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Josephine MacDonald[]

Josephine MacDonald, also known as Josie Mac, is a police officer of GCPD, first appearing in Detective Comics #763 (December 2001), created by Judd Winick and Cliff Chiang.

Josie Mac had a promising career ahead of her, until she responded to a call and discovered the mayor's wife in bed with an exotic dancer.

Four days after the incident, her mistake of embarrassing the mayor's wife got her moved to the Missing Persons department at the precint. Josie made the best out of her transfer because unknown to her colleagues, she possessed minor psychic powers, which allowed her to find things and people which are lost through picking up "messages" from inanimate objects.^[1]

Josie's first case in Missing Persons got her partnered up with Oscar Castro. The grandson of mob boss Anthony Antonelli was declared missing. The attackers of his grandson had shot at policemen who had responded to the struggle before the boy was kidnapped. Josie went to her apartment to review the case and discovered Batman was waiting for her. Batman tells her that he is aware of her abilities and warns her to stay away from this case. Josie ignored his warning and it got her father killed. Batman offered his condolences and agrees to help Josie to find Antonelli's grandson while in the same time bringing her father's murderer to justice. She and Batman learn that Two-Face was responsible for the kidnapping because he hated Antonelli for double crossing him on a deal that went bad months ago. They apprehend Two-Face while rescuing Antonelli's grandson. During interrogation, Two-Face professed that he had nothing to do with the murder of Josie's father; Batman belivwd him but Josie didn't. Josie later discovered that Antonelli's family lawyer David Montassano engineered events to gain control over the Antonelli mob. Montassano was responsible for the deal going bad between Two-Face and Antonelli and also for murder of Josie's father. He figured the death of her father would intimidate and deter her from pursuing the Antonelli case any further. After his arrest, Josie's partner Oscar Castro retired soon after Commissioner Michael Atkins transferred Josie to the Major Crimes Unit. After filling in for Renee Montoya for a time, Josie was partnered with Marcus Driver on the second shift.^[2]

Josie Mac appears in Gotham, portrayed by Paulina Singer. Appearing in "Rise of the Villains: Strike Force", she is recruited by Captain Nathaniel Barnes, along with other cadets Luke Garrett, Sal Martinez and Carl Pinkney to create an elite unit "Strike Force". Josie is involved in the case of attacking the candidates for mayor's seat in Gotham after Aubrey James went missing. When the hitman Victor Zsasz (sent by Cobblepot) tries to kill the candidate Randall Hobbs, the Strike Force manages to rescue him. Victor shoots Josie, but she survives due to her bulletproof vest. She later participates in the case of arsons committed by Pike family, in "Scarification" and "By Fire". One of her colleagues, Luke Garrett, is killed by Bridgit Pike. After this case, she is the only surviving member of Strike Force since all other members of the unit were killed in other cases. Although she doesn't appear further in the show, it is possible that she still serves in Strike Force within GCPD.

Magpie[]

Mammoth[]

Bruno Mannheim[]

Moxie Mannheim[]

Moxie "Boss" Mannheim is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Moxie Mannheim is the father of Bruno Mannheim. In the Pre-Crisis, Moxie Mannheim founded Intergang in the 1920s but Boss Moxie was then killed by rivals.^[3][4]

In the Post-Crisis, Moxie had been in prison since the 1940s after being captured by the Newsboy Legion and was later released from prison. Discovering that the Newsboys were, seemingly, the same age as when he first fought them, he determined to find out how such a thing could be. Meeting renegade Project Cadmus geneticist Dabney Donovan, he arranged for himself and his former gang members from the 1940s to be cloned into youthful bodies with superpowers. This led to his henchmen Ginny "Torcher" McGee, Mike "Machine" Gun, Noose, and Rough House being cloned and receiving superpowers. Using Vincent Edge to arrange a meeting between Metropolis' gang-leaders, he killed them all, had Noose kill Vincent once he served his purpose, and declared himself the new head of Intergang. The new Intergang spent much of their time tracking down Jimmy Olsen, whom Moxie believed knew Superman's secret identity.^[5][6][7]

There was some suggestion that Boss Moxie (who was a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains at the time) was slain during the miniseries Infinite Crisis. The suggestion comes from a sequence during the Battle of Metropolis which Superboy-Prime snaps a villain's neck, killing him. In an interview DC editor-in-chief Dan DiDio confirms that Boss Moxie did indeed die in Infinite Crisis #7 by stating that Superboy-Prime snapped his neck.

