Has Lady Shiva appeared in any DC Comics films?
Lady Shiva
In 2011, UGO Networks featured Lady Shiva on their list of 25 Hot Ninja Girls: "She's the type of woman who makes it obvious why Bruce Wayne never really found love - his type is all too capable of kicking his ass." She was ranked #8 on the list of Top 10 Fictional Ninjas by Fandomania for being "one of the deadliest martial artists in the DC Comics universe".
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
IGN also ranked this version of Supergirl as the 94th greatest comic book superhero, stating "for a character born of the Silver Age that saw everything from a Super Baby to a Super Monkey, Kara Zor-El grew into something much more than simply another marketing ploy to slap an 'S' on." In 2013 IGN ranked Supergirl as the 17th greatest DC comic superhero, stating "she was an early example of a female sidekick developing a large fanbase in her own right", and "Supergirl has been one of DC's most powerful heroes, and a standard to hold other female heroes against."Kara Zor-El appeared in over 750 stories published by DC from 1959 to 1985.Kara Zor-El also appears as a supporting character in several issues of other DC Comics, including "Superman", "Action Comics", "Teen Titans", "Amazons Attack", "World War III", and "Wonder Girl". She has also appeared in many issues of "Superman", "Action Comics", and "Superman New Krypton" starting with the "World Without Superman" event in 2009, and continuing with the "World Against Superman" event going into 2010.
Babushka Lady
In 1970, a woman named Beverly Oliver told conspiracy researcher Gary Shaw at a church revival meeting in Joshua, Texas that she was the Babushka Lady. Oliver stated that she filmed the assassination with a Super 8 film Yashica and that she turned the undeveloped film over to two men who identified themselves to her as FBI agents. According to Oliver, she obtained no receipt from the men who told her that they would return the film to her within ten days. She did not follow up with an inquiry. She reiterated her claims in the 1988 documentary "The Men Who Killed Kennedy". According to Vincent Bugliosi, Oliver "has never proved to most people's satisfaction that she was in Dealey Plaza that day." Confronted with the fact that the Yashica Super-8 camera was not made until 1969, she stated that she received the "experimental" camera from a friend and was not even sure the manufacturer's name was on it.
List of Marvel Comics characters: H
A character named Councilwoman Hawley appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, played by Jenny Agutter. She is a member of the World Security Council who oversees S.H.I.E.L.D.'s activities. She first appears in "The Avengers" (2012) where she wants to use the Cosmic Cube's power to create weapons rather than approve the Avengers Initiative. She also agrees to New York City's nuking during the Chitauri invasion. Hawley reappears in "" (2014) to approve Project Insight but unaware that Alexander Pierce works with HYDRA. She is later impersonated by Black Widow.
List of Marvel Family enemies (N–Z)
The Seven Deadly Sins will appear in the film "Shazam!", set in the DC Extended Universe. They are initially trapped in statues guarded by the wizard Shazam but escape and align themselves with Sivana. The characters were portrayed by stunt doubles in motion capture suits on-set during filming and will be depicted as CGI characters.
List of films based on DC Comics
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book publishers. It produces material featuring numerous well-known superhero characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow. Most of this material takes place in a shared fictional universe, which also features teams such as the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including "V for Vendetta", and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo.
Ladyhawk (comics)
Ladyhawk (Rosetta Morgan and Regina Morgan) is the shared codename of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters appeared in the series "Spider-Girl". Their first names were revealed to be Rosetta and Regina in "Amazing Spider-Girl" #7; their last names were revealed in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #4".
Black Widow (Claire Voyant)
Black Widow (Claire Voyant) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. An antiheroine who kills evildoers in order to deliver their souls to Satan, her master, she first appears in "Mystic Comics" #4 (cover dated Aug. 1940), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics. Created by writer George Kapitan and artist Harry Sahle, she is unrelated to Marvel's later superspy character called Black Widow.
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Natalia Alianovna Romanova (Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова; alias: Natasha Romanoff; Russian: Наташа Романофф), colloquial: Black Widow (; transliterated "Chyornaya Vdova") is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted in "Tales of Suspense" #52 (April 1964). The character was introduced as a Russian spy, an antagonist of the superhero Iron Man. She later defected to the United States, becoming an agent of the fictional spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and a member of the superhero team the Avengers.
Marvel Divas
Marvel Divas is a limited series comic book published by Marvel Comics. On April 9, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada revealed in his weekly blog with MySpace Comic Books that the series follows four female heroes, who, up until now, had nothing in common. The group featured Firestar (Angelica Jones), Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Hellcat (Patsy Walker) and Photon (Monica Rambeau), four single women who bond over their inabilities to find a solid romance. The creative team is Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Tonci Zonjic.
Batgirl
During the "" storyline, Cassandra Cain was given the role of Batgirl under the guidance of Batman and Oracle. Written as the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva, she is trained from early childhood to read human body language instead of developing verbal and written communication skills as part of her father's conditioning to mold her into the world's deadliest assassin. However, after committing her first murder, she vows to never again use her martial-arts prowess to kill. In 2000, she became the first Batgirl to star in an eponymous monthly comic book series as well as one of the most prominent characters of Asian descent to appear in American comics. The series was canceled in 2006 and Cassandra Cain abandoned the role of Batgirl shortly thereafter. Years later, Cassandra rejoined the Batman family under the moniker Blackbat.
Shayera Hol
With the fading popularity of superheroes during the late 1940s, the Hawkman feature ended in the last issue of "Flash Comics" in 1949. In 1956, DC Comics resurrected the Flash by revamping the character with a new identity and backstory. Following the success of the new Flash, DC Comics revamped Hawkman in a similar fashion with "The Brave and the Bold" #34 in 1961. The Silver Age versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl became married alien police officers from the planet Thanagar who come to Earth in order to study police techniques. Silver Age Hawkgirl is introduced as Shayera Hol (phonetically identical to Shiera Hall), who appears in costume as of her first appearance. Although Silver Age Hawkman joins the Justice League in "Justice League of America" #31 in 1964, Silver Age Hawkgirl was not offered membership because Justice League rules only allowed for one new member to be admitted at a time. Several years later, Silver Age Hawkgirl joined the Justice League of America with issue #146 in 1977. In 1981, Silver Age Hawkgirl changed her name to Hawkwoman in the Hawkman backup feature of "World's Finest Comics" #274.
Lady Shiva
During her time with Richard Dragon, Shiva becomes addicted to combat and life-or-death situations. Already a very accomplished martial artist, Shiva hires herself out as a mercenary both to recapture the thrill and to finance further training. Her considerable skills allow her to ask a high price for her services, and she soon becomes highly sought after.
