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B'wana Beast

Main article: 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 and valued asset of Checkmate.

Bad Samaritan in other media

• The Bad Samaritan appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
• Zviad Baazovi appears in Young Justice, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. This version is a psychic metahuman, Markovian ambassador, and member of the Light.

Bane

Main article: Bane (DC Comics)

Baron Bedlam

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Baron Blitzkrieg

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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, he builds high-tech armor and a prosthetic arm. Using his technology, Karnowski attacks the Metropolis Police Department's Special Victims Unit to get revenge on Sawyer before being defeated by Superman.

Barrage later escapes and joins Morgan Edge's Superman Revenge Squad.

Barrage in other media

• Phillip Karnowski appears in the Supergirl episode "The Darkest Place", portrayed by Victor Zinck Jr. This version is a former Navy SEAL. who became a vigilante after his wife Julie was murdered. He frames Guardian for the attacks, but is defeated by him and arrested by the National City Police Department.
• Phillip Karnowski appears in the Superman & Lois episode "The Ties That Bind", portrayed by Shaw Madsen. This version is an arms and drug dealer. After taking hostages and being confronted by Superman, Karnowski inhales a substance that makes him as strong as the former. Due to painful visions plaguing Superman at the time, Karnowski overpowers him until he is defeated by Lieutenant General Mitch Anderson's superhero group.

Battalion

Main article: Battalion (DC Comics)

Batgirl

Main article: Batgirl

Batman

Main article: Batman

Batman Jones

Batman Jones is a Batman expert in the DC Universe.

The character, created by Jack Schiff and Bill Finger, first appeared in Batman #108 (June 1957). A rebooted version appears in Battle for the Cowl interviewed by Vicki Vale.

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. As an adult, he is an expert on Batman.

Bat-Mite

Main article: Bat-Mite

Batwing

Main article: Batwing (DC Comics)

Batwoman

Main article: Batwoman

Beard Hunter

Beard Hunter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Ernest Franklin is a disturbed and closeted gay assassin of bearded men who is hired by the Bearded Gentlemen's Club of Metropolis to kill the Chief because he will not sell his beard to them. He cannot grow a beard due to a male hormone deficiency, as stated by his mother when she is visited by the police.

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 is Australian.

Beast Boy

Main article: Beast Boy

Bekka

Main article: Bekka

Khalid Ben-Hassin

Main article: Doctor Fate § Khalid Ben-Hassin

Beppo

Main article: Beppo (comics)

Bibbo Bibbowski

Main article: Bibbo Bibbowski

Big Barda

Main article: Big Barda

Billy Numerous

Billy Numerous is a character created for the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Jason Marsden. He is a self-duplicating metahuman and member of the H.I.V.E. Five. A character similar to Numerous named Repro appears in Catwoman (vol. 3), while Numerous himself appears in Cyborg (vol. 3).

Billy Numerous in other media

• Billy Numerous appears in the Teen Titans Go! tie-in comics.
• Billy Numerous appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Scott Menville.

Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky

Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is a Native American shaman in the DC Universe.

The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982).

Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is the great-grandfather of Black Bison and the last great shaman of the Bison Cult. He resents his great-grandson's disrespect for the cult's traditions. When he is killed by muggers in Central Park, he binds his spirit to a magical amulet that allows his spirit to influence or control his great-grandson when worn.

Bizarro

Main article: Bizarro

Black Adam

Main article: Black Adam

Black Alice

Main article: Black Alice (comics)

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.

Black Beetle

Black Beetle is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Unnamed version

Originally posing as a Blue Beetle from the future, the Black Beetle appears to Booster Gold in a time sphere. He offers a chance to go back in time and save the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, from death at Maxwell Lord's hands, despite Rip Hunter's claims that Ted's death was a point of unalterable "solidified" time. Booster agrees to go with Black Beetle who has also recruited the first Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett, and the current Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes, for the mission. The group is successful in saving Ted. After their return to the present, however, they learn that the timeline has been altered, and that Max's OMACs are policing the whole world. When Booster and Ted, gathering some of their old Justice League International teammates, attempt to fix the timeline, they are attacked by Black Beetle who reveals his affiliation with the Time Stealers, a group consisting of Despero, Per Degaton, the Ultra-Humanite, and Jonar Carter (the latter under the control of Mister Mind). As the battle with Black Beetle rages, Ted realizes that the only way to fix things is to return to the past and allow himself to be murdered. Black Beetle attempts to stop Ted, revealing that he is "Jaime Reyes' greatest enemy", and that Jaime took away someone close to him. He also reveals that he followed the Time Stealers' plan to prevent Ted's death so that Jaime would never have been the Blue Beetle and "she" would never have died. Both he and Ted enter the Time Stealers' time sphere, which then activates. In the next issue, Ted is revealed to have restored the timeline. The whereabouts of Black Beetle, however, are unknown.