March Harriet[]

March Harriet (also called March Hare) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Harriet Pratt is a small-time con artist and part-time escort who operated outside of Gotham City. She was recruited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to join the Wonderland Gang which included a brainwashed Mad Hatter. Harriet acted as their version of March Hare.^[8]

In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". In this continuity, Harriet Pratt was born in East London and fell in love with Lily Shaw. When they moved to Gotham City, they stole valuable items and got jobs as escorts at a club owned by a businessman named William Warren. When they came across a small man who was being chased by Warren's security guards, the man escaped and both girls were accidentally shot where the security guards left them for dead. Harriet was nursed back to health by the small man who turned out to be Jervis Tetch. He stated to Harriet that Warren stole devices from him. This caused Harriet to share a mutual revenge on Warren upon Harriet learning that Jervis is Mad Hatter. A few days later, Harriet took up the mantle of March Harriet and joined his Wonderland Gang where they attacked Warren's complex. As Warren was away on a business trip, March Harriet .^[9]

March Harriet in other media[]

March Harriet appears in The Lego Batman Movie. She is among the Batman villains recruited by Joker to take part in his attacks on Gotham City.

Matches Malone[]

First appearance	Batman #242 (June 1972)
Created by	Dennis O'Neil, Irv Novick, Dick Giordano
Further reading Matches Malone at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Matches Malone at the Grand Comics Database

Matches Malone was originally a Gotham gang boss who Batman attempted to recruit to help take down Ra's al Ghul. He was accidentally killed by a ricocheting bullet that was meant for Batman, who began to impersonate the man to use his underworld contacts and to fool Ra's.^[10]

Post-Crisis, he was a relatively small-time arsonist with his brother Carver and who came to Gotham City early on in Batman's career, attracting Batman's attention when Carver was apparently murdered. Although Matches was the prime suspect, there was no concrete evidence to make the charges stick and Matches was released, only for Batman to subsequently find what appeared to be Matches's dead body in another fire, apparently a suicide. Batman never reported his death; at the time, he had been attempting to establish a criminal alias for himself to help gather information, but the exclusive nature of the criminal sects meant that no one would recruit someone that they had not heard of, prompting Batman to adopt the man's identity as his own.

Years later, Batman learned the truth about what had happened. Carver's death had actually been a suicide prompted by his guilt over a fire that he and Matches had started that resulted in the death of a homeless man resting in the building they had torched, with Matches making the body look like a murder victim because he was ashamed of his brother's suicide. Subsequently, deciding to escape Batman stalking him for the crime, Matches used the body of their earlier victim to fake his own death, with Batman being so eager to establish a criminal alias and never taking the time to definitively confirm the body's identity. After operating underground for years by committing low-end robberies, Matches returned to Gotham after hearing reports of 'his' activities, only to be shot by Scarface for 'his' recent betrayal, surviving long enough to simply confess his role in events to Batman and Nightwing before dying, with his last request being that Batman bury him next to his brother.

Having destroyed Scarface in 'revenge' for Matches's death, Batman commented to Nightwing later on that the former continued using the identity because of having come to recognize that Matches was not an evil man, but had done some bad things that he never had the chance to make up for, regarding his use of his name as a chance to give Matches some absolution.

The "Matches Malone" identity indirectly caused the events of Batman: War Games; Stephanie Brown after being fired as Robin attempted to implement an old plan of Batman's that would allow the latter to take control of the city's criminal organizations, hoping that this would impress Batman enough to convince to take Stephanie back. Stephanie was unaware that the "agent" who was meant to take control of the meeting was actually Batman himself, resulting in tensions between the crime families flaring up and most of them being killed in the subsequent stand-off, leading into the subsequent gang wars and Stephanie's own apparent death.

