Lady Quark

Lady Quark
Lady Quark, from the cover of L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #18 (Dec. 1990)
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985)
Created by	Marv Wolfman George Pérez
In-story information
Alter ego	Tashana
Place of origin	Earth-6, Earth-48
Team affiliations	L.E.G.I.O.N.
Abilities	absorption of nuclear energies

Lady Quark is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Universe. In the DC Comics 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), the character was one of the rulers of Earth-Six, which was ruled by royalty. In the current New 52 era DC Multiverse, she and her husband Lord Volt are now the monarchs of Earth-48, which appears to be a modern analogue of Earth-Six in the original DC multiverse.

Lady Quark's husband Karak ("Lord Volt") and daughter Liana ("Princess Fern") are both killed when Earth-6 is destroyed during the Crisis. She is saved at the last minute by Pariah, a dimensional traveler. Lady Quark helps most of the multiverse's surviving heroes and they journey to the Dawn of Time to battle the Anti-Monitor. After the Crisis is over, Lady Quark resettles on Earth with Pariah and Harbinger.

Missing her husband, Lady Quark approaches Will Payton with the idea of having him become her consort in Starman Volume 1, #8 (March 1989), but Payton rejects her advances.

Lady Quark is eventually recruited by Vril Dox to be become a member of the peace-keeping force L.E.G.I.O.N. in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #18. Lady Quark is apparently killed in L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #62 after a parasitic shapeshifter absorbs her memories and powers. The shapeshifter replaces her in L.E.G.I.O.N., but later dies in L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #70. Lady Quark's corpse is seen floating in space, heavily maimed.

Eleven years later, Lady Quark returns alive and well without explanation in Villains United #5 (2005), in which she is captured by Sinestro at the request of Alexander Luthor, Jr.. She is imprisoned in Luthor's tower as part of his plan to bring the core Earths of the Multiverse back into existence. Lady Quark is later freed and joins Earth's heroes in defeating Luthor in Infinite Crisis (2005-2006).