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 Batcave. After a brief altercation, Black Beetle escapes into the past, changing events in a way that causes Dick Grayson to die as Robin. Booster follows Black Beetle into the past, finding that he has allied himself with Grant Wilson, attempting to change the outcome of his disastrous battle with the Teen Titans. He is also shown working with an unknown person who desires the destruction of the Justice League. He briefly appears in the present, revealing himself to "Jaime Reyes" and absconding with the body of a gynoid the hero had just defeated. Black Beetle is then shown in a new future he created by killing the Teen Titans where Raven's father Trigon is able to take over the world in the absence of both the Titans and Batman. It is then shown that his true purpose for creating this future is to use the distraction of Booster, Rip Hunter, and the resistance attacking to steal an altered Scarab from Trigon's trophy room. He claims the Scarab is more powerful than his own and bonds it to himself as the Red Beetle (or Scarlet Scarab) in addition to his current tech. Rip manages to track Black Beetle to his base, using one of his devices to overload the armor with chronal energy, seemingly destroying Black Beetle. He is also shown in the present in El Paso, attempting to take Jamie's Blue Beetle scarab. Jaime manages to stop him by blasting him with tachyon particles, paralyzing him. But due to wounds Milagro Reyes suffered at Black Beetle's hands, Jaime is forced to let the villain escape.

In the Time Masters: Vanishing Point limited series, the Time Stealers learn that the Vanishing Point fortress was destroyed. Black Beetle takes his allies to the destroyed Vanishing Point and sees that Rip has locked the Linear Men in a cell because they never agreed about how to handle time. The four villains find the cell and tear it open, finding Matthew Ryder and Liri Lee. Black Beetle asks the Linear Men to help bring Waverider back to life. But Supernova prevents Black Beetle from creating dystopia and he sends the Time Stealers back to the present, although Black Beetle escapes and the Linear Men choose to go with him since he freed them from imprisonment. After they find Waverider's corpse in the desolate wasteland of Earth's future, Black Beetle double-crosses the Linear Men and tries to use Waverider's power to become invulnerable. Black Beetle attempts to fuse Waverider's corpse power but is thwarted by Supernova, which allows Liri to fuse with Waverider's corpse to become Linear Woman. Black Beetle attacks Supernova but when Superman and the rest of the Time Masters arrive, he escapes, telling them they will see him again another time.

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 group of Reach Infiltrators inspired by Jaime's Scarab. Hector, Nadia's brother, angrily blames Jaime and leaves the country. It is revealed that Hector has bonded with Reach technology taken from the invaders, potentially granting him the same powers as Jaime, and that he has taken the alias "Joshua" based on "Djo Zha" (the previous owner of his scarab), and a member of the KDRA. Joshua is the name used by the Black Beetle in his earliest appearances. The use of Hector is intended to cause speculation regarding the Black Beetle character, as future storylines evolve regarding the character. When Black Beetle finally confronts Jamie, he claims that he is indeed Hector, blaming Jamie for Nadia's death, but instantly retracts this statement, instead stating that he in fact killed Hector and stole his technology. In the following issue, he claims to be Jaime's future self, driven mad after being attacked by a brain-damaged Milagro.

Black Beetle in other media

• An original incarnation of the Black Beetle appears in Young Justice: Invasion, voiced by Kevin Grevioux. This version is an unnamed 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 Blue Beetle.
• Black Beetle, based on the Young Justice incarnation, appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains via the Young Justice DLC pack.

Black Bison

Further reading Black Bison at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Black Bison at the Grand Comics Database

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).

John Ravenhair

John Ravenhair is a Native American who was possessed by his ancestor, Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky, who was killed in a mugging. This leads him to set about avenging the wrongs committed against the Native American people. When removed from the angry spirit, he occasionally acts for good, but is frequently a threat to Firestorm.

