Shimmer

Selinda Flinders, also known as Shimmer, is a minor antagonist from the DC Comics universe who first appeared in New Teen Titans #3. She is the older twin sister of Mammoth and a founding member of the Fearsome Five.

Biography[]

Selinda Flinders and her brother Baran were Australians born with superpowers, with Selinda able to transform one element or compound into another. Both siblings were bullied at school when their metahuman powers manifested, and were subsequently taken to specialists like Dr. Helga Jace, who augmented their natural abilities while teaching the children control.

The siblings then became the super-criminals Shimmer (Selinda) and Mammoth (Baran), eventually clashing with Superman, Justice League and both the Teen Titans and their adult iteration the Titans.

The siblings were later recruited by Doctor Light for his Fearsome Five team. After battling the Teen Titans several times, Shimmer was ultimately betrayed and killed by her own teammate, Psimon. However, Doctor Sivana later resurrected her for his new Fearsome Five.

In the Post-Flashpoint continuity, Shimmer made a few appearances with her brother as members of the Secret Society, and later alongside her Fearsome Five allies when they attacked Cyborg and the Metal Men. Her brother also battled Superman and Wonder Woman, and was a henchman for the mysterious Mr. Whisper.

Powers and Abilities[]

Shimmer (DC) 04 — Shimmer using her powers

Shimmer possesses the meta-human ability of matter transmutation, which allows her to transform one element or compound into another. Her transformations only last for a few minutes, and she can only affect items within three feet of herself. As she focuses her power through hand gestures, Shimmer's ability can be restricted by securing her wrists. There seems to be no substance that Shimmer cannot transmute, although she has a clear preference for turning floors and/or walls into poisonous gases. Shimmer has no hand-to-hand combat ability, and is extremely dependent upon her brother's strength for protection.

In other media[]

Shimmer appeared in the Titans episode "Rose," portrayed by Hanneke Talbot.
In the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon, it seems that the character Jinx has replaced the role of Shimmer as well as taking many elements of her personality. It has been yet to be confirmed by the creators but her replacement of Shimmer seems obvious to many comic book fans.

Young Justice[]

Shimmer is a minor antagonist in Young Justice. She and Mammoth were introduced in the episode "Drop Zone", as bodyguards working for Lord Kobra. She was shown to be very proficient in martial arts. Robin disables her with a bola, but she is freed by Kobra. In "Terrors", Shimmer is among the supervillains being held at Belle Reve Penitentiary, where she participates in an unsuccessful escape attempt. In "Usual Suspects", Shimmer assists Mammoth, Cheshire, and Riddler in an ambush on the Team at a downed airplane. She is captured after Robin disables her with yet another bola.

In "Beneath", Shimmer alongside Mammoth, Icicle Jr, Psimon, and Devastation were assigned by Queen Bee to guard a shipment of children that are to be sent to The Light's partner. She was knocked out by Miss Martian. Mammoth was later seen holding her body as Queen Bee arrives with the next shipment of children. In "Before the Dawn", it is revealed that she has developed the superpowers she has in the comics by means of metagene experimentation by the Reach when she was seen on their ship.

She assists Black Beetle in his fight against the Team until she's knocked out by Batgirl. After the Team makes a retreat from the Reach's ship, Black Beetle carries Shimmer's unconscious body away. In "Intervention", Shimmer was seen in Bialya with Mammoth and Devastation. While Rocket maintains the force bubble around Blue Beetle, Zatanna uses a spell to get Devastation to collide with Mammoth and Shimmer enough to knock them out. When they come to, Queen Bee learns what happened and gives them her sympathy.

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Trivia[]

She was created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman.

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