In The Batman Adventures comic book series, Batman uses the Matches Malone guise against the False Face Society and a backstory reveals Malone was a low-level enforcer for Rupert Thorne who agreed to become a snitch for Batman and Commissioner Gordon against Thorne. But when Malone began skimming cash from Thorne, he was shot to death by "two Chicago triggers" who go by the monikers Dapper (for always dressing well) and Cricket (for a short wiry build). Upon finding the dying Malone and being told that his killers went to a well-known Chinese restaurant, Batman removed his glasses—and was shocked by what Malone looked like. Batman took the man's guise, defeated the two hitmen and sent them to prison, and has used the guise ever since.

Matches Malone in other media[]

• The character is named Jimmy Malone in the aborted Tom Mankiewicz script The Batman and is a simple criminal accomplice to the Joker.^[11]
• Matches Malone appeared in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Adventures of Batman as the alias used by Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) to infiltrate Two-Face's gang in the two-part episode "Shadow of the Bat" and to investigate the Scarecrow in the episode "Never Fear".
• Matches Malone appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold as an alias by Batman (voiced by Diedrich Bader). In the opening of "The Super-Batman of Planet X", Batman used the alias to help Will Magnus and the Metal Men be undercover against Kanjar Ro's bounty of Space Pirates. In the episode "Chill of the Night!", Batman uses the name variation Matthew Malone during a trip to the past with the Phantom Stranger to see Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. In the episode "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Batman gets amnesia while in his Matches Malone persona and believes himself to actually be a gangster.
• The character appears again, this time renamed Patrick "Matches" Malone, in the live-action Gotham TV series, portrayed by Danny Schoch in his first masked appearance and by Michael Bowen in the second appearance. This version is a philosophical hitman-for-hire who is one of Gotham City's deadliest murderers and was an old partner of Mutants leader Terence "Cupcake" Shaw. He is the masked man in shiny shoes who killed Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne in front of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (who was watching from the highest part of the fire escape), taking Joe Chill's place in the comics and most adaptations. This has led Detective James Gordon into finding him in order to bring to justice. Silver St. Cloud revealed the killer's identity to be Patrick. When Bruce finally confronts Patrick, Patrick stated that he was tired of doing bad things, while barely recalling if he killed Bruce's parents and Bruce decides not to kill Patrick. Using the gun that Bruce left behind, Patrick committed suicide by the time Gordon caught up with Bruce. Gordon and Harvey Bullock were left wondering who could have hired Malone to kill Thomas and Martha (which was eventually revealed to be Hugo Strange).

Menace[]

Menace is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Russell Tavaroff is a former friend of Luke Fox who became his enemy upon getting exposed to the Venom offshoot Snakebite which gives him enhanced strength and durability at the cost of giving him a mental illness.^[12]

Menace in other media[]

Menace appears in Batwoman voiced by Jesse Hutch. This version of Russell Tavaroff is a Crows agent who Jacob Kane assigned to take over Sophie Moore's case. While examining the scene of the fight with Black mask, Russell found some of Batwoman's spilled blood. He tries to find a match in the system only for Sophie to remove Ryan's info from their system. After using lethal force on the Snakebite users and the shooting of Luke Fox, Russell and his followers doctor the footage claiming that Luke had a gun. Upon finding out after a talk with Sophie Moore, Jacob advises that Russell go on suspension pending an investigation only to be knocked out by Russell. Then he and his followers try to have an unconscious Jacob undergo another Snakebite injection only to be defeated by Batwoman. Jacob later exposes the truth on what happened Luke Fox while also mentioning the arrests of Russell and those involved. Russell was later released on bail while awaiting trial. Luke later encountered Russell in a bar and got involved in a poker game that John Diggle was involved in and beats Russell in the game. When Russell attacks Luke outside the bar, he is fended off by Diggle. Russell is among the former Crows operatives that side with Black Mask. When Russell states that he would just be a "cog" in someone's device, Black Mask offers to make him a "machine" instead. Using Bane's Venom and the Snakebite drug, Black Mask experimented on Russell which didn't work at first causing Black Mask to have his body disposed. He regained conscious in Mary's clinic and pursued her for the Snakebite that was taken off him before being defeated by Batwing.

Menagerie[]

Menagerie is a name shared by two anti-heroines in the DC Universe, both members of the Elite.^[13] The two are Puerto Rican sisters who are linked with a symbiotic alien weapon crèche called symbeasts.

