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Dolphin (character)
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Dolphin is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe.[1] Created by writer-artist Jay Scott Pike, she debuted in Showcase #79 (December 1968).[2]
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Creation and publication history
Dolphin was created by Jay Scott Pike; at the time the writer-artist was primarily known for his work on DC's line of romance comics. After debuting in Showcase #79 in December 1968, Dolphin was not seen for nearly a decade before appearing in a cameo in Showcase #100 (May 1978), which linked the character to Aquaman. After another hiatus, Dolphin appeared in a Rip Hunter storyline in Action Comics '552-553 and then DC Comics Presents #78 (January 1995) with a redesigned costume.[3]
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Fictional character biography
Dolphin is a girl who was rescued and experimented on by aliens after falling overboard from a cruise ship, gaining fish-like abilities. She is later rescued by sailors, who teach her to speak.[4][5]
Dolphin meets Aquaman during Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, and the two later fall in love. After Aquaman's wife Mera returns from exile in the Netherworld dimension, Dolphin enters a relationship with Tempest, and the two eventually have a son named Cerdian.[1]
In Infinite Crisis, Dolphin is killed when the Spectre destroys Atlantis.[6][7]
In Blackest Night, Dolphin, Tula, and Aquaman are resurrected as Black Lanterns and attack Tempest and Mera.[8] Dolphin battles the Teen Titans before Dawn Granger destroys her with a burst of light.[9]
In DC Rebirth, Dolphin is permanently resurrected and depicted as a mutant Atlantean.[10]
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Powers and abilities
Pre-Crisis, Dolphin is a fish-like metahuman who can breathe underwater and is resistant to oceanic pressure.[1][11] As a Black Lantern, she possesses the conventional powers of a Lantern and vast self-regenerative capabilities.[8][9]
In DC Rebirth, Dolphin is a natural-born Atlantean with paranatural alterations due to being a mutant.[12] She possesses claws and bioluminescence that can be projected as energy blasts.[10][13][14]
Other versions
An alternate universe variant of Dolphin appears in JLA: The Nail as a prisoner of Cadmus Labs.[15]
In other media
- Dolphin appears in Young Justice, voiced by Tiya Sircar. This version is an Indian metahuman whose powers were activated as part of the Light's "Project Rutabaga" before the Outsiders rescue her. Due to her physiology leaving her unable to survive outside of water, she is taken to Atlantis to live with Kaldur'ahm's parents, taking the name Delphis.[16]
- Dolphin was considered to appear in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom to replace Mera following the lawsuit between her actress Amber Heard and her former partner Johnny Depp.[17][18]
- Dolphin appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[19]
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