Heggra
Heggra is a comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Heggra was a female member of the New Gods and an inhabitant of the dark world of Apokolips where she was the sister of Steppenwolf. (New Gods v1 #7) She was noted to had married Yuga Khan who came to rule that world. (New Gods v3 #20) In that time, she came to have two children by the name of Uxas and Drax. (New Gods v3 #18) Later on, husband came to be lost beyond the Source Wall when he tried to uncover the power of the Source. (New Gods v3 #19) This resulted in Heggra become the sole ruler of the planet Apokolips where her brother Steppenwolf was charged with leading military forces in strikes against New Genesis. (New Gods v1 #7)
Her eldest son was opposed to any further conflict with New Genesis and even forged a friendship with Izaya. Such a move was unpopular in the royal court of with Uxas claiming that perhaps he was more suitable to the throne. Secretly, he began his own preparations for claiming rule of all of Apokolips. (Jack Kirby's Fourth World v1 #3)
During one of Steppenwolf's raids, Heggra's brother was responsible for killing Avia who was the wife of Izaya. (New Gods v1 #7)
Heggra was responsible for getting her son Darkseid married to Tigra with their union producing a Orion. At some point, Heggra was killed during the events of the war between Apokolips and New Genesis. (New Gods v1 #7)
Overview
Personality and attributes
According to Steppenwolf, his sister was noted for her being clever, cunning and a plotter. Heggra considered her son her own darling who was cool and wise. (New Gods v1 #7)
As the ruler of Apokolips, he eventually came to take Heggra as his wife where she was the mother of his children. (New Gods v3 #20)
When Darkseid married Suli, Heggra was shown to had been displeased with the marriage being a dagger in her heart. She ad felt that her intelligent and powerful son had become corrupted by his wife with this resulting in him not listening to his mother. It was for this reason that she plotted with DeSaad to have Suli murdered. (New Gods v3 #8)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Heggra was created by Jack Kirby where she made her first appearance in New Gods v1 #7 (February, 1972).
Appearances
- New Gods v1: (1972)
- New Gods v3: (1989)
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World v1: (1997)
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