Pamela first appears in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). While the origins of her powers are unclear in Action Comics #775, Manchester Black states that the rogue Men in Black (from the Department of Extranormal Operations) once picked up the dregs of society, turning them into weapons and selling them off to the highest alien bidder. Black recruits Pam to be a member of the Elite. This group takes it upon themselves to "free the Earth of scum". They come into conflict with Superman during their first mission and Superman disables them following a showdown on Jupiter's moon, Io. The Elite are delivered into custody, but soon released by President Lex Luthor.^[14] During an assassination attempt on Luthor, Menagerie reveals to Superman that the Elite are acting against their wills. For her betrayal, Black induces a stroke in her, putting her in a permanent vegetative state.^[15]

Sonja first appears in JLA #100 (August 2004). Upon Black's apparent death, his sister, Vera Black, takes it upon herself to clear the family name and reassembles the Elite as a force for good. As Sister Superior she convinces Pamela's sister, Sonja, to assume control of the alien cache as the second Menagerie. Vera then approaches the JLA with a proposition to form a sort of black ops JLA team: Justice League Elite.^[16] Sonja's hatred of Manchester Black becomes a hatred of the Elite. Sonja sees this as her opportunity to kill Vera's dream, so she plays along and joins the team. In their first mission, Menagerie secretly coaxes Coldcast into killing the foreign terrorist dictator, Hi-Shan Bhat.^[17] Menagerie lays low during the fallout and puts effort into her personal relationship with Coldcast. The two become lovers and are drawn together by their shared affection for Pamela. Then, while most of the Elite goes underground, Vera is finally fully overtaken by the disembodied Manchester Black.^[18]

While Black threatens Earth with a Fourth World god, Menagerie goes missing and Coldcast is arrested by the JLA for Bhat's murder. Coldcast confesses to the murder and is taken to the Slab prison. There he is visited by the spirit of the recently departed Manitou Raven, who frees him from Menagerie's control.^[19] Coldcast is exonerated and the team tracks Sonja to Costa Rica. She is taken into JLA custody, deprived of the aliens, and begins a gradual separation that they hope will sever her connection to the symbeasts.^[20]

Menagerie in other media[]

Menagerie appears in Superman vs. The Elite, voiced by Melissa Disney.

A variation of the Pamela version of Menagerie appears in her self-titled Supergirl episode, portrayed by Jessica Meraz. In this show, Pamela Ferrer is a jewel thief who got bonded to a snake-like alien, transforming her into Menagerie. After she killed her partner Chuck and some other people, Menagerie was confronted by Supergirl, the Martian Manhunter, Brainiac 5, and Alex Danvers. Their fight attracted the attention of the Children of Liberty. When Menagerie planned to rob the masquerade ball, she encountered Nia Nal and Supergirl and George Lockwood show up. While she did manage to subdue Supergirl, the snake-like alien on Menagerie was killed by George. President Baker made an example out of Menagerie and had her incarcerated. While in her cell, Menagerie received a pleasing letter from Manchester Black. In the episode "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?", Menagerie escapes from prison and forms the Elite alongside Manchester Black, the Hat, and an unnamed Morae. They appear in various locations before they get in military base in Wyoming, where they attempt to reprogram the satellite weapon (used to destroy alien ships) to turn into the White House, but Supergirl and her friends prevent this. In "Stand and Deliver", Supergirl and Nia Mal manage to arrest and take her to DEO.

Mentalla[]

First appearance	Legion of Super-Heroes #14 (September 1985)
Created by	Paul Levitz and Steve Lightle
Abilities	Telepathy and psi invisibity
Aliases	Delya Castil

Mentalla (Delya Castil) was a rejected Legion candidate who infiltrated the Fatal Five, but was found out and subsequently murdered by the Emerald Empress.

Micron[]

First appearance	Batman Beyond S3E7 "The Call, Part 1" (November 2000)
Created by	Paul Dini and Alan Burnett
Abilities	Shrinking and growing in size

Micron is a superhero and the successor to The Atom. He made his first appearance in the Batman Beyond episode "The Call, Part 1" (November 2000), where he was voiced by Wayne Brady.

He is a member of Justice League Beyond.

