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B'wana Beast
Bad Samaritan
The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a supervillain, and enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in The Outsiders #3 (January 1986). He is a former Soviet spymaster who became a neutral party after the Cold War, to which he later became a valued asset for Checkmate.[1]
Bad Samaritan in other media
Zviad Baazovi appears in Young Justice, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.[2] This version is a psychic metahuman, Markovian ambassador, and member of the Light.
Bane
Baron Bedlam
Baron Blitzkrieg
Barrage
Barrage is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Phillip Karnowski is a criminal who originally fought Maggie Sawyer and lost his right arm in the process. While incarcerated at Stryker's Island, Karnowski gained some favors from his fellow inmates where he built a high-tech armor that included an energy cannon arm that replaced his lost right arm. With this armor, Karnowski became Barrage and attacked the Metropolis Police Department's Special Victims Unit to get revenge on Maggie Sawyer. Barrage was defeated by Superman.[3]
Barrage later escaped from prison and was recruited by Morgan Edge to join the Superman Revenge Squad and get revenge on Superman. The group was defeated by Superman.[4]
Barrage in other media
- Phillip Karnowski appears in the National CityPolice Department.
- Phillip Karnowski appears in the Mitch Anderson's superhero group.
Battalion
Batgirl
Batman
Batman Jones
Batman Jones is a Batman expert in the DC Universe.[6]
The character, created by Jack Schiff and
Within the context of the stories, his parents were rescued by Batman shortly before Jones was born and they named him "Batman" as thanks. The boy grew up idolizing Batman and tried to become a crimefighter before he began collecting stamps.[8] As an adult, he is an expert on Batman.[7]
Bat-Mite
Batwing
Batwoman
Beard Hunter
Beard Hunter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Ernest Franklin was a disturbed and closeted gay assassin of bearded men who was hired by the Bearded Gentlemen's Club of Metropolis to kill the
Beard Hunter in other media
- Beard Hunter appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Tommy Snider. This version is a bounty hunter with the ability to track down individuals by consuming their facial hair.
- Beard Hunter appears in a self-titled episode of Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Fred Tatasciore. This version sports an Australian accent.
Beast Boy
Bekka
Khalid Ben-Hassin
Beppo
Bibbo Bibbowski
Big Barda
Billy Numerous
Billy Numerous (voiced by Jason Marsden)[10] was specifically created for the Teen Titans animated series and did not have a previous appearance in the mainstream comics. He later appeared in comics starting in Catwoman (vol. 3) #78 (April 2008), now known as Repro.
Billy Numerous (real name William "Billy" Strayer) is a former student of the H.I.V.E. Academy and enemy of the Teen Titans. Numerous first appeared as a student of the H.I.V.E Academy, where his power of self-duplication was subtly hinted at. After the H.I.V.E. was destroyed during Cyborg's confrontation with Brother Blood, Numerous and most of the other students went freelance. Later, Numerous engaged in a robbing spree all across Jump City and he stole anything he and his innumerable clones could get his (their) collective hands on. His power thoroughly confounded the Titans, especially Cyborg, who became all the more obsessed in catching him. Finally, however, Cyborg realized that there was another way of catching Numerous. He and the other Titans confronted Numerous in the old stadium where he had stashed his loot, seemingly with numerous copies of themselves. To bring them down, Numerous created even more clones of himself, but finally pushed his powers too far. The resulting reabsorption of each of his clones caused a massive physical and mental shock, stunning him and enabling his capture.
At some point, Numerous entered Jinx's H.I.V.E. Five and was also recruited into the Brotherhood of Evil. As one of the Five, he participated in the attempted capture of Kid Flash, but even his numerous clones were unable to stop the super-speedster. Later, when the Brotherhood executed its worldwide strike against young superheroes, he and Gizmo were sent to capture Kole and Gnarrk in their subterranean retreat, but both heroes escaped them. When the remnants of the Titans under Beast Boy later attacked the Brotherhood's headquarters, Numerous and most of his H.I.V.E. Five teammates tried to run, but were intercepted by Kid Flash, aghast to see that Jinx had switched sides and joined up with him. Moments later, they were all swept away by one of Jinx's hexes and carted off by Kid Flash for flash-freeze treatment.
