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)
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)
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 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.
Video games
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:
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