Who Is Flare? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Flare is a Heroic Publishing comic book character, the alter ego of Teresa Katrina Feran, with over 175 comic issue appearances. The beautiful, high-flying Flare is in part the product of a Nazi genetic experiment. Her siblings all possess incredible powers, Flare has power over light. She joined the ranks of the League of Champions, but often adventures on her own.

Who is Flare?

Origin Sunkissed and powered by photonic energy, the beautiful Flare is a firm hand of justice based in San Francisco . A child of the gods, born out of genetic experiments by expatriate Nazis who had escaped Germany and built a secret base in South America . Teresa and her siblings where all genetically engineered with paranormal abilities. Teresa had control of photokinitic light and the ability to fly, her younger sister Olga had control of electricity, her brother Thomas had enhanced strength and near invulnerability, and lastly her other brother Philip had mastery over his own shape. After being raised to the peak of her ability and schooled in all the sciences and many languages, Teresa was artificially aged from a 14-year old-girl into a full-grown woman. She was than given the assignment to destroy the League of Champions . But after a confrontation in which she very nearly killed Gargoyle , thought by many to be the most powerful of the team, she realized the error of her ways and turned on her former masters. In the years that followed, she became a loyal teammate and a world-reknowed heroine.

Key facts

Flare is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Curse of the Hellfire Crown; Chapter 1 Full Circle". The character is published by Heroic Publishing. With 175 recorded issue appearances, Flare ranks among the most featured characters in comics.