Midas[]

Midas is a character in DC Comics and an enemy of Green Arrow.^[21]

Midas (whose real name is unknown) is a scientist working on a bacterial strain that would be able to revolutionize the treatment of toxic waste. While demonstrating his findings, he encounters a woman who seduces him, but turns out to be an eco-terrorist hoping to steal the formula. The terrorists botch the job, causing the explosion which kills them, but sends Midas screaming in flames. Burned alive, he leaps into a river of toxic waste, and emerged as a monster entirely composed of it.^[22] Skilled in mechanical engineering as well as toxic waste studies, Midas constructs the Blood Rose robot, who becomes the love of his life, aiding him in a life of crime that especially worked against Oliver Queen.^[23]

A different version of Midas, renamed James Midas (portrayed by Andrew Kavadas), appears in Arrow season seven episode "Training Day". This version is a corrupt businessman and CEO of Midas Medical. In the episode, he begins selling bullets containing chlormethine to the gangs. Oliver finds and arrests him, but due to procedural mistake, Mayor Pollard releases him from charges. He attempts to rid of all of chlormethine, but was ambushed by deputized Team Arrow and the members of the police force, being arrested properly.

Mime[]

Mime is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Camilla Orton was the daughter of a firework salesman named Oscar Ortin who had a disdain for loud noises. After the death of her parents, Camilla began practicing in the art of the mime artist. She started the Cameo Company until it went bankrupt driving her to a life of crime. She stole several bells from the churches across Gotham City before being apprehended by Batman and remanded to Arkham Asylum.^[24]

Mime in other media[]

Mime appears in The Lego Batman Movie. She is among the Batman villains recruited by Joker to take part in his attacks on Gotham City.

Minister Blizzard[]

Molecule[]

First appearance	Teen Titans (vol. 3) #38 (September 2006)
Created by	Geoff Johns and Carlos Ferreira
Abilities	Ability to shrink
Further reading Molecule at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Molecule at the Grand Comics Database

Molecule is a superhero in the DC Universe.

The character, created by Geoff Johns and Carlos Ferreira, first appeared in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #38 (September 2006).

Within the context of the stories, Molecule is a teen superhero patterned after the Atom and a member of the Teen Titans during the "one-year gap" between the series Infinite Crisis and the "One Year Later" storyline. He is one of a group of teen heroes attacked by the Terror Titans and put in the arena of the Dark Side Club. While trying to escape, he is severed in two by the Persuader.^[25]

Mongal[]

Mongal is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. She made her first unnamed appearance in Showcase '95 #8 (September 1995); her first appearance as Mongal was in Superman (vol. 2) #170 (July 2001).

Mongal is the sister of Mongul II (who is the son of Mongul I), introduced by her brother to Superman in Superman #170. When Krypto the Superdog nearly killed Mongul II, Mongal escaped and reappeared to destroy New York City. After Maxima's death in the Our Worlds at War miniseries, Mongal was chosen as the ruler of Maxima's homeworld of Almerac and was established as a galactic threat to Superman.

After a squabble with her brother in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #8 (March 2006), Mongul II killed her with a punch, stating family to be a weakness.

Her desiccated body appears in Green Lantern Corps #20 as the target to Mongul II's ramblings. Mongul II, newly imbued with a Sinestro Corps ring, taunts her skull by saying he would be the one to carry on their father's legacy and then drops it from the sky.

Mongal possesses superhuman strength and stamina.

Mongal in other media[]

• Mongal appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Duel of the Double-Crossers!", voiced by Gary Anthony Williams. This version is the sister of Mongul and is shown to be very competitive towards him.
• Mongal appears in the animated web series DC Super Hero Girls:
  • Mongal appears in the animated special DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, voiced by Julianne Grossman. She represents the Korugar Academy as a participant in the eponymous games.
• Mongal appeared in the live-action DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad, portrayed by Mayling Ng.^[26] She joins the eponymous team on a mission in Corto Maltese. During a skirmish, she takes down a local military helicopter and dies in its fiery wreckage along with her teammate Captain Boomerang.^[27][28]

Mongul[]

Alex Montez[]

Juan Montez[]

Juan Montez is a character in DC Comics.

