Stompa

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Stompa
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Stompa as depicted in Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #16 (January 2016). Art by Gabriel Hardman.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972)
Created by Jack Kirby (writer & artist)
In-story information
Alter egoStompa
Species New God
Place of origin Apokolips
Team affiliations Female Furies
Abilities
  • Immortality
  • Superhuman strength, durability and reflexes
  • Skilled warrior
  • Wields anti-matter boots

Stompa is a supervillain and goddess appearing in books published by DC Comics. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972). [1]

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Stompa is a New God from Apokolips and a member of the Female Furies who wields anti-matter boots. She has served as an adversary to Superman and several other heroes.

Stompa has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with the New Gods. Diane Delano, April Stewart, and Andrea Romano have voiced the character in animation.

Publication history

Stompa first appeared in Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972) and was created by Jack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

Stompa is a member of Apokolips' Female Furies who Granny Goodness personally trained. [2] To prove her loyalty to Goodness, Stompa attacks the Furies' former leader, Big Barda, on Earth. However, Stompa becomes an ally of Barda and Mister Miracle before they return to Apokolips and are punished for their betrayal. [3]

The Female Furies are later sent to retrieve Glorious Godfrey from Earth and come into conflict with the Suicide Squad. The group successfully retrieves Godfrey, but Bernadeth abandons Lashina and leaves her for dead. Stompa was indifferent to the situation between the two Furies, but when Lashina brings the Suicide Squad to Apokolips, Stompa allies with her fellow New Gods. In the ensuing battle, Stompa is defeated by Big Barda. She later resurfaces with the other Furies when they are sent to capture Mister Miracle. [4]

Stompa has also battled Superman on several occasions, with one seeing the Furies kill Harbinger. She is stabbed by Barda and presumed dead, but later returns.

In Final Crisis , Stompa possesses Giganta before being defeated by Supergirl. [5]

The New 52

After Darkseid's daughter Grail enslaves him, Stompa and the Female Furies work with Big Barda to stop her and protect Mister Miracle. [6]

DC Rebirth

After Lex Luthor claims leadership of Apokolips, Stompa joins Granny Goodness and the Furies in awaiting Darkseid's return. She later battles Kalibak, but is defeated by Lois Lane and imprisoned on Apokolips. [7]

Darkseid later frees the Furies and tasks them with finding magic artifacts to empower him. [8] Unbeknownst to Darkseid, Giganta tells Steve Trevor the location of the relics, enabling him and the Oddfellows to stop the Furies. [9]

In an illusion created by the Omega Sanction, Stompa attends the birth of Jacob, Mister Miracle and Big Barda's son. [10] [11]

Powers and abilities

As a New God, Stompa is immortal and possesses superhuman physical abilities. Additionally, she wields anti-matter boots that further increase her strength and enable her to shake the earth by stomping. [2]

Other versions

Amalgam

Blobba, a fusion of Stompa and Marvel Comics character Blob, appears in Unlimited Access #4. [12]

Ame-Comi Girls

An alternate universe variant of Stompa appears in Ame-Comi Girls . This version is a member of Big Barda's space pirate gang. [13]

Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman

Stompa appears in Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman. [14]

Scooby-Doo! Team-Up

Stompa appears in Scooby-Doo! Team Up. [15]

In other media

Television

Film

Video games

Books

Miscellaneous

Stompa appears in DC Super Hero Girls , voiced by April Stewart. This version speaks in an illeism.

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  2. 1 2 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
  3. ↑ Mister Miracle #14 (July 1973)
  4. ↑ Mister Miracle (vol. 3) #17-18 (July–August 1990)
  5. ↑ Final Crisis #7
  6. ↑ Justice League (vol. 2) #50 (2016)
  7. ↑ Superman (vol. 4) #34-36 (2018)
  8. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #39 (2018)
  9. ↑ Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #41 (2018)
  10. ↑ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #7 (2018)
  11. ↑ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #12 (2018)
  12. ↑ Unlimited Access #4 (1998)
  13. ↑ Ame-Comi Girls #7-8 (2013)
  14. ↑ Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #16-18 (digital)
  15. ↑ Scooby-Doo! Team-Up #90 (digital version)
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Stompa Voices (Superman)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 16, 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.
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