Priya's Shakti
Priya's Shakti is India's first augmented reality comic book and was launched at Mumbai Comicon 2014 June 2015. The graphic novel or comic book tells the story of Priya, a villager from India who is gang raped by men in her village. When she recalls her ordeal to her family, they shun her saying she has brought shame on them. The village elders too blame her for "provoking" the men. Ashamed and scared Priya flees to the forest to end her life. But the Goddess Parvati, queen to the King of Gods Shiva, sees her plight and seeks to help her. She enters Priya's body and confronts the men who raped Priya. The men do not realize Parvati is inside Priya and try to rape her again. This angers the Goddess and she takes her true form. Meanwhile, Shiva is awakened from his slumber and sees how mortals (men) are treating his wife. Furious he curses all mankind to impotency! Chaos reigns. The story of Priya then takes a new turn. How Priya champions the cause of women's rights and transforms at least her own village - is the story of Priya's Shakti (Shakti=power)
David Cain (comics)
Cassandra recently became curious as to the identity of her birth mother, believing it to be Lady Shiva. When she visited Cain in prison, he refused to tell her. Cassandra eventually confirmed her suspicions when she met Lady Shiva herself. As a result, Cassandra also quit being the super heroine Batgirl.
Evil Queen (Disney)
The Queen is featured in some Disney television specials like "Our Unsung Villains" (1956) and "Disney's Greatest Villains" (1977). Segments of the Queen's appearance are also shown in "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982) and in "A Disney Halloween" (1983). She makes small cameo appearances in the animated series "Disney's House of Mouse", voiced by Susanne Blakeslee (where she is seen sitting with Lady Tremaine in her queen form, and with Madam Mim and Witch Hazel in her witch form) and in the films "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) and "Runaway Brain" (1995), shown there in her witch form.
Scarlet Witch
Elizabeth Olsen plays Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The comic book costume was ignored in favor of more everyday clothes. She first appeared, as well as Quicksilver, in a mid-credits scene of the 2014 film "" as a prisoner of Baron Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann). Scarlet Witch became a supporting character in the 2015 film "", where the siblings initially conspire with Ultron (James Spader) but later defect to the Avengers. Quicksilver dies in the ensuing conflict while Wanda goes on to become a member of Captain America's Avengers. She appears in the 2016 film "". Both Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson signed multi-picture deals. Olsen appeared in "", which was released on April 27, 2018. She will reprise the role again in "", scheduled to be released on April 26, 2019.
Scarlet Witch's solo appearances have been collected in a number of trade paperbacks:
Lilith (Marvel Comics)
The character subsequently appeared in "Vampire Tales" #6 (August 1974), "The Tomb of Dracula" vol. 1 #23 (August 1974), #25 (October 1974) and #28 (January 1975), "Dracula Lives!" #10-11 (January-March 1975), "Marvel Preview" #12 (September 1977), "The Tomb of Dracula" vol. 1 #60 (September 1977), "Marvel Preview" #16 (June 1978), "The Tomb of Dracula" vol. 1 #66-67 (September-November 1978), "The Tomb of Dracula" vol. 2 #3 (February 1980) and #5-6 (June and August 1980), "Uncanny X-Men Annual" #6 (1982), and her apparent "death" occurred in "Doctor Strange" vol. 2 #62 (December 1983). She made a posthumous appearance in "Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme" #9 (November 1989).
Vanessa Fisk
Vanessa Fisk (née Mariana) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As the wife of mobster the Kingpin of Crime (Wilson Fisk) and the mother of Richard Fisk, she appears as a supporting character in stories featuring those villains, usually those starring Daredevil and Spider-Man.
Beverly Switzler
Beverly Switzler is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is mostly a companion and sometime girlfriend to Howard the Duck. She was portrayed by Lea Thompson in the 1986 film "Howard the Duck".
Lady Shiva
When Batman discovers that the remains of the O-Sensei's wife had been moved to a small island, Shiva, the O-Sensei, Green Arrow, and the Question set out for the island, only to be caught in a storm. The O-Sensei is lost overboard, but the group discovers that his wife's remains had likewise been mislaid, years earlier, while in transport, leaving O-Sensei's promise fulfilled.
Shiva (2012 film)
The muhurtha of Shivaraj Kumar's 102nd film Shiva was held at the Dodda Ganapathy Temple in Bangalore on 10 June, Friday. Immediately after the movie launch, the Hat-trick hero took part in the filming and completed shooting of a few sequences with his lady love Ragini Dwivedi. He has also shot a comical fight sequence with Shobharaj, Bullet Prakash and a few fighters.
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in "Marvel Spotlight" #32 (cover-dated February 1977), and 50 issues of an ongoing series titled "Spider-Woman" followed. At its conclusion, she was killed, and though later resurrected, she fell into disuse, supplanted by other characters using the name Spider-Woman.
Lady Shiva
Eventually, they discover that the Ghost Dragons are creating a virulent plague. Robin, Shiva, and ally Clyde Rawlins attempt to stop them from releasing it, but the Dragons escape with a few canisters. After tracking them to Hong Kong, they eventually defeat King Snake, though Rawlins dies in the attempt and Shiva mostly witnesses the proceedings. While King Snake hangs precariously on the ledge of a building, Shiva orders Robin to kill him to signify his "graduation" and become her "weapon." Robin refuses and leaves. Shiva then throws King Snake off the ledge herself, though he survives the fall.
Lady Styx
Following the one-year gap during which "52" takes place, she has reappeared in several of DC Comics' science fiction series. In "Mystery in Space", she is the source of Captain Comet's death and rebirth, a cycle which began when her forces attacked him in "52". In the 2006 "Omega Men" miniseries, Lady Styx appears as the central antagonist, seeking powerful artifacts known as "heartstones" in her attempt to remake the universe and usurp the role of God. Apparently trapped in another dimension, Lady Styx manifests in this series as a giantess.
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
In June 2012, Marvel announced a 10-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled", for release on September 25, 2012. The box set includes all six of the Phase One films—"Iron Man", "The Incredible Hulk", "Iron Man 2", "Thor", "Captain America: The First Avenger", and "Marvel's The Avengers"—on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D, in a replica of Nick Fury's briefcase from "The Avengers". In August 2012, luggage company Rimowa GmbH, who developed the briefcase for "The Avengers", filed suit against Marvel Studios and Buena Vista Home Entertainment in U.S. federal court, complaining that "Marvel did not obtain any license or authorization from Rimowa to make replica copies of the cases for any purpose." The set was delayed to early 2013 for the packaging to be redesigned. The box set, with a redesigned case, was released on April 2, 2013. In addition, the box set included a featurette on the then-upcoming Phase Two films, showing footage and concept art, as well as previously unreleased deleted scenes from all of the Phase One films.
