| Looker | |
 Looker's latest outfit from the cover of Outsiders #22. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (As Emily Briggs) Batman & the Outsiders #25 (Sep 1985) (As Looker) Batman & the Outsiders #31 (Mar 1986) |
| Created by | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo |
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| Alter ego | Emily Briggs |
| Team affiliations | Outsiders |
| Notable aliases | Lia Briggs |
| Abilities | telepathy, telekinesis, psychometry, enhanced metabolism, superstrength, and enhanced healing, control over vermin as well as the ability to turn into vapor at night. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team Mike W Barr, is an American writer of Comic books and mystery, and Science fiction novels James N "Jim" Aparo ( 1932 - July 19, 2005) was an American Comic book artist best known for his 1960's and 1970's work on various The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" Psychometry ( Greek: ψυχή psukhē, "spirit soul" + μέτρον metron, "measure" is a form of Extra-sensory perception Metabolism is the set of Chemical reactions that occur in living Organisms in order to maintain Life. |
Looker (Emily "Lia" Briggs) is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Universe of comic books. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The DC Universe ( DCU) is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The character's first appearance was in Batman & the Outsiders #25.
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Character history
Emily Briggs
Emily Briggs was a mousy bank teller who lived a quiet life with her husband in Gotham City. Gotham City is a Fictional City appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. That all changed when she was kidnapped by people from the underground civilization known as Abyssia. Locations in the DC Universe, the Shared universe setting of DC Comics. The Outsiders set out to rescue Emily. The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team After a battle with the people of Abyssia, Emily's heritage was revealed to her and as Halley's Comet passed by the Earth, Emily underwent a metahuman transformation, as well as becoming more conventionally attractive. Halley's Comet, officially designated 1P/Halley and also referred to as Comet Halley after Edmond Halley, is a Comet that can be seen every Metahuman is a term to describe Superhumans in DC Comics ' Shared universe, the DC Universe.
Joining the Outsiders
After leaving Abyssia to its people, Emily returned with the Outsiders and an astonished husband. She soon took on the name "Lia" as well as a more confident, yet self-centered, personality.
Emily's first outing as Looker occurred after the Outsiders had been captured by the Masters of Disaster. The Masters of Disaster is a fictional supervillain team in the DC Comics universe. After defeating the Masters of Disaster, she freed the Outsiders and was welcomed into their ranks.
Her first tenure with the Outsiders showed how much the mousy Emily Briggs had changed, as she became obsessed with her beauty, something that usually created some tension between her and Katana. Katana is a Fictional character, a Superhero published by DC Comics. The tension was only heightened with the budding friendship between Looker and Halo, where the more free-spirited Looker was in sharp contrast with Halo's stricter legal guardian, Katana. For the Halo series comics by Marvel Comics see Halo Graphic Novel and Halo Uprising.
Looker shows a deep current of intelligence, when she defeats an intelligent virus inhabiting her then-friend Doctor Jace. The sentient virus, believing that Looker was injecting Jace with a vaccine to which Jace was allergic, fled the body and died upon contact with the air. The vaccine was in fact, harmless glucose and Looker herself was already immune because she was not allergic. Unfortunately, Jace would later go on to willingly betray the Outsiders to the alien Manhunters.
Lia became one of the few Outsiders to bond with Batman on a personal level as she was forced to enter his mind in order to aid him during the events of the Mud Pack. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Clayface is a name used by several DC Comics Fictional characters most of them possessing Clay -like bodies and Shapeshifting abilities During this process she was able to see many of Batman's inner troubles previously thought to be private.
Looker's role as somewhat of an outsider amongst Outsiders continued to worsen, especially when Windfall joined, a former Master of Disaster and peer of Halo, and the two were constantly involved in a rivalry of sorts. Windfall is a Fictional character and reformed supervillain in the DC Comics universe. On top of that, Looker started a short affair with the team-leader Geo-Force during a time that they were stranded on an island but which continued when they returned. Eventually though, there came a mutual decision to call it quits, it being unfair not only to Gregg (Looker's husband) but also to Denise (Geo-Force's girlfriend).
Some time later, Looker received a call for help from Abyssia. Traveling to the underground city, Looker discovered that Abyssia had been taken over. Looker invoked a challenge on the despot, and in the course of the battle, she was stripped of her beauty and much of her power. Shortly afterwards, Geo-Force disbanded the Outsiders, and Lia returned to her previous life in Gotham City. Geo-Force is the Superhero alias of Brion Markov, a Fictional character from DC Comics.
