![]() Post Crisis Circe the beautiful GoddessĬirce is the daughter of the Titans Hyperionand Perseis. Unlike many of Wonder Woman's other Golden Age foes, Circe does not repent when her plot fails, and a legendary enmity is born. Upon her return to Earth, Circe tries to destroy Wonder Woman, having heard from an oracle in ancient times that the daughter of Hippolyta will be her undoing. Circe is very skilled at turning men into any animal resembling their personality, and, for her crimes against mortalkind, the Amazon Queen Hippolyta banished her to Sorca, "an island planet in space, where she could do no harm". While living on the island Aeaea, Circe gains magical powers. It is made from a special combination of plants and herbs. In the original DC Comics continuity (prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths), Circe is a centuries-old enchantress who is kept young by an elixir called vitae. Her popularity as a for of Wonder Woman comes from the post-Crisis reboot of the Wonder Woman title and the subsequent reinterpretation by George Perez. After this she went completely unused for almost 40 years before appearing just before Crisis on Infinite Earths. CreationĬirce's first appearance was in the golden age, in the first volume of Wonder Woman. ![]() Hair color aside, all of these versions of Circe have retained a set of key features: immortality, stunning physical beauty, a powerful command over sorcery, a penchant for turning human beings into animals (like her mythological antecedent), and a delight in humiliation. She's been depicted as a blonde (Pre Crisis), brunette (Post Crisis) and a red head (New 52 & Rebirth). Based upon the Greek mythological figure of the same name who imprisoned Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, she is a wicked sorceress and a major adversary of Wonder Woman. ![]() Circe is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |