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Mortalla
Mortalla, artist Walt SimonsonPublication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance Orion #6 (November 2000) Created by Walt Simonson (writer and artist) In-story information Alter ego Mortalla Species New God Place of origin Apokolips Team affiliations Darkseid's Elite Abilities She can cause spontaneous sleep or death. Mortalla is a fictional extraterrestrial goddess published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Orion #6 (November 2000), and was created by Walt Simonson.
Character history
Darkseid's servant and Orion's lover. She was identified as Darkseid's wife when Superman travelled to Apokolips to reclaim the life of John Henry Irons, the man known as Steel. Mortalla ordered Apokolips troops to release Doomsday in an attempt to help Darkseid. She is a member of the Darkseid's Elite.
She is portrayed as a good looking woman with blue skin that slightly resembles the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar.
In Death of the New Gods #3, Mortalla is one of the many victims of the Infinity-Man, who is killing the New Gods as an agent for the Source.
Powers and abilities
- She can bestow sleep on an individual with one hand, while the other hand can kill.
Jack Kirby's New Gods New Genesis Apokolips Darkseid • Deep Six • Desaad • Devilance • Doctor Bedlam • Kalibak • Steppenwolf • Doctor Bedlam • Grayven • Female Furies (Bernadeth, Stompa, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Gilotina) • Granny Goodness • Glorious Godfrey • Kanto • Mantis • Mortalla • Virman Vundabar • Parademon • JustifiersOther characters Locations Storylines Related articles List of New Gods • Darkseid's Elite • The Source • Anti-Life Equation • Mother Box • Boom Tube • Death of the New Gods • The Great Darkness SagaCategories:- Characters created by Walt Simonson
- Comics characters introduced in 2000
- New Gods of Apokolips
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