Queen of Fables

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caption=The Queen of Fables, artist Bernard Chang
publisher=DC Comics
debut="JLA" #47, (November 2000)
creators=Mark Waid (writer)
Gail Simone (writer)
Bryan Hitch (artist)
character_name=Queen of Fables
real_name= Tsaritsa
species = Homo Magi
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powers=Magic, Immortality|

Queen of Fables is a villain who has battled the Justice League, Wonder Woman and Superman. She is the living embodiment of all evil in folklore. She first appeared in "JLA" #47 (November 2000), and was created by Mark Waid, Gail Simone and Bryan Hitch.

Character history

The Queen of Fables was originally a sorceress from another dimension until she was exiled to Earth. She reigned until princess Snow White defied her and she was trapped in the Book of Fables. Snow White used the book to turn fact into fiction and undo all the Queen's terrible acts.

Unfortunately, countless generations later the Queen was unwillingly released from her prison. She transformed Manhattan into an enchanted forest full of fantastic creatures extracted from folk tales. Then, she realized that Wonder Woman had a striking resemblance with Snow White and, believing the Amazon Princess to be her daughter confronts her, forcing her into a deep sleep in an enchanted forest. Fortunately, Aquaman awakens Wonder Woman with his kiss (As he was once a Prince, being now the King of Atlantis, it counts as a kiss from a Prince), and Batman discovers the book that the Queen had been trapped in. Eventually, the Justice League managed to stop her, by making her realise that she was no longer immortal and eternally beautiful in the real world, and lock her once more (by trapping her within a book on the United States Tax Code, where she could find nothing imaginative to use as a weapon), undoing her spell again. ("JLA" #47-49)

Eventually the Queen of Fables awakens and is none too happy. Since being defeated by the Justice League, who placed her in the U.S. tax code manual, she has somehow escaped and now has her sights set on her own Prince Charming, Superman. After transporting Superman to a Kryptonian glass forest, he is able to win his freedom and defeat the Queen. She is last seen standing over a young sleeping girl, saying "Sleep well, dear one. Keep me alive. Dream of me. Dream of me." ("Action Comics" #833-834)

She returned again, during the filming of an unauthorized Wonder Woman biography, made mostly of unapproved and slandering materials. She's again able to act in the human world, were she puts Wonder Woman through hellish scenarios, taken from the movie, meant to reprehesent distorted happenings in her life. Diana coaxes her into taking the form of a huge dragon, who she notes is reminescent of Maleficent, and blinds her with two battle axes, forcing her to flee. ("Wonder Woman" #25 (2008) )

Powers and abilities

The Queen Of Fables is an extremely powerful sorceress and was able to transform Manhattan into an enchanted forest. She can perform virtually any feat and usually has fairy tale creatures such as Dragons, Ogres and Goblins at her command. Once in our world, she managed to unleash various fictional monsters from other stories to use against the Justice League. She is also immortal and cannot be killed while she resides within her story book.

External links

* [http://pc59te.dte.uma.es/cdb/series/dc/queenfables.htm Queen of Fables Profile]
* [http://www.rapsheet.co.uk/RapSheetMain/Character.asp?UniqueId=413 Queen of Fables Rapsheet]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=queenoffables The Unofficial Queen of Fables Biography]