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Tigra 
Tigra is banished by Darkseid in New Gods #7.
Art by Jack KirbyPublication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance New Gods vol. 1 #7,
(February 1972)Created by Jack Kirby (writer & artist) In-story information Species New God Place of origin Apokolips Abilities Superhuman strength and speed
Razor sharp nails
Superb tactician.Tigra is a fictional character, appearing in the New Gods comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jack Kirby.
Fictional character biography
Tigra is the second wife of Darkseid (Uxas), and the mother of Orion. Darkseid was forced by his mother Heggra to marry Tigra against his will. At some point in the past he had her placed in Hyperfreeze for over a thousand years. Once released from Hyperfreeze she was impregnated. After the pact between New Genesis and Apokolips which required an exchange of sons was ratified, Darkseid had an inconsolable Tigra banished from Apokolips.[1]
At one point Tigra told Orion that Darkseid may not be his father and intimated that he might be the son of her dead lover Captain Hathak, in fact Tigra had Lakutha the midwife killed in order to keep the identity of Orion's true parentage a secret.
Tigra was later slain by Apokoliptian Suicide Jockeys sent by Justeen, an ambitious lieutenant of Desaad, who was acting in what she saw as Darkseid's best interest, if not his orders. [2]
References
- ^ The New Gods Library
- ^ As seen in Orion #3 August 2000
External links
- Tigra at the DCU Guide
Categories:- New Gods of Apokolips
- DC Comics stubs
- Characters created by Jack Kirby
- Comics characters introduced in 1972
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