In Catwoman (vol. 3) #78 (April 2008), a character based on Billy Numerous named Repro appears. The small-time crook known as Repro was operating in Gotham City during the time when many of the city's criminals disappeared for a short time. He was one of the only two criminals left in the city, with the other being the Thief. Repro was a young and inexperienced criminal who only did small-time criminal activities, just enough to stay off the radar of big-time crime fighters. After a confrontation with Catwoman where he thought he had shot her in the chest, he hastily departed and ran to the Thief to tell him about it. He was, in turn, shot in the chest and killed by the Thief, who then dumped his body in an alley to cover up the murder.
Billy Numerous in other media
- Billy Numerous appears in the Teen Titans Go! tie-in comics. He appears as a background villain and member of the H.I.V.E. Five in this comic adaptation of the animated television series. He engages in various petty crimes and attempts at one point to join a new iteration of the team being organised by Psimon and Dr. Light. He fails the test, along with dozens of other villains.
- Billy Numerous appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Scott Menville.[10]He is a minor supporting villain, typically appearing alongside the other H.I.V.E. Five members.
Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky
Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is a
The character, created by
Within the context of the stories, Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is the great-grandfather of
The amulet allows his spirit to influence or control his great-grandson when worn.
Bizarro
Black Adam
Black Alice
Black Arrow
Black Arrow was created by Otto Binder and George Papp, first appearing in Adventure Comics #143 (August 1949). He is a leader of a criminal gang, who creates the identity as part of a robbery scheme to outwit the Green Arrow.[12]
Black Beetle
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Black Beetle is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Unnamed version
Originally posing as a
The "Origins and Omens" backup story in Booster Gold #17 hinted that Black Beetle would return and that his true identity would be revealed.
The Black Beetle returns in the present day, attacking Booster Gold and the new Batman in the
In the
Hector
In the final issue of Blue Beetle (vol. 2), Nadia, one of Jaime's tech supports, is killed by the Khaji Da Revolutionary Army, a subversive group of
Black Beetle in other media
- An original incarnation of the Black Beetle appears in Reach warrior and enforcer who wears a black scarab akin to the Blue Beetle's blue scarab. He assists the Reach in their invasion of Earth until he is defeated and depowered by Reyes.
- Black Beetle appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super Villains via the Young Justice DLC pack.[29]
Black Bison
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Black Bison is the name of two supervillains in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982).[11]
John Ravenhair
Within the context of the stories, John Ravenhair is a
Black Bison is armed with a coup-stick that allows him to bring any inanimate objects to life and command them to aid him as well as manipulate weather, but it requires a special amulet that he wears to maintain its power. He is also trained in the martial arts.
Black-Cloud-in-Morning
In September 2011,
In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Black Bison is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by the Riddler to talk about the Superman Theory. When Moonbow and Typhoon are stated to be creations of the government and Black Bison is near them, Black Bison states that he was not mentioned as having been created by the government.[33]
Black Bison in other media
- An unidentified Black Bison appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic.
- A female incarnation of Black Bison named Mina Chaytan appears in Iron Heights Penitentiary. In the episode "True Colors", she, K%lgore, Hazard, and Dwarfstar attempt to escape after learning Warden Gregory Wolfe plans to sell them to Amunet Black, but the Thinker intercepts and kills them for their powers.
Black Canary
Black Condor
Black Flash
Black Hand
Black Lightning
Black Manta
Black Mask
Black Orchid
Black Thorn
Vera Black
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Vera Black a.k.a. Sister Superior is a British psionic cyborg in the DC Universe.
The character, created by
Within the context of the stories, Vera Black is the sister of Manchester Black. As children their parents would often fight and Manchester would take her out to play to avoid them. As his idea of "play" became killing sprees, Vera's perspective became twisted. When her brother dies after attempting to destroy Superman, she has her ruined arms, lost in an untold childhood incident, replaced with cybernetic prostheses which can configure into any weapon she desires, initially contemplating revenge on Superman before she decides to be better than her brother.
