Gloss (character)
Character in DC Comics
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::summary Character in DC Comics ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| character_name | Gloss |
| image | Gloss (comics).jpg |
| imagesize | |
| caption | Gloss as depicted in Millennium #8 (February 1988). Art by Joe Staton. |
| publisher | DC Comics |
| debut | Millennium #2 (January 1988) |
| creators | Steve Engelhart (writer) |
| Joe Staton (artist) | |
| alter_ego | Xiang Po |
| species | Metahuman |
| homeworld | Earth |
| alliances | Global Guardians |
| New Guardians | |
| partners | |
| supports | |
| aliases | |
| powers | *Superhuman strength and durability |
| cat | super |
| subcat | DC Comics |
| hero | y |
| sortkey | Gloss (character) |
| converted | y |
| :: |
| character_name = Gloss | image = Gloss (comics).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Gloss as depicted in Millennium #8 (February 1988). Art by Joe Staton. | publisher = DC Comics | debut = Millennium #2 (January 1988) | creators = Steve Engelhart (writer) Joe Staton (artist) | alter_ego = Xiang Po | full_name = | species = Metahuman | homeworld = Earth | alliances = Global Guardians New Guardians | partners = | supports = | aliases = | powers = *Superhuman strength and durability
- Earth manipulation
- Immortality | cat = super | subcat = DC Comics | hero = y | villain = | sortkey = Gloss (character)
| converted = y
Gloss (Xiang Po) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Millennium #2 (January 1988), and was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton.
Fictional character biography
The creators of the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe, channel their powers into the "Millennium Project", giving ten civilians immortality and metahuman powers to become their successors. One of these was a young woman from China named Xiang Po, who gains the ability to draw energy from ley lines. Po joins the other heroes the Guardians had made in a team called the New Guardians. When Guy Gardner comes to the team's island in a bid to take it over, Po becomes disgusted with him and ends up throwing him far into the ocean.
In the series "One Year Later", Gloss is now a Global Guardian, and follows her former teammate Jet, who is now team leader. She is killed by Prometheus along with several of her fellow Global Guardians.
Following the reboot of the DC Universe with The New 52, Gloss is resurrected and joins the Great Twenty, China's team of superheroes.
Powers and abilities
Gloss is connected to Earth's ley lines, which gives her superhuman strength and durability, immortality, and the ability to manipulate the earth.
References
References
- Beatty, Scott. (2008). "The DC Comics Encyclopedia". [[Dorling Kindersley]].
- Greenberger, Robert. (2008). "The DC Comics Encyclopedia". [[Dorling Kindersley]].
- ''[[Justice League: Cry for Justice]]'' #3 (November 2009)
- ''[[Doomsday Clock (comics). Doomsday Clock]]'' #12 (February 2020)
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