Juan Montez is a former professional boxer who went by the nickname "Mauler" and is a former sparring partner of Ted Grant. With Maria Montez, he became the father of Yolanda. At the time when Ted Grant was thought to be lost in Limbo forever, Nuklon gave Juan Ted's champion belt to remember him by.^[29]

Juan Montez in other media[]

Juan Montez appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Wilmer Calderon. This version is devoted to the Catholic religion. In flashbacks seen in the episode "Wildcat", he and Maria supported Yolanda during her school presidential campaign against Cindy Burman. When Cindy leaked a risque photo of Yolanda, this strained her relationship with her parents who grounded her until further notice, made her go upstairs to her room after school, discontinued taking her to church, and never came near Blue Valley High School. When Yolanda comes in from outside after her first outing as Wildcat II, he and Maria scold her for being outside her room. When Alex asks why they have to keep yelling at her, Juan tells Alex to be quiet. Yolanda tries to get her parents to forgive her and have the family go back to how they originally were before the incident. After Maria states that they can't go back to it as Yolanda disgraced her family and herself which they believed, Juan orders Yolanda to go to her room.

Maria Montez[]

Maria Montez is a character in DC Comics.

Maria Montez is the wife of Juan Montez and an old friend of Ted Grant. When Maria and her unnamed sister were pregnant, they were experimented upon by the evil Doctor Love. The side effects of the experiments gave her daughter Yolanda abilities and she supported her campaign as the second Wildcat to the point where she used her sewing skills to patch up her costume if it gets damaged.^[30]

After Yolanda was killed by Eclipso, Maria brought her body to a witch who was able to bring Yolanda back to life. However, this was exposed as a scam by the original Wildcat.^[31]

Maria Montez in other media[]

Maria Montez appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Kikey Castillo. This version is devoted to Catholic religion and is a housewife. In flashbacks seen in the episode "Wildcat", she and Juan supported Yolanda during her school presidential campaign against Cindy Burman. When Cindy leaked a risque photo of Yolanda, this strained her relationship with her parents who grounded her until further notice, made her go upstairs to her room after school, discontinued taking her to church, and never came near Blue Valley High School. After Yolanda's first outing as Wildcat II and her parents scolding her for being outside her room, she tries to get her parents to forgive her and have the family go back to how they originally were before the incident. Maria states that they can't go back to it as Yolanda disgraced her family and herself, which they believed, as Juan orders Yolanda to go to her room. This caused Yolanda to take up Stargirl's offer to officially become the second Wildcat. In "Summer School: Chapter Seven," Maria confronts Yolanda at the church for involving Father Thomas in her drama as Father Thomas talks her down. When Courtney later calls up the Montez residence wanting to speak to Yolanda, Maria calls Courtney a corrupting influence and tells her never to call Yolanda again. Maria also called up Richie's Diner where her co-worker Maria Carmen Saravia tells her that Yolanda will still have her job if she is wanting to return.

Sophie Moore[]

Sophie "Gimme" Moore is a character in DC Comics.

The character first appeared in Detective Comics #859 and was created by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III.

Sophie Moore was a cadet captain at West Point, where she held the rank of S-3, or Operations Officer. She was also the roommate and girlfriend of Kate Kane, who was herself the Brigade Executive Officer, one rank above Sophie. The two boxed competitively at the academy, with a strong implication that Kate beat Sophie in an academy championship match before their senior year.^[32] When Kate resigned from the academy due to DADT allegations, she did not rat out Sophie.^[33]

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Sophie's history with Kate remains intact. After graduating from West Point, Sophie eventually made the rank of colonel and accepted a teaching position at Gotham Military Academy. She later reunites with Kate by chance at a charity carnival where she learns that Kate is engaged to Maggie Sawyer, and attempts to schedule a friendly dinner with Kate, to no avail.^[34]

Sophie Moore in other media[]

Sophie Moore appears in Batwoman, portrayed by Meagan Tandy.^[35] Unlike in the comics, Sophie is also accused of homosexual conduct for her relationship with Kate, though she still decides to stay in the military. She later became a high-level agent of Crows Security. The episode "Grinning From Ear to Ear" introduced her mother Diane (portrayed by Jeryl Prescott) who likes Batman, but dislikes Batwoman due to the heroine's status as an out lesbian. Sophie was also responsible for apprehending Cluemaster during her earlier years.

