In 1964, DC introduced its readers to a new heroine called Zatanna. Zatanna Zatara, to be exact. She was the daughter of another hero, Zatara (Giovanni Zatara, to be exact!), who debuted in Action Comics #1, along with Superman, in June 1938. Zatanna opened the door for many other Golden Age heroes, and eventually many Silver Age heroes as well, to have children who would take up the family business of crime fighting. In this tour, we will take a look at the many superheroes in the DC universe who are the children (or grandchildren) of another superhero!
While we start off with Zatanna, the rest of the tour is in no particular chronological order. Unless noted otherwise, comic issues are volume 1.
Grab some snacks and off we go!
First Appearance: Hawkman #1 (1964)
Created By: Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson
Powers: Magic, which includes pyrokinesis, aerokinesis, cyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, geokinesis, chlorokinesis, and thermokinesis. She engages her magic by speaking backwards.
PARENT: Zatara (Giovanni Zatara)
First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (1938)
Created By: Fred Guardineer and Gardner Fox
Powers: Magic, which includes levitation, reality manipulation, teleportation, energy manipulation, illusion casting, and flight. He engages his magic by speaking backwards.
Zatara had been a fairly popular Golden Age hero, published regularly through 1950. He was a stage magician who also fought crime under his own name. He was retroactively inserted into DC's World War II-based All-Star Squadron.
Zatanna came into the DC universe through a multi-comic arc that had her team separately with Hawkman and Hawkgirl, the Atom, Elongated Man, and finally the Justice League as she searched for her missing father. Zatanna went on to become one of DC's most popular and powerful magic-based characters, eventually joining several incarnations of the Justice League.
CHILD: Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)
First Appearance: Green Arrow (vol. 2) #0 (1994)
Created By: Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo
Powers: Extraordinarily skilled archer and martial artist, also regenerative healing, enhanced stamina, and enhanced pain tolerance
PARENT: Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
First Appearance: More Fun Comics #73 (1941)
Created By: Mort Weisinger and George Papp
Powers: Extraordinarily skilled archer and martial artist
Green Arrow is one of DC Comics' longest published characters, being one of only 5 DC heroes to have adventures continually published from the Golden Age through the Silver Age without interruption. At some point, his Golden Age adventures were considered to be Earth-Two Green Arrow (who had been a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory), and his Silver Age adventures were considered to be those of an Earth-One Green Arrow, who was an early member of the Justice League of America.
In the post-Zero Hour continuity, it is revealed that Oliver Queen had a child he was unaware of, the result of his relationship with Sandra "Moonday" Hawke, a college girlfriend. Connor took over the mantle of Green Arrow in 1995, following the death of Oliver Queen. Connor was DC's primary Green Arrow through the early 2000s when Oliver Queen was brought back from the dead.
CHILDREN: The Tornado Twins (Don and Dawn Allen)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #373 (1968)
Created By: Jim Shooter and Win Mortimer
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
PARENT: Flash (Barry Allen)
First Appearance: Showcase #4 (1956)
Created By: Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
Barry Allen was one of the heroes who ushered in the Silver Age of DC Comics. He was a Flash whose powers and exploits were grounded in the space age science of the 1950s and 1960s. Prior to his death in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry and his wife, Iris, temporarily lived in the 30th century. While there, Iris gave birth to twins Don and Dawn.
Dawn and Don Allen originally guest-starred in a Legion of Super-Heroes adventure, but weren't seen much after their initial appearance. Their importance in the DC universe is actually related more to the children that each of them would eventually have!
CHILD: Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #25 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: The ability to generate and manipulate emerald energy, forming and controlling structures through her willpower. She can also control plants and photosynthesis, and she can fly.
PARENT: Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
First Appearance: All-American Comics #16 (1940)
Created By: Martin Nodell and Bill Finger
Powers: Alan uses an emerald ring that allows him to generate and manipulate emerald energy, forming and controlling structures through his willpower. The ring's power also allows him to fly.
The Golden Age Green Lantern enjoyed a popular run in DC Comics, originally spanning 1940 through 1948. He was a member of the Justice Society of America and returned from obscurity when DC invented its multiverse in 1961. This "Earth-Two" Green Lantern was a frequent guest star both in the JLA/JSA annual team-ups and also in the adventures of the Earth-One Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) comic book.
In 1983, readers of DC comics learned that Alan Scott was the father of twins, each of whom was born with their own superpower. Initially, the mother of these twins was unknown, but it was later revealed to be one of Green Lantern's villains. Alan had a brief marriage to Thorn (Rose Canton). She left him before he knew she was pregnant. The children were put up for adoption and raised separately. Jade and her twin (we'll cover him soon) didn't meet their biological father until they helped form the hero group known as Infinity Inc. Jade also served for a short time as a member of the Green Lantern Corp.
GRANDCHILD: Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel)
First Appearance: Justice Society of America (vol 3) #1 (2007)
Created By: Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, and Mark Waid
Powers: Wind manipulation, flight, and control of sound waves
GRANDPARENT: Red Tornado (Abigail "Ma" Hunkel)
First Appearance: All-American Comics #3 (1939)
Created By: Sheldon Mayer
Powers: none
Ma Hunkel was originally created as a gag character in the early days of DC publications. Seventeen months after her creation, it was decided that she would don a costume and become a hero known as Red Tornado. The strip remained a comedy, though as Red Tornado, she was invited to join the new team known as the Justice Society. After splitting her pants, she departed their initial gathering and wasn't included during the rest of the team's initial run.
Cyclone has a unique backstory. In Mark Waid and Alex Ross's iconic mini-series, Kingdom Come (1996), a possible DC future is depicted. One of the background characters is a legacy version of Red Tornado. In 2007, when an updated volume of The Justice Society of America was being planned, Geoff Johns borrowed this character and reimagined her as Cyclone, the granddaughter of Ma Hunkel (who is now the caretaker of the JSA's headquarters). Maxine was kidnapped as a child by T.O. Morrow (the same scientist who created the android second version of Red Tornado) and experimented on with nanobytes, which are the source of her eventual powers.
CHILD: Hourman (Rick Tyler)
First Appearance: Infinity Inc. #1 (1985)
Created By: Dann Thomas, Roy Thomas, and Todd McFarlane
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, and durability... for 1 hour at a time after swallowing a "miraclo pill".
PARENT: Hourman (Rex Tyler)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #48 (1940)
Created By: Ken Fitch and Bernard Baily
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, and durability... for 1 hour at a time after swallowing a "miraclo pill".
The original Hourman was published regularly from 1940 to 1943. Although he was one of the founders of the Justice Society, he was absent from the team's original run after just five issues. Rex was a biochemist who discovered a drug which he named Miraclo. The drug provided one with super strength, speed, and durability... but only for an hour at a time. Rex used himself as a human guinea pig to test the drug, and assumed the masked identity of Hourman.
Rick Tyler is the son of Rex and his wife Wendy. Rick had no interest in joining his father's chemical company or in medicine or chemistry. Instead, Rick desired to be an artist. Upon discovering his father's former escapades as Hourman, Rick decided to try out Miraclo himself, and soon donned an updated costume as the Hourman of a new generation. Rick has served as a member of Infinity Inc. and as a member of the Justice Society.
CHILD: Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
First Appearance: Chronologically - Justice League of America #220 (1983)
Canonically - Justice League of America #75 (1969)
Created By: Dick Dillin and Denny O'Neil
Powers: Heightened training and expertise in most forms of hand-to-hand combat, and possesses an ultra-sonic scream she calls the "canary cry" which can shatter objects and disorient and stun enemies.
PARENT: Black Canary (Dinah Lance Drake)
First Appearance: Flash Comics #86 (1947)
Created By: Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino
Powers: none, though she is highly trained in hand-to-hand combat.
The original Black Canary started her career later in the Golden Age, quickly joining the Justice Society, effectively replacing Johnny Thunder. Black Canary was street savvy, sexy, and gutsy. In 1969, during one of the annual JSA/JLA teamups, Black Canary's husband, Larry Drake, was killed. Canary was so distraught that she wanted to have a fresh start and not be surrounded by memories of her husband. So she decided to move from Earth-Two to Earth-One and join the Justice League.
Black Canary thrived and became an extremely popular character, both as a member of the League and as a constant companion and love interest to Green Arrow. In 1983, it was revealed that the Black Canary who emigrated to Earth-One was actually the daughter of the Golden Age Black Canary. This revision of origin was used to explain this Black Canary's super canary cry (erasing the previous explanation that it was a strange result of her migrating between Earths). Along with her membership in various incarnations of the Justice League, the younger Black Canary has also been a long-standing member of the Birds of Prey.
CHILD: Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
First Appearance: Outsiders (vol 3) #1 (2003)
Created By: Judd Winick and Tom Raney
Powers: Density manipulation, super strength, and stomp-induced shockwaves
PARENT: Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
First Appearance: Black Lightning #1 (1977)
Created By: Jenny Blake Isabella and Trevor von Eeden
Powers: Electricity generation and manipulation
Black Lightning was DC Comics' first African-American hero to be given his own ongoing title. It only lasted 11 issues, falling victim to the "DC Implosion" that cancelled many titles during this time. Jefferson Pierce is a teacher in Metropolis who decides to don a costume and fight crime as Black Lightning. Originally, his powers were manufactured through a special belt, but he was eventually retconned as being a meta-human. Black Lightning is most commonly associated with the Outsiders, but he has also served as an important member of the Justice League.
Jefferson and his wife, Lynn, had two daughters, Anissa and Jennifer, both of whom inherited the meta gene. Anissa's powers manifested first. She soon joined an updated incarnation of the Outsiders. Anissa and her father often butt heads with opposing political views, but their bond as father and daughter is a solid and loving one.
CHILD: Silver Scarab (later Sandman and then Dr. Fate) (Hector Hall)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #25 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: Flight, enhanced strength, and solar projector blasts derived from Nth Metal suit
PARENTS: Hawkman and Hawkgirl (Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders Hall)
First Appearance: Flash Comics #1 (1940)
Created By: Gardner Fox, Dennis Neville, and Sheldon Moldoff
Powers: Flight, enhanced senses, and enhanced strength derived from Nth Metal
Hawkman and Hawkgirl were popular Golden Age DC characters whose solo adventures were published through 1949, and Hawkman continued on as a member of the Justice Society in their original adventures through 1951. In fact, Hawkman holds the distinction of being the only member of the Justice Society of America to appear in every single All-Star Comics adventure from its original run.
Hector Hall was introduced as their child when the Infinity Inc. team debuted. Hank had a temper and resentment, carrying a huge chip on his shoulder. He wore an armor made from Nth metal that gave him many of the same powers as his parents... without the use of wings. Hector had a fractious journey through DC history and ended up assuming two other hero identities. He was the 3rd (of 7 to date) person to claim the mantle of Sandman, and later he was the 5th (of 7 to date) character to inhabit the role of Dr. Fate.
CHILD: Robin (Damien Wayne)
First Appearance: Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)
Created By: Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert
Powers: None. Powers: None. Trained as the world's finest detective, hand-to-hand combatant, olympic level athlete, and advanced strategist.
PARENT: Batman (Bruce Wayne)
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (1939)
Created By: Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Powers: None. Highly skilled detective, strategist, and martial artist
When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, his parents were murdered in front of him. Growing up, he trained himself in all forms of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, the sciences, and honed his detective skills to some of the best in the world. He became the costumed vigilante known as Batman, helping to protect the citizens of Gotham City from crime, while also being a symbol of hope and a long-time member of the Justice League of America.
In 1987, a non-canonical story (Batman: Son of the Demon) introduced an unnamed infant who was the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. In 2006, this child was reimagined as Damien Wayne, a son that Bruce Wayne was unaware he had fathered, and planted firmly into DC's primary continuity. Damien grew up with his mother Talia, and was trained by the League of Assassins. In his early teens, Talia revealed Damien's existence to Batman and left the boy in America to live with Batman. Batman handed the mantle of Robin to his new son.
