Enchantress (DC)
Enchantress is a female comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
June Moon
She and Alan Dell later received an invitation to a castle estate that was hosting a party where all the attendees were wearing monster costumes. In this time, a seeming genuine monster emerged and in the panic caused June found herself accidentally within a hidden sealed room. Inside, he found a strange being on a throne who bade her to approach where he told her that she was chosen to battle a long imprisoned evil. By speaking the words 'the Enchantress', June came to be transformed into a powerful other persona equipped with magic to fight this foe. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
June Moone later applied for a teaching position at the New Athens Experimental School where she was an instructor and expert in sorcery. Whilst there, her Enchantress persona looked to enact a spell that would end science on the planet thus bringing an end to crime, sickness and terrorism with this bringing her into conflict with Supergirl. Despite her weakness to magic, Kara Zor-El managed to stop the culmination of the ultimate spell with the Enchantress claiming that this made her and the Kryponian enemies. (Superman Family v1 #204)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
The Enchantress came to be recruited into Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad that was part of Task Force X. She came to join them as a voluntary member for personal reasons where they were sent to defeat the fiery monster Brimstone at Mount Rushmore. Using her magic, she was able to contain the explosion from the creature but the excess use of magic caused her evil persona to become dominant where she threatened to betray the team. However, she was knocked out by Bronze Tiger thus keeping her under the control of the squad when she regained consciousness. (Legends v1 #3) After the completion of the mission, many of the squad members were released from their prison service per the terms of their deal with Waller though Enchantress remained with Task Force X. (Legends v1 #4) The black-ops groups existence was later threatened when Captain Boomerang threatened to expose them to the world with Waller sending the team to assassinate him. (Legends v1 #5) Deadshot attempted to shoot Boomerang but Rick Flag had Enchantress disable the Apokoliptian Warhounds that were holding him hostage. (Legends v1 #6)
June Moon remained at the Ostrander Medical Institute where the doctors believed that she was freed from her other malevolent persona. However, a surge of magic came upon the world that caused her to speak the name and the Enchantress returned once again. With her power, she escaped the institute and believed herself free from her June personality where she encountered the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. Their battle was interrupted when the ground itself opened to Hell with the demon Etrigan leading the way. It was then revealed that the Spectre Force had been usurped by the fallen angel Asmodel formerly of the Pax Dei where he escaped his prison in hell and attempted to usurp Heaven from God. (Day of Judgment v1 #1) Rather than be involved in this crisis, the Enchantress sought to depart but was possessed by the Deadman who forced her to join the heroes efforts in stopping Asmodel. They journeyed into the afterlife where at the gates of hell they found its fires extinguished by the mad Spectre. It was then that the Enchantress freed herself from Boston Brand and was angered at being controlled but they were confronted by the hound of hell Cerberus. Enchantress slayed the beast and continued with the heroes into the depths of the underworld where they ended up in purgatory where Hal Jordan offered himself to be used as the new host of the Spectre. (Day of Judgment v1 #2) Within the depths of hell, they were confronted by the demon Nebiros who sought to slay them but he was defeated leading to Sebastian Faust reclaiming his soul. However, to re-ignite hell then he needed to commit an act of true evil which was murder leading to him slitting the throat of the Enchantress and causing her body to fall into the underworld's depths thus re-lighting its fires. (Day of Judgment v1 #4)
Afterwards, the souls of June Moon and the Enchantress separated where the former became freed from her magical self. Meanwhile, the Enchantress part of her was in Hell where she escaped back onto Earth and took on a new identity as a demon called Anita Soulfeed. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
From Hell, the Enchantress portion of her came to escape with the demon Scratch and fled to Earth where she took on the form of a succubus called Anita Soulfeeda. She began to work for a group of demons who styled themselves as the Mafia and called themselves the Diablos. The group began to work to resurrect the powerful sorcerer Hermes Trismegestus by using Felix Faust as a host body. The Justice League came to intervene where June Moon encountered Anita Soulfeeda and revealed her true form as the Enchantress. This caused the two to re-connect where they formed into a new entity called Soulsinger who helped defeat the Diablos and prevent a grave threat to the world. Shortly afterwards, the Soulsinger declared that her mission was now complete and faded causing the Enchantress to be left behind but now deprived of her powers. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
After being separated from June Moon, the Enchantress created countless duplicates of herself in order to search for her mortal host. (Justice League Dark v1 #1)
Later on, June Moone came to find herself in Amanda Waller's Task Force X program and was part of the Suicide Squad where she accompanied them on a mission to the Black Vault. (Suicide Squad v5 #3)
June Moone later found herself in Hilltop Sanitarium where she was struggling with her fragmented psyche. (Superman and the Authority v1 #2) This was until Superman and his team the Authority arrived to rescue her in order to recruit the Enchantress to their team. (Superman and the Authority v1 #3) She later assisted them in battling the Ultra-Humanite and his band of villains that were gathered to oppose them. It was then that the Authority accompanied Superman in a mission to Warworld to oppose the despot Mongul. (Superman and the Authority v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
When turning into the Enchantress, June's hair's and eyes along with her clothing completely changed. (Strange Adventures v1 #187) It was said that her parents had named her as a kind of joke and that it was June Moone. (Superman Family v1 #204) At one point, a merger between June Moon and the Enchantress caused the formation of a new being called the Soulsinger. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
June Moon was known to had been a freelance artist. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
Powers and abilities
By saying the words 'the Enchantress', June was able to transform into her superpowered persona with a jagged streak of lightning. This other form was noted for being mighty and held powerful magic. She was shown to be capable of walking through walls as if they not there. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
She was said to possess a 'witch's instinct' that allowed her to sense evil manifestations. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
She could summon a storm of animated icicles that she used to pierce and silence a foe. (Day of Judgment v1 #2)
The Enchantress was able to create countless duplicates of herself that were described as being fake shells. (Justice League Dark v1 #4)
It was shown that she was capable of stopping time over a localised area. (Suicide Squad v5 #22)
June was able to will herself back to her normal self though this meant any spells made vanished in the process. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
Notes
- Enchantress was created by Bob Haney and Howard Purcell where she made her first appearance in Strange Adventures v1 #187 (April, 1966).
Alternate Versions
- In Flashpoint v1 #1 (2011), an alternate version of the Enchantress appeared in the timeline known as Flashpoint. On this world, she was a member of a team known as the Secret Seven.
- In The Multiversity Guidebook v1 #1 (2015), an alternate version of Enchantress appeared in the newly created Multiverse where she was an inhabitant of Earth-13. This version was a superhero on the mystical world where she was a member of the League of Shadows.
In other media
Television
- In Legends of Tomorrow, the Enchantress appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse starting from the episode "The Great British Fake Off" where she was portrayed by actress Samantha Liana Cole.
Films
- In Suicide Squad, the Enchantress appeared in the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe where she was portrayed by actress Cara Delevingne. She and her brother Incubus entered this plane of existence circa 4,358 B.C.. Due to their incredible power, Enchantress and Incubus were worshiped as gods by ancient humans of Pre-Columbian South America but were ultimately betrayed by her subjects and somehow defeated and sealed away into containers, which, in turn, were placed inside a tomb of Tres Osos Caves for millennia. Archaeologist Dr. June Moone was exploring a site along the long overgrown Tres Osos Caves in the north-central highlands of Peru when she fell a shaft into a cavern containing a tomb. A doll-shaped container that held the witch caught her eye and called to her, making her release the spirit of the ancient deity. The spirit then possesses June's body, inhabiting her normal self until she says the word 'Enchantress', upon which her normal consciousness is overtaken by the ancient spirit inside. It was not long before she came to the attention of Amanda Waller during her search for metahumans for the United States government. She sends her subordinate Colonel Rick Flag to apprehend her and watch over June. Soon after, June and Rick fall in love, fulfilling Waller's intention to attain leverage over both of them. Meanwhile, Waller sends people to locate the tomb in which June was possessed and find the spirit's 'heart', the only thing capable of controlling it. Once in Waller's possession, she has the power to control the Enchantress. When Waller approaches the government for approval to form the Task Force X, June accompanies her to turn herself into the Enchantress in front of the committee to convince the members of the use of harnessing criminals and metahumans for military purposes. She uses her teleportation abilities to warp to Iran and obtain a highly sought-after file containing the Iranian nuclear arsenal inventory as a gift to impress the otherwise terrified staff. Waller is then given their authorization.
Video games
- In DC Legends, the Enchantress appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Injustice 2, the Enchantress was introduced as a playable character through DLC for the fighting video game where she was voiced by actress Brandy Kopp.
- In DC Unchained, the Enchantress appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Strange Adventures v1: (1966)
- Superman Family v1:
- Legends v1:
- Suicide Squad v2:
- Day of Judgment v1:
- JLA: Black Baptism v1:
- Justice League Dark v1:
- Suicide Squad:
- Superman and the Authority v1:
- Action Comics v1:
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