- Yellow Peri
Yellow
Peri is a fictionalDC Comics character who first appeared in "The New Adventures of Superboy" #34.She was created byJerry Siegel andJoe Shuster .History
Loretta York became interested in magic as a young child. That interest drew her to a burned down bookstore as a teenager. Surprisingly one book had survived the fire, a magic book containing all sorts of spells. Using this book, Loretta became the Yellow Peri, and used her new powers to help people. However these gestures of help often backfired. She soon joined a traveling circus and eventually wound up in Smallville, where she encountered
Superboy .This meeting ended with Superboy throwing the magic book into space. Loretta forgot she was ever the Yellow Peri. Years later when she was an adult, the book returned from space and crashed into her home. She again became the Yellow Peri and again encountered Superboy, now known asSuperman . Her character faded into obscurity after that, until most recently when she appeared in "52", as one ofBooster Gold 's pallbearers. She was not the first choice for this task, but Gold's recent actions had left him very unpopular with much of the world.Her most recent appearance is in the miniseries Reign in Hell She is seen in
Hell helpingDoctor Occult find his former partnerRose Psychic . Occult calls her a spirit guide which implies that she is dead.Powers and Abilities
The Yellow Peri derives all her powers from the magic book. She is able to read its spells and use its magic by touching one hand to her forehead and the other to the book.
In Other Media
Yellow Peri appeared in an episode of "The Adventures of Superboy", entitled "Yellow Peri's Spell of Doom". Originally a waitress named Loretta who was infatued with Superboy, she made a deal with a magical being named Gazook, which gives her mystic powers. After trying to use her powers to make Superboy fall in love with her, Yellow Peri attempted to kill the woman he DID love,
Lana Lang . She lost her powers when the doll that housed Gazook's spirit was destroyed by Superboy.References
Who's Who in the DC Universe Bibliography
* Adventures of Superboy #34-35
* Who's Who Mar. 87
* 52 #18
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