Nightshade

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Real Name

Eve Eden

Current Alias

Nightshade

Aliases

Chimera

Relatives

Beah (aunt, deceased), Larry Eden (brother, deceased), Maureen (mother, deceased), Warren Eden (father)

Affiliation

Shadowpact, formerly Suicide Squad, Ravers, L.A.W., InterC.E.P.T.

Base Of Operations

Washington, DC

Status

Alignment

Neutral

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Adventurer, Princess of the Land of Nightshades

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 8"

Weight

139 lbs (63 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Blond

Skin

White

Unusual Features

Unique Physiology

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Place of Birth

Land of Nightshades

Created by

Joe Gill, Steve Ditko

First appearance

Captain Atom (Charlton) #82
(September, 1966)

HistoryEdit

Suicide Squad

After a Crisis on Infinite Earths, she became affiliated with the Suicide Squad. There, it was revealed that her powers came from her heritage as a princess of the Land of Nightshades. Eve Eden's mother Maureen was the queen of the Land of the Nightshades who fled to Earth to escape the Incubus.

Eve believed she was a normal child until her mother took her and her brother Larry into the Land of Nightshades. Everything went wrong when the Incubus killed the queen and abducted Larry. With her dying breath, Queen Maureen told Eve that she possessed hereditary powers over darkness. Eve promised Maureen that she would save her younger brother. Eve was able to travel at will between Earth and the Land of Nightshades, but the Incubus' power prevented her from saving Larry. The Incubus eventually killed all the human inhabitants of the Land of Nightshades and rendered it a wasteland.

Nightshade could create dimensional warps and teleport herself and others, but when teleporting between two places, she always had to pass through the now barren and haunted Land of Nightshades. Eve later discovered that the Incubus had possessed her younger brother Larry; Deadshot then killed Larry with a bullet to the head.

Eve stayed with the Squad up until the end, she then went to work for Sarge Steel at the CBI.

After the Suicide Squad

Nightshade made several appearances alongside Superboy and the Ravers and was also part of the L.A.W.. During the Superman/Batman story arc "Public Enemies", she was under control for a brief time by Gorilla Grodd, trying to capture Superman for a $1 billion ransom.

Day of Vengeance

Nightshade has since then re-emerged as a member of the Shadowpact in the Day of Vengeance. She has been paired with Detective Chimp, resulting in some good-natured bickering. During the Infinite Crisis crossover she joined a legion of magic-based characters battling against the Seven Deadly Sins. However, she was captured by Felix Faust and eventually used by Alexander Luthor to bring back Earth-Two.

Shadowpact

Nightshade and the other Shadowpact members entered the town of Riverrock, Wyoming, which was shielded from the outside world. She met a villainous counterpart named Sister Shadow. Since then she has served with the Shadowpact battling a host of magical villains. It was revealed that it requires some measure of concentration for her to form elaborate darkness constructs, when she and her partner Ragman were attacked by the Congregation. As a result she was unable to conjure her more elaborate darkness creatures until Blue Devil managed to get The Congregation away from her. Despite this Nightshade and her teammates found themselves blinded by The Congregation's light power and for the first time in her life she experienced what darkness was. With the assistance of Madame Xanadu the Shadowpact set about restoring Nightshade's sight, although it took several days before it was fully restored.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Unique Physiology: Nightshade's powers are hereditary due to her being the only surviving royal family member from the Land of Nightshades, a family of sorcerers. Nightshade absorbed a succubus into her body after the Suicide Squad mission on which Larry died, and doing so made her appear less human giving her skin a pale complexion and her hair became living shadows.

• Umbrakinesis: First and foremost her abilities come from a magical source allowing her to tap into a shadowy realm to create dimensional forces of pure darkness. She has gained experience over time allowing for creative uses of her abilities.

• Shadow Teleportation: Nightshade can create dimensional portals to teleport herself and others through the Land of Nightshades.
• Shadow Homunculi: Nightshade is able to create shadow creatures and constructs. She pulls these objects and beings from her shadowy realm and controls them without error.
• Shadow Transformation: Nightshade can becoming a living two-dimensional tangible shadow. This effect gives her enhanced abilities as well as a change in her physiology.

• Phasing
• Superhuman Strength

Related

• 152 Appearances of Eve Eden (New Earth)
• 22 Images featuring Eve Eden (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Eve Eden (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Eve Eden (New Earth)

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  Nightshade DC Comics Encyclopedia

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