Sideways (DC)
Sideways is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Derek James
He was with his mother in Gotham during the Dark Multiverse crisis when Challengers Mountain appeared in the city. During the resultant chaos, Derek fell through a gap in reality and disappeared for a time where he re-appeared on the other side of town where he was found unconscious. (Sideways v1 #1)
Initially, he sought to use his powers to become a celebrity superhero and attempted to livestream his adventures. Whilst at a lake, he then heard a voice telling him to cease his activities with Sideways rifting to another location thinking he escaped it. However, the voice continued to persist with Derek rifting to various locations but was unable to shake his pursuer. In desperation, he rifted to a rooftop where he nearly fell off the ledge when he was confronted by his pursuer who was Tempus Fuginaut. (Sideways v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
His adoptive parents were Helen James and David James. Derek's mother had worked in publicity for Dark Star Sciences where she was with the company for 10 years. (Sideways v1 #1)
Derek's best friend was Ernestine Edgars who he confided in about his new powers. She had a twin sister named Emeline Edgars who was unaware of Derek's secret and had a completely different temperament to her sister Ernie. (Sideways v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Sideways was a ordinary human being until his exposure to the energies of the Dark Multiverse. This allowed him to create rifts whereby he was able to travel point to point through a tear that allowed one to travel sideways through reality. Initially, he suffered from nausea, blurry vision, and headaches from the use of his powers but after a week of practice and use he began to get used to his abilities. Sideways could open a rift to simply look through the tear or travel through it to the other end. A rift though was blurry making it difficult to see the other end properly which could cause Derek to incidentally fall into water that he did not see through the tear. (Sideways v1 #1)
Another aspect of his abilities was that he became stronger where it was said that hitting him was like hitting a brick wall. Similarly, his strength had increased as well whereby he was able to lift an entire table up with eae. (Sideways v1 #1)
His costume was created by his best friend Ernie Edgars that masked his identity when he was operating as a hero. (Sideways v1 #1)
Notes
- Sideways was created by Dan DiDio, Justin Jordan and Kenneth Rocafort where he made his first appearance in Sideways v1 #1 (February, 2018).
Appearances
- Sideways v1: (2018)
- Sideways Annual v1:
- Young Justice v3:
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