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'''Looker (Emily "Lia" Briggs)''' is a fictional character, a ] in the ] of ]s. The character's first appearance was in ''Batman & the Outsiders #25''. '''Looker''' ('''Emily''' "'''Lia'''" '''Briggs''') is a ] appearing in ]s published by ]. The character's first appearance was in 1985 in ''Batman & the Outsiders'' #25.


Looker made her first live appearance in the second season of '']'' played by actress ]. Looker appears in the ] series '']'', portrayed by ].


==Creation==
Barr spoke in an open letter to fans on the creation of the character stating,

"When it was decided to put The Outsiders into their own book, a new member was obviously called for. I began kicking around ideas, and conceived a female character who possessed mental powers (an area covered by none of the other outsiders). She would also be very beautiful. The name looker suggested itself , and the character virtually fell into place of course you cant have a costumed character without a costume, so I got out some fashion magazines (The name Looker suggesting a glitzy, high fashion kind of approach) and cobbled a design together inspired by an actual dress and an actual swimsuit..."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barr |first1=Mike W. |title=Outside Interference |journal=The Outsiders |date=1985 |issue=2}}</ref>


==Publication history== ==Publication history==
Looker first appeared in ''Batman & the Outsiders'' #25 and was created by ] and ]. Looker made her first appearance in ''Batman & the Outsiders'' #25 (September 1985) and was created by ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=182}}</ref>


==Fictional character biography== ==Fictional character biography==
===Emily Briggs=== ===Emily Briggs===
Emily Briggs was a mousy bank teller who lived a quiet life with her husband in ]. That all changed when she was kidnapped by people from the underground civilization known as ]. ] set out to rescue Emily. After a battle with the people of Abyssia, Emily's heritage was revealed to her and as ] passed by the Earth, granting her super powers. Emily Briggs was a ] who lived with her husband in ] before being kidnapped by the people of Abyssia and rescued by the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |title=The Essential Batman Encyclopedia |date=2008 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=9780345501066 |pages=234–235}}</ref> She eventually learns that she is part Abyssian and gains superpowers after ] passed Earth.


===Joining the Outsiders=== ===Joining the Outsiders===
]'' #31.]] ]'' #31.]]
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. After leaving Abyssia to its people, Emily returned with the Outsiders and joined their ranks as Looker.<ref>''Adventures of the Outsiders'' #34 (June 1986)</ref> She had a short affair with team leader ], but they eventually decide to break up.


Some time later, Looker receives a call for help from Abyssia and discovers that a despot has conquered it. She loses her powers in the process before regaining them and being targeted by the Mud Pack, a group of various villains using the ] name.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #604-607</ref>
Emily's first outing as Looker occurred after the Outsiders had been captured by the ]. After defeating the Masters of Disaster, she freed the Outsiders and was welcomed into their ranks.<ref>''Adventures of the Outsiders #34'' June 1986</ref>

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 ]. The tension was only heightened with the budding friendship between Looker and ], where the more free-spirited Looker was in sharp contrast with Halo's stricter legal guardian, Katana.

Looker shows a deep current of intelligence, when she defeats an intelligent virus inhabiting her then-friend Dr. ]. 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 ].

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. 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, ] disbanded the Outsiders, and Lia returned to her previous life in Gotham City. Through unknown circumstances, Looker would regain her powers and be targeted by the Mud Pack, a group of various villains using the Clayface name, including a female Clayface whom Looker fought while a member of the Outsiders. Lady Clayface duplicated Looker's form and powers in order to attempt to drive Batman insane but Looker was able to undo the damage, in the process seeing into Bruce's mind and learning of his inner turmoil. She ultimately helped Batman defeat the group and parted ways again.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #604-607</ref>


===Becoming a vampire=== ===Becoming a vampire===
]'' (vol. 2) #1.]] ]'' (vol. 2) #1.]]
Looker is later transformed into a vampire while defending Markovia from them. Her ] physiology suppresses some of the traditional vampiric weaknesses such as vulnerability to sunlight. She later becomes a fugitive after Geo-Force is framed for killing his mother Ilona.
When Geo-Force's homeland Markovia was overrun with ]s, Emily's powers returned, and Looker was back in action alongside the Outsiders. An attempt by Queen Ilona 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 vulnerability to sunlight.