Multiplex[]

First appearance	Firestorm #1 (March 1978)
Created by	Gerry Conway Al Milgrom
Abilities	Self-duplication, superhuman strength
Aliases	Danton Black
Further reading Multiplex at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Multiplex at the Grand Comics Database

Multiplex is a supervillain in the DC Universe.^[36]

The character, created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom, first appeared as Danton Black in Firestorm #1 (March 1978) and as Multiplex in Firestorm #2 (April 1978).^[37]

Within the context of the stories, Danton Black is a nuclear physicist who worked as Martin Stein's assistant in the designing of the Hudson Nuclear Facility. Feeling that he is not receiving his due credit, he begins stealing lab equipment. When he is caught by Stein and fired, he publicly accuses Stein of stealing his designs for the power plant. He breaks into the plant to steal blueprints to fabricate evidence on the same night that Stein attempts to bring it on line. Caught in the same explosion that fuses Stein and Ronnie Raymond into Firestorm, he gains the ability to split himself into identical duplicates, though those duplicates are smaller than the original, and get smaller the more he splits.^[38]

Multiplex was a member of the Suicide Squad team tasked with capturing Firestorm when the hero attempted to coerce the nations of the Earth to destroy their nuclear weapons. Multiplex ran afoul of the Parasite, a dangerous villain brought along as a last resort, and appeared to be completely eaten by him.

Multiplex returned years later as an unwilling servant of the Thinker. He claimed to be the same villain that Firestorm had faced before, though he had no explanation as to how he was still alive. His powers had changed, as his duplicates were not reduced in size and appeared to be disposable.

In The New 52 reboot, during the Forever Evil storyline, Multiplex appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. The Crime Syndicate sent Multiplex with Black Bison, the Hyena, Plastique and Typhoon to finish Gorilla Grodd's job. The villains ended up defeated by the Rogues, since one of their targets was the hospital that Captain Cold's sister was recuperating at.^[39]

In the 2020 crossover event, Endless Winter, Multiplex appeared as one of several supervillains working for Black Adam to help fight the Frost King. Although not confirmed, it is implied that he dies at the hands of the Frost King.

Multiplex in other media[]

Michael Christopher Smith portrays Danton Black / Multiplex on The Flash live-action television series episode "Fastest Man Alive". This version is a former employee of Stagg Industries who attempted to get revenge on his former employer Simon Stagg for stealing his research in cloning, which led to the death of Black's wife. As a result of being exposed to dark matter after S.T.A.R. Labs's particle accelerator exploded while experimenting on himself, Black gained the ability to create mindless duplicates of himself that he can control mentally. After realizing his powers caused great strain on him, the Flash exploited this by tricking Black into creating hundreds of duplicates and defeating the weakened original. While trying to tackle the Flash, Black ends up defenestrating himself. The speedster attempts to save him, but Black chooses to fall to his death. Cisco Ramon briefly nicknames Black "Captain Clone" before posthumously naming him Multiplex.

Mutant Leader[]

Dexter Myles[]

Dexter Myles is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Dexter is on duty when the Flash comes to the Flash Museum in search of a weapon called the Summoner. Dexter is happy to show Flash where the Summoner is, but is horrified to discover it is missing. Later when the Flash is battling Vandal Savage, Dexter shows up with the blueprints for the Summoner that the Flash asked for. With these blueprints, the Flash is able to defeat Savage.

Dexter Myles in other media[]

Dexter Myles appears in The Flash season 1 episode "Going Rogue", portrayed by Bruce Harwood. He is also mentioned in the season 5 episode "Nora" by Nora West-Allen/XS.

Mysto[]

Mysto the Magician Detective is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #203 (January 1954). Mysto was a regular back-up feature in Detective Comics #203–212 (October 1954). He was dropped when Detective Comics went from 44 pages to 36.^[40] Mysto's only Modern Age appearance was in Detective Comics #500 (March 1981), in a special anniversary team-up story featuring Slam Bradley, Roy Raymond, and many other detectives that had once appeared in previous issues.^[41][42]

Rick Carter is a Wildcat flier piloting a small single-engine plane over the Tibetan plains when he spots three bandits chasing a lone old man. In gratitude for Carter saving the old man's life, Carter is taught ancient mysticism as well as tricks of the marketplace. Carter and his manservant Sikhi return to the United States to fight crime, using his skills as a stage magician.

Powers and abilities of Mysto[]

Mysto is a skilled stage illusionist, who uses his powers to confuse criminals. He is also an above-average detective.

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