Volcana
Volcana was born with the power to start fires with her body.
Name:
Volcana
Publisher:
Real name:
Claire Selton
Aliases:
- Claire Selton
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
- Agility
- Fire Control
- Flame Breath
- Heat Generation
- Marksmanship
- Radiation
- Stamina
- Stealth
- Tracking
First issue:
Origin
Volcana appears as a member of the Masters of Disaster, and an enemy to Black Lightning and his daughters, Thunder and Lightning. Her origins are similar to her DCAU counterpart.
Other Media
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
Volcana was once called Claire Selton. As a teenager. Claire showed an aptitude for pyrokinesis. Her parents sent her to Metropolis's Center for Paranormal Studies so that she could learn to control and develop her power, but she soon spirited away by government agents (precursor or early version of Project Cadmus) who had big plans for her. According to the director of the Center, the agents "stripped away her past, code named her Volcana, and tried hardest to turn her into a living weapon."
But Volcana wouldn't go along with the plan. She escaped from the agents, became a hunted fugitive and survived the only way she could: by stealing. Superman stopped her and she was put on a deserted island where Superman delivered her food in exchange that she stayed on the island and didn't harm anyone. She later had a brief fight with Supergirl, obviously having left her island.
Volcana is incarcerated at a Metropolis jail and takes advantage of a prison riot to escape with fellow villain Firefly. Exactly why she left the island is unknown, but knowing her personality, it was likely due to boredom and wanting to live a life of excitement once again. She shows a willingness to kill using her powers, which brings the character to a more sinister level than before.
She has also appeared as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society and was seen battling the invading forces of Darkseid in the series finale. In this episode she is shown to fly under her own power, which is probably how she left the island to rejoin society. Unlike Livewire, Volcana witnesses Darkseid's return and was saved by Sinestro and Star Sapphire. She is one of the few survivors alive at the end of the battle and was last seen taking advantage of the "five minute head start" the Justice League gives her after fighting with Darkseid ceased.
