Shimmer (comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | New Teen Titans #3 (January 1981) |
| Created by |
Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
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| Alter ego | Selinda Flinders |
| Team affiliations |
Fearsome Five Secret Society of Super Villains |
| Abilities | Ability to transmute any element or compound into any other |
Shimmer (real name Selinda Flinders) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics universe.
Shimmer first appeared in New Teen Titans #3 and was created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman.
Selinda and her brother Baran (a.k.a. the supervillain Mammoth) are superhuman natives of Australia. Teased by their classmates for being different, the frustrated children used their powers to fight their tormentors, only to be driven out of town by the angry and frightened parents. Selinda and Baran's parents send them off to the country of Markovia, where they are put in the care of scientist Dr. Helga Jace. While Dr. Jace tries to teach the young mutants a sense of morality, the two instead turn to a life of crime.
Shimmer is one of the founding members of the Fearsome Five, which she joins after answering an advert placed in the Underworld Star by Doctor Light. Shimmer and the Fearsome Five fought with the Teen Titans on numerous occasions; they also have battled Superman. Shimmer eventually renounces her criminal life and retires, along with Baran, to a Tibetan monastery. Later, her peaceful existence is ended when her former teammate Psimon tracks her down. Using his psychic powers, Psimon turns Shimmer's body to glass and shatters it.
Shimmer later returns to life.Doctor Sivana assembles a new version of the Fearsome Five, including Shimmer's brother Mammoth. Sivana is able to recruit Mammoth by promising to resurrect his sister. Sivana has Psimon reassemble the broken shards of Shimmer's glass body, then uses his superscience to restore her to life. In this new form, Shimmer adopts a revealing Goth-like black leather outfit in place of her original gold .
Shimmer is mentioned as a possible, but not likely, source for kryptonite in Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005).
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