The Outsiders are forced to become fugitives, due to Roderick having framed Geo-Force for the murder of Queen Ilona. Looker helps the team face many adversaries, including the new Batman, the ], Halo's alien relatives and Islamic super-terrorists. Once the vampires were defeated and the Outsider's reputation restored, the team 'unofficially' disbands. They now work solely out of Markovia, over which Geo-Force now rules.

Served with ] papers and now living under the vampiric curse, Lia has apparently broken all ties with her past life.


===Retirement=== ===Retirement===
Lia at some point after this may have cut her ties with her vampire coven; she also became more independent in her choice of actions. She eventually became one of the hosts of the television program ''The Scene'', similar to '']''. Her co-hosts included ], ], and ]. Two episodes were shown in which they interviewed ] 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.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (Vol. 2) #170 and #188</ref> Lia at some point after this may have cut her ties with her vampire coven; she also became more independent in her choice of actions. She eventually became one of the hosts of the television program ''The Scene'' alongside ], Tawny Young, and ].<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #170 and #188</ref>


===Infinite Crisis and World War III=== ===Infinite Crisis and World War III===
{{main|Infinite Crisis}} {{main|Infinite Crisis}}
In '']'', ] recruits Looker, among other heroes, to defend ] from ]'s army.<ref>''World War III'' #4</ref><ref>'']'' #7</ref>
Looker later shows up in the '']'' storyline.<ref>'']'' #7</ref> She is part of the army of super-heroes gathered by ] to defend the city of ] against the super-villain army of ] during the ]. At the climax of the battle, the insane super-villain ] abandoned the fight to try to destroy the entire universe via destroying the planet ]. Looker was one of many super-heroes with flight power who attempted to stop ] from leaving Earth. During the mid-air battle that ensued, Superboy-Prime destroyed the containment suit of radioactive super-hero ]. Both Looker and fellow Outsider ] were near Breach when the hero exploded. However, her telekinetic aura protected her from the explosion.

Looker later reappeared during the events of "]", to help fight ].<ref>''World War III'' #4</ref> She was shown alongside ] and ], in the moments before the final battle with Adam.


===Later Outsiders ties=== ===Later Outsiders ties===
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Looker resurfaced at the request of Batman to help him read the mind of an informant.<ref>''Batman and the Outsiders'' Vol. 2 #9 (July 2008)</ref> In this instance Looker is still depicted as a vampire, but it is implied she is no longer immune to sunlight or is at least weakened in its presence. While scanning the informant's mind she is shown to be able to scan his misplaced thought patterns which were shifted off planet, displaying a power range over quite some distance. Lia now lives alone in a large, elaborately decorated mansion in Gotham City filled with framed photos of herself taken during her previous modeling days.
Looker later resurfaces to help Batman, having become a model and no longer possessing an immunity to sunlight.<ref>''Batman and the Outsiders'' (vol. 2) #9 (July 2008)</ref><ref>''The Outsiders'' (vol. 4) #29</ref> She later joins a new incarnation of the Outsiders sanctioned by ] before they are seemingly killed in a satellite explosion orchestrated by ].

Lia reappears later where it is revealed she has been publicly moonlighting in her modeling career while secretly killing members of a powerful vampire clan. The clan retaliates by hiring a vampire hunter to assassinate her.<ref>''The Outsiders'' (vol. 4) #29</ref> The assassin is unsuccessful as Lia was able to destroy him before booking a flight to Markovia in order to help Geo-Force and her teammates. When she arrives in Markovia, she helps her former team fight an invading country.
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She later joins up with the new team of Outsiders sanctioned by ], but the entire team is supposedly killed in a satellite explosion orchestrated by ].


