Mirage is the name of two fictional characters appearing in
American comic books published by
DC Comics
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. The first was a minor villain of
Batman. The second is a heroine who is affiliated with the
Teen Titans
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.
Fictional character biography
Mike
The first Mirage was a man named Mike (also referred to as "Kerry Austin") and appeared in ''
Detective Comics'' #511 (February 1982). He uses a gem that causes people to see elaborate illusions. He commits crimes while his victims are occupied fighting against these illusions. This crime wave brings him to the attention of
Batman. Batman faces Mirage several times before coming up with a strategy to beat him. During the encounter, Mirage's gem is destroyed. Batman is able to defeat him and send him to jail.
Mirage was revealed to have been a graduate of the
Academy of Crime
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0-9 100
Originally based in Metropolis, the 100 kept a firm grip on the city's criminal underworld for years, ind ...
.
While in jail, Mirage manages to create
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from fragments of his jewel. He proceeds to create the illusion of himself in jail and escapes to the circus he once worked for. Starting another crime wave, Batman is once again alerted to his actions. This time, Batman easily beats him and sends him back to prison. Mirage also fought
Manhunter once using his illusions so successfully, he nearly killed the bounty hunter.
Following the ''
Infinite Crisis
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'', Mirage is freed from prison again. He is killed in ''
52'' #25 (2006) by
Bruno Mannheim. Mannheim bashes Mirage's head into the "Crime Bible" and sends his body to the kitchen to be prepared for Mannheim to eat, revealing Mannheim is a cannibal.
Miriam Delgado
Mirage was originally one of the Teen Titans who came from the future to kill
Donna Troy
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before she could give birth to her son, who, in Mirage's future, became the evil dictator
Lord Chaos
Lord Chaos, in comics, may refer to:
* Lord Chaos (DC Comics), a DC Comics character from a future timeline, the son of Donna Troy and Terry Long
* Lord Chaos (Marvel Comics)
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.
After Donna sacrificed her powers to prevent that future from becoming real, Mirage and the other Team Titans relocated to Donna's farm in
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. She had to deal with
Killowat
Killowat is a fictional character from the DC Comics series ''Teen Titans''.
Publication history
Killowat first appeared in ''Team Titans'' #1 and was created by Dan Jurgens.
Fictional character biography
Killowat's story began 10 years in the ...
's intense crush on her and the more malicious intents of another man. Mirage was raped by her former lover
Deathwing and became pregnant with his child. For a while she deceived her friends, using her powers to make it seem as if she had lost the child.
Mirage is part of the honor guard that escorts Superman's body to his tomb.
During the ''
Zero Hour'', she found out she wasn't from an alternate timeline, but from this one. She was, in fact, a runaway street urchin from
Brazil
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, whom the
Time Trapper
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In alphabetical order (with issue and date of debut appearance).
In other media
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List of Superman ...
had kidnapped and implanted with false memories. Mirage remained a member of
Arsenal's Titans team. During this time, her powers fluctuated. She experienced uncontrolled illusions. She found she could project an image to a spot where she was not and remain hidden all the same.
Eventually, she gave birth to a daughter named Julienne and left the Titans to spend time with her.
She helps the Titans to save former Titan
Cyborg
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Martian Manhunter
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with an image of his dead wife and is violently subdued. She reappears again, alongside other former Titans, to help the new incarnation of the Titans defeat
Dr. Light in the 3-part ''Lights Out'' storyline.
Mirage was one of the Titans that battled
Superboy-Prime near
Smallville, Kansas in ''
Infinite Crisis
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'' #4 and ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #32. She also rejoined the Titans for a brief period during the "one year gap".
In ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #99, she was one of the former Titans that came to aid the Teen Titans in the battle between
Superboy-Prime.
Powers and abilities
Mike can create believable illusions in the minds of the people around him by using a gem of unknown origin. The gem projects both optical and audio stimuli.
Miriam Delgado can also create illusions and use them to disguise her appearance.
Other versions
Lord Chaos' rise to power soon resulted in Earth becoming a mobile battle platform. Miri became captain of a resistance ship, which Chaos took.
[''Team Titans'' Annual #2 (1994). DC Comics.]
In other media
Television
A different version of Mirage named Miranda appears in ''
Static Shock
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'', voiced by
Gavin Turek
Gavin Turek is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress from Los Angeles, California.
Life and career
Gavin released her first solo EP titled ''“Good Look for You”'' via her own label Madame Gold Records. The EP garnered attention and prais ...
. When she and her brother stepped into a spill from the Big Bang, Miranda gained the power to create illusions, and her brother Boom forced her into a life of theft. When Mirage began to question her brother's actions, he would always use their aging grandmother as justification. After Static saved her life, Miranda explained that her brother was different and needed help. However, she eventually realized that her brother had gone insane from being a bang baby after he broke a promise that no one would get hurt during their final heist. Finally fed up with what her brother had become, she turned on him and helped Static defeat him. As she was taken by child services, she agreed to help Static fool his sister to protect his secret identity.
Miscellaneous
''
Teen Titans Go!
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'' #48 features a version of Mirage (who resembles
Raven) as a member of the Teen Titans in another reality.
See also
*
List of Batman Family enemies
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Since Batman first appeared in ''Detecti ...
References
External links
DCU Guide: Mirage (Mike)DCU Guide: Mirage (Miriam Delgado)
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