Who Is Dante? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dante is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 5 comic issue appearances. A sorcerous villain to a realm of Hell who has battled Supergirl and Young Justice.

Who is Dante?

Dante is the orphaned child of his late father, a mob informant, who was killed in a warehouse explosion in accordinance with Dantes' mother. Raised by both his parents families who he insisted treated him like an outcast and uncertain burden, Dante went through college studying the occult, history and archeological researches to lead him to locate a hell realm containing demon monkey like creatures that fed on anger, despair and pain. Whether his ability to survive this realm came by his own magical studies or by choice of the demons of the realm remain uncertain. Dante bases his realm as a joke for Dante's Inferno based on the book of same name while also holding a disco-like theme to the area transitioned to the song " Disco Inferno" from the 1970's. Dante himself is an affectionado for 1970 styled music, fashion and fads insisting that he may have found the hell realm as far back as said decade. Through effects of the demons or by magics, Dante has sustained his life as well as captured souls of evil people in this hell realm for years by hiring criminals to abduct and enslave evil people as tortured sustenence to the demons of his Inferno. Young Justice would come to first com.

Key facts

Dante is of human origin and first appeared in "Heck's Angels, Part 3: Dis, Dat and De Other". The character is published by DC Comics. With 5 recorded issue appearances, Dante ranks among the most featured characters in comics.