===The New 52=== ===The New 52===
In September 2011, ] rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Looker is introduced once again as an agent of Batman Incorporated alongside Halo and Metamorpho. It is revealed the Outsiders had survived the explosion but were assumed dead, and now do undercover jobs for Batman.<ref>''Batman Incorporated'' (vol. 2) #1. However, the character is portrayed in the same fashion as she was prior to the events of '']''</ref> In September 2011, ] rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Looker is introduced once again as an agent of Batman Incorporated alongside ] and ]. It is revealed the Outsiders had survived the explosion but were assumed dead, and now do undercover jobs for Batman.<ref>''Batman Incorporated'' (vol. 2) #1. However, the character is portrayed in the same fashion as she was prior to the events of '']''</ref>

An alternate continuity<ref>{{cite web|url=http://majorspoilers.com/2012/09/01/review-national-comics-looker-1/ |title=REVIEW: National Comics: Looker #1 |publisher=Major Spoilers |date=1 September 2012 |last=Chimples |first=George |accessdate=2013-09-02}}</ref> version of Looker appears in '']: Looker''. Discarding her previous origin, here Looker is introduced as an attractive supermodel who became a vampire after a one-night stand turns her. Unable to continue being a model because of her vampirism (since she can not be photographed), Emily Briggs opens her own modeling agency, LOOKER, and uses her vampire powers to protect models from the evil elements of the fashion industry. She wears a red costume as opposed to the classic costume she wears in the pages of ''Batman Incorporated''.


==Powers and abilities== ==Powers and abilities==
Looker possesses the full spectrum of psionic abilities: ], ], ], enhanced ], mind-control, psionic energy blasts, levitation, the creation of force shields, remote vision, and enhanced healing. Due to her vampiric nature, Looker can turn into vapor, but only at night. She also has the vampiric ability to mentally command ] such as bugs. Due to possessing psionic powers, Looker does not share the vampire weakness to sunlight; however, she presumably requires ] as other vampires do. Her earlier ability of not being weakened by sunlight has been changed in The New 52 continuity; she is now as susceptible to sunlight as other vampires. Looker possesses the full spectrum of psionic abilities: ], ], ], enhanced ], mind-control, psionic energy blasts, levitation, the creation of force shields, remote vision, and enhanced healing. Due to her vampiric nature, Looker can turn into vapor, but only at night. She also has the vampiric ability to mentally command ] such as bugs. Her psionic powers suppress the vampire weakness to sunlight; however, she still requires ] as other vampires do. Changes in The New 52 continuity have left her as susceptible to sunlight as other vampires.


In her earlier appearances, besides having psychokinetic powers, Looker is also a ]er.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #604</ref> In her earlier appearances, Looker is also a ]er.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #604</ref>


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 turn the clothing out to make it visible. Her original costume was manufactured from Abyssian fabric that is partially invisible.

==Other versions==
An alternate universe variant of Looker appears in '']: Looker''. This version is a supermodel who became a vampire after a one-night stand.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chimples |first=George |date=1 September 2012 |title=REVIEW: National Comics: Looker #1 |url=http://majorspoilers.com/2012/09/01/review-national-comics-looker-1/ |accessdate=2013-09-02 |publisher=Major Spoilers}}</ref>


