Zara (DC)
Zara is a female comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Zara was a female human who as a young girl where the Arab was sold into slavery by her own father causing her to despise all men in power. As an adult, she would revenge herself upon them by starting the Cult of the Crimson Flame, which wooed the daughters of those men into worshiping a strange and ruthless God of Fire. Positioning herself as the Cult's high priestess, Zara terrified her followers into obedience with a number of fire-related theatrics. Any who defied the Cult were 'cursed' with illness and insanity if not assassinated outright. Thus did Zara attain a worldwide following, her influence reaching as far as Washington, D.C. Eventually, the Cult met its match in Wonder Woman, who began investigating at the behest of a Senator's daughter. All of Zara's attempts to rout this investigation failed, and the Amazon Princess would eventually scuttle the Cult by forcing Zara to admit all its secrets under the Lasso of Truth. (Comic Cavalcade v1 #5)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was noted that her father had sold her into slavery leading to Zara despising all men in power. (Comic Cavalcade v1 #5)
Powers and abilities
As an adult, she came to found a religion known as the Cult of the Crimson Flame. (Comic Cavalcade v1 #5)
Notes
- Zara was created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter where she made her first appearance in Comic Cavalcade v1 #5 (December, 1943).
Appearances
- Comic Cavalcade v1: (1943)
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