Ursa (comics)
| Ursa | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Film: Superman: The Movie (1978) Comics: Alternate version: JSA Classified #3 (November 2005) Canonical version: Action Comics #845 (January 2007) |
| Created by | Mario Puzo |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Kryptonian |
| Place of origin | Krypton |
| Team affiliations | Kryptonian Military Guild |
| Partnerships | General Zod, Non |
| Abilities |
Powers and abilities identical to those of Superman. (Superhuman strength, super speed, flight, stamina and freezing breath, super hearing, multiple extrasensory and vision powers, and longevity) |
Ursa is a fictional supervillain appearing in the DC Comics universe. An enemy of Superman, she is a conspirator and accomplice of General Zod. She first appeared in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie, where she was portrayed by actress Sarah Douglas (who reprised the role in the 1980 sequel Superman II). Almost three decades later, the character made her in-continuity comic book debut in Action Comics #845 (January 2007).
In the first Superman film, Ursa (played by Sarah Douglas) appears alongside General Zod and Non as they are being sentenced to eternal imprisonment in the Phantom Zone by Krypton's Ruling Council of Elders. The chief accuser is Superman's biological father Jor-El, who declares that Ursa's "perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind have threatened even the children of the planet Krypton." Ursa, Zod, and Non are imprisoned in the Phantom Zone where they should remain for all eternity and are not heard from again in the first film. Once in the Phantom Zone, she desperately screams, "Forgive me!" repeatedly.
In the theatrical version of Superman II, Ursa, Zod, and Non are freed from the Phantom Zone when a hydrogen bomb thrown into space by Superman detonates near the Zone, shattering it. The three villains encounter a group of astronauts on Earth's moon, where we see Ursa's hatred for males firsthand. She meets an astronaut, asking him what sort of a creature he is. When he replies that he is a man, Ursa tries to tear the International Space Exploration emblem off his spacesuit. The astronaut attempts to get away, but Ursa flies around and cuts him off. She then rips the emblem off his suit, decompressing it and killing him. A pleased Ursa then sends him into space with a swift kick to his rear.
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