==In other media== ==In other media==
===Television=== ===Television===
A villanous version of Looker appears in '']'' portrayed by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2018/09/05/black-lightning-season-2-casts-looker-sofia-vassilieva/|title=Black Friday Lightning Season 2 Casts Supergirl Foil as DC Comics' Looker|website=]|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|date=September 5, 2018|accessdate=October 7, 2018}}</ref> This version can control people with a silver metal-like substance and settled in South Freeland 30 years ago. Using her abilities, she controlled the Sange populating of South Freeland while maintaining control over the Perdi who live in the rural areas surrounding it. Looker was originally mentioned as a potential cosplay idea for ] in the episode "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/2018/11/21/black-lightning-season-2-who-is-looker/|title='Black Lightning': Who Is Looker?|website=Comicbook.com|last=Drum|first=Nicole|date=November 20, 2018|accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref> In the ] episode of the series titled "The Book of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi," Looker made her debut. When the Sange attack the Perdi after Anaya gave birth to different-colored twins with a late Sange named Deacon, Black Lightning shows up to help Anissa fight them. As Anaya gets away with Anissa and the Perdi that have one of her babies, Black Lightning follows the silver substance, hoping to find Looker and the other baby. At Looker's home, her attempts to remove the substance in the baby fail, so she orders her Sange to locate the other one. In "The Book of Blood: Chapter Two: The Sange," Looker interrogates Black Lightning when he is captured after running out of electricity As Looker thinks that Black Lightning's powers come from his suit and uses electricity to torture him for the location of the other baby, she gets a vision from the metal substance in Anissa's possession where she, Anaya, and the baby are as she leads some of the Sange to the Freeland clinic. During this time, Lynn has arrived to help Anaya out. As Thunder faces off against Looker and the Sange who have arrived to claim the baby, Black Lightning shows up to help fight the Sange. Thunder defeats Looker by throwing her into a hook in the wall causing the metal substance to come out of her and freeing the Sange from her control as Black Lightning plans to have her handed over to the A.S.A. * A villainous incarnation of Looker appears in '']'', portrayed by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2018/09/05/black-lightning-season-2-casts-looker-sofia-vassilieva/|title=Black Friday Lightning Season 2 Casts Supergirl Foil as DC Comics' Looker|website=]|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|date=September 5, 2018|accessdate=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023024222/https://tvline.com/2018/09/05/black-lightning-season-2-casts-looker-sofia-vassilieva/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This version is a ] who can control people via a silver metallic substance. Settling in the rural area of South Freeland 30 years ago, she uses her ability to control the white population of South Freeland, or "Sange", while reducing the black population, or "Perdi", to a form of slavery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/2018/11/21/black-lightning-season-2-who-is-looker/|title='Black Lightning': Who Is Looker?|website=Comicbook.com|last=Drum|first=Nicole|date=November 20, 2018|accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref> After discovering what she has done, ] and ] defeat her and transfer her to ] custody. In the ], Looker escapes from the A.S.A. during the Markovians' invasion of Freeland and allies with ]. However, ] eventually finds and defeats her before transferring her to the FBI's custody in exchange for confessing to her involvement with Whale.
* Lia Briggs appears in '']'', voiced by ].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Looker Voice - Young Justice (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Young-Justice/Looker/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is a Scottish teenager who was captured by the ] before being rescued by and joining the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisman |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Weisman |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Search Ask Greg: Gargoyles: Station Eight |url=https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=25593 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=www.s8.org}}</ref>


===Film=== ===Film===
]'']] ]'']]
A parallel-Earth version of Looker named '''Model Citizen''' appears in '']'', voiced by ]. She is a member of ]'s team, which consists of alternate versions of the Outsiders and ], and a part of the wider ]. Model Citizen does battle against the Justice League when they first arrive on their Earth, and uses her powers to try to manipulate ] into joining her before ultimately being knocked out by ]. An ] incarnation of Looker named '''Model Citizen''' appears in '']'', voiced by ].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Model Citizen Voice - Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Movie) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Justice-League-Crisis-on-Two-Earths/Model-Citizen/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> She is a member of the ] who serves under ].

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=== Video games ===
Looker appears as a character summon in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>


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DC Comics character Comics character
Looker
Looker as depicted in Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #9 (September 2008).
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance(As Emily Briggs) Batman & the Outsiders #25 (September 1985)
(As Looker) The Outsiders #1 (November 1985)
Created byMike W. Barr (writer)
Jim Aparo (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoEmily Briggs
SpeciesVampire
Team affiliationsOutsiders
Batman Incorporated
Notable aliasesLia Briggs
Abilities

Looker (Emily "Lia" Briggs) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character's first appearance was in 1985 in Batman & the Outsiders #25.

Looker appears in the Arrowverse series Black Lightning, portrayed by Sofia Vassilieva.


Creation

Barr spoke in an open letter to fans on the creation of the character stating,

"When it was decided to put The Outsiders into their own book, a new member was obviously called for. I began kicking around ideas, and conceived a female character who possessed mental powers (an area covered by none of the other outsiders). She would also be very beautiful. The name looker suggested itself , and the character virtually fell into place of course you cant have a costumed character without a costume, so I got out some fashion magazines (The name Looker suggesting a glitzy, high fashion kind of approach) and cobbled a design together inspired by an actual dress and an actual swimsuit..."

Publication history

Looker made her first appearance in Batman & the Outsiders #25 (September 1985) and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo.

Fictional character biography

Emily Briggs

Emily Briggs was a bank teller who lived with her husband in Gotham City before being kidnapped by the people of Abyssia and rescued by the Outsiders. She eventually learns that she is part Abyssian and gains superpowers after Halley's Comet passed Earth.

