Effigy (DC Comics)

This article is about the DC comics character. For the Marvel comics character, see Effigy (Marvel Comics).

Effigy (Martyn Van Wyck) is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Green Lantern.^[1]

Effigy
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	(As Martyn Van Wyck): Green Lantern (vol. 3) #110 (as Effigy): Green Lantern (vol. 3) #113
Created by	Ron Marz Darryl Banks
In-story information
Alter ego	Martyn Van Wyck
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains
Abilities	Fire generation and manipulation Flight

Fictional character biography

Martyn Van Wyck is a man from Seattle, Washington, who was raised by his alcoholic father following his mother's death. He aspires to become a musician, but is unable to find work.^[2]

Van Wyck is later abducted by the Controllers, who experiment on him and give him fire-based abilities.^[3] Believing their experiments to have failed, the Controllers return Van Wyck to Earth, where he becomes the villain Effigy.^[2]

After Effigy battles Green Lantern, the Controllers see that their experiments were successful, capture Effigy, and brainwash him into serving them.^[1] However, Effigy recovers, returns to Earth, and briefly enters a relationship with Killer Frost.^[1][4]

In the One Year Later event, Effigy joins the Injustice League and Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains.^[5] In Final Crisis, he is killed by the Spectre, who melts his body and traps him in a lantern.^[6]

Powers and abilities

Effigy possesses the ability to generate fire and create constructs from it. Additionally, he can fly and survive in the vacuum of space.