Her new abilities result in her leading the remnants of the
Equipment of Vera Black
Vera's cybernetic arms have the capacity to transform into an almost unlimited variety of melee, projectile and beam weapons. They also incorporate camouflage technology relying on optics, as well as altering sense perception in others.
Vera Black in other media
Vera Black appears in Superman vs. The Elite, voiced by Marcella Lentz-Pope as an adult and by Tara Strong as a child.[35][36]
Black Vulcan
Blackbriar Thorn
Blackbriar Thorn was a High Priest of the ancient Druids of Cymru. When his entire sect is massacred by attacking Roman forces, Thorn flees to the surrounding forest. Attempting to escape capture, he transforms himself into solid wood, hiding amongst the trees. For Thorn's dismay, the agony of his dying comrades creates a geological upheaval which buries his newly arboreal form underground.
Millennia later, Blackbriar Thorn's body is unearthed by an archaeologist and subsequently displayed at the Gotham City Museum of History. When moonlight strikes the statue on the night of its unveiling, Thorn is revived and begins to wreak havoc on the Museum and its patrons, which includes the alter egos of Superman and Etrigan the Demon. The heroic pair's actions drive Thorn to retreat into the city, where he later attempts to procure a new body—-that of Superman. Together, Etrigan and Superman defeat Thorn, rendering him incorporeal.[37]
Blackbriar Thorn appears, seemingly in human form, during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. He, Etrigan, and other assembled mystics lend their combined energies-—channeled through Doctor Occult and Green Lantern Alan Scott—-to successfully defeat the Anti-Monitor's Shadow Demons, which had been ravaging the Earth.[38]
Disembodied once more and said to have lingered in Gotham Park since his prior defeat, Thorn is channeled by a stage psychic at the behest of
Blackbriar Thorn next appears (again, with a human appearance) as an agent of the demon
As part of
Blackbriar Thorn appears most recently in
Blackbriar Thorn is among the villains in the ambush of the JSA led by Tapeworm.[47]
In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, Blackbriar Thorn is re-established as one of two powerful magical entities used by Nick Necro to combat the Justice League Dark. He tries to destroy Zatanna in Peru by controlling an entire forest with his magic. He is then possessed by Deadman and neutralized.
During the Forever Evil storyline Forever Evil: Blight, Blackbriar Thorn is among the magic users in the possession of Felix Faust and Nick Necro. Faust and Necro plan to use the magic users as part of a weapon to defeat the creature that destroyed the Crime Syndicate's Earth.[48]
The character appears in the "
Powers and abilities of Blackbriar Thorn
Blackbriar Thorn has exhibited a plethora of abilities, including manipulation of the weather, extensive control over vegetation—either living or dead, the ability to regenerate from even a sliver of his physical form, and the creation of illusions. Thorn can draw strength and abilities though physical contact with the Earth itself. Inside buildings, he still retains the ability to control surrounding plant life, animating it to his will and frequently increasing its volume and strength. Thorn's organic manipulation of his own woody form, including the projection of tendrils and vines, appears to be uninhibited when separated from terra firma as well.[42]
Blackbriar Thorn in other media
Blackbriar Thorn appears in the Young Justice episode "Misplaced", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.[50]
Blackguard
Blackguard is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Richard Hertz is a man who works for the 1,000 where he serves as their enforcer with the codename Blackguard. When the 1,000 tried to kill Blackguard in their mission to kill Booster Gold, Blackguard was saved by Booster Gold.[51]
During the "
Blackguard later joined up with the Suicide Squad. He was later beheaded by General during his mutiny on the Suicide Squad.[54]
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth" which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Blackguard was revealed to have been a former member of the Suicide Squad who died in one of their missions. During a mission to Hell, the Suicide Squad encounters Blackguard who was among the dead Suicide Squad members that make up the Hell Squad.[55]
Blackguard in other media
Blackguard appears in
Blackhawk
Blackout
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Blackout (Farooq) is a
Another new recruit, the Outsider, revealed during a meeting with Batman that he had been hunting Blackout so he could use his abilities to power India. This manhunt resulted in the loss of Blackout's girlfriend and his departure from school. Blackout has since voiced his reluctance to be part of the same team with his worst enemy.
