Who Is Thorn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Thorn is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Rhosyn Forrest, with over 158 comic issue appearances. Tormented by a split personality, Rose Forrest is also the Thorn, a violent vigilante in Metropolis. In a posible future, she gains immortality and becomes an ally of the Legion of Super-heroes

Who is Thorn?

Note: This page is for the Bronze/Modern Age/Next Level heroine of DC's main Earth-1/Prime Earth reality. For the deceased Golden Age villainess of Earth-2 who also had a Rose/Thorn split personality, see: Rose Canton . For the post- New 52 rebooted character with a Rose/Thorn split personality, see: Rose and Thorn . Origin Bronze Age Thorn (Bronze Age) Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths , Rhosyn "Rose" Forrest was the daughter of Metropolis police detective Sergeant Phillip Forrest. One night Forrest and his partner Danny Stone were hunting The 100 , a formidable crime syndicate so-named because it had 100 members. Forrest and Stone became involved in a gunfight with hoods associated with The 100. After Stone was wounded and taken out of action, Forrest pursued the fleeing villains on his own. The chase ended at the waterfront, where Forrest rammed his car into the car driven by the criminals.

Key facts

Thorn is of human origin and first appeared in "Death House Honeymoon! / Night of the Thorn". The character is published by DC Comics. With 158 recorded issue appearances, Thorn ranks among the most featured characters in comics.