Created by writer Geoff Johns and Shane Davis, she made her first appearance in Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1 (December 2008), and has since featured prominently in several other Green Lantern related titles, especially in the Green Lantern: New Guardians series. She started out as a ruthless, feral villain but over time has gained control of her powers and become more of an anti-hero, occasionally siding with heroes such as the Green Lanterns.
She is one of the foremost members of the Red Lantern Corps, who was inducted after being abused and tortured by the Sinestro Corps, which also resulted in her wings being cut off. In the rebooted DC Comics universe of 2011's "The New 52", Bleez joined representatives of the seven Lantern Corps to form "The New Guardians", led by White Lantern Kyle Rayner. At times, Bleez has opposed Red Lantern Corps leader Atrocitus, and has even fought him for control of the Corps. In spite of this, she is a loyal member of the Red Lanterns, and usually serves as one of Atrocitus' chief enforcers.
Bleez was once a princess on the planet Havania, renowned for her great beauty. Many men sought her hand, but she rejected them all, often in an extremely rude and abrasive manner. Two of her suitors, especially humiliated, sought out a Sinestro Corps member and tempted him with stories of Bleez's beauty. He went to Havania, where he murdered Bleez's mother and captured Bleez, taking her to Ranx the Sentient City. For some time during the events of the Sinestro Corps War, Bleez was raped and tortured by members of the Sinestro Corps, but managed to escape when Ranx was attacked during the Battle of Mogo. The Sinestro Corps member who had originally abducted her pursued and caught her, and forced her to kiss him. As she was being pushed to her limits, she attracted a Red Lantern ring, which enabled her to kill her attacker. Later, she was among the strike force that ambushed the Green Lanterns transporting Sinestro back to Korugar for execution.
During Brightest Day, Guy Gardner and Ganthet form a pact with Atrocitus to search for the emotional entities in response to a prophecy seen by Gardner. Gardner is sent to patrol the Unknown Sectors for the entities, and Atrocitus sends Bleez to "help" him. When Gardner attempts to have himself purified of the red energy, Bleez stops him.
In the continuity of DC's 2011 reboot, The New 52, Bleez is tasked with finding and recovering a red power ring that had mysteriously abandoned its bearer.[2] This assignment leads her to confront Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, whom the ring had chosen as its new bearer. Subsequently, Bleez, along with representatives of the other Lantern Corps (including Arkillo, Saint Walker, Fatality, Munk, and Glomulus) track Rayner to Oa, intending to take back the stolen Red Lantern ring.[3] When they arrive on Oa, they become embroiled in a battle with the Guardians of the Universe, during which the Orange Lantern Corps attack the Oan Citadel.[4] As the battle escalates, Rayner orders Munk of the Indigo Tribe to teleport the assembled Corps members away from Oa. They escape to the planet of Okaara. When Saint Walker attempts to heal her with his blue power ring, Bleez flees and returns to Ysmault to report on what she had learned.[5] However, she is unable to communicate her findings to Atrocitus due to her rage clouding her mind. Frustrated, Atrocitus throws Bleez into the Blood Ocean of Ysmault, which restores her memories and rational mind.[6][7] After Rayner convinces Invictus to let them go in exchange for assassinating Larfleeze, Bleez accompanies Rayner to Earth so that he can recharge his ring, which brings them into a brief conflict with Blue Beetle and an alien bounty hunter.[8] Afterwards, she returns to Ysmault on unspecified business, only to be brought back to the New Guardians by Munk on Rayner's orders.[9]
In the aftermath of the War of the Green Lanterns and the death of the rogue Guardian Krona, Atrocitus feels his rage dimming and fears losing control of his Corps.[10] He chooses Bleez as his new second-in-command. Bleez returns to her home planet of Havania, where she confronts Count Liib and Baron Ghazz, the men responsible for her kidnapping and torture by the Sinestro Corps. After killing Ghazz, she and Atrocitus disagree over Liib's fate. Bleez intends to leave him alive and hunt him down later, but Atrocitus, uninterested in her 'subtleties', simply kills him. Despite this initial clash, events seemed to progress smoothly. Bleez regains some measure of control over the Red Lanterns, but Atrocitus comes to believe that she is manipulating the Corps for her own ends. When Atrocitus decides to immerse three more Red Lanterns in the Blood Ocean to keep Bleez in check, she attempts to dissuade him, noting that the trauma of regaining their memories may drive the Lanterns insane.[11] After Krona's body disappears from Ysmault, Atrocitus attacks Bleez, believing her to be responsible. She held her own against him, causing the other Red Lanterns to realize that Atrocitus was losing his rage and his focus.[12] Bleez subsequently seizes control of the Corps, leading them on a galaxy-wide hunt for Sinestro, whom she holds responsible for her condition.[13]
After Abysmus poisons the Red Lantern central power battery, Bleez returns to Ysmault with her Red Lanterns, briefly coming into conflict with Atrocitus, who had been drawn back by the dying battery. After Atrocitus reasserts leadership over the Corps, Bleez confronts the Star Sapphires, whom she believes to be responsible for the battery's destruction.[14] Bleez led a squadron of Red Lanterns, including Rankorr, Zilius Zox, and Ratchet, to Zamaron to confront the Sapphires, only to be defeated and captured by them. The Star Sapphire Fatality attempts to convert Bleez into a Star Sapphire, using her violet ring to envelop Bleez in a crystal dome.[15] Before Bleez can become a Star Sapphire, Atrocitus kills Abysmus and restores the central battery, whereupon Bleez's ring returns to full strength.[16]
In Rise of the Third Army, the Third Army attacks the Red Lanterns on the planet Arhtky.[17] While Atrocitus rallies the Corps to confront the Guardians and the First Lantern, he orders Rankorr to return to Earth and kill Baxter, the man responsible for his transformation into a Red Lantern. Rankorr hesitates to kill Baxter, so Bleez does so with her napalm blood.[18] Bleez then attacks Rankorr and attempts to take his blood so she can gain the ability to create light constructs. However, she is defeated and returns to Atrocitus.[19][20][21]
In "DC Rebirth", Bleez accompanies Atrocitus and the Red Lantern Corps to Earth, where the Hell Tower has taken root. There the Red Dawn would begin, terraforming Earth into a new Red Lantern homeworld to save them from extinction. Upon arrival, she is sent by Atrocitus to attack Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, keeping them from destroying the Hell Tower. After engaging, she quickly defeats Jessica and almost kills Simon. An enraged Bleez blasts Jessica through a building, but Simon manages to cure Bleez of her rage. She flies off in a rage, hiding from both the Red Lantern Corps and the Green Lantern Corps.[22][23]
Powers and abilities
Bleez’s rage plasma (napalm)
Bleez derives her power from the red light of rage, which is channeled via her power ring and grants her flight, enhanced strength, and forcefield generation. The ring has also transformed her blood into a fiery, highly corrosive fluid, referred to as 'napalm' by the Red Lanterns. She can regurgitate this napalm as an offensive weapon; it is capable of eating through nearly any known material, destroying Black Lanterns faster than they can regenerate, and damaging power rings beyond repair. Since the ring has replaced her heart, she cannot remove it without risking death by cardiac arrest. She is also vulnerable to blue and violet light, which can reverse the effects of a red ring. Due to being immersed in the Blood Ocean of Ysmault, she has regained her intellect and her memories, unlike many of the other Red Lanterns.[7]
↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p.48. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
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