Lilith Clay, also known as Omen, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Robert Kanigher and Nick Cardy, Lilith made her first appearance in Teen Titans #25 (February 1970) and commonly appears as a member of the eponymous group.[1] She is depicted as the best friend of Donna Troy (the first Wonder Girl) and the second hero to join the original Teen Titans after its founders, following Roy Harper (the first Speedy). Although her origin and powers have varied significantly throughout her history, she is consistently seen as both precognitive and psychic.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Teen Titans #25 (February 1970) |
| Created by | Robert Kanigher Nick Cardy |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Lilith Clay |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Teen Titans Black Lantern Corps N.O.W.H.E.R.E. |
| Partnerships | Dick Grayson Wally West Donna Troy Roy Harper Garth Mal Duncan Bumblebee Gnarrk |
| Notable aliases | Omen Lilith |
| Abilities | Several mental abilities, including precognition, pyrokinesis, advanced telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. |
Fictional character biography
editPre-Crisis
editLilith is a girl with psychic powers who leaves home after learning that she is adopted.[2] She joins the Teen Titans, but eventually leaves them and moves to the West Coast. There, she founds Titans West and enters a relationship with Gnarrk.
Prior to the disbanding of the original Teen Titans and their Titans West counterpart group, Lilith revealed that she had a vision of her teammate Donna Troy (Wonder Girl) marrying a red-haired man before they and their child are killed. Fearing Lilith's prophecy, Donna breaks up with Roy Harper.
During the Terror of Trigon storyline (The New Teen Titans (vol. 2) #1–6), Lilith bonds with the goddess Azar and houses the souls of her followers to cleanse Raven of evil.
After Azrael returns, Lilith gains pyrokinesis, learns that she is the daughter of the Titan Thia, and leaves to live on Mount Olympus.
Post-Crisis
editFollowing the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Lilith does not appear for some time.[3] She later appears as the masked figure Omen and helps gather the Teen Titans.[4][5]
In Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day, Lilith is killed by a malfunctioning Superman android.[6][7][8] In Blackest Night, she returns as a Black Lantern before Dawn Granger kills her.[9][10]
The New 52
editAn unrelated, villainous character named Omen appears in The New 52 continuity reboot as an ally of Harvest and N.O.W.H.E.R.E.[11]
DC Rebirth
editThe original Lilith appears in DC Rebirth, where she is revealed to be a founding member of the Teen Titans and former lover of Wally West.[12][13]
In Dawn of DC, Lilith and Power Girl establish a psychic counseling service where Power Girl enters the minds of others and physically defeats their problems.[14][15]
Powers and abilities
editLilith Clay possesses various psychic abilities, including telepathy, precognition, and energy projection. Furthermore, she can teleport and generate illusions and fire.
References
edit- ^ 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. 180. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Teen Titans #25
- ^ The New Titans #50–54
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 2) #15
- ^ Titans #14
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #29
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #31
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #3
- ^ Blackest Night: Titans #1
- ^ Blackest Night: Titans #3
- ^ Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
- ^ Titans Hunt #1–6
- ^ Titans: Rebirth #1
- ^ Schreur, Brandon (March 1, 2023). "Supergirl Gets a Dazzling Costume for her Power Girl Team-Up". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Gribbin, Sean (January 17, 2023). "Power Girl Just Added a Very Different Ability to Her Power Set". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
External links
edit- The Unofficial Omen Biography Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine