in Suicide Squad (2016) #2, an NSA/ARGUS operative monitoring Task Force X; on screen played by Jennifer Holland in The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker.
Female Furies
Female Furies: DC Comics team of elite women warriors of Apokolips, created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in Mister Miracle #6 (1971); trained by Granny Goodness, serving Darkseid; members include Big Barda, Lashina, Bernadeth; subject of a 2019 six-issue miniseries by Cecil Castellucci and Adriana Melo.
Firestorm (character)
Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein) is a DC Comics superhero, the fused "Nuclear Man" of the Firestorm Matrix, debuting in Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #1 (1978) by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom, with transmutation powers and a 2026 Lemire series.
Forever People
The Forever People are a DC Comics superhero team of five young New Gods created by Jack Kirby, debuting in The Forever People #1 (1971) as part of the Fourth World saga; touching their Mother Box summons the Infinity Man.
Fury (DC Comics)
Fury (DC Comics) is a codename shared by three DC superheroes: Helena Kosmatos, the Golden Age Fury; her daughter Lyta Trevor of Infinity, Inc.; and a New 52 Earth 2 character. Lyta, originally Wonder Woman's daughter, is the mother of Daniel Hall in The Sandman.
General Zod
General Zod (Dru-Zod) is a DC Comics supervillain, Kryptonian military leader and Superman enemy, first appearing in Adventure Comics #283 (1961); banished to the Phantom Zone, famous for Terence Stamp's "Kneel before Zod" and Michael Shannon's Man of Steel portrayal.
Grace Choi
Grace Choi is a DC Comics superhero created by Judd Winick and Tom Raney, debuting in Outsiders vol. 3 #1 (2003); a bisexual half-Bana-Mighdall Amazon with super strength, partner of Thunder/Anissa Pierce, and adapted on The CW's Black Lightning.
Halo (DC Comics)
Halo (Gabrielle Doe, originally Violet Harper merged with the alien Aurakle) is a DC Comics photokinetic superhero and original Outsiders member, created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo in The Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983), later adapted as Gabrielle Daou in Young Justice: Outsiders.
Hitman (DC Comics)
Hitman (DC Comics) is a Garth Ennis and John McCrea comic series (1996-2001) about Tommy Monaghan, a telepathic contract killer in Gotham's Cauldron, spun off from DC's 1993 Bloodlines event.
Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange, also Professor or Dr. Hugo Strange, is a DC Comics Batman supervillain created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, debuting in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940) before the Joker. Known for the Monster Men, deducing Batman's identity, and Arkham City.
Katana (DC Comics)
Katana (DC Comics): Tatsu Yamashiro, a DC Comics swordswoman created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo in 1983, wielding the Soultaker Sword that traps souls, including her husband Maseo's; member of the Outsiders, Suicide Squad, and Birds of Prey.
Kid Flash
Kid Flash is the DC Comics speedster legacy identity, first held by Wally West (The Flash #110, 1959), later Bart Allen, and currently Wallace "Ace" West (Flash Annual #3, 2014), sidekick and successor to the Flash.
Lady Shiva
Lady Shiva (Sandra Wu-San/Woosan) is a DC Comics martial artist and assassin, created by Denny O'Neil and Ric Estrada, first appearing in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #5 (1975); mother of Cassandra Cain.
Leslie Thompkins
Leslie Thompkins, DC Comics Batman character created by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano, debuting in Detective Comics #457 (1976) "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!"; a pacifist physician modeled on Dorothy Day, surrogate mother to Bruce Wayne, later Gotham TV's Lee Thompkins.
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor, DC Comics supervillain created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940) as Superman's bald, genius archenemy; reinvented as a corporate tycoon in 1986 and portrayed by Hackman, Eisenberg, and Hoult on screen.
List of Absolute Universe characters
Absolute Universe characters are DC Comics' reimagined heroes and villains on Earth-Alpha, launched October 2024 under DC All In. Batman is working-class, Superman is Kal-El only, Wonder Woman was raised by Circe; the line spans Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Catwoman titles.
List of Watchmen characters
Main characters of Watchmen, the 1986-1987 DC twelve-issue limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons: the Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and Silk Spectre II, based on Charlton Comics heroes.
Lois Lane
Lois Lane (Lois Joanne Lane-Kent), DC Comics journalist created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, debuting in Action Comics #1 (1938); Pulitzer-winning Daily Planet reporter, Superman's wife, later Superwoman and Daily Planet editor-in-chief.
Mary Marvel
Mary Marvel (Mary Batson/Bromfield), Fawcett-created 1942 superheroine by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, twin/foster sister of Shazam; first appeared Captain Marvel Adventures #18, had her own 1945-1948 series, later DC's Lady Shazam.