Shimmer

Gallery

Real Name

Selinda Flinders

Current Alias

Shimmer

Relatives

Mammoth (brother)

Affiliation

The Fearsome Five, The Secret Society of Super Villains

Base Of Operations

Markovia

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

Australian, Markovian

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Criminal

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 7"

Weight

125 lbs (57 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Red

Unusual Features

Shimmer has strange lines on her face

Origin

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Place of Birth

Australia

Created by

Marv Wolfman, George Pérez

First appearance

New Teen Titans #3
(January, 1981)

HistoryEdit

Selinda Flinders and her brother Baran Flinders are natives of Australia. They were teased by their fellow classmates for being different. As children, they both used their powers to fight their tormentors. Because of this, they were driven out of town by the angry and frightened parents. Selinda and Baran's parents sent them off to the country of Markovia, where they were put in the care of scientist Dr. Helga Jace. While Dr. Jace tried to teach the young mutants a sense of morality, the two instead turned to a life of crime.

As Shimmer, Selinda was one of the founding members of the Fearsome Five, which she joined after answering an advert placed in the Underworld Star by Doctor Light. Shimmer and the Fearsome Five fought with the Teen Titans on numerous occasions, as well as Superman, but never successfully. Shimmer eventually renounced her criminal life and retired, along with Baran, to a Tibetan monastery. However, her peaceful existence ended when her former teammate Psimon tracked her down. Using his psychic powers, Psimon turned Shimmer's body into glass and shattered it.^[1]

Selinda has returned to life. ^[2] Dr. Sivana assembled a new version of the Fearsome Five and was able to recruit Mammoth by promising to resurrect his sister. In her new form, Shimmer adopted a revealing Goth-like black leather outfit in place of her original gold bodystocking.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Elemental Transmutation: Shimmer is a metahuman with ability to transmute any element or compound into any other.

Strength level

Shimmer possesses the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engages in intensive regular exercise.

Weaknesses

Her transmutations only last for up to three minutes. Also, she can only affect materials within a three foot radius of herself.

NotesEdit

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
• Shimmer is mentioned as a probable, but not likely source for Kryptonite in Countdown to Infinite Crisis.
  

Recommended ReadingEdit

• New Teen Titans #3
• Outsiders #13

Related

• 38 Appearances of Selinda Flinders (New Earth)
• 3 Images featuring Selinda Flinders (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Selinda Flinders (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Selinda Flinders (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Selinda Flinders (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

Discover and Discuss

• Search this site for: Shimmer · Selinda Flinders · Selinda Flinders (New Earth)
• Search the Forums for: Shimmer · Selinda Flinders · Selinda Flinders (New Earth)
• Discuss this and other characters on the forums

Footnotes

Titans Villain(s) This character is or was primarily an enemy of the Teen Titans, the Titans, or any of the other various Titans incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Titans Villains" category.

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Shimmer (comics). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with DC Database, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.