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Who Is Promethea? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Promethea (DC Comics): Promethea is the embodiment of imagination and magic. A demi-goddess that has used host bodies to provide the world with creativity.

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Promethea is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 62 comic issue appearances. Promethea is the embodiment of imagination and magic. A demi-goddess that has used host bodies to provide the world with creativity.

Who is Promethea?

History Promethea was a real little girl who lived in 5th century Roman Egypt. Her father was a hermetic scholar, sort like a magician. A christian mob killed him. Not uncommon back then but the gods intervened, taking his daughter into their world of myth and fiction, the Immateria. Promethea became a living story, growing up in the realm that all dreams and stories come from. Sometimes, she'd wander into the imagination of mortals. Charlton Sennet , the poet. Margaret Case , the cartoonist and Grace Brannagh , the illustrator.

Key facts

Promethea is of god/eternal origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 62 recorded issue appearances, Promethea ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

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Who is Promethea?

Promethea is the embodiment of imagination and magic. A demi-goddess that has used host bodies to provide the world with creativity.

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