Lady Lotus
Lady Lotus (also known as Lotus Newmark) is a fictional supervillainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in "Invaders" #37 in February 1979.
Lady Shiva
Shiva reappears to fight Batgirl at the Forum of The Twelve Caesars, and kills her in combat. Realizing that Batgirl had not given her all, Shiva revives her. Batgirl admits to harboring a death wish ever since Cain first forced her to kill; her ability to perfectly read the agony of her victim had deeply traumatized her. Having overcome her death wish, Batgirl fights Shiva again, shattering her sword. In the midst of battle, Batgirl accuses Shiva of having a death wish herself, really only traveling and fighting in search of her own death. Batgirl thus defeats Shiva.
Lady Shiva
In their search for Green Arrow, Shiva encounters slave traders, killing all except one, who successfully cuts her; she rewards him with a kiss on the forehead. After locating Green Arrow, she meets Black Canary for the first time, and spars with the hero. Although Canary does not know it at the time, the two had both studied under Sensei Otomo, though non-concurrently.
Devil Dinosaur
The first appearance of Devil Dinosaur after the cancellation of the original series was in Marvel's "Godzilla" comic book series of 1979. The character was not to be referenced again in a Marvel comic until 1986 when the Thing of the Fantastic Four travels to a Pacific island where ""Devil Dinosaur: The Movie"" is being produced. During the Thing's visit, Godzilla appears. After battling and destroying a robot Devil Dinosaur used in the film, Godzilla disappears once again into the ocean. Devil Dinosaur himself does not actually appear in the 1986 story, but beginning with the "Fallen Angels" limited series of 1987, the character has continued to make sporadic appearances in Marvel publications.
Lieutenant Marvels
The Captain and his three Lieutenants easily defeat Sivana and his henchmen, knocking their plane down and apparently killing all the villains except Sivana. After shouting "Shazam!" and transforming back into their civilian identities, the three Billys head back home. The Lieutenants returned from time to time during the Fawcett Comics era to aid their hero. In "Captain Marvel Adventures" #4 they are again kidnapped by Sivana's henchmen. Captain Marvel follows the kidnappers to Sivana's base. The three Billys are tied up under three sharp pendulums. However Billy transforms with them and they defeat the henchmen. They hear a noise in a shed, and find Sivana's daughter Beautia bound and gagged inside. They release her and she reveals Sivana did this. They fly away before Sivana detonates tons of dynamite under the house, then defeat him. They were probably put in suspended animation until 1973, along with many Marvel characters, by the Sivanas. They make their first DC appearance in "Shazam!" #30, when the whole Marvel Family is called upon to destroy Sivana's steel menagarie, which is threatening to wreck Pittsburgh.
Amanda Waller
In 2009, Amanda Waller was ranked as IGN's 60th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. In recent years, the character has been substantially adapted into animated and live action media. Several actresses have voiced or portrayed the character: C. C. H. Pounder for various animated projects; Pam Grier on the live-action series "Smallville"; Angela Bassett in the live-action film "Green Lantern"; Sheryl Lee Ralph in the animated series "Young Justice"; Cynthia Addai-Robinson in the live-action series "Arrow"; Yvette Nicole Brown in the animated series "DC Super Hero Girls"; and Viola Davis in the live-action film "Suicide Squad".
Count Duckula
Count Duckula appeared in North American comics under Star Comics (an imprint of Marvel Comics) and introduced an additional difference between this incarnation of Duckula which separated him from his predecessors. Due to ketchup being used in the resurrection ceremony, this version of Duckula has "ketchup", rather than blood, flowing through his veins. This was discovered when Duckula was given a blood test in order to get a passport into a fictional country which produced a salad which Duckula was obsessed with getting to eat. In the same issue, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor were photographed as a means of formal ID for said country; however, due to the classic stereotype of vampires not appearing in film, Duckula did not appear in the photo which was taken. Duckula would also gain a romantic interest in the Star Comics run; Vanna Von Goosewing, who turned out to be the niece of his long time adversary Dr. Von Goosewing. The attraction was mutual, and the two continued their relationship through the majority of the series after their introduction, though Vanna didn't always appear in every issue of the book.
Shayera Hol
Shayera Hol is the name of a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books during the Silver Age of Comics published by DC Comics. Shayera Hol was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert, and first appeared in "The Brave and the Bold" #34 (March 1961). Depicted as the second Hawkgirl and first Hawkwoman.
Lady Death
Lady Death is a fictional goddess appearing in American comic books published by Coffin Comics. Created by Brian Pulido, Lady Death first appeared in "Evil Ernie" #1 in December 1991.
Lady Death then reappeared in the "Evil Ernie: The Resurrection" miniseries published by Pulido under his now defunct company Chaos! Comics in 1994. The character was also the subject of a released in July 2004 by ADV Films.
Liquid Comics
The Shakti line ("Shakti" means "power" in Sanskrit) feature Indian mythology, art, history, classical stories, and other related themes, often with a modern twist. Its debut titles - two of the first three to see print from Virgin Comics - were "Devi" and "The Sadhu". "Devi" was written by Siddharth Kotain, and featured "a modern take on a very ancient myth", in which title character Devi becomes a "warrior of the light" after the pantheon of gods rebirth her in response to "the rapid decay of the city of Sitapur" caused by "fearsome renegade god Bala."
List of Dhruva comics
Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian comic book superhero created by Indian comic book artist and writer Anupam Sinha. Dhruva first featured in the title "Pratishodh Ki Jwala" in 1987. Since then, the character has featured in many titles published by Raj Comics, including solo issues, two hero and multi-hero crossovers, parallel series set in alternate universes, limited series and guest appearances. This list presents all these titles in order of publication; it also includes titles in which Dhruva does not appear but which are related to the character.
Lady Blackhawk
Lady Blackhawk is an alias used by three fictional comic book characters appearing in American comic books. The first, Zinda Blake, was introduced in a DC Comics publication in 1959 (Blackhawk #133); the second, Natalie Reed, appeared in a DC Comics title in 1988. The third, as-yet-unnamed, Lady Blackhawk debuted in a DC Comics title in 2011. All three characters were aviatrices and soldiers.
