Lashina

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Lashina
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Lashina as depicted in Harley Quinn #3 (February 2001). Art by Terry Dodson.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972)
Created by Jack Kirby (writer & artist)
In-story information
Alter egoLashina
Species New God
Place of origin Apokolips
Team affiliations Female Furies
Suicide Squad
Notable aliasesDuchess
Abilities
  • Immortality
  • Superhuman physical attributes
  • Expert hand to hand combatant
  • Electrically charged whips
  • Longevity
  • Superhuman endurance
  • Immune to all earthly diseases and resistance to conventional injury

Lashina is a supervillain appearing in comics published by DC Comics. She is a New God from Apokolips and a member of the Female Furies who wields electrified whips.

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Lashina has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with the New Gods. Diane Michelle, Nika Futterman, and Meredith Salenger have voiced the character in animation.

Publication history

Lashina was created by Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972). [1]

Fictional character biography

Lashina is raised a warrior in Granny Goodness's orphanage, and becomes the leader of the Female Furies when Big Barda leaves Apokolips. Though the Furies initially stay on Earth to aid Barda and her lover, Mister Miracle, [2] they return to Apokolips to face punishment for betraying Darkseid. [3]

During a mission to capture Glorious Godfrey, Bernadeth betrays and abandons Lashina. [4] Subsequently, she joins the Suicide Squad as Duchess before returning to Apokolips, where Darkseid kills and subsequently resurrects her. [3] [5] [6]

Sharing leadership with Bernadeth, Lashina often served as the field leader of the Furies, while Bernadeth led them off the battlefield. Lashina has since battled Young Justice, the Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman. She is also a long-time enemy of Superman and his compatriots Superboy and Supergirl.

Seven Soldiers

Lashina appears in Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers maxi-series event. Within the story, Lashina and the rest of the Furies are given human form by Darkseid. She and the rest of the Furies battle Shilo Norman in an attempt to stop him in his quest to free Aurakles, the first superhero.

Final Crisis

In Final Crisis , Lashina, once again in her human form, is seen as one of the villains running the Dark Side Club, an illegal arena where spectators gamble on battles between brainwashed teen metahumans. When Rose Wilson and Miss Martian lead a rebellion against the Dark Side Club staff, Lashina attempts to flee along with the wealthy club patrons in the VIP section of the arena. They nearly escape the club, but are cut off by teen superhero Static, who proceeds to electrocute Lashina and the others into unconsciousness, turning them over to the authorities afterwards. [7]

When the Anti-Life Equation takes effect across the globe, several superheroines and villainesses gain Darkseid's power and are transformed into the new Female Furies. Catwoman apparently becomes the new Lashina, wearing an outfit similar to hers. In the aftermath of the series, Lashina is presumably reborn on Earth-51, along with the rest of the Jack Kirby-created characters. [8]

The New 52

Lashina makes her first appearance alongside Granny Goodness in issue #8 of Infinity Man and the Forever People. During the Darkseid War, Lashina and Kanto traveled to Earth to hunt down the renegade amazon Myrina Black. [9] Later, after Darkseid had been enslaved by his daughter Grail, Lashina and the other Female Furies accepted an offer from Big Barda to help defeat Grail as well as to protect Barda's husband, Mister Miracle. Lashina participated in the final battle against Grail and Darkseid, which resulted in the pair's defeat. Lashina then left for Apokolips with the rest of the Furies, including Barda. [10]

DC Rebirth

After the events of the "Darkseid War" left Apokolips without a ruler, Lashina joined Granny Goodness and several other Furies who had remained loyal to Darkseid on the outskirts of the planet called the Deadlands. She later participated in the battle against Kalibak's forces, though she was eventually defeated by her teammate Lois Lane after the Furies turned on the human when she revealed her relationship with Superman. Lashina was imprisoned on Apokolips with Stompa, Mad Harriet, and Granny Goodness when Superman became ruler of the planet. [11]

At some point later, Lashina and her comrades were freed from their imprisonment by Darkseid, who had been slowly regaining his power on Earth. Along with the other Female Furies, Lashina was assigned to seek out mystical artifacts that would further empower Darkseid. [12] Steve Trevor and his team of soldiers called the Oddfellows prevented Lashina and the Furies from stealing the relics, and in the ensuing battle Lashina, along with Mad Harriet, was captured. [13] Both Lashina and Mad Harriet refused to answer Wonder Woman's questions about Darkseid's plans which led to Wonder Woman freeing the two Furies and attempting to battle them for answers. The battle was interrupted by Darkseid, who had transported a chunk of the A.R.G.U.S. headquarters to his lair in the Amazon jungle. [14] During the chaos, Lashina battled the soldiers of A.R.G.U.S. and later fled when Darkseid was apparently killed by Wonder Woman. [15]

During the escalation of the war between Apokolips and New Genesis, Lashina attended the birth of Jacob, the son of Big Barda and Mister Miracle. [16]

Granny Goodness soon took an interest in Harley Quinn, sending Lashina and Bernadeth to recruit the former criminal. While Lashina distracted Quinn, Bernadeth pricked her in the back with a knockout poison. The two then took Quinn to Apokolips where she officially became a Fury. [17]

Powers and abilities

As a New God, Lashina possesses superhuman strength and durability and is nigh-immortal. Additionally, she is a skilled combatant and wields electrified whips. [3]

Similar to other New Gods, Lashina is vulnerable to a substance called Radion. However, its effects are only potent in sustained amounts.

Other versions

In other media

Television

Lashina as depicted in Superman: The Animated Series. Lashina STAS.PNG
Lashina as depicted in Superman: The Animated Series .

Film

Video games

Merchandise

Miscellaneous

Lashina appears in DC Super Hero Girls , voiced by Jessica DiCicco.

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  2. ↑ Mister Miracle #14 (July 1973)
  3. 1 2 3 Wallace, Dan (2008), "Female Furies", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 120, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC   213309017
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  8. ↑ Final Crisis #3 (August 2008)
  9. ↑ Justice League (vol. 2) #43
  10. ↑ Justice League (vol. 2) #50 (2016)
  11. ↑ Superman (vol. 2) #34-36 (2018)
  12. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #39 (2018)
  13. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #41 (2018)
  14. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #43 (2018)
  15. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #44 (2018)
  16. ↑ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #7 (2018)
  17. ↑ Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #45 (2018)
  18. ↑ Unlimited Access #4 (1998)
  19. ↑ Ame-Comi Girls #7-8 (2013)
  20. ↑ Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #16-18 (digital)
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