Who Is Terra? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Terra is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Tara Markov, with over 349 comic issue appearances. The first Terra was secretly a spy for Deathstroke who joined the New Teen Titans. During The classic storyline the Judas Contract, Terra died. Following the New 52, Terra is once again alive as a member of the teenage runaways, The Ravagers and post Rebirth returned with Deathstroke and joined his team Defiance.

Who is Terra?

Current Events Doomsday Clock: Terra is revealed as member of Markovia's Outsiders. Origin Terra The king of Markovia had one affair which resulted in him having an illegitimate daughter named Tara Markov (Terra). The king decided that it would be best to send her to the United States of America to prevent his public image from being ruined. Because of Tara's heritage she inherited earth moving powers similar to the ones of Geo-Force, who was her brother, and with the help of a doctor named Helga Jace, Terra gained control. How much the doctor helped Terra in gaining control hasn't been explained, neither which was the process to do it, the doctor only implied that Terra got her powers by meddling. Soon after gaining control over her powers Tara Markov (Terra) decided to leave Markovia with a lot of hate and anger towards her father because of the fact that she was an illegitimate daughter. When Tara was fifteen years old she decided to use her powers to do illegitimate work for people. Creation A fan art of Terra Terra was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez .

Key facts

Terra is of human origin and first appeared in "Runaways". The character is published by DC Comics. With 349 recorded issue appearances, Terra ranks among the most featured characters in comics.