Lady Shiva
Discovering that David Cain had murdered her sister, Sandra hunted him down, only to be lured into an ambush by Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins, of which Cain was a member. In the heat of a losing battle, Sandra realized how Carolyn had held her back, and how much undeveloped potential she had. Cain spared her life, and in exchange, Sandra agreed to bear Cain a child, and leave it for him to raise. The child, Cassandra Cain, was to be Ra's al Ghul's "One Who Is All," a perfected bodyguard, whose only form of communication was literacy in body language, and whose sole instinct was for hand-to-hand combat. With Carolyn gone, Cassandra and Sandra were the only two humans known to share this gift. The day of Cassandra's birth, Sandra set out to become reborn as the Lady Shiva: creator and destroyer.
Madame Web
Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Madame Web first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #210, published November 1980, and was created by writer Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita Jr. She is usually depicted as a supporting character in the "Spider-Man" comic book series. She is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition Madame Web never actively fought any villains.
Lady Shiva
Afterward, she briefly takes up crimefighting with Dragon and fellow martial artist Ben Turner, to allay her feelings of purposelessness, saying "I tolerate Dragon because danger seems to cling to him like fly to honey... and without danger my life is empty!" Dragon, in hopes that she might follow his example and use her skills for good, coaxes her to explore the spiritual side of martial arts, to no apparent success. When the three eventually part ways, Shiva begins a wandering existence, training herself further, and eventually parlaying her skills into a career as a master assassin.
List of Marvel Comics characters: L
Lady Lark (Linda Lewis), later named Skylark, is a character in the Marvel Comics series Squadron Supreme and hails from Earth-712. She first appeared in "Avengers" #85 (February 1971), and was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. She is based on Black Canary and later on Hawkgirl in DC Comics.
Black Mamba (comics)
Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in "Marvel Two-in-One" #64 (June 1980) created by writers Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio. The character is most closely associated with the Serpent Society and BAD Girls, Inc. but has also been a member of the Masters of Evil, the Femizons and the Women Warriors.
Hawkgirl
Hawkgirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall, was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, and first appeared in "Flash Comics" #1 (January 1940). Shayera Hol was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert, and first appeared in "The Brave and the Bold" #34 (March 1961). Kendra Saunders was created by writer David S. Goyer and artist Stephen Sadowski, and first appeared in "JSA: Secret Files and Origins" #1 (August 1999). One of DC's earliest super-heroines, Hawkgirl has appeared in many of the company's flagship team-up titles including Justice Society of America and Justice League of America.
Lady Shiva
Eventually, Batgirl's skills attract Shiva's attention. Without telling her of their relationship, Shiva challenges Batgirl to a battle to the death. To Shiva's disappointment, she defeats Batgirl soundly. Batgirl's body language fluency is newly impaired by a telepath's forcible inculcation of the ability to speak. Wanting to fight Batgirl at her peak, Shiva spares her life, and promises to retrain her on the condition that they have a rematch in one year. The secret to being undefeatable, Shiva explains, is to not fear death, even to seek it. Under Shiva's care, Batgirl soon regains her abilities.
Shiva
In the "Final Fantasy" videogame series, Shiva is often depicted as a benevolent ancient being of Ice Element who frequently aids the heroes against mighty foes (via summoning). Shiva is also a character in the video game "Dark Souls", with the name Shiva of the East.
Lady Styx
Lady Styx first appeared in "52" #31 as the main antagonist to Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire. She later made appearances in "Omega Men" and "Countdown to Adventure". Though not present herself, Lady Styx's cult appeared in "".
Raven (DC Comics)
Raven is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a special insert in "DC Comics Presents" #26 (October 1980), and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. The daughter of a demon father (Trigon) and human mother (Arella), Raven is an empath who can teleport and control her "soul-self", which can fight physically, as well as act as Raven's eyes and ears away from her physical body. She is a prominent member of the superhero team Teen Titans. The character also goes by the alias Rachel Roth as a false civilian name.
Lady Shiva
During a recent mission, Oracle's team confronts the villain Prometheus, whose helmet allows him to copy the skills of 30 of the world's greatest martial artists, including Shiva herself. This had allowed him a victory against Batman in the past. Shiva believes that his files on her would be out of date, and that she would be able to defeat her "old self". She seems unconcerned about the skills of the other 29 fighters, and apparently decides to attack Prometheus head-on. Prometheus, however, has more up-to-date files than Shiva suspected, and in three seconds knocks her to the ground. After this defeat, Shiva vanishes, leaving a message for Black Canary: "Tell the Canary, I release her."
Mad Dog (DC Comics)
Cassandra gathered evidence indicating that Lady Shiva was her mother, and sought out Shiva to confirm this. At the time Shiva was the sensei of Nyssa's new League. When Batgirl arrived she played a key role in the rebirth of Mr. Freeze's wife Nora Fries as the monstrous Lazara, and several League members died in the resulting chaos. Due to the conflict between their loyalty to Shiva and Nyssa and their near-worship of Batgirl as "the One Who is All" the League split at that point, with several members pledging themselves to Cassandra. Several more members of the League (including all the defectors except one) died when the Mad Dog went on a killing spree. The Mad Dog was successful in killing Batgirl (who gave her life to protect the last of the defected assassins), although she was able to knock him unconscious before perishing. Cassandra was quickly restored to life in a Lazarus Pit by Shiva. The Mad Dog's fate is unknown.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, a new character named Mad Dog appeared. This version of the character works as bounty hunter for an unnamed organization that "pays his bills." He is hired to go after the Suicide Squad in order to recover a newborn baby the Squad had kidnapped. Mad Dog knows Deadshot's secret identity, and is surprised that Deadshot is a member of the Suicide Squad and not incarcerated at Belle Reve. While using thermal vision on his mask to see through smoke, Mad Dog shoots Black Spider in the chest and blows up a diner with Black Spider and El Diablo still inside. Before he can fire any more shots and steal "the package", Harley Quinn releases knockout gas into the room to prevent further gunfire. Mad Dog and his team find Deadshot and Harley at their hideout and chase them inside. Harley has once again turned on the gas to prevent any gunfire from Mad Dog inside the hideout. They evacuate the building, which then explodes. As Mad Dog flees, swearing revenge on Deadshot, he encounters King Shark. When King Shark rejoins his fellow Squad members, he is seen wearing Mad Dog's necklace, implying that he killed him.