Joining the Outsiders

Looker's first costume on the cover of Outsiders #31.

After leaving Abyssia to its people, Emily returned with the Outsiders and joined their ranks as Looker. She had a short affair with team leader Geo-Force, but they eventually decide to break up.

Some time later, Looker receives a call for help from Abyssia and discovers that a despot has conquered it. She loses her powers in the process before regaining them and being targeted by the Mud Pack, a group of various villains using the Clayface name.

Becoming a vampire

Looker's second costume, from Outsiders (vol. 2) #1.

Looker is later transformed into a vampire while defending Markovia from them. Her metahuman physiology suppresses some of the traditional vampiric weaknesses such as vulnerability to sunlight. She later becomes a fugitive after Geo-Force is framed for killing his mother Ilona.

Retirement

Lia at some point after this may have cut her ties with her vampire coven; she also became more independent in her choice of actions. She eventually became one of the hosts of the television program The Scene alongside Vicki Vale, Tawny Young, and Linda Park.

Infinite Crisis and World War III

Main article: Infinite Crisis

In Infinite Crisis, Oracle recruits Looker, among other heroes, to defend Metropolis from Alexander Luthor's army.

Later Outsiders ties

Looker's New 52 look. Textless cover to National Comics: Looker #1. Art by Guillem March.

Looker later resurfaces to help Batman, having become a model and no longer possessing an immunity to sunlight. She later joins a new incarnation of the Outsiders sanctioned by Batman Incorporated before they are seemingly killed in a satellite explosion orchestrated by Talia al Ghul.

The New 52

In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Looker is introduced once again as an agent of Batman Incorporated alongside Halo and Metamorpho. It is revealed the Outsiders had survived the explosion but were assumed dead, and now do undercover jobs for Batman.

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. 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. Her psionic powers suppress the vampire weakness to sunlight; however, she still requires blood as other vampires do. Changes in The New 52 continuity have left her as susceptible to sunlight as other vampires.

In her earlier appearances, Looker is also a lucid dreamer.

Her original costume was manufactured from Abyssian fabric that is partially invisible.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Looker appears in National Comics: Looker. This version is a supermodel who became a vampire after a one-night stand.

In other media

Television

  • A villainous incarnation of Looker appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Sofia Vassilieva. This version is a white supremacist who can control people via a silver metallic substance. Settling in the rural area of South Freeland 30 years ago, she uses her ability to control the white population of South Freeland, or "Sange", while reducing the black population, or "Perdi", to a form of slavery. After discovering what she has done, Black Lightning and Thunder defeat her and transfer her to A.S.A. custody. In the fourth season, Looker escapes from the A.S.A. during the Markovians' invasion of Freeland and allies with Tobias Whale. However, Painkiller eventually finds and defeats her before transferring her to the FBI's custody in exchange for confessing to her involvement with Whale.
  • Lia Briggs appears in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Grey Griffin. This version is a Scottish teenager who was captured by the League of Shadows before being rescued by and joining the Outsiders.

Film

Model Citizen as depicted in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

An alternate reality incarnation of Looker named Model Citizen appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, voiced by Kari Wührer. She is a member of the Crime Syndicate who serves under Owlman.

Video games

Looker appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

References

  1. Barr, Mike W. (1985). "Outside Interference". The Outsiders (2).
  2. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  3. Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9780345501066.
  4. Adventures of the Outsiders #34 (June 1986)
  5. Detective Comics #604-607
  6. Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #170 and #188
  7. World War III #4
  8. Infinite Crisis #7
  9. Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #9 (July 2008)
  10. The Outsiders (vol. 4) #29
  11. Batman Incorporated (vol. 2) #1. However, the character is portrayed in the same fashion as she was prior to the events of Flashpoint
  12. Detective Comics #604
  13. Chimples, George (1 September 2012). "REVIEW: National Comics: Looker #1". Major Spoilers. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  14. Mitovich, Matt Webb (September 5, 2018). "Black Friday Lightning Season 2 Casts Supergirl Foil as DC Comics' Looker". TVLine. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  15. Drum, Nicole (November 20, 2018). "'Black Lightning': Who Is Looker?". Comicbook.com. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  16. "Looker Voice - Young Justice (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 2, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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