Crush (DC)
Crush is a female extraterrestrial comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Xiomara was the daughter of the interstellar bounty hunter known as Lobo. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
She was given a living chain as she was sent through space and crash landed on Earth around 15 years ago. The infant was discovered by a pair of hippies named David Rojas and Lisa Rojas attending the Burning Man. They decided to adopt the child who they named Xiomara and raised her as a daughter. She was cared for by her adoptive parents though had to always move from place to place as they struggled with money as they could never hold a job. As such, they always were on the move and had to evade people wanting payment or struggled with getting food. Despite that, she cared for her parents and as she grew older she began to question her appearance. The Rojas's told her that she was the daughter of superheroes with the young Xiomara believing that she was like Superman. This was until one day she witnessed a battle between Lobo and Superman where she noted her similar appearance to the Czarnian. This led her to believe that Lobo was her father and she came to resent her adoptive parents for lying to her by making her believe her birth parents were heroes. This caused her to storm out as she left home where she was picked on for her appearance and for being an alien leading to her beating her attackers. Xiomara then returned to the Rojas caravan to warn them that they needed to leave but she found it on fire with her adoptive parents dead along with her iron chain being stolen. This led to her having to go on the run by herself with her unaware on who killed the Rojas’s as she sought out her chain Obelus. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
With the aid of Robin, she came to learn the location of Obelus and sought to recover it. She took with her Djinn as they confronted the thief who was named Ezikiel. He was an old associate of her parents as he was a drug dealer that regularly supplied them drugs. Ezikiel resented the pair but kept on supplying them until they stole a lot of product from him and went on the run. This brought him into trouble with his associates leading to him hunting for the Rojas's where he eventually found them and when Xiomara was not there he murdered them. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
Mercy Hall then came under attack from Lobo who wanted to meet his 'daughter' after being informed of her existence by the mysterious Other. This led to a battle against the Teen Titans where he effortlessly defeated the young heroes who struggled to fight the interstellar bounty hunter. (Teen Titans v6 #31)
Using Lex Luthor's technology, Lobo managed to take control over his daughter and had her turn against the Teen Titans. After they were defeated, Lobo took all of them to meet with the Other in order to settle on his payment. (Teen Titans v6 #36)
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Personality and attributes
When she was young, she always knew she was different from other people on Earth as she remembered the stares she got from humans. However, when she was with her adoptive parents, they came to shelter her from being persecuted. This changed when she decided to leave the Rojas’s which was when people began to discriminate and even attack her. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
She came to care for her adoptive parents David Rojas and Lisa Rojas. Despite their financial situation, they always cared for her with her father calling Xiomara a princess. The Rojas's cared deeply for their adoptive daughter that they refused the offer of Ezikiel to sell her on the Dark Web which would have cleared all their debt. Their lives on the run had taught Xiomara on how to stay off the radar and out of sight. After their death, she began to see the world as not being a good place. Crush did not accept Lobo as her real father and instead saw the Rojas's as her true parents. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
Crush hated her biological father Lobo who had no qualms in attempting to kill her as he had murdered his other offspring. He even derogatively called her his 'daughter' though she did not consider him her father. (Teen Titans v6 #31)
She was noted for being attracted to Djinn and came to let her feelings be known by kissing her. During this time, she struggled at Djinn being close to Damian Wayne with this causing her to lash out. She was also very protective of her and acted aggressively to anyone that hurt her. (Teen Titans v6 #29)
Powers and abilities
It was noted that she was only half-Czarnian and thus not as powerful as her father. (Teen Titans v6 #31)
Among her most treasured possessions was a living metal chain she called Obelus that came with her to Earth when she was a baby. The chain was shown to operate with a mind of its own and protected her from danger. It could sense danger around it and worked to protect Xiomara. The chain was deeply loved by Crush who considered it her best friend. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
Notes
- Crush was created by Adam Glass and Robson Rocha where she made her first appearance in Teen Titans Special v1 #1 (August, 2018).
Appearances
- Teen Titans Special v1:
- Teen Titans v6:
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