Dolphin (character)

Dolphin
Dolphin as depicted in Showcase #79 (December 1968). Art by Jay Scott Pike.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceShowcase #79 (December 1968)
Created byJay Scott Pike
In-story information
Species
Team affiliationsForgotten Heroes
Black Lantern Corps
Justice League Task Force
Justice League
AbilitiesArtificially adapted for deep subaquatic life: underwater breathing, superhuman strength, speed, durability, stamina, reflexes, resilience to deep water pressures, Aquatic Respiration (originally)
Seachanged atlantean physiology: conventional atlantean adaptions, light manipulation, omnifarious shapeshifting, claw retraction, scale manifestation, humanoid camouflage (current)

Dolphin is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe.[1] Created by writer-artist Jay Scott Pike, she debuted in Showcase #79 (December 1968).[2]

Creation and publication history

Dolphin was created by Jay Scott Pike; at the time the writer-artist was primarily known for his work on DC's line of romance comics. After debuting in Showcase #79 in December 1968, Dolphin was not seen for nearly a decade before appearing in a cameo in Showcase #100 (May 1978), which linked the character to Aquaman. After another hiatus, Dolphin appeared in a Rip Hunter storyline in Action Comics '552-553 and then DC Comics Presents #78 (January 1995) with a redesigned costume.[3]

Fictional character biography

Dolphin is a girl who was rescued and experimented on by aliens after falling overboard from a cruise ship, gaining fish-like abilities. She is later rescued by sailors, who teach her to speak.[4][5]

Dolphin meets Aquaman during Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, and the two later fall in love. After Aquaman's wife Mera returns from exile in the Netherworld dimension, Dolphin enters a relationship with Tempest, and the two eventually have a son named Cerdian.[1]

In Infinite Crisis, Dolphin is killed when the Spectre destroys Atlantis.[6][7]

In Blackest Night, Dolphin, Tula, and Aquaman are resurrected as Black Lanterns and attack Tempest and Mera.[8] Dolphin battles the Teen Titans before Dawn Granger destroys her with a burst of light.[9]

In DC Rebirth, Dolphin is permanently resurrected and depicted as a mutant Atlantean.[10]

Powers and abilities

Pre-Crisis, Dolphin is a fish-like metahuman who can breathe underwater and is resistant to oceanic pressure.[1][11] As a Black Lantern, she possesses the conventional powers of a Lantern and vast self-regenerative capabilities.[8][9]

In DC Rebirth, Dolphin is a natural-born Atlantean with paranatural alterations due to being a mutant.[12] She possesses claws and bioluminescence that can be projected as energy blasts.[10][13][14]

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Dolphin appears in JLA: The Nail as a prisoner of Cadmus Labs.[15]

In other media

References

  1. ^ a b c Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Dolphin", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 107, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
  2. ^ Showcase #79 (December 1968) at the Grand Comics Database.
  3. ^ John Brent (April 1, 1985). "Splash! A Hero History of the Underwater Heroine". Amazing Heroes. No. 68. Fantagraphics Books.
  4. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  5. ^ Wells, John (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-1605490557.
  6. ^ Titans (vol. 2) #15 (2009)
  7. ^ Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #50
  8. ^ a b Blackest Night #2 August 2009)
  9. ^ a b Blackest Night: Titans #3 (October 2009)
  10. ^ a b Aquaman (vol. 8) #25 (July 2017)
  11. ^ Aquaman (vol. 5) #12 (September 1995)
  12. ^ Aquaman (vol. 7) #26 (August 2017)
  13. ^ Aquaman (vol. 7) #33 (April 2018)
  14. ^ Aquaman (vol. 7) #29 (December 2017)
  15. ^ JLA: The Nail #3
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