Blackout in other media
Farooq Gibran / Blackout appears in
Blackrock
Blackrock is a
Blackrock was the creation of Dr. Peter Silverstone in an attempt to increase ratings for the United Broadcasting
Eventually Silverstone assumed the mantle of Blackrock himself, using a powerful stone that could metabolize electromagnetic energy into energy to achieve flight, energy blasts and superhuman strength, and fought Superman several times. This rock, while a technological artifact, has the appearance of a polished gem that is as black as coal. It was appropriately dubbed the Blackrock.
The Post-Crisis version was stated (in Batman/Superman adventures) to be a symbiotic alien life form, rather than a creation of Dr. Silverstone. Its appearance and abilities are approximately the same.
Silverstone is the only Pre-Crisis user of the stone that has been mentioned in Post-Crisis continuity. Overuse of the Blackrock's powers blinded Silverstone and left him insane. He was found sitting muttering to himself and watching constant television shows in an apartment owned by an ex-convict named Samuel Benjamin, who beat Silverstone to death with the Blackrock and took it for himself. Despite its power, his inexperience with the Blackrock led to his defeat and Superman took the stone and threw it towards the Sun.[59]
A short time later, Alexander Luthor Jr., disguised as Lex Luthor, dispatched Bizarro to retrieve the Blackrock from the Sun[60] before passing it on to a South American woman named Lucia,[61] a drug smuggler and revolutionary who had been jailed by Superman before. Her intense feelings of hatred towards the Man of Steel matched those of the Blackrock and she proved particularly adept in using it. However, her skills were not enough to defeat Superman and the Blackrock withdrew into itself.[62]
It was eventually shown that the Blackrock had been kept by Superman, who locked it away in his Fortress of Solitude. The Blackrock escaped and bonded with Plastic Man. Shortly after, the Blackrock was removed from Plastic Man and found its way into the hands of Batman, who shortly afterwards decided he needed its powers to help him stop a currently-rampaging Superman (Superman had fallen under the influence of Despero as he attempted to turn Earth's alien superheroes against humans). Although it remained on Batman after Superman threw off Despero's influence, Superman was able to force it to leave Batman by threatening to kill him, informing the Blackrock that he knew Batman would rather die than live like this.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Blackrock is Bradley Glenn, an ex-con who was hired to star in a reality television show called Badass Nation about the life of a supervillain.[63] The TV company provided him with powered armor and a fictional backstory about finding it in a crashed spacecraft. They intended to film him tearing up a bridge that was scheduled for demolition, but the crew neglected to ensure that the bridge had been closed to traffic and the Pre-Flashpoint Superman had to intervene.[64]
The Post-Crisis wielders of the Blackrock seem to have developed differing powers based on their personalities. All seem to have possessed superhuman strength and endurance, flight and energy projection abilities. The Blackrock also has the ability to absorb ambient energy to empower its wielder. Dr. Silverstone seemed most adept at using its ability to process information from TV and radio signals. Samuel Benjamin was particularly skilled at using it to boost his own physical strength and toughness. Lucia's abilities seemed to be an amalgamation of her predecessors', but she seemed to prefer using its energy projection abilities and discovered a way to use it to drain Superman's power.
While the stone had bonded to Plastic Man, he was not shown using its abilities much.
Batman used it in much the same way that Lucia did, but Batman showed more of a preference for physical combat than Lucia did.
Jimmy Olsen and several other humans were bonded to the Blackrocks when a shower of them rained down on Earth. These people showed some level of superhuman abilities similar to those demonstrated by Lucia, etc. but it was not shown if they were as strong as he was.
Bradley Glenn's armor enabled him to leap great distances and an energy field around one gauntlet gave him a powerful punch.
