Who Is Terri Henshaw? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Terri Henshaw is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 40 comic issue appearances. Terri was the wife of Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman. She was also part of the Excalibur crew mission when it went wrong, gaining superpower temporarily before killing herself seeing her husband's new robot body. Terri was briefly resurrected as a Black Lantern during blackest night.

Who is Terri Henshaw?

Origins Terri Henshaw Terri Henshaw appeared as a crew member of the doomed LexCorp space shuttle Excalibur. Terri and the other three members of the Excalibur crew, including her husband, Henry "Hank" Henshaw were exposed to cosmic radiation, resulting in the crash of their shuttle. As a result of the radiation exposure, the human bodies of two crew members were destroyed. However, their minds survived and they were able to construct new bodies out of pure cosmic radiation and bits of earth and the shuttle. Initially, Terri and Hank suffered no ill effects from the radiation and the crew traveled to Metropolis, in the hope of using LexCorp facilities to cure their transformed crew mates. During a brief battle with Superman, the crew member now composed of radiation became unhinged and flew into the sun. By this time, Hank Henshaw's body had begun to rapidly decay while his wife was beginning to phase into an alternate dimension. With Superman's help, Hank was able to use the LexCorp facilities to save Terri, but died immediately afterwards.

Key facts

Terri Henshaw is of human origin and first appeared in "The Last Son of Krypton". The character is published by DC Comics. With 40 recorded issue appearances, Terri Henshaw ranks among the most featured characters in comics.