- For the Halo series comics by Marvel Comics, see Halo Graphic Novel and Halo: Uprising.
| Halo | |
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 Halo from Batman And The Outsiders #16. Art by Jim Aparo |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Brave and the Bold vol. 1 #200, (July 1983) |
| Created by | Mike W. Barr (writer) Jim Aparo (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Gabrielle Doe |
| Team affiliations | Outsiders Strike Force Kobra |
| Notable aliases | Violet Harper, Marissa Baron, Spect |
| Abilities | Can generate various colored aura which have different functions like flight, energy blast, stasis field etc. |
Halo is a fictional superheroine published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Brave and the Bold vol. 1 #200 (July 1983), and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo.[1]
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Fictional Character Biography
Halo is a gestalt of a human woman named Violet Harper and an "Aurakle", an ancient energy-being resembling a sphere of iridescent color, the Aurakle species emerged from the Source billions of years ago at the dawn of time. When sociopath Violet Harper was murdered by Syonide, an operative of the 100 and Tobias Whale, the Aurakle, who had been observing her out of curiosity, was sucked into the newly-vacant body, which it found itself animating. The shock of death and resurrection induced a profound amnesia in the new combined entity. As such, she was a complete innocent who was discovered by Batman who recruits her for the Outsiders. Regardless of her state of mind, Halo later has adventures in which she had to deal with the consequences of her body's previous occupant's actions, which required the assistance of the team to resolve. In one incident, early in her existence, Halo accesses the memories of the long-lived Aurakle and becomes emotional over the tendency of human beings to kill each other.
The young Halo is initially the legal ward of her friend and Outsiders teammate Katana. During her stint in the Outsiders, she gains a friend in new member Windfall.
Death
Halo did die, in a manner, in a much later incident. After the team was framed for the murder of Markovia's Queen, which was caused by Roderick and his vampire forces, they were forced to flee. Technocrat's evil ex-wife, Marissa Barron hires an old associate named Ryer who believes Technocrat had abandoned him in Markovia. As the cyborg Sanction, he nearly kills the Outsiders in Switzerland. Later, in Gotham City, he attacks again, slaying both Marissa and Halo. As with Violet Harper, Halo's essence is sucked into Marissa's body, reanimating it.
During an attempt by the Outsiders to create a new headquarters, other Aurakles would return to reclaim Halo. Halo would later strike up a relationship with Sebastian Faust, a fellow Outsider that not many on the team trusted. The entire team is eventually cleared of wrongdoing. Halo later returns to Markovia. There she assists in combating a portal to hell that had opened as part of the Day of Judgment incident.
Further adventures
During the Infinite Crisis, supervillain prisons around the world are opened as their respective wardens are targeted and blackmailed. Halo is part of a makeshift team of heroes battling a breakout at the Alcatraz prison in San Francisco. She later joins the Battle of Metropolis, which takes place in issue #7, helping other heroes protect the city from an army of super-villains bent on its destruction.
Soon after the events of the crisis, she assists a team of astronauts in a space station searching for heroes missing in action. She detects traces of Zeta radiation, a sign of Adam Strange, one of the many missing.
She is part of another multi-hero battle, this time against the murderous Black Adam. This takes place on Chinese soil, during the limited series "World War III".
She again makes another brief appearance in in Action Comics #843. She is part of dozens of super-powered beings fighting to free themselves from the prison ships of the 'Auctioneer'.
In Batman and the Outsiders Special (Feb 2009) Halo is one of the heroes approached by Alfred to form a new team of Outsiders. She accepts in Outsiders #15 and reforms the team with original members; Katana, Geo-Force, Black Lightning and Metamorpho along with new members Owlman and the Creeper. It is unexplained how Halo's essence is back in the body of original host Violet Harper, although this may simply be an editorial mistake.
Powers and abilities
Halo has the ability to fly, and to create auras of different colors around herself which have different effects:
- Red aura/halo: Heat beams
- Orange aura/halo: Concussive force beams
- Yellow aura/halo: Brilliant light
- Green aura/halo: Stasis beam
- Blue aura/halo: Holographic distortion effect
- Indigo aura/halo: Tractor beam
- Violet aura/halo: Gave the sociopathic personality of Violet Harper control of the body, enabling her to use any/all of Halo's powers.
- The auras provide a measure of defense against similar effects directed against her. For instance, her green stasis aura protected her from being immobilized by the Cryonic Man's freezing gas, and her orange concussive aura can repel physical attacks.
- Halo can alternate between her costume and civilian clothes instantly. This transition is accompanied by an aura of primarily black color, with white blotches of light.
- The negation of the color spectrum will negate Halo's powers; the DC universe has many villains with just such abilities.
- In the 1990s, it was shown that, should the human body be destroyed, the Aurakle can merge with another freshly-dead human.
Other versions
- The Elseworlds JLA: Another Nail contains an alternate Halo, in the body of an African-American woman; her name and background are unrevealed.
References
- ^ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Halo", in Dougall, Alastair, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 152, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
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