Blackwing
Blackwing (Charles "Charlie" Bullock) is a
The character was chronologically introduced in Adventure Comics #464 (April 1979), but was unnamed in that comic. He was, however, named in his next appearance in Wonder Woman #281 (April 1981) and later, became Blackwing in Wonder Woman #297 (August 1982). Also, worth to note, the original story in Adventure Comics was intended for All Star Comics #75. Charlie was drawn as a teen in that story, but his next appearance (only three years later) depicts him as a young adult who graduated from law school.
In his mid-teens, Charles Bullock was searching for a direction in life. The teenager found it after he helped fight off street punks alongside Wildcat and was invited to join him at his gym. Charlie attended law school and later became a junior partner and top-notch researcher to the law firm called Cranston, Grayson and Wayne. When a criminal named Karnage broke into the office looking for his boss Arthur Cranston, this, and another event, led him to become the costumed hero Blackwing. Although his first outing as a crime fighter proved unsuccessful when he was captured by the costumed villain Boa's gang, Blackwing managed to contribute in freeing the Huntress from Boa's giant snake and recorded some evidence that was used to put the mastermind and his men away.
Since then, Blackwing has never appeared again in any other published story.
Blaze
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a character appearing in American comic books related to DC Comics. The character, created by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham, first appeared in Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #2 (March 2007) as Baroness Blitzkrieg. An apparent descendant of Baron Blitzkrieg, she is a speedster who is a member of the Fourth Reich and fights against the Justice Society of America to which she is beaten by the Flash,[65] and Liberty Belle.[66] Blitzkrieg went out on her own but is beaten by Catwoman,[67] and Supergirl.[68]
Alternative versions of Blitzkrieg
Alternative versions of Blitzkrieg called Blitzen appear as inhabitants of
Blitzkrieg in other media
- A variation of Blitzkrieg appears in Earth-Xand a member of the New Reichsmen.
Block
Block is a young Maori woman living in Melbourne, Australia, the woman dubbed the Human Block was once inexplicably struck by lightning and survived the incident. Unknown to her, this similar event had happened to many other individuals throughout time and was in fact the Speed Force imbuing her with speed-related abilities. In her then-present time—1957—Block acted as a side show attraction in a carnival, the prize of $1,000 going to whoever could move her, which was failed by many, as she had manipulated her body density. One drunken man staggered onto the stage to accept her challenge, making her move by insulting her Maori heritage rather than physically moving her. Angered, she immediately struck out at him and instigated a small brawl, tearing through the crowd before someone hastily drew their firearm on her and shot, only to find that not even bullets affected her. Before the now-turned mob could attack her, Zoom, accompanied by his newly recruited acolytes the Folded Man and Magali, appeared and teleported her outside of the carnival grounds. Being offered the chance to embrace her abilities and live as a godlike being after mastering them, she did not hesitate to join Zoom and his quest to kill the "evil" Flash. Along with the other Acolytes, she would train for what would be an unknown amount of time to kill the Flash, facing off with Zoom in his place. It is unknown how long this training took place, as they stated that, over the course of centuries, this team trained to take on the Flash and when they reached older age, Magali would revert them back to their original ages when joining. Unknown to Block, Zoom is actually the one to have orchestrated her joining him to begin with, appearing to the drunk man who challenged her, while convincing him that the way to make her move was to attack her heritage, as he had been keeping close watch on her for some time.[volume & issue needed]
Powers and abilities of Block
Being imbued with the Speed Force, Block has the unique ability to slow down her atoms. In doing this, they become denser than steel and grant her invulnerability, super-strength and immobility. She can possibly slow down other speedsters, if not other people as well, through physical touch, as she stopped the Top's ability to spin and was able to hold Zoom in place in a headlock. After training centuries with Zoom, she is a deadly fighter. Recently, she was able to stop the molecules around herself to make the air unbreakable.
Block in other media
Vanessa Jansen / Block appears in
Blok
Blockbuster
Bloodsport
Bloodwork
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Bloodwork (Dr. Ramsey Rosso) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Joshua Williamson, Paul Pelletier and Howard Porter, first appeared in The Flash (vol. 5) #28 (October 2017). An enemy of Barry Allen / Flash, he has the ability to control and manipulate blood.
