Little Mermaid (comics)
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Little Mermaid is the name of two DC Comics
superhero
es. They are not related to the character in The Little Mermaid
book and movie.
woman. As a member of the Global Guardians
, her first mission (in Super Friends #9) is to help Aquaman
dismantle a bomb in Atlantis. Later on, she helps Aquaman defeat Sinestro
. She helps Superman
find an ancient city that had sunk beneath the ocean. There, she assists in fighting supernatural creatures. Later, she helps Superman and other Guardians battle a large group of evil wizards on Easter Island
.
Little Mermaid's first appearance in the canonical DC Universe
, with the other members of the Global Guardians, was in DC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982). She later took part in helping the Atlantean heroes in the Crisis on Infinite Earths
cross-over.
Post Crisis, Little Mermaid and the Guardians appeared in the pages of Justice League International and Justice League Europe. She was one of many Global Guardians
brainwashed by the Queen Bee
of Bialya.
Little Mermaid's final fate is not clear. She was apparently killed by Jack O'Lantern in Justice League Europe #30 (September 1991. This was not intentional as Jack was shooting at members of the Justice League. She reappears in Justice League Europe #50 (May 1993), claiming that the deceased Little Mermaid was her "evil twin." Finally, a memorial to the fallen Global Guardians, including one dedicated to the memory of Little Mermaid, appears in Justice League Quarterly #17 (Winter 1994).
Little Mermaid had the ability to turn her legs into fish fins, and breathe underwater for up to thirty hours. She also had the ability to fly.
; It is unknown if this is the original or a new version. Her secret identity has not yet been revealed.
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superhero
Superhero
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es. They are not related to the character in The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
book and movie.
Ulla Paske
Little Mermaid's first appearance was in the non-canonical Super Friends series. Ulla Paske is a teenage hero born to a Danish lighthouse keeper and an AtlanteanAtlantis (DC Comics)
Atlantis is a fictional location in the DC Comics Universe. The very first DC Universe version of Atlantis debuted in Action Comics #18 , and was created by...
woman. As a member of the Global Guardians
Global Guardians
The Global Guardians is a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes whose members hail from countries around the world. The concept originated in the Super Friends Saturday morning cartoon, in which several heroes were added to the Justice League to give it more ethnic diversity.-History:The...
, her first mission (in Super Friends #9) is to help Aquaman
Aquaman
Aquaman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 . Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title...
dismantle a bomb in Atlantis. Later on, she helps Aquaman defeat Sinestro
Sinestro
Thaal Sinestro is a fictional character, an alien supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. Created by John Broome and Gil Kane, Sinestro is the former mentor of Hal Jordan and the arch-nemesis of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Sinestro first appears in Green Lantern #7 . In 2009, Sinestro was...
. She helps Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
find an ancient city that had sunk beneath the ocean. There, she assists in fighting supernatural creatures. Later, she helps Superman and other Guardians battle a large group of evil wizards on Easter Island
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...
.
Little Mermaid's first appearance in the canonical DC Universe
DC Universe
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, with the other members of the Global Guardians, was in DC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982). She later took part in helping the Atlantean heroes in the Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify its then 50-year-old continuity...
cross-over.
Post Crisis, Little Mermaid and the Guardians appeared in the pages of Justice League International and Justice League Europe. She was one of many Global Guardians
Global Guardians
The Global Guardians is a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes whose members hail from countries around the world. The concept originated in the Super Friends Saturday morning cartoon, in which several heroes were added to the Justice League to give it more ethnic diversity.-History:The...
brainwashed by the Queen Bee
Queen Bee (comics)
Queen Bee is the name of four different DC Comics supervillains.-Queen Bee :The leader of the hiveworld Korll, Zazzala lives only for the interstellar expansion of her species. Zazzala first appeared in Justice League of America #23...
of Bialya.
Little Mermaid's final fate is not clear. She was apparently killed by Jack O'Lantern in Justice League Europe #30 (September 1991. This was not intentional as Jack was shooting at members of the Justice League. She reappears in Justice League Europe #50 (May 1993), claiming that the deceased Little Mermaid was her "evil twin." Finally, a memorial to the fallen Global Guardians, including one dedicated to the memory of Little Mermaid, appears in Justice League Quarterly #17 (Winter 1994).
Little Mermaid had the ability to turn her legs into fish fins, and breathe underwater for up to thirty hours. She also had the ability to fly.
Unknown
A Little Mermaid appeared in JLA: Classified #2. She is a member of the Ultramarine CorpsUltramarine Corps
The International Ultramarine Corps, formerly the Ultramarine Corps, is a fictional team of superheroes published by DC Comics. They first appeared in DC One Million #2 , and were created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter....
; It is unknown if this is the original or a new version. Her secret identity has not yet been revealed.