GRANDCHILD: Amazing-Man (Will Everett III)
First Appearance: Justice League America #86 (1994)
Created By: Dan Vado and Marc Campos
Powers: Energy absorption, transforming himself into the living embodiment of any type of material he could make contact with.
GRANDPARENT: Amazing-Man (Will Everett)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #23 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: Energy absorption, transforming himself into the living embodiment of any type of material he could make contact with. Olympic athletic skills.
Will Everett was an Olympic-winning athlete who could only find work as a janitor after his competitions. Cleaning up in a laboratory, Will was involved in a chemical explosion that gave him the power to manifest himself into whatever he touches, be that metal, wood, bricks, steel, etc. Donning a costume, he operated as Amazing-Man and joined the All-Star Squadron alongside numerous other heroes in the 1940s WWII era.
Will's son (Will Everett II) inherited his fathers abilities, but chose not to become a costumed hero. But Will Everett III reluctantly finds himself taking up his grandfather's mantle, and donning the same costume. He eventually decides on an updated version of the costume sans cape. Will the III served as a member of the Justice League and later the Justice League Europe. He was killed in battle by the the villain named Mist.
CHILD: Starman (David Knight)
First Appearance: Starman (vol. 1) #26 (1990)
Created By: Roger Stern and Dave Hoover
Powers: None. He employs a cosmic rod, a device created by his father, that allows him to fly, shoot energy blasts, and manipulate gravity.
PARENT: Starman (Ted Knight)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #61 (1941)
Created By: Gardner Fox and Jack Burnley
Powers: None. He employs a cosmic rod, a device he created, that allows him to fly, shoot energy blasts, and manipulate gravity.
David Knight was the eldest son of Ted Knight and his wife, Adele. When his dad retired as Starman, David took over the role, wearing a direct replica of the costume his dad wore, and employing the cosmic rod. David was killed in battle shortly after starting his career as Starman.
CHILD: Damage (Grant Emerson)
First Appearance: Damage #1 (1994)
Created By: Tom Joyner and Bill Marimon
Powers: Energy absorption and manipulation, power blasts, super speed, and super strength
PARENT: Atom (Al Pratt)
First Appearance: All-American Comics #19 (1940)
Created By: Bill O'Connor and Ben Flinton
Powers: Originally none, just peek physical training. Later, he acquired an "atomic punch" and powers that included invulnerability, stamina, super speed, and super strength.
The Golden Age Atom was the diminutive and spunky college student Al Pratt. He trained in hand-to-hand combat skills and worked with trainer Joe Morgan to build his body to near physical perfection. He eventually took on a costumed identity as a vigilante (Atom) and became an original and long-standing member of the Justice Society of America.
Grant Emerson was raised by his parents, John and Kate Emerson. At the age of 16, he began developing meta-human powers and also learned that the Emersons were his adoptive parents. Grant eventually discovered that the Emersons were his adoptive parents, and he was actually the son of Al Pratt (Atom) and his long-time love, Mary James. He later learns that, as an infant, he was subjected to experimentation by Vandal Savage and the Symbolix corporation. He had been injected with the DNA of other metahumans. The power charges that build up in Grant, which allow him to engage superhuman abilities, have to be intentionally released periodically, or they can cause damage to Grant or those around him if they erupt unintentionally. Damage served as a member of several superhero teams, including the Titans, the Justice League, and the Justice Society of America.
CHILD: Obsidian (Todd Rice)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #25 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: Harnessing the energies of the Shadowland, allowing him to inhabit shadows, dimension hop, become intangible, fly, and grow in size when in shadow form.
PARENT: Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
First Appearance: All-American Comics #16 (1940)
Created By: Martin Nodell and Bill Finger
Powers: Alan uses an emerald ring that allows him to generate and manipulate emerald energy, forming and controlling structures through his willpower. The ring's power also allows him to fly.
The Golden Age Green Lantern enjoyed a popular run in DC Comics, originally spanning 1940 through 1948. He was a member of the Justice Society of America and returned from obscurity when DC invented its multiverse in 1961. This "Earth-Two" Green Lantern was a frequent guest star both in the JLA/JSA annual team-ups and also in the adventures of the Earth-One Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) comic book.
In 1983, readers of DC comics learned that Alan Scott was the father of twins, each of whom was born with their own superpower. Initially, the mother of these twins was unknown, but it was later revealed to be one of Green Lantern's villains. Alan had a brief marriage to Thorn (Rose Canton). She left him before he knew she was pregnant. The children were put up for adoption and raised separately. Todd and his twin didn't meet their biological father until they helped form the hero group known as Infinity Inc. Todd was raised by adoptive parents James and Shirley Rice, and James was an abusive father, which contributed to Todd's leaning toward darkness rather than light.
GRANDCHILD: Manhunter (Kate Spencer)
First Appearance: Manhunter (vol. 3) #1 (2004)
Created By: Marc Andreyko and Jesus Saiz
Powers: None. Her armor supplies her with enhanced strength, durability, speed, and flight. Her staff supplies her with power blasts.
GRANDPARENTS:
Phantom Lady (Sandra Knight)
First Appearance: Police Comics #1 (1941)
Created By: Arthur Peddy and Matt Baker
Powers: None. She employs a special black light projector (originally a hand-held device and later built into wristbands) that blinds and disorients her opponents, allowing her to disappear from their view.
Iron Munro (Arnold Munro)
First Appearance: Young All-Stars #1 (1987)
Created By: Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Michael Bair
Powers: Super strength, enhanced endurance, and limited invulnerability
Sandra Knight is a cousin to Ted Knight (the original Starman), who took up a career as a vigilante crime fighter herself, called Phantom Lady. She served as a member of the All-Star Squadron, where she met fellow member Iron Munro and began a relationship with him. She became pregnant, but because Munro had decided to end the relationship, she never told him, and later gave the child up for adoption.
