Tala (comics)

Tala
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Phantom Stranger vol. 2 #4 (November–December 1969)
Created by Neal Adams
Robert Kanigher
In-story information
Alter ego Tala
Abilities Vast undefined magical powers

Tala is a fictional supervillainess in the DC Comics universe. She first appeared as an adversary of the Phantom Stranger, but she is also known for her appearances on Justice League Unlimited.

Tala is the mistress of her own part of Hell. Usually manipulating mortals into doing evil, she has also tried to unleash evil forces upon our world. Occasionally, she has allied herself with the Lords of Chaos or the evil sorcerer Tannarak, whom she has also been romantically involved with. Tala is an enemy of the Phantom Stranger, whom she has variously tried to destroy and seduce. She seems to have a gentler side, as witnessed in Tannarak's Nightclub 'Bewitched', where she has waited tables and chatted with Zatanna.

Publication history

Tala first appeared in Phantom Stranger vol. 2 #4 and was created by Neal Adams and Robert Kanigher.

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

Tala the Queen of Evil, is an evil mystical entity and the mistress of the Dark Circle.[1] Her agenda often consists of tricking mortals into doing evil deeds, or unleashing the apocalypse onto the modern world. She frequently confronts the Phantom Stranger, usually along with Doctor Thirteen by using her powers to enslave a mortal. She frequently professes an attraction to the Stranger, trying to seduce him.

Post-Crisis

Distinguished by its utilization of the series for actual supernatural phenomena and not debunking mysticism like its first incarnation, Tala is known as the nemesis of the Stranger. She is a demoness and a mistress of Hell, and her motives reflect such origins, as she is known for either trying to doom mortals' souls to ruin or aiming to unleash apocalyptic evils upon the world. She has claimed to find the Stranger attractive and is thus interested in him, but the comics have never followed through on these hints, nor are these claims known to be true.

In other media

Television

Video games

Miscellaneous

References

  1. The Phantom Stranger v2 #4 (1969)
  2. "Hand Of Fate!". facebook.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  3. "DCUO - Operation: A Black Dawn - DCUO PC Test Server - Odyssey". youtube.com. 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  4. "Dc Universe Online Episode 19: The Witching Hour". youtube.com. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  5. "The World's Finest - Justice League Unlimited". Worldsfinestonline.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
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