Nightshade (English)

Disambiguation: Charlton/DC, Eve Eden
First Published in: 1966

Name:

    Nightshade

Additional Names:

  1. Chimera

Description:

Nightshade is alias of the blonde young woman Eve Eden and she wears a black wig as Nightshade. Nightshade's powers are hereditary as the only surviving member of her royal family. Nightshade can teleport herself and others by passing them through the Land of Nightshades, but it subjects them to their worst nightmares. She has the ability to transform herself into a semi-solid shadow form (it requires a great amount of concentration) or manipulate darkness. She is even capable of creating shadowly homunculi.

Pre-Crisis: Daughter of Senator Wayne Eden and Maggda Eden. Sister of Larry Eden.

Post-Crisis: Daughter of Warren Eden and Maureen Eden. Sister of Larry Eden.

Eve inherited her powers from her mother, a princess from the Land of the Nightshades. They enable her to become a living shadow and to open portals to any location via a shadow dimension.

Notes:

Nightshade is a superhero series and character created by Dave Kaler (script) and Steve Ditko (b. 1927) (pencils).
"The character first appeared in the story Captain Atom vs. The Ghost published in Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #82 (September 1966).

John Ostrander (b. 1949) revamped the character in Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #1 [Direct] (May 1987).


Overviews of Character Origin Universe:

• without a universe
• DC : mainstream
• DC : Earth-Four (Pre-Crisis)

Appearances With a Story Universe:

• without a universe
• DC : mainstream
• DC : Earth-Four (Pre-Crisis)

Relations:

  1. alias of - Eve Eden [Nightshade] (p. 1966) (English)

Translations:

  1. republished as - Nightshade (p. 1986) (French)

Group Memberships:

  1. The L.A.W. [Living Assault Weapons] (p. 1999)
    1999 - present (formal)
  2. Sentinels of Justice (p. 1983)
    1983 - present (formal)
  3. Shadowpact (p. 2005)
    2005 - present (formal)
  4. Suicide Squad (p. 1986)
    1987 - present (formal)
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