Iron Munro was created following the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths saga erased many of the Golden Age heroes from regular DC continuity. Iron Munro filled some of the void left by the erasure of the Earth-Two Superman. Munro was a member of the All-Star Squadron and the Young All-Stars. During his time as a hero, he met Phantom Lady. Munro was never aware that Phantom Lady had conceived his child.
Kate Spencer was a district attorney who became disillusioned with the legal system as she watched guilty criminals get away with crimes and murder. She blackmailed a weapons manufacturer into building her some armor and crime-fighting gadgets. She took up the identity of Manhunter (Kate is the 8th DC character to use this identity). Kate originally thought the Golden Age Atom (Al Pratt) was her grandfather, but eventually learned that her grandparents were Phantom Lady and Iron Munro. Manhunter served for a time as a member of the Birds of Prey.
CHILD: Crush (Xiomara Rojas)
First Appearance: Teen Titans Special #1 (2018)
Created By: Adam Glass and Robson Rocha
Powers: Excellerated healing, enhanced senses, superhuman strength, durability, and stamina
PARENT: Lobo (just Lobo)
First Appearance: Omega Men #3 (1983)
Created By: Roger Slifer and Keith Giffin
Powers: Super strength, stamina, and speed. Immortality, invulnerability, and regeneration
Lobo is pretty much the premier anti-hero within the DC universe. Lobo is Czarnian and was generally considered the last of his kind, having himself killed off most of his species. He makes a living being an intergalactic bounty hunter. He likes drinking and killing simply for the sake of killing. For a time, he worked with L.E.G.I.O.N. and later with the Suicide Squad.
Crush is the half-Czarnian/half-Earthling daughter of Lobo. Her mother is unknown. She crash-landed on Earth as a baby and was discovered and adopted by David and Lisa Rojas. As Crush was growing up, one day she saw Lobo on the news and instinctively knew that he was her father. After her adoptive parents were murdered, she joined the Teen Titans in the hopes that they could help her find her adoptive parents' killers.
CHILD: Fury (Lyta Trevor)
First Appearance: Wonder Woman #300 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Ross Andru
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. Enhanced senses, regenerative healing, and invulnerability to magic
PARENT: Wonder Woman of Earth-Two (Princess Diana / Diana Prince Trevor)
First Appearance: (Chronological) All-Star Comics #8 (1942)
First Appearance: (Canonical)The Flash #137 (1963)
Created By: (Chronological) William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter
Created By: (Canonical) Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. Limited flight ability, gliding on air currents. Knowledge of all known languages and advanced scientific knowledge.
After emerging victorious in a series of rigorous competitions held among the Amazons of Paradise Island, Princess Diana was bestowed with the title of champion and tasked with entering the world of men. She adopted a dual existence as both Diana Prince, an Army nurse (later a military intelligence officer), and as Wonder Woman. She donned a distinctive costume resembling the American flag, and she used the powers granted to her by the Roman gods to defend the innocent and to promote peace.
After marrying her long-time love, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman gave birth to a daughter named Lyta. Lyta inherited many of the same powers that her mother had, and in her teen years, she took on the heroic persona of Fury, following in her mother's footsteps as a superhero. Fury was an original member of Infinity Inc. (Note: In some continuities, Lyta is the daughter of another superheroine, Helena Kosmatos, who also used the name Fury.)
CHILD: Impulse (Bart Allen)
First Appearance: The Flash (vol. 2) #92 (1994)
Created By: Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
PARENT: Tornado Twin (Don Allen)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #373 (1968)
Created By: Jim Shooter and Win Mortimer
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
As one of the Tornado Twins, Don Allen used his speed powers to help others. He was the son of Barry (Flash) Allen, though he resided in the future, which is where his mother, Iris West Allen, was originally from. The Tornado Twins had little visibility in DC comics, typically being shown as auxiliary characters within the background of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Don eventually married Meloni Thawne, and they had a son named Bart.
Bart inherited an association to the speed force, but his connection caused rapid aging. His body was that of a 12-year-old, while his mind and his time in existence were merely 2 years. To protect him, he was raised in a world of virtual reality until his mind could begin to catch up. Eventually, he was transported to the past, where Wally (Flash) West was able to cure his aging condition. But because Bart had been raised in virtual reality, he had no real concept of danger and harm. He often tended to act recklessly. Staying in the past, he was mentored by one of the original speedsters, Max Mercury, and also by Wally. Bart was a member of both the Teen Titans and Young Justice. During different continuities, he also assumed the mantles of Kid Flash and, for a short time, Flash.
CHILD: Starman (Jack Knight)
First Appearance: Zero Hour #1 (1994)
Created By: James Robinson and Tony Harris
Powers: None. He employs a cosmic staff, a modified version of the rod device his dad created, that allows him to fly, shoot energy blasts, and manipulate gravity. Jack is also trained in martial arts, primarily jujutsu.
PARENT: Starman (Ted Knight)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #61 (1941)
Created By: Gardner Fox and Jack Burnley
Powers: None. He employs a cosmic rod, a device he created, that allows him to fly, shoot energy blasts, and manipulate gravity.
Ted's son David originally took up the mantle of Starman after Ted retired. But as we covered earlier, David's career as Starman was short-lived, and he was killed in battle. David's younger brother Jack had always been a rebellious sort of soul and didn't have a positive position regarding his father's time as a costumed hero. But after being attacked by the same villain who killed his brother, Jack reluctantly became the new Starman. He was concerned with protecting himself, his father, and the citizens of Opal City. Jack abandoned the traditional caped costume worn by his father and brother and instead preferred a leather jacket and goggles.
