Powers and abilities
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Effigy possesses the ability to generate fire and create constructs from it. Additionally, he can fly and survive in the vacuum of space.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (As Martyn Van Wyck): Green Lantern (vol. 3) #110 (as Effigy): Green Lantern (vol. 3) #113 |
| Created by | Ron Marz Darryl Banks |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Martyn Van Wyck |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains |
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Effigy (Martyn Van Wyck) is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Green Lantern. [1]
Martyn Van Wyck is a man from Seattle, Washington, who was raised by his alcoholic father following his mother's death. He aspires to become a musician, but is unable to find work. [2]
Van Wyck is later abducted by the Controllers, who experiment on him and give him fire-based abilities. [3] Believing their experiments to have failed, the Controllers return Van Wyck to Earth, where he becomes the villain Effigy. [2]
After Effigy battles Green Lantern, the Controllers see that their experiments were successful, capture Effigy, and brainwash him into serving them. [1] However, Effigy recovers, returns to Earth, and briefly enters a relationship with Killer Frost. [1] [4]
In the One Year Later event, Effigy joins the Injustice League and Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. [5] In Final Crisis , he is killed by the Spectre, who melts his body and traps him in a lantern. [6]
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Effigy possesses the ability to generate fire and create constructs from it. Additionally, he can fly and survive in the vacuum of space.
