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Who Is Sgt. Rock? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sgt. Rock (DC Comics): A veteran of World War II who served as an infantry non-commissioned officer, Frank Rock is one of the most popular characters from war comics.

Who Is Kobra? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kobra (DC Comics): Jeffrey Burr is the leader of Kobra, a deadly snake-worshiping cult aimed at bringing about the Kali Yuga to wipe away the corrupt modern world and re

Who Is Kamandi? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kamandi (DC Comics): In the future, the Great Disaster destroys society as we know it, changing the status quo and leaving mutated animals as the dominant species and mank

Who Is Tuftan? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tuftan (DC Comics): Royal Prince of Tigers, Tuftan is often pulled by his duties as being son of Emperor Caesar and his friendship with the 'animal' Kamandi.

Who Is Cinnamon? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Cinnamon (DC Comics): Kate Manser was a gun-slinging Western heroine who partnered with the Rough Bunch. She and her lover Nighthawk were one of the many reincarnations of

Who Is Bat Lash? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Bat Lash (DC Comics): Bat Lash is a hero from the early 19th century, he is considered an outlaw by both the state and federal governments

Who Is Jonah Hex? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jonah Hex (DC Comics): A Civil War veteran turned bounty hunter, Jonah Hex's disfigured face and boorish personality don't win him many friends, but his code of honor and ex

Who Is Scalphunter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Scalphunter (DC Comics): Born Brian Savage, but raised as a Kiowa Indian named Ke-Woh-No-Tay (he who is less then human), He traveled the old west trying always to find a plac

Who Is Metron? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Metron (DC Comics): Metron was a New God who claimed neutrality in the conflict between warring New Genesis and Apokolips. He observed the Universe, always looking to exp

Who Is Jonathan Kent? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jonathan Kent (DC Comics): Jonathan Kent, married to Martha Kent, is the adoptive father of Clark Kent, who is better known as Superman. Before his recent death, he was a rural

Who Is Martha Kent? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Martha Kent (DC Comics): Martha Kent and her husband Jonathan Kent are the adoptive parents of Clark Kent (aka Kal-El / Superman). She also helps raise and provide guidance to

Who Is Timber Wolf? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Timber Wolf (DC Comics): His body charged by Zuunium rays, Timber Wolf is super-strong and super-agile. He is a longtime member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Who Is Tyroc? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tyroc (DC Comics): A member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Who Is Wildfire? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Wildfire (DC Comics): Being comprised entirely of anti-energy in a containment suit which gives himself a semblance of a human body.

Who Is Dawnstar? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dawnstar (DC Comics): Dawnstar is from Starhaven, a planet colonized by Native Americans and whose inhabitants are genetically engineered to have wings and superluminal fli

Who Is Uncle Sam? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Uncle Sam (DC Comics): Uncle Sam is the founder and leader of the The Freedom Fighters. His powers include strength, size manipulation, and invulnerability. His powers are d

Who Is Big Barda? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Big Barda (DC Comics): Bred for battle on the hellish world of Apokolips, Big Barda became one of her world's greatest warriors and served as the leader of Darkseid's person

Who Is Granny Goodness? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Granny Goodness (DC Comics): One of the residents of Apokolips, Granny Goodness is in charge of training (sometimes through brainwashing) new soldiers for Darkseid's forces. She l

Who Is Bernadeth? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Bernadeth (DC Comics): The co-leader of the Female Furies, Bernadeth is a fearsome warrior.

Who Is Lashina? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Lashina (DC Comics): Leader of Darkseid's Female Furies. Spent a period of time as a member of the Suicide Squad under the name "Duchess."

Who Is Mad Harriet? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mad Harriet (DC Comics): A cackling madwoman, Mad Harriet is one of Darkseid's Female Furies. She wields a pair of energy claws.

Who Is Stompa? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Stompa (DC Comics): One of the Strongest new gods and member of the Female Furies, Darkseid's elite strike force.

Who Is Katchoo? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Katchoo (Abstract Studio): Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski is part of the triangle at the heart of STRANGERS IN PARADISE; she is hopelessly in love with the straight Francine Peters

Who Is Francine? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Francine (Abstract Studio): Helen Francine Peters-Silver is one of the two central characters of Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise.

Who Is David Qin? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

David Qin (Abstract Studio): **BEWARE** Due to the non chronological nature and complex back stories of Strangers in Paradise there are a great deal of spoilers in this particular

Who Is Tambi Baker? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tambi Baker (Abstract Studio): Assassin and right hand woman to Darcy Parker. Recently, she has appeared in Terry Moore's science fiction epic Echo and in the "SIP Kids" mini series