CHILD: Tomcat (Thomas Bronson)
First Appearance: (Chronological) Kingdom Come #2 (1996)
(Canonical) Justice Society of America (vol 3) #1 (2007)
Created By: Mark Waid and Alex Ross
Powers: Metahuman "Werepanther". He can transmorph at will to a panther-human being. In this form, he possesses super strength and speed, increased agility, and cat-like reflexes. He also has enhanced healing abilities
PARENT: Wildcat (Ted Grant)
First Appearance: Sensation Comics #1 (1942)
Created By: Bill Finger and Irwin Hasen
Powers: None. Highly skilled boxer and master of mixed martial arts
Thomas Bronson was born as the result of a one-night encounter between Ted Grant and a bank teller named Marilyn Bronson. His mother chose not to inform Ted when she found out she was pregnant because of his dangerous work as Wildcat. When Thomas was in eighth grade, he discovered that he was a metahuman, with the ability to transform into a human panther hybrid. Thomas was originally not interested in being a superhero, but once he met his biological father and learned from him, he opted to change his mind and become a hero known as Tomcat.
First Appearance: DC Super Stars #17 and All-Star Comics #69 (both 1977)
Created By: Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, Joe Orlando, and Bob Layton
Powers: None. Highly skilled detective, gymnast, hand-to-hand combatant, marksman, and archer.
PARENTS:
Batman of Earth-Two (Bruce Wayne)
First Appearance: (Chronological) Detective Comics #27 (1939)
(Canonical) Justice League of America #82 (1970)
Created By: Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Powers: None. Trained as the world's finest detective, hand-to-hand combatant, Olympic-level athlete, and advanced strategist.
Catwoman of Earth-Two (Selina Kyle)
First Appearance: Batman #1 (1940)
Created By: Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Powers: None. Exceptional athletic skills and agility, martial arts training, and formidable skills as a fighter
When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, his parents were murdered in front of him. Growing up, he trained himself in all forms of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, the sciences, and honed his detective skills to some of the best in the world. He became the costumed vigilante known as Batman, helping to protect the citizens of Gotham City from crime, while also being a symbol of hope and a long-standing member of the Justice Society of America. After years of romantic entanglement with his long-time foe, Catwoman, the two married after she retired from her life of crime.
Selina Kyle was a master thief, primarily of jewels, who started her criminal career known as The Cat, later altering her nom de guerre to Catwoman. She spent years simultaneously flirting with Batman while also being a thief. Batman was eventually able to convince her to retire her criminal ways, and the two soon married.
Helena Wayne grew up learning and mastering the skills of both her parents, Batman and Catwoman. She eventually took up the name Huntress and began her own career as a crime fighter. She became a member of the Justice Society and later Infinity Inc. In more recent continuities, the character of Helena Wayne was revealed to have been Robin to her father's Batman.
CHILD: XS (Jenni Ognats)
First Appearance: Legionnaires #0 (1994)
Created By: Tom McCraw and Jeff Moy
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
PARENT: Tornado Twin (Dawn Allen)
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #373 (1968)
Created By: Jim Shooter and Win Mortimer
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
As one of the Tornado Twins, Dawm Allen used her speed powers to help others. She was the daughter of Barry (Flash) Allen, though she resided in the future, which is where her mother, Iris West Allen, was originally from. The Tornado Twins had little visibility in DC comics, typically being shown as auxiliary characters within the background of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Dawn eventually married Jeven Ognats, and they had a daughter named Jenni.
Jenni inherited a connection to the speed force from her mother and her grandfather (Flash - Barry Allen). When she was old enough, she auditioned for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes and was admitted to the team, operating under the codename XS.
CHILD: Brainwave Jr. (Henry "Hank" King Jr.)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #24 (1985)
Created By: Jerry Ordway, Roy Thomas, and Mike Machlan
Powers: Telepathy, brain blasts, illusion casting, mind control, and telekinesis
PARENT: Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks (Mary Creamer)
First Appearance: Star-Spangled Comics #81 (1948)
Created By: Otto Binder
Powers: None. Above-average intellect and employment of numerous gadgets
Mary Creamer is the adopted sister of Sylvester Pemberton, the Star-Spangled Kid. When she discovered his dual identity, she formed one of her own and became the Gimmick Girl, fighting crime with numerous gadgets of her own invention. She later fell in love with the criminal Brainwave, the two were married and had a son named Henry Jr. The original Brainwave was sent to prison for his many crimes, so Merry pretty much raised Junior on her own.
Henry King Jr. sought to distance himself from the legacy of his criminal father, so he took up the costumed identity of Brainwave Jr. and joined Infinity Inc. Henry Jr. inherited his many powers of the mind from his father. When his father was dying, he transferred all his powers into Junior's mind. This eventually drove Junior to madness.
CHILD: Superboy (Jonathan Kent)
First Appearance: Convergence Superman #2 (2015)
Created By: Dan Jurgens
Powers: Super strength, speed, stamina, and endurance. Enhanced senses, flight, and invulnerability
PARENT: Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)
First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (1938)
Created By: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Powers: Super strength, speed, stamina, and endurance. Enhanced senses, flight, and invulnerability
As an infant, the Kryptonian baby named Kal-El was placed in a rocket ship and sent to Earth by his parents to escape the planet's impending destruction. Crash landing in Kansas, he was taken in and raised by a loving Earth couple named Jonathan and Martha Kent. They named him Clark. Under Earth's yellow sun, Clark gained amazing powers and sought to better the world by protecting it as the costumed adventurer known as Superman.
After years of dating, Clark married his longtime love (and fellow reporter) Lois Lane. The two had a son who, as half-Kryptonian, inherited his father's many powers. He also shares his mother's drive and inquisitiveness. After a period being held captive on Earth-Three, once freed, Jonathan found that while years had gone by for him, only weeks had gone by on his home Earth. As a result, he returned to his parents as a late teenager.
First Appearance: Green Lantern (vol 2) #100 (1978)
Created By: Dennis O'Neil and Alex Saviuk
Powers: Ability to convert his body into radio waves, manipulating telephones, radios, and television signals. In his manipulated form, he can travel between dimensions. With training he learned to fly and to control other areas of the electromagnetic spectrum, including X-rays, gamma rays, microwaves, and infrared rays.
