Maya (comics)
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Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Justice League Europe #47 (February 1993) |
Created by | Gerard Jones (writer) Ron Randall (artist) |
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Full name | Chandi Gupta |
Team affiliations | Justice League Europe Justice League |
Abilities | Elemental control of fire and water |
Maya (Chandi Gupta) is an Indian
Fictional character biography
Chandi Gupta manifested her elemental powers at an early age, barely into her teenage years. Her parents, unsure of what to do, left her in the care of a strange Indian cult that they themselves had become followers of. The leaders of this cult were convinced that she was the reincarnation of one of the
With the League
In London under the alias Maya, she witnesses the Justice League Europe brawl with the supervillain Sonar. She reluctantly uses her powers to assist them in their battle and manages to single-handedly defeat the threat. Grateful for her timely assistance, the JLE offers her official membership. Feeling she had nowhere else to go, she gladly accepts. One of her earliest missions with them involves a return to her homeland India, where she comes under attack from her supposed protector, the Mahayogi. Fortunately, she fends him off long enough to escape and rejoin her team.
Maya is alone in the Justice League castle headquarters when it is attacked by three of the Bloodlines parasites. She manages to evade them and summons help by firing bursts of energy high into the night sky. She is rescued by her teammates and the armored superhero Lionheart.
Overmaster
The JLE journey to
Maya resides with her parents in India.[1] She attended the "funeral" of Maxwell Lord. She was also seen in an adventure in which she aids Wonder Woman.[2]
Infinite Crisis and Beyond
She was briefly seen during Infinite Crisis. Maya made her most recent appearance in the
Powers and abilities
Maya was originally only able to manifest a mystical bow. She has used it as a conventional bow, able to fire sometimes devastatingly powerful projectiles usually made of mystical fire or water, or, on one occasion, to enhance her speed and strength. She later developed the ability to manifest large amounts of fire or water without using the bow as a focus. Her powers are similar to those of the Indian heroine
External links
References
- ISBN 0-7566-0592-X.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #174