Warp (comics)

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character_name = Warp
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "New Teen Titans" Vol. 1 #14 (December 1981)
creators = George Pérez (plot, pencils)
Marv Wolfman (script)
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full_name = Emil LaSalle
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alliances = Secret Society of Super-Villains Brotherhood of Evil Society of Sin
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powers = Flight, ability to open portals that permit travel to other locations

Warp is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in "New Teen Titans" vol. 1, #14 (December 1981).

Fictional character biography

Emil LaSalle's origin is unknown. This French supervillain had previously fought Phantasmo and Fleur-de-Lis, prior to being approached by the Brain, Monsieur Mallah and Phobia to become part of their new Brotherhood of Evil. At first, Warp refused but, after being attacked by Captain Toulon and trapped on the "Earth-11" alternate Earth, Warp changed his mind and joined the group. (The whole affair had been engineered by Doctor Mist to get rid of Toulon and save the survivors of that alternate Earth.)

As a member of the new Brotherhood, Warp fought the Teen Titans when a member of that group and shows his loyalty to new members of that group and will not leave them in the lurch. Warp has fought the Teen Titans on different occasions, later resurfacing with the other Brotherhood of Evil members who are now called the Society of Sin.

When the Joker altered the sanity of dozens of supervillains, Warp is one of those affected. He attacks the United Nations building, sending the top halves of many people into deep space.

In the Villains United "Infinite Crisis" special, Warp, now partially cured, is seen working with Doctor Psycho to free Doomsday from captivity near the center of the Earth.

More recently, he kidnaps Icemaiden, a service paid for by Delores Winters. Winters steals Icemaiden's skin, but the heroine survives, now in a comatose state in S.T.A.R. Labs.

During the One Year Later crossover, Warp rejoins the Brotherhood of Evil. He was most recently seen in "Salvation Run", where he is used by Lex Luthor as a component in a teleportation device, and is seemingly killed when it self-destructs.

Powers and abilities

Besides flying, Warp can open portals between any two locations that he chooses and travel through them and bring others through it as well. Repeated use of this power tires him out.

Appearances in other media

Warp has appeared in the "Teen Titans" animated series, voiced by Xander Berkeley. He first appeared in the episode "How Long is Forever". Unlike his comic book version, Warp is a time-travelling villain from one-hundred years in the future. He travels to Jump City in order to steal a device that (his) history said he had stolen, but the Titans appear to stop him. Warp attempts to escape, but Starfire follows him into a time portal. They end up twenty years in the future after she takes a crucial part of his suit. He steals the part back and fixes his machine, but before he is able to escape, the future Titans (Nightwing, Animal Man — the new name of Beast Boy's future self —, a run-down Cyborg, and a previously unstable Raven in her frequently-seen white cloak) apprehend him. In the battle, his time suit malfunctions and he is reduced to the age of an infant.

Warp makes a brief cameo in "Cyborg the Barbarian" when Cyborg mentions what happens when history is tampered with. He makes one final cameo in "Calling All Titans", aiding fellow supervillain See-More in an attack on Herald (the attack fails, as Herald apparently defeats them both off-screen since Herald is one of the only five heroes to win their fights and thus gain the opportunity to infiltrate the Brain's base). Warp is later frozen by Mas y Menos. No explanation is given for his return to adulthood.

References

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=warp Warp at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]