Abra Kadabra (comics)
Abra Kadabra (Citizen Abra) is a magical supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
List of minor DC Comics characters
In "DC Rebirth", Lady Eve kills a Kobra operative after Katana stole Dr. Helga Jace from them. This leads Kobra into attacking the nearby Markovian village, Lady Eve confronts Katana and the two duel almost to a standstill, until a child distracts Katana. This enables Lady Eve to gain the upper hand and make off with Dr. Jace. Lady Eve has the Kobra soldiers place everybody against the wall. While Katana works to catch up to Dr. Jace, Lady Eve runs into Violet Harper, where she gives the details for her illness and cure. Afterwards, Lady Eve and the Kobra soldiers left her to begin to self-narcotisise. When Lady Eve gets Katana in bondage, the Suicide Squad arrives to rescue Katana. When Lady Eve gets the Soultaker at the time when Katana, Prince Brion Markov, and the Suicide Squad are captured by the Kobra organization, Katana breaks free and kicks the Soultaker out of Lady Eve's hands, while debilitating her. Kobra and Lady Eve arrange for Dr. Jace to have an Aurakle bound to a comatose Violet. During the fight with the Aurakles, Katana accidentally uses the Soultaker on Lady Eve, while Kobra escapes.Lillian Luthor (portrayed by Alisen Down) (1951-1993) was the mother of Alexander Luthor and Julian Luthor, as well as the wife of Lionel Luthor.
The Lego Batman Movie
Alongside Joker, the main antagonist of the film's story, and Superman, who features heavily and has notable links to the Christopher Reeve films "Superman" (1978) and its sequel "Superman II" (1980), many other DC characters, both villains associated with Batman and other DC superheroes, feature in the film. The film's villains who have been featured in Batman comics, films and cartoons include: Man-Bat; Captain Boomerang; Egghead; Crazy Quilt; Eraser; Polka-Dot Man; Mime; Tarantula; King Tut from the 1960s series; Killer Moth; March Harriet; Zodiac Master; the Mutant Leader from "The Dark Knight Returns"; Doctor Phosphorus; Magpie; Calculator; Hugo Strange; an unidentified version of Red Hood; the Kabuki Twins from "The Batman"; Orca; Gentleman Ghost; Clock King; Calendar Man; Kite Man; Catman; Zebra-Man; and a variation of Condiment King from "Batman: The Animated Series". The other DC heroes who feature, both from the Justice League and "Super Friends", include: Wonder Woman; Aquaman; Cyborg; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Martian Manhunter; Apache Chief; Black Vulcan; El Dorado; Samurai; Wonder Dog; the Wonder Twins and Gleek. Although not part of the DC franchise, Iron Man from Marvel Comics is referenced in the film as part of a small joke about Batman's password for entering the Batcave in reference to the famous rivalry between DC and Marvel.
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Lady Eve is a fictional supervillainess created by Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis, making her first appearance in "Batman and the Outsiders" #24 (Aug. 1985).
Shiva Ka Insaaf
Shiva Ka Insaaf (English: "Shiva's Justice") is a 1985 Indian superhero film directed by Raj N. Sippy and produced by Romu N. Sippy. It stars Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon and Gulshan Grover in lead roles. The film is termed as the first Hindi film to be filmed in 3D.
List of DC animated universe characters
Kathy Kane the original Silver age Batwoman could not appear as one of the three women to don the costume of Batwoman in the animated movie . According to the featurette included in the DVD release, Alan Burnett explains they had intended to use the name “Kathy Kane” but were asked to change it by DC Comics, thanks to some morally gray actions on the part of the movie Batwoman. This resulted in the character of Kathy Duquesne being created for the show. However, not much later, the a new Batwoman debuted in the new DC continuity being portrayed as a lesbian. The character of Renee Montoya was also absent from the movie. In the comics she was portrayed as Kate kane's Love interest. The movie however features a near identical character named Sonya Alcana.
Lois Lane
Lois is among the best-known female comic book characters. She has appeared in various media adaptations. Actress Noel Neill first portrayed Lois Lane in the 1940s "Superman" film series and later reprised her role in the 1950s television series "Adventures of Superman", replacing Phyllis Coates from season two. Margot Kidder played the character in four Superman films in the 1970s and 1980s. Teri Hatcher portrayed her in the 1990s television series "" and Erica Durance in the 2000s series, "Smallville". In the 2006 film, she was played by Kate Bosworth in "Superman Returns". Amy Adams in the DC Extended Universe. The character was most recently portrayed in The CW Arrowverse by Elizabeth Tulloch. Actresses who have voiced Lois Lane in animated adaptations include Joan Alexander in the Fleischer Superman cartoons and Dana Delany in "", among others.
Lady Demon
Lady Demon is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Chaos! Comics. Her first appearance was in "Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell" #3. Lady Demon is Lady Death's much darker and evolved form.
Godiva (comics)
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Godiva's alter-ego has been adjusted to Dora Leigh. Godiva is one of the members of the relaunched Justice League International, with her hair apparently restored in the wake of "Flashpoint". She is appointed to the team by UN director Andre Briggs, who uses her to win the favor of a high-ranking British politician. Upon joining the League, Godiva begins to flirt with Booster Gold.Godiva is a foe of the Titans who first appeared in "The New Teen Titans" vol. 2 Annual #3 (1988). This Godiva is vain beauty who claims to be the offspring of a Chinese prince and an African princess, Godiva is a mercenary who works in espionage, assassination and theft. Her base of operations is in the Swiss Alps.
Cloak of Levitation
The Cloak of Levitation is a fictional item appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Cloak of Levitation is depicted as a potent mystical cloak worn by the superhero Doctor Strange. The item has been referred to as a "relic" in the live-action movie "Doctor Strange" (2016).
Wonder Woman in other media
Since her debut in "All Star Comics" #8 (December 1941), Diana Prince/Wonder Woman has appeared in a number of formats besides comic books. Genres include animated television shows, direct-to-DVD animated films, video games, the 1970s live action television series, "Wonder Woman", the 2014 CGI theatrical release, "The Lego Movie", and the live-action DCEU films, "" (2016), "Wonder Woman" (2017), and "Justice League" (2017). She will appear in "Wonder Woman 1984", which will be released in 2020.
Rozlyn Khan
Khan appears in the film "Dhama Choukdhi". with Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari and Dipraj Rana. On 27 July 2013, Khan announced that she will be the first Bollywood star with her own web-comic. The comic launched on 4 August on her website. Khan also took on the lead role of Savita Bhabhi movie.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Following DC's 2016 DC Rebirth soft-relaunch event, the "Shazam!" characters were largely absent from new DC continuity, though Mary Marvel of Earth-5 appeared in "Superman" (volume 4) #14-16 (2016), and Black Adam appeared in "" #4-5 (2017) to battle Wonder Woman. DC Comics and Geoff Johns have announced that Johns will write a new ongoing "Shazam!" series illustrated by Dale Eaglesham. The series features an older and wiser Billy Batson and his foster siblings Mary, Freddy, Eugene, Pedro, and Darla exploring their powers and the Seven Magic Realms, as Doctor Sivana teams up with Mister Mind to form the Monster Society of Evil. The first issue, featuring a manga backup story focused on Mary and her pet rabbit Hoppy by Johns and "Shazam!" fan Mayo "SEN" Naito, was published on December 5, 2018.
