| Harbinger | |
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 Harbinger. Art by George Pérez |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (as Lyla) New Teen Titans vol. 1 #21 (July 1982) (as Harbinger) Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Lyla Michaels |
| Team affiliations | New Guardians Black Lantern Corps |
| Abilities | Self-duplication and reintegration, energy materialization, superhuman strength, flight, and possessed an orb that recorded every bit of history in the multiverse and beyond while allowing for teleportation through space, time, dimensions, and realities. |
Harbinger (Lyla Michaels) is a fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine created in the early 1980s.
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Fictional character biography
She and her associate, the Monitor, made several short teasing appearances in various DC comic books up until 1985, when the Crisis on Infinite Earths began. Up until Crisis, she and Monitor appeared to be simple, albeit somewhat pompous, weapons brokers. At the time, she was named Lyla Michaels, and served the Monitor as a fairly conventional secretary.
All that changed in Crisis, where she adopted the name and appearance of Harbinger, revealed her power of splitting into various selves that could reintegrate later, and sent those selves through various points in time and space (across various realities, even), initially to recruit the aid of heroes for the Monitor's fight against his evil twin, the Anti-Monitor. That conflict and its consequences were the core of the Crisis limited series.
She was also a central character in the Millennium crossover, had a couple of spotlights (in DC Presents and Titans Spotlight), and was a member of the New Guardians. At one point she was invited to serve the island nation of Themyscira as the Amazons' official historian.
The newest version of Supergirl recently lived on Themyscira for a time, in order to learn battle tactics. She and Harbinger developed a close friendship that did not last long when Darkseid's forces attacked. Harbinger was slain by the Female Furies on the shores of the island while Doomsday clones attracted the attention of the other warriors.
Post-Infinite Crisis
Donna Troy acted like a "new" Harbinger during the 52 storyline. Within the new 52-Earth Multiverse, the Monitors employ several Harbingers, among them Dark Angel and The Forerunner.[1]
Harbinger returns as a Black Lantern during the Blackest Night crossover. She uses her knowledge of history to provoke her targets by bringing up emotional memories.[2]
Other media
The DC Comics owned company DC Direct released an action figure of Harbinger as part of the line of Crisis action figures.
References
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