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Strata (comics)
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Strata is a fictional extraterrestrial police officer
published by DC Comics
. She first appears in Invasion!
#2 (February 1989), and was created by Keith Giffen
, Bill Mantlo
, Todd McFarlane
.
, a law-enforcement agency operating on a number of worlds. It is led by Vril Dox. When initially encountered, Strata had no obvious gender, but later transformed into a crystalline form, which indicated she was female.
Strata meets up with a similarly thick-skinned male named Garv. They begin a romance. Unfortunately, on their wedding day, the son of L.E.G.I.O.N.'s founder stages a coup, brainwashing most of the organization. Strata and several of her friends are forced to go on the run. Garv follows, only wishing to get his wife back. She makes several appearances in Keith Giffen's later series, Lobo.
Eventually the mutiny is neutralized and the rebels get back to work with the L.E.G.I.O.N. Both Garv and Strata are seen working to help control a cosmic disaster in issue #1 of Infinite Crisis
.
shows Garv and Strata with a young child. Strata leads a rebellion against future Dox, who had gone mad with power. She loses her friends and family. This timeline is neutralized when Dox, seeing how it ends badly for all his friends, frees Waverider.
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
published by DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. She first appears in Invasion!
Invasion! (DC Comics)
Invasion! was a three issue comic book limited series and crossover event published in late 1988-early 1989 by DC Comics. It was plotted by Keith Giffen, and ties up a great many plotlines from various Giffen-created DC series, including Omega Men, Justice League International, and Legion of...
#2 (February 1989), and was created by Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen
Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer.-Biography:Giffen was born in Queens, New York City....
, Bill Mantlo
Bill Mantlo
Bill Mantlo is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom. An attorney, he also worked as a public defender...
, Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn....
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Fictional character biography
Strata is a native of the planet Dryad, and a founding member (and coined the acronym) of L.E.G.I.O.N.L.E.G.I.O.N.
L.E.G.I.O.N., is a team of fictional extraterrestrial superheroes, a science fiction comic book published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Invasion! #1, and were created by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo and Todd McFarlane...
, a law-enforcement agency operating on a number of worlds. It is led by Vril Dox. When initially encountered, Strata had no obvious gender, but later transformed into a crystalline form, which indicated she was female.
Strata meets up with a similarly thick-skinned male named Garv. They begin a romance. Unfortunately, on their wedding day, the son of L.E.G.I.O.N.'s founder stages a coup, brainwashing most of the organization. Strata and several of her friends are forced to go on the run. Garv follows, only wishing to get his wife back. She makes several appearances in Keith Giffen's later series, Lobo.
Eventually the mutiny is neutralized and the rebels get back to work with the L.E.G.I.O.N. Both Garv and Strata are seen working to help control a cosmic disaster in issue #1 of Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis is a 2005 - 2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books...
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Powers and abilities
Like all of the sentient rock-beings from the planet Dryad, Strata is incredibly strong, and difficult to injure.Other versions
An alternate future, caused by the capture of WaveriderWaverider (comics)
Waverider is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe, a time traveler who was merged with the time stream. Waverider first appeared in Armageddon 2001 #1 and was created by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgens....
shows Garv and Strata with a young child. Strata leads a rebellion against future Dox, who had gone mad with power. She loses her friends and family. This timeline is neutralized when Dox, seeing how it ends badly for all his friends, frees Waverider.