Enigma (Marvel Comics)
Enigma (Tara Virango) is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Tara is a native of Bangladesh and through her mutation from a nano-virus, she gained superhuman powers giving her some sort of connection to the Buddhist goddess, Tara.
Lady Shiva
During the "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Shiva later appears as a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.
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Ava Starr is the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Ghost. The character, created by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, first appeared in the 2018 film "Ant-Man and the Wasp", and was portrayed by Hannah John-Kamen as an adult and by RaeLynn Bratten as a child in flashback.
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
The film is set two years after the events of "The Avengers". Stephen Strange, the alter-ego of the Marvel superhero Doctor Strange, is mentioned by name in the film by the character Jasper Sitwell. A remodeled Stark Tower from "The Avengers", now known as Avengers Tower, also makes an appearance in the film. Whedon directed a post-credits scene featuring Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann), List (Henry Goodman), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), who appear in "". The revelation in the film that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra informed the final six episodes of the first season of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", a television series set in the MCU.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
In January 2017, DC and New Line Cinema announced that the "Shazam!" film would be developed as two films rather than one, adding a "Black Adam" solo film which will star Dwayne Johnson to its development schedule. As a result, neither Johnson nor Black Adam will appear in the first "Shazam!" film. In February, Henry Gayden announced that he is now writing the film, and in July, David F. Sandberg was confirmed as director of "Shazam!" On October 27, 2017, Zachary Levi was cast in the title role, and Asher Angel was cast as Billy Batson a week later on November 6. Later in November, Grace Fulton was cast as Mary Bromfield, while Mark Strong entered negotiations to play the film's main villain, Doctor Sivana. Strong would later confirm his casting in January 2018. In December, Jack Dylan Grazer was cast as Freddy Freeman, with Ian Chen as Eugene Choi, Jovan Armand as Pedro Peña, and Cooper Andrews as Victor Vázquez, the kids' foster father. In late December, Faithe Herman was cast as Darla Dudley, and her "This Is Us" co-star, Ron Cephas Jones, was cast as the Wizard Shazam a month later. Due to scheduling conflicts, Cephas Jones was replaced as the Wizard by Djimon Hounsou during filming.
Cobra (Marvel Comics)
Cobra is the name of a number of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The most well known "Cobra" is Klaus Voorhees, now known as "King Cobra". He first appeared in "Journey into Mystery" #98 (Nov 1963) created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck. His nephew, Piet Voorhees, took over the name "Cobra" and first appeared in "White Tiger" #1 (Jan 2007) in a story written by Tamora Pierce and drawn by Timothy Liebe. Marvel has also used the moniker "Cobra" for two World War II Nazi villains and also a mercenary enemy of Moon Knight.
Lyla Lerrol
Lyla Lerrol is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in "Superman" #141 (November 1960). She is one of the many Superman supporting characters with the initials "LL" (others include Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Lori Lemaris, and Lana Lang).
Chun-Li
Besides the core "Street Fighter" series, Chun-Li has also made appearances in many other Capcom-produced fighting games, including all titles of the long-running series "Marvel vs. Capcom" (ever since "X-Men vs. Street Fighter", including Shadow Lady, a dark version of Chun-Li that underwent harsh experiments on Bison's orders and was transformed into a brainwashed cyborg) and "" (as a rival to SNK character Mai Shiranui), and in "" and "Street Fighter X Tekken". She and Ryu are the only "Street Fighter" characters to appear in every Capcom crossover title, including the "SNK vs. Capcom" fighting game series by SNK and the tactical role-playing games "Namco × Capcom", "Project X Zone" and "Project X Zone 2" by Namco (where Chun-Li is paired into a single unit with Morrigan Aesland from "Darkstalkers)", as well as in the platform game "Street Fighter X Mega Man" (in a boss fight of the "Mega Man"'s Blue Bomber). She was also planned to appear as a giant robot in . Often, Chun-Li either continues her existing story from "Street Fighter II" or seeks to arrest the other characters in the game that she sees as suspicious.
Silver Banshee
Silver Banshee is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an opponent of Superman. However, she is a superheroine in "DC Super Hero Girls", similar to the Batman villainesses.
Shiva (TV series)
Shiva is an Indian animated action television series currently airing on Nickelodeon Sonic. The series in produced by Cosmos-Maya and Viacom18. The show features Shiva, a brave and intelligent boy who fights with the dangerous villains of the nation. It is one of the highest rated television kids show in India. It airs in Indonesia on ANTV in title "Shiva" and dubbed in Indonesian.
Lady Shiva
In further pursuit of her art, Shiva tracks the defeats of martial arts masters, in order to discover new techniques. In this way, she develops an interest in the defeat of Koroshi, master of the art of empty-handed fighting. Gaining no information from Koroshi himself, she begins to search for King Snake, the man rumored to have defeated him. During her search, she meets Tim Drake, who is fighting King Snake's criminal organization, the Ghost Dragons, as part of his training to become the third Robin.
Ethnic stereotypes in comics
Female Asian characters in comics are frequently depicted as hypersexualized, cold-blooded and untrustworthy, in a racial caricature frequently referred to as the dragon lady. This stereotype references the popular villainess of the same name who first appeared in the vintage comic strip, "Terry and the Pirates", and was later popularized in film by roles such as that of Anna May Wong's title character in the film, "Daughter of the Dragon". In comics, examples of the dragon lady stereotype include Marvel's Fah Lo Suee (see below), the daughter of Fu Manchu.
Dragon Lady
Although sources such as the "Oxford English Dictionary" list uses of "dragon" and even "dragoness" from the 18th and 19th centuries to indicate a fierce and aggressive woman, there does not appear to be any use in English of "Dragon Lady" before its introduction by Milton Caniff in his comic strip "Terry and the Pirates". The character first appeared on December 16, 1934, and the "Dragon Lady" appellation was first used on January 6, 1935. The term does not appear in earlier "Yellow Peril" fiction such as the Fu Manchu series by Sax Rohmer or in the works of Matthew Phipps Shiel such as "The Yellow Danger" (1898) or "The Dragon" (1913). However, a 1931 film based on Rohmer’s "The Daughter of Fu Manchu", titled "Daughter of the Dragon", is thought to have been partly the inspiration for the Caniff cartoon name.
Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova / Natasha Romanoff is the first character to take on the Black Widow codename in the modern mainstream Marvel Comics. She was created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico and artist Don Heck, and first appeared in "Tales of Suspense" #52 (April 1964). The character has been associated with several superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, including the Avengers, the Defenders, the Champions, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Thunderbolts. She has appeared in many other forms of media, including the major motion pictures "Iron Man 2", "The Avengers", "", "", "", "", and "", wherein she is portrayed by actress Scarlett Johansson.
Evil Queen (Disney)
Usually under the alias the Witch, she often comes back to interact (usually to antagonize, but sometimes also to occasionally cooperating with protagonistic characters) with other Disney characters. She has appeared in the comics of many characters, including Daisy Duck's nieces April, May and June, the Beagle Boys, Br'er Rabbit, Chip 'n Dale, Donald Duck & Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Jiminy Cricket, José Carioca, Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Li'l Bad Wolf, Tinker Bell, and the Three Little Pigs, as well as her fellow witches such as Madam Mim from "The Sword in the Stone", Witch Hazel from "Trick or Treat", and Magica De Spell (especially in Brazilian comics). She also starred with the Big Bad Wolf in the 1970s-1980's comics series "The Big Bad Wolf & The Wicked Witch", including "Mirror Mirror", "Witch Switch", "The Apple Caper", "The High-Hopping Wolf", "Double Trouble", and "Getting the Boot".
Lady Shiva
During the events of the "Blackest Night", Shiva tracks down Renee Montoya, the new Question, and tells her she intends to test her in battle. The two women begin their duel, only to be interrupted when Victor Sage, now a reanimated Black Lantern, arrives on the scene and attacks them. Using his new supernatural abilities, Sage effortlessly defeats Shiva and tries to kill her by tearing out her heart. However, Shiva realizes that the Black Lanterns feed on human emotion, and cuts herself off from all feeling through the use of meditation, rendering her invisible to Sage. After the others on the scene do the same, Victor angrily departs.
Lilith (Marvel Comics)
Lilith returned years later in "Ghost Rider" vol. 3 #82-85 (February-May 1997), "Spider-Man Unlimited" vol. 2 #20 (May 1998), "Dracula: Lord of the Undead" #1-3 (December 1998), "Witches" #2 (August 2004), "Nick Fury's Howling Commandos" #2-6 (January-May 2006), and "Legion of Monsters: Morbius" #1 (September 2007).
Question (comics)
DC gave the Question his own solo series in 1987, written by Dennis O'Neil and primarily drawn by Denys Cowan. The series was published for 36 issues, two annuals, and five "Quarterly" specials. In "The Question" #1, the Question was defeated in personal combat, first by the martial arts mercenary Lady Shiva. He was then beaten nearly to death by the villain's hired thugs, shot in the head with a pellet gun, and thrown into the river to drown. Lady Shiva then rescued him for reasons of her own and gave him directions to meet wheelchair-bound Richard Dragon as soon as he recovered enough to get out of bed. Once there, Sage learned both martial arts and eastern philosophy. When he returned to the city, he resumed his journalist and superhero careers with adventures that tended to illustrate various philosophic points. To further illustrate those ideas, Dennis O'Neil had a reading recommendation in the letters page of each issue.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
The character has been featured in two television series adaptations, one live action with actor Jackson Bostwick portraying the character, and one animated, by Filmation. The character was also portrayed in the 1941 film "Adventures of Captain Marvel" by actor Tom Tyler. An upcoming New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. "Shazam!" feature film is scheduled for release in 2019 as part of the DC Extended Universe, with Zachary Levi and Asher Angel portraying the title role. Captain Marvel was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by "Wizard" magazine. IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time, stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time. UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment, saying, "At his best, Shazam has always been compared to Superman with a sense of crazy, goofy fun."
Libra (DC Comics)
In May 2008, his appearances were reprinted in "DC Universe Special: Justice League of America" at the same time as he was reintroduced, along with the Human Flame (a Martian Manhunter foe who appeared in "Detective Comics #274"), in "Justice League of America" #21. He returns, apparently retaining the full might of his godlike status, to lead a new and final incarnation of the Secret Society of Super-Villains, this time offering to every villain, from simple costumed crooks to major ones, the realization of his/her fondest wish.
Dava (comics)
Dava is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is a martial artist created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Staz Johnson, and she first appeared in "Robin" #49 (1998).
Wonder Woman (2017 film)
Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, produced by DC Entertainment in association with RatPac Entertainment and Chinese company Tencent Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by Patty Jenkins from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs, "Wonder Woman" stars Gal Gadot in the title role, alongside Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, and Elena Anaya. It is the second live action theatrical film featuring Wonder Woman following her debut in 2016's "". In "Wonder Woman", the Amazon princess Diana sets out to stop World War I, believing the conflict was started by the longtime enemy of the Amazons, Ares, after American pilot and spy Steve Trevor crash-lands on their island Themyscira and informs her about it.
Kevin Wada
Kevin Wada is an American watercolor painter and comics artist. Wada gained popularity as a fan artist, illustrating characters from Marvel Comics and DC Comics wearing high fashion. He now works as a comic cover artist. In 2015, he re-designed the Marvel Comics character Scarlet Witch. Wada currently resides in San Francisco, California.
Alternate versions of Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in "X-Men" #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series with husband the Vision, and has historically been depicted as a regular team member in superhero title "The Avengers". She has numerous alternative versions throughout the Marvel Comics multiverse.
Cheetah (comics)
An illusion of Priscilla Rich appears in the second story arc of the comic book based on the Wonder Woman TV series, though she never had any appearances in that television series. She, along with several other enemies, was created by Doctor Psycho in order to battle Wonder Woman. Cheetah exclaims, "I've waited decades for this moment", implying that she had battled Wonder Woman in the 1940s. Later in the series, Barbara Ann Minerva becomes the Cheetah in an origin similar to that of her "New 52" counterpart. Her source of power is revealed to come from the Egyptian goddess Mafdet. After a battle with Wonder Woman, she is taken into custody. Later, she reappears having escaped imprisonment. She convinces Clayface to attack Wonder Woman in order to restore his health. Cheetah is then seen working alongside the Riddler, Killer Croc, Clayface, and Mr. Freeze as part of Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows. Together, the group ambushes Wonder Woman, Batman, Catwoman, Batgirl, and Nightwing in Arkham Asylum.
