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| “ | With men I know what to expect. An initial spurt of bravura teamed in the end with cowardice. Even the best of men are driven by--at most--two or three desires. Easily manipulated. Like putty, but with too much hair. But women... women are as baffling and as dangerous to each other as we are to man. You can make no predictions on what we will do next, who we might crush... Who we might love. | „ |
| ~ Circe |
Circe is one of the main antagonists of the DC Universe, specifically serving as one of the main antagonists of the Wonder Woman franchise.
She is a powerful supernatural supervillain and one of Wonder Woman's greatest arch-enemies, alongside Cheetah and Ares. While Wonder Woman champions the gods and seeks to protect humanity, Circe champions only herself and sees humanity as just another tool by which to get what she desires. She was also a member of Injustice Gang and Injustice League Dark.
Circe is the daughter of Helios, the god and personification of the Sun. In Modern Age, Circe is the daughter the Titans Hyperion and Perseis, who gains power from the goddess Hecate. She was introduced during the Golden Age as an evil sorceress living on the Island of Aeaea, turning men into animals known as Beastiamorphs. In the Silver/Bronze Age, her hair was depicted as red/purple, which becomes her signature trait in the comics. She also had a daughter with Ares, named Lyta Milton. She deep hatred for the Amazons and a personal vendetta against Wonder Woman.
The War of the Gods was Circe's most iconic storyline. She orchestrates a massive war among pantheons to destroy Wonder Woman and reshape the world. In the Paradise Lost arc, Circe allies with the U.S. government against Themyscira and casts a spell to switch powers between Wonder Woman and Artemis. In the New 52; Circe got a more darker aesthetic, with pale skin, black or blood-red tight-fitting leather, corsets, high slits.
Biography[]
Modern Age[]
Circe originally challenged the Golden Age Wonder Woman, then became a recurring figure in Diana's Rogues Gallery in the early 1980s. Her history was later reinvented after the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. She often refers to herself as a goddess and indeed has shown herself to be one of DC's most powerful sorceresses, capable of many mystical feats but never seeming to be content with what she has. She seeks to dominate the world and defeat Wonder Woman so that magic can rule supreme. She served as the main villain of almost every Wonder Woman comic alongside Ares. She was the mastermind behind many thing such as Amazons Attack, War of the Gods, and a few other nasty plots. She also had a daughter named Lyta who is the only person in the world she cares for. She also earned a place in the Injustice Gang.
New 52[]
Circe has had a very longstanding rivalry with Wonder Woman's mother, Hippolyta. When Hippolyta was a young queen, she accepted Circe's services of enchanting the Amazon's weapons in exchange for male Amazon heirs to serve as human fodder for Circe's army of animal/human hybrids called Ani-Men. When Hippolyta backed out of her deal, making an alternative agreement with the god Hephaestus instead, Circe was enraged and began plotting her revenge. She took it out on Wonder Woman, lashing out at the Amazon by empowering a young man named David Reid with a hatred of super-heroes. Circe transformed Reid into the powerful super-villain Magog and unleashed him on Superman, while she personally attacked Wonder Woman. Neither succeeded in their attempt to take down the heroes.
DC Rebirth[]
In DC Rebirth, Circe's appearance changed with her hair now red and having pale skin. She initially dressed in a more 'civilian' manner than her usual outfits but after inheriting the powers of Hecate, the Goddess of Magic, in an event she orchestrated known as the "Witching Hour", she began to take on a more supernatural form with literally flaming hair. Shortly afterwards she would found the Injustice League Dark to counteract the Justice League Dark created by her hated rival Wonder Woman. Circe built her League by recruiting Solomon Grundy, the Floronic Man, Klarion the Witch Boy and Papa Midnite.
Powers and Abilities[]
Circe using her powers
- Dark Magic: Circe is a ancient greek sorceress, known for being one of the most powerful sorceress in the DC Universe. She has great knowledge about dark and forbidden magic and has a large arsenal of spells, curses and magical traps. She was capable of manipulating magic for a variety of effects, such as casting spells and manipulating matter.
- Immortality: As the daughter of a Titan/God, Circe is able to live far beyond a normal human lifespan, having been alive since 1,200 B.C. She is not subject to disease or old age and has the potential to live forever.
- Transmutation: Circe is able to change her appearance and witch costume at will. She has the ability to transform any object or being into something else. Circe is infamous for transforming men into pigs and other animals; like Beastiamorphs and Ani-Men.
- Energy Projection: Circe is able to release and project powerful energy blasts from her hands.
- Psychic abilities: Circe can control and read minds, and implant hypnotic illusion into the subconscious of others.
- Teleportation: Circe can teleport herself over great distances with ease. She is also able to travel between different dimensions, as she was able to transport herself from Earth to Olympus.
- Necromancy: In Hell, Circe possesses the ability to control and raise the dead.
- Flight: Circe can use her powers to fly.
- Possession: Circe can possess Wonder Woman, and use her as her host while also acting through her.
- Animation: Circe has the ability to animate inanimate objects by leaving a psychic imprint on effigies, such as gargoyles and grotesques.
- Elemental control: Circe can control and manipulate some elemental forces of the universe, like geokinesis.
- Force-Field Generation: Circe is able to create highly durable shields of mystical energy.
Other Media[]
Television[]
Justice League Unlimited[]
- Main article: Circe (DC Animated Universe)
Circe (voiced by Rachel York) appears in Justice League Unlimited as an enemy of Wonder Woman and Batman.
Justice League Action[]
Circe in Justice League Action
Circe appears in Justice League Action teaming up with Lex Luthor to obtain a mystical staff from Hippolyta to empower themselves with the powers of the gods. After defeating Wonder Woman and her mother, Circe takes the spear and travels with Luthor to the Forbidden Realm. Once there, Lex and Circe obtain the Oculus of Argo and Lex is granted the powers and looks of Zeus. Wonder Woman later traveled to the realm with Superman and Batman to stop them and Circe used her magic to turn the three into trees.
Before the spell could be complete on Wonder Woman, she used her Lasso of Truth on the demigod Lex and forcefully admitted his eventual betrayal of Circe which angered her and stripped Lex of his godly powers and restored the heroes to normal. Superman captured Lex while Diana caught Circe and returned to Themyscira with her in chains where Hippolyta sent Circe to Tartarus.
DC Universe (James Gunn)[]
- Main article: Circe (DC Universe)
Circe appears in the 2024 adult animated seriesCreature Commandos', which is set in James Gunn's new DC Universe multimedia franchise. She was voiced by Anya Chalotra.
Videogames[]
Circe in DC Universe Online.
- In DC Universe Online, Circe is the mentor to villains who choose the path of magic and will appear to them via communication. She is as power-hungry and malevolent as ever, but seems to be intent on working with Brother Blood to unleash Trigon into the world so as to literally transform the world into Hell. Circe holds those that oppose her in contempt and is very arrogant, as can be seen when she refers to Brainiac's plans as "amusing" her and stating he will never master the power of magic. As in the comics, she sees Wonder Woman as a major threat and is intent on having the Amazon bow before her so as to finally end their lengthy rivalry.
Trivia[]
- She was created by the late creators Harry G. Peter and Robert Kanigher.
- Circe was the second primary antagonist of the Wonder Womans series the first was Ares.
- Circe is seen as the Joker of Wonder Woman’s villains due to her trickster nature and doing this for her amusement.
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