PARENT: Air Wave (Larry Jordan)
First Appearance: Detective Comics #60 (1942)
Created By: Mort Weisinger or Murray Boltinoff, and Harris Levey
Powers: None. Using a specially formulated helmet, he could manipulate all forms sound waves and radio waves. He also employed special boots with wheels that could be deployed, allowing him to skate along power lines.
Larry Jordan hoped to fight organized crime by creating the alter-ego of Airwave, inventing a special helmet and other gadgets that could help him be a successful costumed hero. He had a run of solo adventures from 1942 to 1948. He was later revealed to have been a member of the World War II hero team, the All-Star Squadron.
In 1978, it was revealed that Larry Jordan had a son named Hal, whom he passed on his helmet and costume. (It's not been revealed if the original Air Wave migrated from Earth-Two to Earth-One, or if Earth-One had its own, hitherto unknown, version of Airwave.) This young Hal Jordan also turns out to be named after his father's brother Hal, an uncle who he soon discovers is also Green Lantern.
GRANDCHILD: Amazing-Man (Markus Clay)
First Appearance: Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #12 (2008)
Created By: Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, and Dale Eaglesham
Powers: Energy absorption, transforming himself into the living embodiment of any type of material he could make contact with.
GRANDPARENT: Amazing-Man (William Everett)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #23 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: Energy absorption, transforming himself into the living embodiment of any type of material he could make contact with. Olympic athletic skills.
Will Everett was an Olympic-winning athlete who could only find work as a janitor after his competitions. Cleaning up in a laboratory, Will was involved in a chemical explosion that gave him the power to manifest himself into whatever he touches, be that metal, wood, bricks, steel, etc. Donning a costume, he operated as Amazing-Man and joined the All-Star Squadron alongside numerous other heroes in the 1940s WWII era.
Will had at least two grandsons who inherited his abilities. One was Will Everett III (who we've already covered) and the other was Will III's cousin, Markus Clay. Markus has the same abilities as his grandfather and eventually began donning a costume of his own, assuming the codename of (the third) Amazing-Man. He has served as a member of the Justice Society.
CHILD: Pinky the Whiz Kid (Pinky Butler)
First Appearance: Wow Comics #4 (1941)
Created By: Otto Binder and Jack Binder
Powers: None. Olympic-level athlete and skilled acrobat
PARENT: Mr. Scarlett (Brian Butler)
First Appearance: Wow Comics #1 (1940)
Created By: France Herron and Jack Kirby
Powers: None. Olympic-level athlete and skilled acrobat. He was sometimes depicted as having the ability to fly.
Mr. Scarlett was originally a character published by Fawcett Comics. His original adventures took place from 1940 through 1948. Brian Butler, a District Attorney, was fed up with the limits imposed by the criminal justice system, so he donned a costume and began fighting criminals and evildoers as Mr. Scarlett. After being acquired by DC Comics, he was originally a resident of Earth-S in the pre-Crisis multiverse.
Brian Butler adopted a boy named Pinky (no last name was ever given), who was orphaned after his mother was murdered. Pinky became aware of Brian's alter ego and soon began assisting Mr. Scarlett as Pinky the Whiz Kid. Like his mentor, he too became part of the DC universe when DC acquired the rights to all of Fawcett's old characters. When Brian passed away, Pinky took over the mantle of Mr. Scarlett.
CHILD: Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore)
First Appearance: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (1999)
Created By: Geoff Johns and David S. Goyer
Powers: None. A cosmic converter belt provides enhanced strength, speed, agility and stamina. A cosmic staff provides flight and cosmic energy manipulation
(STEP)PARENT: Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
First Appearance: Star-Spangled Comics #1 (1941)
Created By: Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman
Powers: None. Superb hand-to-hand combatant. Employs powered armor known as S.T.R.I.P.E.
Pat Dugan was the chauffeur for a rich kid named Sylvester Pemberton. Sylvester was secretly a superhero known as Star-Spangled Kid, and Pat became his sidekick, known as Stripesy. Their adventures were published regularly from 1941 through 1948. The pair became members of the Seven Soldiers of Victory and were also retroactively inserted into the All-Star Squadron. Pat married Barbara Whitmore, who had a daughter through a previous marriage.
Courtney Whitmore discovered the costume of her stepdad's previous mentor, the Star-Spangled Kid. She dons the costume and sets off as an adventurer, with step-dad Pat creating an armored suit to keep watch on her. Later, Jack Knight (Starman) bequeathed his cosmic staff to Courtney and she changed her hero name to Stargirl. Stargirl eventually became a member of the Justice Society.
CHILD: Lightning (Jennifer Pierce)
First Appearance: (Chronological) Kingdom Come #1 (1996)
(Canonical) Justice Society of America (vol 3) #12 (2008)
Created By: Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, Mark Waid, and Dale Eaglesham
Powers: Electricity generation and manipulation. When being Lightning, her physical body is surrounded by a visible, electrical aura. She also has the power of flight when in electrical form.
PARENT: Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
First Appearance: Black Lightning #1 (1977)
Created By: Jenny Blake Isabella and Trevor von Eeden
Powers: Electricity generation and manipulation
Black Lightning was DC Comics' first African-American hero to be given his own ongoing title. It only lasted 11 issues, falling victim to the "DC Implosion" that cancelled many titles during this time. Jefferson Pierce is a teacher in Metropolis who decides to don a costume and fight crime as Black Lightning. Originally, his powers were manufactured through a special belt, but he was eventually retconned as being a meta-human. Black Lightning is most commonly associated with the Outsiders, but he has also served as an important member of the Justice League.
Jefferson and his wife, Lynn, had two daughters, Anissa and Jennifer. Both inherited the meta gene, but Jennifer manifested her abilities later than her sister. Jennifer discovered she could transform into a sort of living lightning entity. She eventually became a member of the Justice Society. Unlike her father, she can absorb and release electromagnetic energy from the atmosphere.
CHILDREN: Impulse (II) and Surge (Iris West and Jai West)
First Appearance: Iris's chronological first appearance was in Kingdom Come #3 (1996) as Kid Flash. The canonical first appearance for both characters is The Flash (vol. 2) #225 (2005)
Created By: Iris was created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, canonically, both characters were created by Geoff Johns and Howard Porter
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing.
PARENT: Flash (Wally West)
First Appearance: The Flash #110 (1960)
Created By: John Broome and Carmine Infantino
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
When he was a chilld, Wally West was with his uncle Barry (Flash) Allen, when a storm duplicated the very accident that imbued Barry with his powers and connection to the speed force. Wally became Flash's sidekick, operating as Kid Flash. When Barry was killed during the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wally took over the role of Flash. After a long courtship with Linda Park, the two eventually married and had twins.
The twins were named Iris and Jai, and both of them inherited speed-related powers that originated with the speed force. Both also experienced some rapid aging due to these powers. Following in the family "business", both assumed hero identities and set out to protect the world from evil. Jai assumed the identity of Surge, and Iris took over the mantle of Impulse.
GRANDCHILD: Steel (Hank Heywood III)
First Appearance: Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984)
Created By: Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, durability, and augmented hearing
GRANDPARENT: Commander Steel (Hank Heywood)
First Appearance: Steel the Indestructible Man #1 (1977)
Created By: Gerry Conway and Don Heck
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and stamina
Commander Hank Heywood was injured in an attack on his base, and military scientists replaced his bones with steel alloy tubing that resulted in his superhuman abilities. As Commander Steel, he was retroactively given membership in the World War II super-team, the All-Star Squadron.
As a result of experimentation by his grandfather, Hank Heywood III gained a mechanical muscular system composed of a durable steel alloy and electronically augmented hearing. Assuming the code name Steel, Hank was admitted to the Justice League of America alongside Vibe, Gypsy, and Vixen. He was killed in battle in 1987. Steel is the cousin of another family hero, Citizen Steel (Nathaniel Heywood).
GRANDCHILD: Citizen Steel (Nathaniel Heywood)
First Appearance: Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #2 (2007)
Created By: Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. Pain immunity and limited invulnerability.
GRANDPARENT: Commander Steel (Hank Heywood)
First Appearance: Steel the Indestructible Man #1 (1977)
Created By: Gerry Conway and Don Heck
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and stamina
Commander Hank Heywood was injured in an attack on his base, and military scientists replaced his bones with steel alloy tubing that resulted in his superhuman abilities. As Commander Steel, he was retroactively given membership in the World War II super-team, the All-Star Squadron.
Nathaniel Heywood, grandson of Hank Heywood, lost a leg in a tragic accident. During a family reunion, the Heywood family was ambushed by the Fourth Reich, a ruthless villain group determined to wipe out the Heywood bloodline. Nathaniel was one of the few who survived the brutal attack. In the chaos, he inadvertently ingested some of the metallic blood of Reichsmark, one of the attackers. The strange substance fused with his body, regenerating his lost leg and transforming him into living steel. From that moment on, Nathaniel became known as Citizen Steel, carrying on the legacy of his grandfather. Citizen Steel is the cousin of Steel (Hank Heywood III).
CHILD: Darkstar (Lydea Mallor)
First Appearance: Chronologically in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #292 (1982).
First Appearance: Canonically in L.E.G.I.O.N. #8 (1989)
Created By: Paul Levitz and Keith Giffin
Powers: Darkness manipulation and dark energy projection
PARENT: Lyrissa Mallor
First Appearance: Invasion #2 (1988)
Created By: Keith Giffin, Bill Mantlo, and Todd McFarlane
Powers: Darkness manipulation
Lydea Mallor inherited her mother's shadow abilities and the title of Shadow Champion of Talok VIII. Lydea was brainwashed by the Computer Tyrant and while under its control, she killed her mother, Lyrissa. Evenutally she was able to reconsile that she wasn't responsible for the killing, and she took her mother's place in L.E.G.I.O.N.
CHILD: Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)
First Appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (1942)
Created By: William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and senses. Flight, and numerous gear and gadgets (For a tour of Wonder Woman's gadgets and gear, click here!)
PARENT: Wonder Woman (Queen Hippolyta)
First Appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (1942)
Created By: William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and senses. Highly skilled warrior.
In several DC continuities, it is Queen Hippolyta who first arrived on "man's world" and operated as the heroine known as Wonder Woman. During World War II, she joined the Justice Society of America.
Years later, her daughter, Diana, travels to the United States and assumes the costumed identity of Wonder Woman, serving as a frequent member of the Justice League, while also being an ambassador for her homeland of the Island Themyscira
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CHILD: Beast Boy (Garfield Logan)|
First Appearance: Doom Patrol #99 (1965)
Created By: Arnold Drake and Bob Brown
Powers: Ability to morph into any animal form, and accelerated healing
PARENTS:
Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr Dayton)
First Appearance: My Greatest Adventure #80 (1963)
Created By: Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani
Powers: Size shifting, regeneration, and elasticity
Mento (Steve Dayton)
First Appearance: Doom Patrol #91 (1964)
Created By: Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani
Powers: None. Invented a helmet that provides him with telepathy, psychokenisis, intangibility, and limited mind control
Elasti-Girl was a founding member of the Doom Patrol, a superhero team made up of individuals whom society rejected. After being exposed to some mysterious volcanic gases, she gained the ability to increase or decrease the size of her body, or any portion of her body.
Steve Dayton was the 5th richest man in the world. He becomes smitten with Elasti-Girl and invents a helmet that provides him with superpowers. He becomes a sort of auxiliary member of the Doom Patrol, and eventually, he and Rita marry.
Garfield Logan was in Africa with his scientist parents when he contracted a rare illness known as Sakutia. To cure him, his parents subjected him to an untested serum. While this serum saved Gar, it also turned his skin permanently green and gave him the superpower of being able to transform his body into any animal. After his parents died, Garfield was adopted by Elasti-Girl and Mento. He became another auxiliary member of the Doom Patrol. He later joined the Teen Titans and, for many years, used the codename Changeling. He eventually returned to using Beast Boy.