Black Bison is armed with a coup-stick that allows him to bring 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, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, this version of Black Bison, along with the Hyena, Multiplex, Plastique and Typhoon, are sent by the Crime Syndicate to finish Gorilla Grodd's work. The villains end up defeated by the Rogues, since one of their targets is at the hospital where Captain Cold's sister is recovering.

In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Black Bison is among the villains who attend the underground meeting held by the Riddler to discuss the Superman Theory.

Black Bison in other media

• An unidentified Black Bison appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic.
• The John Ravenhair incarnation of Black Bison appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
• A female incarnation of Black Bison named Mina Chaytan appears in The Flash, portrayed by Chelsea Kurtz. This version acquired the ability to bring effigies to life after the Thinker tricked the Flash into exposing her to dark matter. She uses her powers to target collectors of Native American artifacts before she is defeated by Team Flash and remanded to Iron Heights Penitentiary. While imprisoned, she, Kilg%re, 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

Main article: Black Canary

Black Condor

Main article: Black Condor

Black Flash

Main article: Black Flash

Black Hand

Main article: Black Hand (character)

Black Lightning

Main article: Black Lightning

Black Manta

Main article: Black Manta

Black Mask

Main article: Black Mask (character)

Black Orchid

Main article: Black Orchid (character)

Vera Black

Further reading Vera Black at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

Vera Black a.k.a. Sister Superior is a British psionic cyborg in the DC Universe.

The character, created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, first appeared in JLA #100 (August 2004). The storyline set up the limited series Justice League Elite which consisted of 12 issues published between 2004 and 2005.

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 damaged arms replaced with malleable cybernetic prostheses, 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 Elite and tacitly working with the Justice League. This leads to the League, encouraged by the Flash, asking her to lead a new team with the intention that she will handle black ops missions that the League cannot due to what they represent to the public, primarily involving hunting down and eliminating metahuman threats before they go public. Starting with Coldcast and Menagerie, she adds Flash, Manitou Raven, Major Disaster, Green Arrow and Kasumi to the team. She also enlists Naif al-Sheikh to keep the team in check and serve as a liaison to the governments of the world.

Equipment of Vera Black

Vera's cybernetic arms can 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.
• Vera Black as Sister Superior appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

Black Vulcan

Main article: 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.

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.

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 John Constantine to provide information about a pending calamity in The Green.

Blackbriar Thorn next appears (again, with a human appearance) as an agent of the demon Neron in a demonic realm called The Abyss. Holding captive the soul of Mollie Scott as bait, Thorn attempts to ensnare her husband, Alan Scott, but is surprised to find Alan no longer vulnerable to wood.

As part of Johnny Sorrow's version of the Injustice Society, a more woody-looking Thorn and his teammates are defeated by Wildcat as they invade the JSA's Headquarters. Thorn's defeat left his body splintered into pieces, one shard of which is kept on display in JSA Headquarters. Thorn lies dormant until the Injustice Society's next attack. Using a crossbow, Injustice Society comrade Tigress shoots the splintered sliver of Blackbriar Thorn into Alan Scott's chest. Apparently once more susceptible to wood, Scott is gravely wounded as Thorn regenerates from the embedded projectile and proceeds to inflict more damage. Thorn is ultimately defeated in this siege on the JSA by Stargirl.

Blackbriar Thorn appeared in Day of Vengeance battling the Spectre, who, influenced by Eclipso, attempts to kill all magic wielders in the DC Universe. The combatants appear in gigantic form. Thorn loses the battle, but delays his next regeneration to lend his powers, along with many other mystics, in a combined effort to defeat the Spectre.

Blackbriar Thorn is among the villains in the ambush of the JSA led by Tapeworm.

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.

Thorn appears in the "DC Rebirth" relaunch as one of the villains refusing to be hired by Henry Bendix to kill Midnighter and Apollo.

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.

Blackbriar Thorn in other media

• Blackbriar Thorn appears in the Young Justice episode "Misplaced", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
• Blackbriar Thorn appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

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, serving as their enforcer under the codename Blackguard. When the 1,000 tried to kill Blackguard in their mission to kill Booster Gold, Blackguard was saved by Booster Gold.

During the "Underworld Unleashed" storyline, Blackguard gives his soul to Neron in exchange for super-strength, enhanced intellect, and special equipment. He joins Cheetah and Earthworm in attacking the Warriors bar.

Blackguard later joins the Suicide Squad before being killed by the General.