Shadow Lass
Shadow Lass is a fictional comic book superheroine appearing in books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in "Adventure Comics" vol. 1 #365 (February 1968), and was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan.
Lady Shiva
Instead of her traditional black coat, the New 52 version of Shiva has appeared in a teal kabuki-like garb and mask, and is shown to be a master of weapons and martial arts, going to battle with throwing knives, swords, and usually a pair of kusarigama. In full gear she appears to have an extremely long, auburn braid with blades embedded in the hair that can be used offensively. However this is merely a wig connected to her mask. With the hooded mask off, her hair is shown to be black, and while it appears cropped in one issue, it is medium length in following issues. The character December Greystone is extremely similar in appearance to Lady Shiva's pre-New 52 look, but is a male and spell caster. 
In all of her appearances so far, she has soundly defeated nearly every opponent, including Batman, Nightwing, and Arsenal. However, when she engages Red Hood, her own arrogance gets the better of her, as he is able to defeat her with a simple chop to the neck that she taught him long ago, as a way of balancing their sparring lessons because she believed he could never actually beat her without using "shortcuts".
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Lady Eve would later assemble a second incarnation of Strike Force Kobra. When this version of Strike Force Kobra was defeated by Eradicator's incarnation of the Outsiders even after the death of the third Syonide, Lady Eve called Kobra for help, only for him to tell them to surrender. This action caused a strain between Kobra and Lady Eve.
Shiera Sanders Hall
With the establishment of DC's multiverse system, the Golden Age Hawkgirl was said to have lived on Earth-Two and the Silver Age Hawkgirl on Earth-One. Although Golden Age Hawkman makes his first Silver Age appearance during the first JLA/JSA teamup in 1963 and continues making appearances during the annual JLA/JSA teamups, Golden Age Hawkgirl does not reappear until 1976, in the revival of the "All Star Comics" monthly comic. During the publication gap between the cancellation of Hawkman at the end of the Golden Age and the reintroduction of Earth-Two Hawkman during the Silver Age, Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl are married off-panel. Golden Age Hawkgirl made further appearances as the mother of Silver Scarab in the "Infinity Inc." comic and as Hawkgirl as a member of the All-Star Squadron, a retroactive team of Golden Age heroes active in the 1940s.
Mary Marvel
Following DC's licensing of the Marvel Family characters in 1972, Mary Marvel began appearing in DC Comics, co-starring in DC series such as "Shazam!" (1973-1978) and "The Power of Shazam!" (1995-1999). Two limited series from 2007-2009, "Countdown" and "Final Crisis", feature an evil version of Mary Marvel having acquired powers from first Shazam Family archenemy Black Adam and further from Apokoliptian supervillain god Desaad. In current continuity following DC's 2011 New 52 reboot, Mary Bromfield appears as one of Billy Batson's foster siblings, and can share Billy's power by saying "Shazam" to become an adult superhero similar to the traditional Mary Marvel (the "Marvel" monikers having been retired with the reboot).
Lana Lang
Lana Lang is a fictional supporting character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She has appeared in other media adaptations of Superman, typically as a teenager. These portrayals include the "Adventures of Superboy" television series in which Stacy Haiduk played her, and the WB television series "Smallville" played by Kristin Kreuk. In "Superman: The Movie" Lana was played by Diane Sherry. In the 1983 film "Superman III," she is played by Annette O'Toole, who would later portray Martha Kent on "Smallville".
Lady Gorgon
Lady Gorgon (Tanya Adrian) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Matt Fraction, Rick Remender, and Howard Chaykin, the character made her first appearance in "Punisher War Journal" Vol. 2, #20 (August 2008). She is an enemy of the Punisher.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
The Marvel Family's non-powered allies have traditionally included Dr. Sivana's good-natured adult offspring, Beautia and Magnificus Sivana; Mister "Tawky" Tawny the talking tiger; WHIZ radio president and Billy's employer Sterling Morris; and Billy's girlfriend Cissie Sommerly. The 1970s "Shazam!" series also included Sunny Sparkle, the "nicest boy in the world." Jerry Ordway's 1990s "Power of Shazam!" series also introduced Billy's school principal Miss Wormwood and Mary's adoptive parents Nick and Nora Bromfield. The New 52 reboot of "Shazam!" introduced the Shazam kids' foster parents, Victor and Rosa Vázquez.
Leader (comics)
Prior to the release of "The Avengers" in 2012, Marvel ran a series of canon tie-in comics entitled "Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week", which take place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In issues #6-7, Sterns is seen undergoing a rapid head mutation just as he is discovered by Natasha Romanoff who stumbles upon him immediately after Hulk has escaped. Although his brainpower has already drastically increased to the point where he can pinpoint the exact location of Black Widow's birth just by a brief hint of Stalingrad in her accent, Natasha shoots him in the leg when he attempts to bribe her by offering to help her return to her home and he is detained into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.
Lady Shiva
Shiva is eventually hired by Reverend Hatch, the corrupt adjunct to the mayor of Hub City, to fight troublesome masked crimefighter the Question. She defeats him with ease, but rather than have Shiva kill him, Hatch instead has his men beat the Question further, shoot him in the head with an air gun, and dump him into the river. Seeing "a passion for combat" in the hero, Shiva rescues a near-death Question, and brings him to Richard Dragon's mountain hideaway, to give him a chance to fulfill his potential. In his civilian identity as Victor Sage, the Question enters Dragon's tutelage, training in combat and undergoing a spiritual awakening.
Sri Manjunatha (film)
Manjunatha is an epithet of Lord Shiva. 'Manju' means snow and 'Natha' means lord. Since Sri Shiva resides on Sri Kailashagiri, he is hence the ruler of the Himalaya Mountains in addition to being the lord of that loka (dimension). Therefore, he is called Manjunatha.
Manjunatha is one of the most common names in Karnataka state for males and Manjula for females. Both are commonly called by the nickname name "Manju." This is mostly because of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy located in Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala.
Supergirl (Linda Danvers)
Linda Danvers, formerly known as "Supergirl", is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Peter David and artist Gary Frank, she debuted in "Supergirl" vol.4 #1 (September 1996). She is not to be confused with Linda Lee Danvers, the secret identity used by the Kara Zor-El incarnation of Supergirl prior to the events of 1985's "Crisis on Infinite Earths".
Shiva (2012 film)
Shiva is a 2012 Kannada action film starring Shivarajkumar directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by K. P. Srikanth under Company films banner. The film also stars Ragini Dwivedi in the female lead role. This venture marks the 103rd feature film for the actor Shivarajkumar.