Mirage (DC Comics)

For other uses of the name Mirage in comics, see Mirage (comics).
Mirage
Mirage as depicted in Detective Comics #511 (February 1982). Art by Rich Buckler (penciller) and Dick Giordano (inker).
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceDetective Comics #511 (February 1982)
Created byGerry Conway (writer)
Don Newton (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoMike
AbilitiesIllusion generation

Mirage is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first was a minor villain of Batman. The second is a heroine affiliated with the Teen Titans.

Fictional character biography

Mike

The first Mirage is Mike, a normal man who uses a special gem to generate illusions. Batman destroys the gem, but Mirage uses its fragments to create contact lenses that possess the same effect.[1][2][3][4] In 52, Mirage is killed by Bruno Mannheim.[5]

Mirage
Mirage as depicted in Team Titans #21 (June 1994). Art by Terry Dodson.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe New Titans #79 (1991)
Created byMarv Wolfman
In-story information
Alter egoMiriam Delgado
Team affiliationsTeam Titans
New Titans
AbilitiesAble to project illusions, and use a wall of illusion to alter her appearance.

Miriam Delgado

The second Mirage, Miriam Delgado, is a member of the Team Titans and part of a resistance against the dictator Lord Chaos. While traveling in time to prevent Chaos' birth, Mirage is raped by her former lover Deathwing and eventually gives birth to a daughter, Julienne.[6][7]

In Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, Mirage learns that she is a Brazilian street urchin who the Time Trapper kidnapped and implanted with false memories.[8][9]

Powers and abilities

Both incarnations of Mirage can generate illusions. The Mike incarnation's abilities are derived from a special gem, while the Miriam Delgado incarnation is a metahuman who possesses innate abilities.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Miriam Delgado / Mirage appears in Team Titans Annual #2.[10]

In other media

  • An original incarnation of Mirage named Miranda appears in the Static Shock episode "Brother-Sister Act", voiced by Gavin Turek.[11] This version is a Bang Baby who, alongside her brother Byron, is exposed to mutagen amidst a clean-up effort following the Big Bang, with Miranda acquiring photokinesis that allows her to create illusions while Byron acquires a loudspeaker in his chest capable of firing powerful sound waves. Taking the name "Boom", Byron forces Miranda into helping him steal valuables. Realizing that the mutagen has affected Bryon's mind, Miranda helps Static defeat him. Afterwards, she is taken by child protective services and creates an illusion to protect Static's secret identity from his sister Sharon.
  • The Miriam Delgado incarnation of Mirage appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[12]
  • An unidentified, alternate universe variant of Mirage inspired by Raven appears in Teen Titans Go! #48 as a member of her version of the Teen Titans.

See also

References

  1. ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 257–258. ISBN 9780345501066.
  2. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 221. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
  3. ^ Detective Comics #511. DC Comics.
  4. ^ Detective Comics #515. DC Comics.
  5. ^ 52 #25. DC Comics.
  6. ^ The DC Comics Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2004. p. 203. ISBN 0-7566-0592-X.
  7. ^ Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (February 1993). DC Comics.
  8. ^ The New Titans #130 (February 1996). DC Comics.
  9. ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #99. DC Comics.
  10. ^ Team Titans Annual #2 (1994). DC Comics.
  11. ^ "Mirage Voice - Static Shock (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  12. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 19, 2024.