In the "DC Rebirth" continuity, Blackguard is a former member of the Suicide Squad who died during a mission. The current members of the Suicide Squad later encounter his spirit while visiting Hell.

Blackguard in other media

Blackguard appears in The Suicide Squad, portrayed by Pete Davidson. He is recruited into the eponymous team for a mission in Corto Maltese, but betrays them by warning the local military of their arrival. When he tries to surrender upon making landfall, he is promptly shot and killed.

Blackhawk

Main article: Blackhawk (DC Comics)

Blackout

Further reading Blackout at the Grand Comics Database

Blackout (Farooq) is a metahuman who can harness electricity. He makes his first appearance in Flashpoint (vol. 2) #1 (July 2011). In the alternate timeline created by the events of Flashpoint, Blackout is recruited by Cyborg to help end the Amazon-Atlantean war, which has devastated Europe and killed millions of people.

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 The Flash episode "Power Outage", portrayed by Michael Reventar. This version acquired his abilities after being electrocuted amidst the explosion of S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator and subsequently sought revenge against the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, Harrison Wells. In pursuit of this goal, Farooq is confronted by the Flash, who eventually overcharges and kills him.

Blackrock

Blackrock is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Blackrock is a recurring enemy of Superman first appearing in Action Comics #458 (April 1976).

Blackrock was the creation of Dr. Peter Silverstone in an attempt to increase ratings for the United Broadcasting television network. Silverstone hypnotized UB President Sam Tanner and later Tanner's nephew, Les Vegas, to fill the role. A third Blackrock (an energy construct) was created by Tanner's command not much later.

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 and was dubbed Blackrock.

The Post-Crisis version was stated (in Batman/Superman adventures) to be a symbiotic alien, but with similar abilities.

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, after which Superman threw the stone into the Sun.

A short time later, Alexander Luthor Jr., disguised as Lex Luthor, dispatched Bizarro to retrieve the Blackrock from the Sun before passing it on to a South American woman named Lucia, 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.

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. 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.

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.

Blackrock in other media

Blackrock appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

Blackwing

Blackwing (Charles "Charlie" Bullock) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton and Joey Cavalieri.

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

Main article: Blaze and Satanus

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 enemy of the Justice Society of America.

Alternative versions of Blitzkrieg

Two alternative equivalents appear as inhabitants of Earth-10:

• A male speedster called the Flash appears in the stories 52, Countdown and Countdown to Final Crisis. He's a member of the JSAxis before he's recruited by the Monarch over Forerunner's protests and presumably died alongside Overgirl while fighting the Monitors.
• A female speedster called Blitzen and Lightning appears in The Multiversity as a member of the New Reichsmen.

Blitzkrieg in other media

• Blitzkrieg appears in Freedom Fighters: The Ray, voiced by Scott Whyte. This version is a male speedster from Earth-X and a member of the New Reichsmen.
• The Dark Flash appears in the crossover "Crisis on Earth-X" with Eobard Thawne (portrayed by Tom Cavanagh) as a general on Earth-X.

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.

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 The Flash episode "Blocked", portrayed by Erin Cummings. This version was a weapons dealer who worked for the East Street Skulls gang until she was betrayed and sent to Iron Heights Penitentiary for four years. After becoming a metahuman with the ability to create boxes of dense air and getting out of Iron Heights, both by unknown means, she seeks revenge on her former gang until she is stopped by the Flash and XS. Before the heroes can re-incarcerate Jansen, she is attacked and mortally wounded by Cicada. XS rushes her to the hospital, but Jansen dies of her injuries on the way off-screen.

Blok

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Blockbuster

Main article: Blockbuster (DC Comics)

Bloodsport

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Bloodwork

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 Flash, portrayed by Sendhil Ramamurthy.

Blue Beetle

Main article: Blue Beetle

Blue Devil

Main article: Blue Devil (DC Comics)

Bombshell

Main article: Bombshell (DC Comics)

Boodikka

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Bolphunga

Further reading Bolphunga at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Bolphunga at the Grand Comics Database

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).

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 Green Lanterns. This has led to his defeat by Mogo, Kilowog and Guy Gardner.

Bolphunga in other media

Bolphunga appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, voiced by Roddy Piper.

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.

Judy Garrick

In "The New Golden Age", it is revealed that Jay Garrick and Joan Garrick had a daughter named Judy Garrick, who inherited her father's superhuman speed and served as his sidekick before being kidnapped by the Time Masters and Childminder. Following their defeat, Boom is transported to the present day, with Judy regaining her memories of her.