Bloodwork in other media
Ramsey Rosso / Bloodwork appears in the
Blue Beetle
Blue Devil
Bombshell
Boodikka
Bolphunga
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Bolphunga is an extraterrestrial bounty hunter in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #188 (May 1985).[76]
Within the context of the stories, Bolphunga the Unrelenting has a love of destruction and plots to make a name for himself by challenging the most feared and mysterious beings in creation, fixating on
Bolphunga in other media
Bolphunga appears in the Green Lantern: Emerald Knights segment "Mogo Doesn't Socialize", voiced by Roddy Piper.[77] This version is described as an undefeated and merciless warrior. While seeking to prove himself the most powerful being in the universe by defeating its most powerful warriors, he attempts to find and defeat Mogo, who eventually defeats and captures Bolphunga.
Boom
Boom is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Boom I
Boom is a rock-skinned alien who was previously locked into combat with another alien of his species named Thoom when they were recruited into the Poglachian Green Lantern Corps as part of the Weaponers of Qward's plot to discredit the real Green Lantern Corps.[78]
Judy Garrick
In a bio panel of "
When
This reunion was shown one week later following the defeat of Per Degaton as she and Stargirl arrive with the Hourman android who might help Flash and the JSA members present shed some light on their time-related questions.[85] Judy's arrival restores Jay's memories of her as they speed off to meet up with Joan.[86]
With Jay and Judy meet up with Joan, her memory of Judy is jogged. They help Judy get settled in as she learns about the other members of the Flash family. After hearing about a robbery at the Keystone City Bank, Judy becomes Boom to thwart it as Flash also shows up. During a talking to, Judy also mentioned how she disappeared in 1963 after helping her dad to rescue her mother from Doctor Elemental as Jay's memory of this is jogged. Also after saving Joan, Judy was able to recognize the identity of Doctor Elemental before he got away.[87] When Judy goes to spend the day at Keystone City Mall with Courtney Whitmore, Jay follows them and remains out of sight. During this time, the Keystone City Mall is attacked by the JSA's old opponent Ro-Bear who came to claim Judy causing Jay to give himself away and fight him. While displeased that her father followed her, Judy became Boom and Courtney Whitmore became Stargirl to help fight Ro-Bear. After Ro-Bear is subdued, a green crystal teleports Ro-Bear away stating that he'll see him again as Judy asks her father what is going on.[88]
During the "Titans: Beast World" storyline, Boom is among those that were exposed to the Beast Boy spores and is mutated into a humanoid alligator. She is subdued by Stargirl and Huntress.[89]
Booster Gold
Sy Borgman
Sy Borgman is a retired scooter-bound U.S. agent with some cybernetic enhancements and an ally of Harley Quinn that first appeared in Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #2 (March 2014) as part of The New 52.
