Silver Sorceress
Silver Sorceress | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Justice League of America #87 (February 1971) |
Created by | Mike Friedrich Dick Dillin |
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Alter ego | Laura Cynthia Neilsen |
Team affiliations | Justice League Europe Champions of Angor Justice League Justice League International |
Abilities | Magical abilities |
The Silver Sorceress is a DC Comics character and member of the Champions of Angor with the alter ego of Laura Cynthia Neilsen. She first appeared in Justice League of America #87, (February 1971), and is an homage to the Scarlet Witch. As her name suggests, she possesses magical powers which have become more advanced over time.
Fictional character biography
The Silver Sorceress,
, respectively) come from an alternate Earth, the only survivors of a nuclear holocaust. In their original appearance they come to Earth after being manipulated into seeking revenge for the destruction of their world against the Justice League. After initially mistaking each other for villains, the two teams unite to fight the robots that originally manipulated them both.The Silver Sorceress and the Justifiers return in Justice League vol. 2 #2 (June 1987) as they attempt to destroy this Earth's stockpile of nuclear weapons, before being confronted by the Justice League and the
Later, the Sorceress has the pleasure of meeting and rescuing one of the few survivors of her world, a celebrity entertainer known as Mitch Wacky (a parody of
She remains with the team as an active member until her death at the hands of
Powers and abilities
Silver Sorceress is a magic user of advanced abilities. While she had to use a combination of magic and technology to create the original doorway from Angor to that of the Justice League, she is later able to do so with magic alone.
Other versions
- In Justice League Europe Annual #2, the time-traveler known as Waverider visits the Justice League of Europe on his own mission and finds himself viewing an alternate, highly probable 'future' of Silver's. In it, she accidentally travels far back in time and is saved from a large predator by the over-enthusiastic hero known as Anthro. She is eventually returned to her timeline by a time-travelling Elongated Man.
- In Showcase #63 (July–August 1966), the Inferior Five face a team of supervillains based on Marvel Comics Avengers. This team has a member named Silver Sorceress that is also based on Marvel's Scarlet Witch, but she is otherwise unrelated to the version from Angor.
- Silver Sorceress makes a brief cameo appearance in issue #4 of the JLA/Avengers crossover miniseries. With other spellcasters, she tries to stop Krona bringing reinforcements.
- A new version of the Silver Sorceress appears in Lord Havok and The Extremists #5. A denizen of Earth-8, she is called Anna and is the daughter of Doctor Diehard. She dies by the end of the limited series.[2]
References
External links
- Silver Sorceress at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe