Terra (DC)
Terra is a female comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Tara Markov
A Stratan was granted geokinetic powers by an anomaly in the quixium that powers the inhabitants of Strata. Due to the similarity in powers, she was placed on Earth as a new Terra, the former Teen Titan and half-sister of Geo-Force. (Terra v1 #3) DNA from the original Terra was mixed in with her own, so she could fully pass as Tara Markov, but this made her unstable. (Terra v1 #1)
Terra was taken by Time Trapper around 2001, and placed in the past with the other Team Titans. She developed into a true hero, unlike her namesake, and was attracted to Changeling, although he rejected her.
After the events of Zero Hour, Terra joined the main Teen Titans team and was told via a messenger orb that she was not from the future but from the present day, having been recruited by the Time Trapper to serve in the Team Titans, in order to one day oppose the group and its leader, the villainous Monarch. She was told by the Time Trapper that this was because she was not from the future at all, although he destroyed Time Trapper's messenger orb out of panic before the story was finished. Subsequently, she discovered Tara Markov's coffin to be empty.
Geo-Force agreed to perform tests to figure out who she was. When she expresses her fears that she is the original Terra, Geo-Force lied and informed her that she is not his sister, even though the genetic tests were positive.
Her death was inevitable due to her faulty genetics. (Terra v1 #1)
She answered the call of the Teen Titans to stop the rampage of Black Adam, but was killed in the battle along with Young Frankenstein.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Terra was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where she made her first appearance in New Teen Titans v1 #26 (December, 1982).
- On Comic Foundry #1, writer Marv Wolfman commented on the character being designed as a take on Kitty Pryde, ""I decided to take advantage of the fact that everyone would assume that she's [Terra] a Kitty Pryde type character and totally turn them all around. It was never planned to be a rip-off or anything. The character came first, then the realization that the X-Men also had a young kid in it. I was there and the decision from day one was that, 'OK, let's use that, let's play against that. Let's play against everything the readers are expecting and throw them for a loop."
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Teen Titans, Terra appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Ashley Johnson.
- In Teen Titans Go!, Terra appeared in the animated television series where actor Ashley Johnson once more reprised her role.
- In Young Justice, Tara Markov was briefly shown in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Princes All". It was shown that she was the Princess of Markovia and the youngest member of the royal family who had been abducted several years ago by a human trafficking organization that dealt in stealing Metahumans. Tara was shown to have had the Metagene which was why she was kidnapped as Metahuman trafficking had spread across the planet with those captured being sold as living weapons on battlefields across the galaxy.
Films
- In Justice League vs. Teen Titans, Terra appeared in the mid-credit sequence of the animated film with no voiced lines by the character.
- In Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Terra appeared in the follow-up animated film where she was voiced by actor Christina Ricci.
Video games
- In DC: Legends, Terra appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game. Her backstory referred to her as being the illegitimate daughter of the King of Markovia and the half-sister to Geo-Force.
- In Injustice 2, Terra was referenced in the fighting video game during the Multiverse scenario "Tremor".
- In DC Universe Online, Terra appeared as a boss level character in the MMORPG video game.
Other
Appearances
- New Teen Titans v1:
- Deathstroke:
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