Sy Borgman is a retired U.S. agent formerly called Syborg who was rendered scooter-bound and got cybernetic enhancements after stopping a terrorist plot. When Harley Quinn heads to her nursing home appointment, Sy Borgman recognizes her causing Harley to close the door behind her. He explains his history to her and states how he must use a scooter due to the weight of the cybernetics affecting his aged body. Sy wants to help Harley by targeting the gang that was responsible for his current cybernetic state.[90] While going over the files, Harley and Sy start with Igor Lenivetskin, who is in a coma. They were able to sever the tubes going into him and set his body to explode. The second target is Ivana Brekemoff. Sy states Ivana will be more difficult than Igor. After entering the mansion by force, Harley and Sy confront Ivana who starts using an RPG on them, which blows up the mansion.[91] Emerging unscathed, Harley and Sy flee from the police helicopter while throwing Ivana to her death. Their third target is Alexei "the Bear" Medvedenko, who currently works as a security guard at the Prospect Park Zoo. When they arrive, they find that Alexei had been torn apart by the zoo animals he released upon hearing that they were coming for him. The other people that Alexei called were also on the files and consist of Kosta Armanoleg, Borya Tatierski, Yuri Beyznatofin, and Zena Bendemova. Harley and Sy send explosive bagels their way, where Kosta, Yuri, and three of Kosta's henchwomen were caught in the explosions. Harley brings a metal pipe down on Borya's head, leaving Zena as the remaining target. While it was mentioned that Zena was an ex-lover of Sy, she is caught by surprise when Sy sends her scooter into Zena enough to send her flying into the horns of a rhinoceros. Then it comes to the final target that Sy foreshadowed, where he and Harley head to Coney Island and break into the bedroom of a man named Chuck. After a monologue by Sy about the car that Chuck sold him, Harley kicks Chuck out the window where he falls into the streets below. While Sy wanted to finish off Chuck, he relents.[92]
When Harley Quinn is invited to the Skate Club by Summer Daze, she brings Sy Borgman along to accompany her.[93] Harley Quinn learns that this roller derby has no rules, as Sy Borgman places a bet on Harley. When Sy gives Harley an explosive toothpaste to use on her opponent Maria Monsterella, it kills her, causing the match to be disqualified. Sy still managed to win his bets and allows Harley to pay for the meal that follows. Harley later packs Sy's wheelchair into his car and sees him off.[94]
Sy Borgman in other media
Sy Borgman appears in
Bouncer
First appearance | Detective Comics #347 (January 1966) |
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Bouncer is an enemy of Batman who constructed a special suit out of alloy that gave him enhanced bouncing abilities. In their first encounter, he shot and killed Batman, who is replaced by the Batman of Earth-Two.[97]
He later returned as a henchman for the Monarch Of Menace. When Batman was missing, the Monarch of Menace hired various Batman villains to commit crimes for him, including the Bouncer, however he was once again defeated when Batman returned.[98]
Bouncer in other media
Bouncer makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!".
Bouncing Boy
Bozo the Iron Man
Brain
Brain Wave
Brainiac
Brainiac 2
Brainiac 3
Brainiac 3 (Lyrl Dox) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a Coluan who is the son of Brainiac 2 and the Gryxian Stealth.[99]
Brainiac 3 in other media
Brainiac 3 appears in Legion of Super-Heroes (2023), voiced by Zeno Robinson.[100] This version was fused with Brainiac 2 and 4 to form a new body for Brainiac following his failure to retrieve the Miracle Machine for him. In the present, Brainiac 5 convinces them to rebel against Brainiac, forcibly separating themselves from him.
Brainiac 4
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 8
Brainwave
Breathtaker
Breathtaker is a name of two supervillains appearing in DC Universe.
Breathtaker I
The first is an unnamed assassin and the leader of the
Humiliated and tormented by his peers throughout his adolescence for being an albino dwarf, the young man constructed a powerful exoskeleton, assumed the hood and the identity of Breathtaker. He formed Assassination Bureau, supplying super-powered assassins to anyone with the right price.
The Breathtaker first comes to public attention when the criminal group 2000 Committee hires him and his organization to capture Firestorm. He tests Firestorm with his several lesser agents before confronting him with the Bureau's two chief, Incognito and Mindboggler. When Firestorm defeats those two as well, the Breathtaker finally lures him to his headquarters and attempts to kill him. Instead, Firestorm destroys the complex, putting an end to the Breathtaker's career.[101]
Breathtaker II
The second Breathtaker is an unnamed female assassin, first appearing in Titans #21 (November 2000), created by Jay Faerber and Paul Pelletier.