Becoming a vampire
When Geo-Force's homeland Markovia was overrun with vampires, Emily's powers returned, and Looker was back in action alongside the Outsiders. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living An attempt by Queen Ioana to kill Geo-Force leads to Looker running into their leader, Roderick. Instantly enamoured by her, Roderick transforms Lia into a vampire in the hopes of Lia becoming his bride. After the transformation into a vampire, Looker's existing powers were joined by some new abilities. Due to previously being a metahuman, Emily was able to bypass some of the traditional vampiric weaknesses such as resistance to sunlight.
The Outsiders are forced to become fugitives, due to Roderick having framed Geo-Force for the murder of Queen Iona. Looker helps the team face many adversaries, including the new Batman, the Eradicator, Halo's alien relatives and Islamic super-terrorists. Once the vampires were defeated and the Outsider's names restored, the team 'unofficially' disbands. They now work solely out of Markovia, which Geo-Force now rules over.
Served with divorce papers and now living under the vampiric curse, Lia has apparently broken all ties with her past life.
Retirement
Lia at some point after this may have cut her ties with her vampire coven as well as she became more independent in her choice of actions. She eventually became one of the hosts of the television program The Scene, similar to The View. The View is an Emmy Award -winning American Talk show created by Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie and broadcast on Her co-hosts included Vicki Vale, Tawny Young, and Linda Park. Victoria "Vicki" Vale is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Linda Park (also Linda Park-West) is a Fictional character in the DC Universe. Two episodes were shown in which they interviewed Wonder Woman on her career, which were shown in that title comic. During taping Lia would wear a scarf around her neck to hide the vampire bite wounds.
Infinite Crisis and World War III
Looker's next appearance would be in Infinite Crisis #7, where she was part of the army of super-heroes gathered by Oracle to defend the city of Metropolis against the super-villain army of Alexander Luthor during the Battle of Metropolis. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Barbara "Babs" Gordon is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics and in related media created by Gardner Fox Metropolis is a Fictional city that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. Alexander Luthor Jr is a DC Comics character who turned from a hero to a villain Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George At the climax of the battle, the insane super-villain Superboy-Prime abandoned the fight in order to try and destroy the entire universe via destroying the planet Oa. Oa is a Fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe. Looker was one of many super-heroes with flight power who attempted to stop Superboy-Prime from leaving Earth. During the mid-air battle that ensued, Superboy-Prime destroyed the containment suit of radioactive super-hero Breach. Breach ( Major Tim Zanetti) is a Fictional character, a Superhero published by DC Comics. Both Looker and fellow Outsider Technocrat were near Breach when the hero exploded. Technocrat is a Superhero in the DC Comics and a former member of the Outsiders While Technocrat's was presumed killed, Looker--being a vampire--could not be permanently destroyed by the explosion.
Looker later reappeared during the events of "World War III", to help fight Black Adam. World War III is the title of two Comic book sagas published by DC Comics and involving many of the superheroes of the DC Universe. Black Adam is a fictional Comic book character created in 1945 by Otto Binder & C She was shown in the pages of World War III #4, alongside Halo and Black Lightning, in the moments before the final battle with Adam. For the Halo series comics by Marvel Comics see Halo Graphic Novel and Halo Uprising. Black Lightning ( Jefferson Pierce) was one of the first major African American Superheroes to appear in DC Comics.
Looker will re-appear in the Batman and the Outsiders comic starting in the July 2008 issue (#9).
Powers and abilities
Looker possesses the full spectrum of psionic abilities: telepathy, telekinesis, psychometry, enhanced metabolism, mind-control, psionic energy blasts, levitation, the creation of force shields, remote vision, and enhanced healing. Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" Psychometry ( Greek: ψυχή psukhē, "spirit soul" + μέτρον metron, "measure" is a form of Extra-sensory perception Metabolism is the set of Chemical reactions that occur in living Organisms in order to maintain Life. Due to her vampiric nature, Looker can turn into vapor, but only at night. She also has the vampiric ability to mentally command vermin such as bugs. Vermin is a term applied to various animal species regarded as pests or nuisances and especially to those associated with the carrying of Disease. Due to possessing psionic powers, Looker does not share the vampire weakness to sunlight; however, she presumably requires blood as other vampires do. Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products
In her earlier appearances, besides having psychokinetic powers, Looker is also a lucid dreamer, as evidenced in Detective Comics #604.
Her original costume was manufactured from a material unique to Abyssia; one way fabric, which was invisible from one side. This allowed her to keep her costume handy but not visible. She would turning the clothing the right way round to make it visible.
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