Eviless (also sometimes Saturna) is a fictional character appearing in

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publications and related media, commonly as a recurring adversary of the superhero

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. A slave driver from the planet

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, she had several

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clashes with Wonder Woman before founding the first incarnation of Villainy Inc., a team of supervillains composed of several of Wonder Woman's foes, including the

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Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

Eviless was introduced in ''Wonder Woman'' #10 (1944), but not formally by name until issue #28. A slave driver from

(later

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ned as a

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earthlike world near or within Saturn), Eviless and Duke Mephisto Saturno (of the Saturnian Invasion Force) battled

. Although defeated by Wonder Woman, she later returned after being taken to Transformation Island. She pretended to die by controlling her heartbeat and stole the Golden Lasso. She placed a splinter in the lock of the Venus Girdle, meaning it did not affect her, though she pretended she had reformed. After taking control of a guard using the lasso, she freed several prisoners from Transformation Island (criminals previously captured by Wonder Woman) and banded them together as Villainy Inc. The team was unsuccessful against Wonder Woman, despite kidnapping her mother, and were defeated and captured.

Post-Crisis

Post-Crisis, Villainy Inc. was led by

and the existence of Eviless has not yet been revealed, even in Post-''

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'' continuity.

DC Rebirth

After the events of

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, Eviless' history was altered. She took the name Saturna and became the leader of the Crimson Men, a doomsday cult. She possessed necromantic abilities, such as forming black wings on her body or controlling the dead. Saturna battled

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and his team while investigating a mystical island inhabited by children. Steve Trevor defeated Saturna twice, the second of which left her deep within a chasm, covered with rocks. However, drops of the island's magical water fell into Saturna's unconscious mouth, implying her possible return.''Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor Special'' #1 (2017)

Powers and abilities

Eviless does not appear to have any

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s, but skillfully uses a

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to control her subjects. At times, she has appeared to put herself into a deathlike

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by stopping her heart. Post-Rebirth, Saturna has an array of magical necrotic abilities.

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