During the "Titans: Beast World" storyline, Boom is exposed to Beast Boy's spores and temporarily mutated into an alligator hybrid.

Booster Gold

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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. 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. 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.

When Harley Quinn is invited to the Skate Club by Summer Daze, she brings Sy Borgman along to accompany her. 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.

Sy Borgman in other media

Sy Borgman appears in Harley Quinn, voiced by Jason Alexander. This version is a cyborg landlord, former CIA fixer, and member of Harley Quinn's crew. Additionally, he has a scientist sister named Mirielle, who transformed herself into a monstrous octopus hybrid while trying to fuse a monkey and octopus to assist him in the field.

Bouncer

First appearance	Detective Comics #347 (January 1966)
Created by	Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino

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.

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.

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

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Bozo the Iron Man

Main article: Bozo the Iron Man

Brain

Main article: Brain (DC Comics)

Brain Wave

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Brainiac

Main article: Brainiac (character)

Brainiac 2

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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.

Brainiac 3 in other media

Brainiac 3 appears in Legion of Super-Heroes (2023), voiced by Zeno Robinson. This version is a clone of Brainiac and member of the Dark Circle who was created to steal the Miracle Machine. After his failure to do so, Brainiac fuses him into himself, but Brainiac 5 later manipulates Brainiac 3 and his fellow clones into fighting and killing one another from the inside.

Brainiac 4

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Brainiac 5

Main article: Brainiac 5

Brainiac 8

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Brainwave

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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 Assassination Bureau. He first appeared in Firestorm (vol. 2) #29 (November 1984), and was created by Joey Cavalieri and Rafael Kayanan.

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.

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 Hangmen, consisting of super-strong Stranglehold from Puerto Rico, the mind-controller Provoke from Australia, a young electricity-manipulator Shock Trauma from Japan, and the cyborg Killshot from Russia.

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.

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.

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 this, she and her team are later killed by Crispus Allen (the Spectre).

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.
• Breathtaker appears in DC Universe Online.

Brick

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Bronze Tiger

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Brother Blood

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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.

Brother Night in other media

Brother Night appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Dan Donohue. This version is the owner of a nightclub that is primarily frequented by demons, and offers power to those who desire it.

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, and struggles with pain pill addiction.

Crystal Brown in other media

Crystal Brown appears in Gotham Knights, portrayed by Sunny Mabrey.

Bruno

Bruno is a Neo-Nazi criminal and gang leader operating in Gotham City who possesses distinctive swastika tattoos. Created by Frank Miller, she first appeared in The Dark Knight Returns #3 (August 1986).

Bruno in other media

Bruno appears in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, voiced by Tress MacNeille.

Brutale

Brutale (Guillermo Barrera) is a supervillain who first appeared in Nightwing vol. 2 #22. He was created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel.

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.

In other media

• Brutale makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
• Brutale appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
• 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

Main article: Bug-Eyed Bandit

Bulleteer

Main article: Bulleteer

Bulletman and Bulletgirl

Main article: Bulletman and Bulletgirl

Harvey Bullock

Main article: Harvey Bullock (character)

Bumblebee

Main article: Bumblebee (DC Comics)

Bushido

Main article: Bushido (character)

Byth Rok

Byth Rok is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and who is commonly known as a recurring enemy of the Silver Age Hawkman. He is a scientist who stole a pill from the Thanagarian scientist Krotan, gaining shapeshifting abilities.

In the Hawkworld mini-series, Byth is a corrupt Wingman commander and Katar Hol's superior. He manipulated a drug-induced Katar into killing his father, aiding his rise to power. Now Administrator of Protection, he gains his shape-shifting powers from a new drug called Krotan. Katar Hol, with the help of Shayera Thal, uncovers his schemes but Byth escapes arrest. He flees to Earth and runs criminal operations in Chicago, during which he supplied Carl Sands with a shadow generator. He is later captured and returned to Thanagar.

In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, Byth creates Ultra the Multi-Alien by combining the DNA of several alien prisoners.

Byth Rok in other media

• Byth Rok appears in the Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Flight Club", voiced by Tom Kenny. This version is the leader of a band of Thanagarian outlaws.
• Byth Rok appears in The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9.

References

Firestorm titles

Green Lantern titles