- Silver Sorceress
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caption=Silver Sorceress
character_name= Silver Sorceress
real_name=Laura Cynthia Neilsen
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Justice League of America" # 87 (Feb 1971)
creators=Mike Friedrich Dick Dillin
alliances=Justice League Champions of Angor
aliases=
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powers= Magical abilities|The Silver Sorceress is a
DC Comics character and member of theChampions of Angor . She first appeared in "Justice League of America" #87, (February 1971), and is an homage to theScarlet Witch .Biography
The Silver Sorceress, Blue Jay and Wandjina (a character based on Marvel's Thor) come from an alternate Earth, the only survivors of a nuclear holocaust. In their original appearance they come to Earth after being manipulated into seeking revenge for the destruction of their world against the Justice League. After initially mistaking each other for villains, the two teams unite to fight the robots that originally manipulated them both.
The Silver Sorceress and the Justifiers return in "Justice League" vol. 2 #2 (June 1987) as they attempt to destroy this Earth's stockpile of nuclear weapons, before being confronted by the Justice League and the
Rocket Reds . Wandjina seemingly sacrifices himself to save innocent people from a nuclear meltdown. It is later revealed all three were part of a much larger super-team, all analogues of Marvel Comics heroes. The Silver Sorceress and Blue decide to remain on Earth.Later, the Sorceress has the pleasure of meeting and rescuing one of the few survivors of her world, a celebrity entertainer known as
Mitch Wacky (a parody ofWalt Disney ). He is one of, if not the most popular people in Silver's old society, revered because he brings so much entertainment. Mitch's weakness, the common flu, demonstrates essential differences between Silver's worlds and the DCU, as they do not know how to combat it. Mitch is soon cured. Silver helps the League confront and battle the Extremists, robotic duplicates of the entities that have ravaged her homeworld.She remains with the team as an active member until her death at the hands of
Dreamslayer , one of the entities who had destroyed her old world. Dreamslayer manages to take over the mind ofMaxwell Lord , a close friend and leader of various aspects of the Justice League. Using Lord's persuasions powers, he takes over the mobile island ofKooey Kooey Kooey , using it and Mitch Wacky as a base to rebuild the Extremists. When Mitch is not needed anymore, he is brutally killed. Silver and the League attack the island and it's natives are brainwashed into fighting back. Silver falls victim to the need not to hurt the innocent natives and she ends up shot in the stomach with an arrow. As she lay dying, she manages to subdue and entrap Dreamslayer, temporarily ending his threat. The League members bury Silver Sorceress on Kooey Kooey Kooey island.Alternate versions
In "Justice League Europe Annual" #2, the time-traveler known as Waverider visits the Justice League of Europe on his own mission and finds himself viewing an alternate, highly probable 'future' of Silver's. In it, she accidentally travels far back in time and is saved from a large predator by the over-enthusiastic hero known as Anthro. She is eventually returned to her timeline by a time-travelling
Elongated Man .In "Showcase" #63 (July-August 1966), the
Inferior Five face a team of supervillains based on Marvel Comics Avengers. This team has a member named Silver Sorceress that is also based on Marvel's Scarlet Witch; however, she is otherwise unrelated to the version from Angor.Silver Sorceress makes a brief cameo appearance in issue #4 of the "
JLA/Avengers " crossover miniseries.A new version of the Silver Sorceress appears in "Lord Havok and The Extremists" #5. A denizen of Earth-8, she is called Anna and is the daughter of
Doctor Diehard . She dies by the end of the limited-series.Powers and abilities
Silver Sorceress is a magic user of advanced abilities. While she had to use a combination of magic and technology to create the original doorway from Angor to that of the Justice League, she is later able to do so with magic alone.
References
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=silversorceress Silver Sorceress at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]
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