Katma Tui

Katma Tui
Katma Tui as depicted in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #3 (August 1987)
Art by Joe Staton
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceGreen Lantern vol. 2 #30 (July 1964)
Created byJohn Broome
Gil Kane
In-story information
Full nameKatma Tui Stewart
SpeciesKorugarian
Place of originKorugar
Team affiliationsGreen Lantern Corps
Black Lantern Corps
Notable aliasesGreen Lantern
AbilitiesPower Ring

Katma Tui is a comic book superhero, an extraterrestrial from the planet Korugar, and a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. She is the Green Lantern successor of the supervillain Sinestro and the predecessor of Sinestro's daughter, Soranik Natu.

Katma Tui has made limited appearances in other media, primarily in association with the Green Lanterns. Kim Mai Guest and Tara Strong voice the character in Justice League and Duck Dodgers respectively.

Publication history

Katma Tui first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #30 (July 1964) and was created by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane.[1]

Fictional character biography

Katma Tui hails from the planet Korugar, in the area of space designated Sector 1417 by the Guardians of the Universe. After Sinestro, the sector's Green Lantern, takes over Korugar and is imprisoned in the antimatter universe, Tomar-Re nominates Tui to replace him. The people of Korugar, however, come to view the Green Lantern symbol as one of oppression and pain, and see Tui as a monster for joining them.

In her first mission as a Lantern, Tui and Korugaran scientist Imi Kann destroy an amoeba-like alien threatening Korugar. She considers leaving the Corps to be with him, but Hal Jordan convinces her not to.[2]

In subsequent appearances, Tui marries John Stewart, recruits Rot Lop Fan into the Green Lantern Corps, and works with several Lanterns in California, including Kilowog, Ch'p, and Arisia Rrab.[3]

Katma Tui is later killed by Star Sapphire.[4] She has largely remained dead since, but is temporarily resurrected in Green Lantern: Mosaic and Blackest Night.[5]

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Katma Tui appears in Batman: In Darkest Knight.

In other media

References

  1. ^ 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. 314. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  2. ^ Green Lantern (vol. 2) #30 (July 1964)
  3. ^
    • Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1-3
    • Green Lantern (vol. 2) Annual #3 (1987)
    • Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #1
    • Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, #8
    • Green Lantern Corps #212
    • Green Lantern Corps #201 - #224 (June 1986 - May 1988)
  4. ^ Action Comics Weekly #601-602 (May 1988)
  5. ^
    • Green Lantern: Mosaic #15 - #18
    • Green Lantern (vol. 4) #36 (January 2009)
    • Blackest Night #1 (July 2009)
    • Green Lantern (vol. 4) #49 (December 2009)
    • Green Lantern (vol. 4) #52 (March 2010)
    • Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #10 (December 2016)
  6. ^ "The World's Finest - Superman: The Animated Series". The World's Finest. February 6, 1999. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Katma Tui Voices (Green Lantern)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 20, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  8. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #6 - Attack of the Green Lantern Corps (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 29, 2023.