Darna
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Mango Comics |
| First appearance | Bulaklak Magazine, Volume 4, #17 (July 23, 1947) |
| Created by |
Mars Ravelo Nestor Redondo |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Narda |
| Species | Transformed human /extra-terrestrial meld |
| Place of origin | The Philippines |
| Team affiliations | The 2005 Darna TV series adds Adran (Queen of Marte), Aio (Adran's right hand person), Adranika (The Race on Planet Marte, led by Queen Adran), Adarna Warriors. |
| Notable aliases | Daria (alternate mortal guise), Varga (kind of) |
| Abilities |
Narda/Darna by vice versa swallowing the White Stone and shouting Darna
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Narda/Darna by vice versa swallowing the White Stone and shouting Darna
Darna is a fictional Filipino comics superheroine. She was created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. In her more popular incarnations, she is a deceased extraterrestrial warrior magically manifesting herself through a human girl from Earth, named Narda. She first appeared in Pilipino Komiks (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 (May 13, 1950). A cultural icon in the Philippines, Darna is considered to be the most celebrated character in Philippine comicdom.
Darna is a retooling of Ravelo's earlier character, Varga, whose stories he wrote and illustrated himself. She first appeared in Bulaklak Magazine, Volume 4, #17 (July 23, 1947). Ravelo left Bulaklak due to differences with the publication's editors.
Darna's powers include flight, super strength, super speed and nigh-invulnerability. In the 2003 retcon, the latest releases of the comic, this is due to her psionic background. Thus a form of telekinesis enhances her speed and strength and allows her flight. Her skin has a high level of invulnerability because of her race. Her psionic abilities also allow her to exercise limited psionic influence or telepathy. For weapons, the ruby encrusted in the winged medallion on her helmet also augments her psionic abilities, allowing her to emit a powerful concussion blast and the medallions that make up her belt can be used like throwing stars (shuriken). In the 2005 TV series, she also has heat vision, lent by the ruby. In some of the movies, she uses her bracelets to deflect bullets.
Narda transforms into Darna, and vice versa, by shouting out their respective names (Darna to become Darna, Narda to become Narda). First, however, Narda has to swallow the white stone, which conveniently comes out of her mouth every time Darna changes back into herself. However, it was not so in her comic incarnations (see below). Without the stone in her mouth she can say the name of whichever form she is not using without automatically changing.
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