Born and raised in USA, Breathtaker obtained aerokinesis abilities in an unspecified way, apparently from her birth. Liking the powers, she became an international assassin. She is specialized in murdering people by sucking away the air from their lungs, making it look like a natural death. She later contacted other people with similar abilities to form a team named
Their first assignment comes from the government of Qurac to eliminate the terrorist Cheshire who tried to nuke the entire place. Cheshire escaped from them, but Breathtaker found an easy way to get at her: she and her team target her daughter Lian Harper, to lure her out. Despite their attempts, Titans discover their plan and defeat them.[102]
She and her team later have encounters with Nightwing and his team, sometimes allying with more seasoned and proficient assassins like Deathstroke. The team later makes an alliance with Alexander Luthor Jr. and his Secret Society of Super Villains. When the team assaults Metropolis, Breathtaker and her teammates use it as a cover to loot the city. Seeking an opportunity, they double cross Luthor and Breathtaker pays Doctor Psycho to fake their own death.[103]
After her team laid low for a while, they come in contact by Libra, who was reforming Luthor's Society and offers them a prize. Although accepting, she is not interested in money and only accepted his offer because she wants to kill every Titan as a revenge. Despite of it, she and her team are later killed by Crispus Allen (the Spectre).[104]
Breathtaker in other media
- Breathtaker appears in the Supergirl episode "In Plain Sight", portrayed by Luisa D'Oliveira. This version is a Leviathan operative and metahuman assassin who was sent to assassinate Elena Torres. Her plan is thwarted by Supergirl and is remanded to D.E.O. custody. In "Dangerous Liaisons", Breathtaker is interrogated by Alex Danvers about who hired her.
- Breathtaker appears in DC Universe Online.
Brick
Bronze Tiger
Brother Blood
Brother Night
Brother Night (Eldon Peck) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Paul Dini and artist Stéphane Roux, and first appearing in Zatanna vol. 2 #1 (July 2010), the character is a San Francisco-based sorcerer and enemy of Zatanna who bargained with evil spirits to gain extended life in exchange for serving them. Eventually, Zatanna defeats him by forcing him to renounce his powers, leading him to be tortured by the spirits for breaking his bargain with them.[105]
Brother Night in other media
Brother Night appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Dan Donohue.[106] This version is the owner of a nightclub that is primarily frequented by demons.[107]
Crystal Brown
Crystal Brown is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Crystal Brown is a nurse who is the ex-wife of Arthur Brown and the mother of Stephanie Brown who struggles with pain pill addiction.[108]
Crystal Brown in other media
Crystal Brown appears in Gotham Knights, portrayed by Sunny Mabrey.[109] Her addiction remains intact as Arthur Brown worries that it being exposed could ruin his reputation. Eventually, Harper Row stands up to Crystal over her actions, after which she is taken into rehab.
Brutale
Brutale (Guillermo Barrera) is a supervillain who first appeared in
Brutale has no superhuman powers, but is an expert with all forms of knives and blades, utilizing a variety of scalpels, throwing knives, and other blades.[110]
In other media
- Brutale makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
- Guillermo Barrera appears in the Arrow episode "Dead to Rights", portrayed by George Tchortov. China White hires him to assassinate Malcolm Merlyn, but Oliver Queen kills him after his arrival in Starling City.
Bug-Eyed Bandit
Bulleteer
Bulletman and Bulletgirl
Harvey Bullock
Bumblebee
Bushido
Byth Rok
Byth Rok is a
On the alien planet Thanagar, a scientist named Krotan developed a pill that would empower the mind to control the molecular formation of the body. Just as he was about to swallow it, a thief named Byth assaulted him and swallowed the pill. Byth first transformed into a bird and left (via spaceship) to commit crimes on other planets. Katar Hol and his wife, Shayera, tracked his rocket to Earth.
For many years, Byth would escape on several occasions only to be captured again by Hawkman and Hawkwoman.[111]
In the
Byth was apparently defeated for good by the then recently resurrected Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders.
In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, Lord Byth is shown to be responsible for the creation of Ultra the Multi-Alien where he had combined the DNA of the alien prisoners to make Ultra the Multi-Alien the Slayer of Worlds.[117]
After consuming the Changeling Pill (or Krotan), Byth gained the ability to transform into any other person or animal at will, whether they were indigenous to Thanagar or originated on an alien world (including Earth). There appears to be no physical restriction in terms of mass or volume when it comes to Byth's shape-shifting talents.
Byth Rok in other media
- Byth Rok appears in the Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Flight Club", voiced by Tom Kenny.[118] This version is the leader of a band of Thanagarian outlaws being interred in an intergalactic prison.
- Byth Rok appears in The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9.[119]
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