Fury (DC Comics)

Fury
The Fury (Lyta Hall), as appeared on a splash page of Infinity, Inc. #16 (July 1985), pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Tony DeZuniga.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Wonder Woman #300 (February 1983)
Created by	Roy Thomas Danette Thomas Ross Andru
In-story information
Full name	Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor-Hall
Team affiliations	Infinity, Inc.
Notable aliases	Lyta Hall Donna of Amazon Island (Earth 2)
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed and endurance Enhanced senses and durability Animal empathy Regeneration Invulnerability to magic

Fury is the codename shared by three DC Comics superheroes, two of whom are mother and daughter, both of whom are directly connected with the Furies of mythology, and the third who is an altogether different character.

Lyta Hall appears in the drama series The Sandman (2022), portrayed by Razane Jammal.

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

Originally Fury was Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor, the daughter of the Golden Age Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor; Lyta inherited all her mother's powers. She was introduced in Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #300. Like most Golden Age-related characters at the time, Lyta lived on the parallel world of "Earth-Two".^[1]

Lyta later adopted the identity of "The Fury", named after the Furies of

Lyta, like all her Infinity Inc. counterparts, briefly made an appearance during the DC Convergence crossover. Powerless and trapped on Telos, Lyta Trevor became a police officer before regaining her powers and taking on a Post-Crisis version of Jonah Hex. Eventually, Lyta and all of Infinity Inc. take over for the Justice Society on a returned Earth-2.

Post-Crisis

Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor-Hall

Following the 1985 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Golden Age Wonder Woman retroactively no longer existed, and Lyta was now the daughter of the newly created character Helena Kosmatos, the Golden Age Fury (a Greek superheroine and a member of the All-Star Squadron, and an avatar of the Fury Tisiphone) and had been raised by Joan Trevor (née Dale), the Quality Comics superheroine Miss America, and her husband, Derek.^[1] Lyta was told of her mother's history by Alecto,^[3] and visited yearly by the time-travelling Hippolyta, who trained Lyta as a heroine.

For a while, Lyta served with Infinity, Inc., but eventually left the team to bear a child.^[1] At home, Lyta was visited by a resurrected Hector Hall. After his death, Hall mistakenly believed he had been chosen as the Guardian of Dreams, the Sandman, and joined the real Sandman in the Dream Dimension, where they had adventures masterminded by the two schemers Brute and Glob.^[4]

At the wake held for Morpheus, Lyta met her son in his new role. He gave her his protection from the immortals offended by her, and returned her to the waking world.

Lyta's story continued in the graphic novel Sandman Presents: The Furies. She appeared in JSA where she was reunited with Hector, now reincarnated as Doctor Fate. At some point between the graphic novel and her return in JSA, the evil wizard Mordru had captured Lyta and imprisoned her in Dr. Fate's amulet. Once freed, she rejoined her husband and later regained her true memories of Daniel.

During the

She was later briefly released from this possession, and retained the other powers, but is once again acting as Tisiphone's avatar.[8]

At one point, the

. He also transforms into a fighting woman named "Erika". In #8, Erik/Erika is given a costume and the superhero name "Amazing Woman".

Erik is later found and tortured by Codename: Assassin, having discovered, and shared with Jimmy Olsen, precious information about Project 7734, the secret agenda of General Sam Lane for Kryptonians. Shifting one last time to the all-powerful Erika body, Erik is able to put Jimmy in contact with Natasha Irons before dying.^[13]

Powers and abilities

Fury has superhuman strength, speed and endurance, enhanced senses and durability, animal empathy, and regenerative healing factor. She is also invulnerable to magic.

Other versions

Earth 2

In September 2011,

Steppenwolf of Apokolips.^[14] In issue #14 of Earth 2: Society (Sept 2016), she reveals Fury is her war name, while Donna is her true name, thus making this Fury a doppelganger of Donna Troy

. The first Fury, Lyta Trevor, was more of an analogue to Donna Troy.

This version of Fury is the last Amazon, as the other Amazons had perished five years earlier during the

Orion. This new version of the character appears to be more powerful than the previous versions. As mentioned in the New 52 Earth 2 comic book, Fury and Big Barda are evenly matched in strength, as well as skill. In World's Finest Huntress/Power Girl Annual #1, a 'First Contact Prelude' issue, Donna is seen trading blows and going toe to toe with Power Girl, who at the time was still calling herself "Supergirl", displaying further proof of how strong and powerful she truly is. It is also mentioned that she has received training from Big Barda, as well as her father Steppenwolf.^[15]

As Darkseid's forces converge closer to Earth 2 and assimilate the planet as fuel for Apokolips, Mister Miracle manages to change Fury's mind and she joins the opposition against Darkseid. Following the destruction of Earth 2 and the events of Convergence, Fury takes on the role of Wonder Woman of Earth Two. She is more warlike than her mother, and willing to use deadly force if necessary. At the end of the series Earth 2: Society, Fury uses Pandora's Box from the Ultra-Humanite to reshape Earth 2 into like the classic Golden Age era and World War II setting, but mixed with contemporary technology and absence of any international crisis, super-villains or the Wonders.

In other media

• A character inspired by the Lyta Trevor and Helena Kosmatos incarnations of Fury called Aresia appears in the
  Injustice Gang, she makes a special magic-based virus that will only affect men and tests it on Gotham City, plunging it into chaos. The Justice League intervene, but the male members succumb to the virus, leaving Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl. Aresia joins forces with Star Sapphire
  and Tsukuri to spread her virus globally via a hijacked stealth bomber and modified missiles before telling Hippolyta of what she has done. Disgusted that Aresia broke Amazon law, Hippolyta reveals the ship's male captain rescued Aresia and accompanied her to Themyscira before dying of heart failure. Despite this, Aresia intends to continue her plot until Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl drive off her allies and jam the bomber's missile bay doors. The Leaguers and Hippolyta escape, but Aresia dies in the subsequent plane crash. The heroines later discover Aresia's notes and use them to create an antidote for her virus.
• An African-American version of Fury inspired by the Erik Storn incarnation named Rosa appears in
  Infinity Inc., which is later reworked into the Infinitors. While not stated in the series, series developer Greg Weisman confirmed Rosa to be a transgender woman when he retweeted a question from a Twitter user.^[17]
• Lyta Hall appears in the TV adaptation of The Sandman, portrayed by Razane Jammal.

References

1. ^
   OCLC 213309017
2. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6
   .
3. ^ Infinity Inc. #34 and Secret Origins (vol. 3) #12
4. ^ Infinity, Inc. #49-51
5. ^ The Sandman (vol. 2) #11-12
6. ^ The Sandman (vol. 2) #21
7. ^
   OCLC 213309017
8. ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #168-169
9. ^ Legends of the DC Universe #30-32
10. ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #173
11. ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #180-187
12. ^ Infinite Crisis #3
13. ^ Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen Special #2 (2009)
14. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
    .
15. ^ Earth 2 #8 (2013)
16. ^ Brice, Jason. "The Furies". Silverbulletcomicbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
17. ^ Weisman, Greg [@Greg_Weisman] (June 15, 2022). "Not the only" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022 – via Twitter.

• Beatty, Scott (2009), Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide To The Amazon Princess, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, pp. 46–47,
  ISBN 978-0-7894-9616-4

External links

• The Furies (article by Bob Rozakis)
• Bio on dcdatabaseproject