Madame Rouge

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Madame Rouge
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Madame Rouge as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #14 (April 1986). Art by John Byrne.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964)
Created by Arnold Drake
In-story information
Alter egoLaura De Mille
Team affiliations Brotherhood of Evil
Black Lantern Corps
Abilities

Madame Rouge (Laura De Mille) is a supervillain appearing in DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of the Doom Patrol. She first appeared in Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964), and was created by Arnold Drake. [1] [2]

Contents

Michelle Gomez portrays the character in the third and fourth seasons of the HBO Max series Doom Patrol .

Fictional character biography

Laura De Mille was originally a French stage actress. After an automobile accident results in neurological damage, she develops a malevolent split personality. The Brain and Monsieur Mallah perform surgery on De Mille that removes her "good" personality, allowing her evil one to become dominant, while also altering her physiology. Adopting the name "Madame Rouge", De Mille becomes a member of the Brotherhood of Evil.

Rouge later enters a relationship with the Doom Patrol's leader, Niles Caulder, who helps her overcome her evil half. She later returns to evil, seeking vengeance against the Doom Patrol and supposedly killing them. [3] [4] Years later, Robotman and the Teen Titans track down Rouge and her ally General Zahl, with Rouge being killed by Changeling. [5]

In Blackest Night , Madame Rouge is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern. Furthermore, her daughter Gemini succeeds her as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil. [6] [7]

Powers and abilities

Originally, Madame Rouge had no powers, but was skilled in disguise. [8] The Brain later alters Rouge's molecular structure, giving her an amorphous physiology. This allows her to stretch her body to incredible lengths, grants her strong resistance to physical harm, and makes her skin extremely malleable so that she can alter her features and even change her voice for impersonations. [9]

In other media

Television

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ 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. 189. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
  2. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains . New York: Facts on File. pp. 197–198. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
  3. ↑ Beatty, Scott (2008). "Doom Patrol". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 109. ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC   213309017.
  4. ↑ Drake, Arnold  ( w ), Premiani, Bruno  ( p ),Premiani, Bruno ( i )."The Beginning of the End!???" Doom Patrol ,vol. 1,no. 121(October 1, 1968).DC Comics.
  5. ↑ Wolfman, Marv  ( w ), Pérez, George  ( p ), Tanghal, Romeo  ( i ), Roy, Adrienne  ( col )."The Brotherhood of Evil Lives Again!" The New Teen Titans ,vol. 1,no. 15(January 1, 1982).DC Comics.
  6. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 278. ISBN   978-1-4654-8578-6.
  7. ↑ Johns, Geoff  ( w ), Reis, Ivan  ( p ),Albert, Oclair; Prado, Joe ( i ), Sinclair, Alex  ( col )."Blackest Night, Part 3" Blackest Night ,vol. 1,no. 3(November 1, 2009).DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Drake, Arnold  ( w ), Premiani, Bruno  ( p ),Premiani, Bruno ( i )."The Brotherhood of Evil" Doom Patrol ,vol. 1,no. 86(March 1, 1964).DC Comics.
  9. ↑ Drake, Arnold  ( w ), Premiani, Bruno  ( p ),Premiani, Bruno ( i )."The Enemy within the Doom Patrol" Doom Patrol ,vol. 1,no. 90(October 1, 1964).DC Comics.
  10. 1 2 3 "Madame Rouge Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on November 12, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  11. ↑ Del Rosario, Alexandra (September 1, 2021). "Doom Patrol: Michelle Gomez's Madame Rouge Makes Her Time Travel Grand Entrance In Season 3 Trailer". Deadline . Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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