CHILD: (The) Boom (Judy Garrick)
First Appearance: The New Golden Age #1 (2023)
Created By: Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
PARENT: Flash (Jay Garrick)
First Appearance: Flash Comics #1 (1940)
Created By: Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert
Powers: Super speed and accelerated healing
College student Jay Garrick accidentally inhaled hard water vapors and gained the ability to run at super speed. It was later retconned that the vapors simply led to the activation of his metagene, which included a connection to the speed force. As Flash, he had a long solo career and also served as a member of the All-Star Squadron and various incarnations of the Justice Society. Jay has also been a mentor of sorts for many of the younger speedsters who followed him. After marrying his long-time love, Joan Williams, the two had a daughter named Judy.
After Judy was exposed to hard water vapors, like her father, her metagene was activated, and her connection to the speed force was established. Suiting up, she took the name The Boom, and served as a sidekick to her father, the Flash. Judy spent many years as a captive in the time stream, her existence forgotten by the outside world. Once freed, Judy discovered that her parents were now old enough to be her grandparents. Judy had not aged during her time of captivity, though her existence was re-established upon her return.
CHILD: Dream of the Endless (Daniel Hall)
First Appearance: Sandman #22 (1991)
Created By: Neil Gaiman and Kelley Jones
Powers: Control over dreams, nightmares, and the realm of space
PARENTS:
Fury (Lyta Trevor Hall)
First Appearance: Wonder Woman #300 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Ross Andru
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. Enhanced senses, regenerative healing, and invulnerability to magic
Sandman (Hector Hall)
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron #25 (1983)
Created By: Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway
Powers: Superhuman strength, immortality, flight, dream manipulation and casting, telepathy, and telekinesis.
Lyta Trevor inherited many of the same powers that her mother (Wonder Woman of Earth-Two) possessed. In her teens, she took on the heroic persona of Fury, following in her mother's footsteps as a superhero. Fury was an original member of Infinity Inc. She eventually married her teammate Hector Hall.
Hector Hall is the son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl of Earth-Two. When beginning his career as a superhero, he wore an armor made from Nth metal that gave him many of the same powers as his parents... without the use of wings. He called himself the Silver Scarab. He was killed by Hawkman's nemesis Hath-Set. But Hector's spirit was pulled into the Dreaming dimension, and he was transformed into a new Sandman. While in the Dreaming, he would visit Lyta in her dreams. Eventually, Lyta decided to join Hector in the Dreaming. While there, they conceived a child.
Lyta and Hector's son Daniel was conceived in the Dreaming. As a child, he is kidnapped by Loki and later transformed into Dream the Endless, replacing Morpheus. He is the ruler of the Dream realm, a more compassionate ruler than his predecessor.
CHILD: Donna Troy
First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold #60 (1965)
Created By: Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and senses. Flight.
PARENT: Wonder Woman (Queen Hippolyta)
First Appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (1942)
Created By: William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter
Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and senses. Highly skilled warrior.
In several DC continuities, it is Queen Hippolyta who first arrived on "man's world" and operated as the heroine known as Wonder Woman. During World War II, she joined the Justice Society of America. After a brief career as Wonder Woman, she returned to Paradise Island. Later, when her daughter Diana rescued an infant girl from a house fire, the girl was brought to Paradise Island because she had no family. Queen Hippolyta adopted the girl and raised her as her second daughter.
After being rescued by Wonder Woman and adopted by Queen Hippolyta, the infant known as Donna was raised by the Amazons. They used their Purple Healing ray to transfer a portion of Diana's powers into Donna. When Donna found her way back to America again, she took up the mantle of Wonder Girl and joined the Teen Titans. She has served on various incarnations of the team and also in the Justice League. She eventually abandoned the desire to have a dual identity and operates simply as Donna Troy, a hero, and citizen.
CHILD: Jesse Quick (Jesse Chambers)
First Appearance: Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #1 (1992)
Created By: Len Strazewski and Mike Perobeck
Powers: Super strength, super speed, limited flight
PARENTS:
Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence)
First Appearance: Boy Commandos #1 (1942)
Created By: Chuck Winter and Don Cameron
Powers: Super strength and super speed. Emits shock waves through her hands
Johnny Quick (John Chambers)
First Appearance: More Fun Comics #71 (1941)
Created By: Mort Weisinger
Powers: Super speed and gravity nullification that grants him limited flight
Reporter Libby Lawrence found that a replica of the Liberty Belle could provide her with temporary super strength and speed. She incorporated the replica into a belt and created a costume to fight evil as Liberty Belle. Later, her powers became innate, and the replica bell was not needed. Liberty Belle was a long-serving member of the All-Star Squadron. She eventually married fellow member Johnny Quick.
Johnny Quick's original adventures were published from 1941 through 1956, making him one of the longest published Golden Age heroes. During a visit to Egypt, Johnny Chambers discovered a formula "3X2(9YZ)4A" that, when uttered aloud, provided him with super speed abilities. Years later, he learned the formula was simply a mantra providing him access to the speed force. Johnny served as a member of the All-Star Squadron
After Libby and Johnny were married, they had a daughter they named Jesse. Jesse discovered that by uttering her father's formula, she too could access the speed force. She took up the costumed identity of Jesse Quick. Later she learned that she also inherited super strength from her mother. For a while, Jesse changed her code name and costume and operated as a new Liberty Belle. She also served as a Flash for a brief time, filling in for Wally West. Jesse has been a member of the Justice Society, the Justice League, and the Titans.
Believe it or not, I think we have come to the conclusion of this tour. This was quite a long one, so I won't drag out a big closing! I hope you had a good time, and that our journey has perhaps reminded you of characters you had forgotten or characters you weren't aware of!
Since children are born every day, both in the real world and in the land of comic books, there's no doubt I'll have to come back and update this one from time to time!!
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