Who Is Marya? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Marya is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 14 comic issue appearances. Daughter of a servant to the Russian royal family who was chosen to train as a dancer. Instead, she escaped to realm called "Free Country", where she stayed until she returned to the real world to recruit Tim Hunter. She was also friends with Molly who she met at a dance academy.

Who is Marya?

Creation Marya was created by writer John Ney Reiber and artist Peter Gross in Arcana Annual 1 (despite what it says to the right abiout "first appearance"; Arcana Annual 1 comes before Children's Crusade 2). Major Story Arcs Children's Crusade Marya grew up in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Her mother was a servant to Empress Anna. She also knew Rasputin. The Empress made Marya and some other girls learn to dance, with a brutal training regime. She loved it in theory, but it was painful. Then someone brought her to Free Country , where she could dance the way she wanted, but felt too clumsy compared to the fairies. However, she loves to watch them dance.

Key facts

Marya is of human origin and first appeared in "In Which Avril Mitchell Learns the Story So Far". The character is published by DC Comics. With 14 recorded issue appearances, Marya ranks among the most featured characters in comics.