Enchantress (DC Comics)
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The Enchantress is a DC Comics character who has been both supervillain and superhero depending on the situation.
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[edit] Character Biography
[edit] Origins
The Enchantress first appeared in Strange Adventures #187 (April 1966), in which an unknown magical being empowered June Moone to fight evil. {Her surname in comics has been spelled both Moon and Moone, but it was originally Moone.} Her appearance changed from blond-haired June to black-haired Enchantress. This would be the first story in a brief continuing series about the "Switcheroo-witcheroo". Her next stories in Strange Adventures would be in #191 and #200.
Her origin was in substance derivative of the Golden Age Captain Marvel published by Fawcett Comics; like him, she was summoned to a hidden chamber by a mystical being who gave her the power to become a super-powered being with a different physical appearance by saying a magic word.
[edit] Change of Role
Despite her original heroic charge she has appeared in stories as a villain instead of a hero, beginning with the next story arc she appeared in after the Strange Adventures series. This was a Supergirl strip in Superman Family #204-205 (1980/81) although after the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline, the villainous Enchantress was retconned to have encountered Power Girl instead of Supergirl.
The Enchantress continued in the mode of a minor villainess in her next appearances: as a member of the Forgotten Villains (DC Comics Presents #77-78 (1985)); among the villain army in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986); and as a recruit for the Suicide Squad. During her tenure with the last, her origins and powers became tied to those of her then teammate Nightshade.
Her next major appearance in the DC Universe was during the Day of Judgement event (November 1999). In this story her personality had changed, making her less a villain, but still a far cry from being a hero. During the course of the story, the Enchantress portion of June Moone was murdered by Faust to re-ignite the fires of Hell. This left June in a passive, but not quite catatonic state.
June next showed up in JLA: Black Baptism (2001), with Faust removing her from a sanitarium. This series also introduced the character Anita Soulfeeda, a succubus working with a group of Mafia-styled demons to resurrect Hermes Trismegestus. In the final act, Anita is revealed to be the Enchantress portion of June’s soul. When they are reconnected, a new entity called Soulsinger is created. At the end of the story, the Soulsinger entity fades, leaving Enchantress behind, but once again cut off from her powers.
[edit] Shadowpact
Most recently, as part of the build-up to Infinite Crisis, she and other members of the Sentinels of Magic joined the Shadowpact to combat a Spectre gone mad in Day of Vengeance. They have continued to operate together since then. (The Enchantress began wearing a new costume as of Shadowpact #1.)
