Mirage (DC Comics)

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Mirage
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Mirage as depicted in Detective Comics #511 (February 1982). Art by Rich Buckler (penciller) and Dick Giordano (inker).
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Detective Comics #511 (February 1982)
Created by Gerry Conway (writer)
Don Newton (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoMike
AbilitiesIllusion generation

Mirage is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first was a minor villain of Batman. The second is a heroine affiliated with the Teen Titans.

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Fictional character biography

Mike

The first Mirage is Mike, a normal man who uses a special gem to generate illusions. Batman destroys the gem, but Mirage uses its fragments to create contact lenses that possess the same effect. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 52 , Mirage is killed by Bruno Mannheim. [5]

Mirage
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Mirage as depicted in Team Titans #21 (June 1994). Art by Terry Dodson.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance The New Titans #79 (1991)
Created by Marv Wolfman
In-story information
Alter egoMiriam Delgado
Team affiliations Team Titans
New Titans
AbilitiesAble to project illusions, and use a wall of illusion to alter her appearance.

Miriam Delgado

The second Mirage, Miriam Delgado, is a member of the Team Titans and part of a resistance against the dictator Lord Chaos. While traveling in time to prevent Chaos' birth, Mirage is raped by her former lover Deathwing and eventually gives birth to a daughter, Julienne. [6] [7]

In Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , Mirage learns that she is a Brazilian street urchin who the Time Trapper kidnapped and implanted with false memories. [8] [9]

Powers and abilities

Both incarnations of Mirage can generate illusions. The Mike incarnation's abilities are derived from a special gem, while the Miriam Delgado incarnation is a metahuman who possesses innate abilities.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Miriam Delgado / Mirage appears in Team Titans Annual #2. [10]

In other media

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References

  1. ↑ Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 257–258. ISBN   9780345501066.
  2. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 221. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
  3. ↑ Detective Comics #511. DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Detective Comics #515. DC Comics.
  5. ↑ 52 #25. DC Comics.
  6. ↑ The DC Comics Encyclopedia . Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2004. p.  203. ISBN   0-7566-0592-X.
  7. ↑ Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (February 1993). DC Comics.
  8. ↑ The New Titans #130 (February 1996). DC Comics.
  9. ↑ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #99. DC Comics.
  10. ↑ Team Titans Annual #2 (1994). DC Comics.
  11. ↑ "Mirage Voice - Static Shock (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2024. 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.
  12. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
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