Celeste

CELESTE

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Sirens

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: San Simeon, CA, Earth-Marshal Law

First Appearance: Marshal Law (Epic) #1 (October, 1987)

Powers: Celeste could fly and possessed superhuman lovemaking powers as well as the ability to mentally dominate men with her voice.

History: (Marshal Law (Epic) #1, 3 (fb)) - Celeste received S.H.O.C.C. treatment, giving her superpowers. She was a member of the Sirens, composed of women who could satisfy the voracious sexual needs of some members of the superhero community, although the Sirens were presented as standard superheroes to the public. The Public Spirit returned from his historic trip into space, and was lauded as a hero to make all America proud. He announced his engagement to Celeste. Public Spirit was insanely jealous, and hated that Celeste used her powers to seduce several enemies of the state to get information from them. He demanded she retire from the Sirens after their wedding.

(Marshal Law (Epic) #2) - Public Spirit held a press conference at the Superdrome, an amusement park that showed off S.H.O.C.C.’s creations, to celebrate his achievement of reaching the stars. Celeste flew around giving a demonstration of her powers to titillate the audience. The Sleepman had murdered several women dressed as Celeste, and hero hunter Marshal Law suspected the Public Spirit, although he knew he wasn’t objective because he had a pathological hatred of superheroes and hated the Spirit most of all. He found files from S.H.O.C.C. that suggested Public Spirit killed his fiancée Virago because she was pregnant, and a man with children would be disqualified from the mission to the stars. Law accused Spirit of Virago’s murder and said he suspected him of being the Sleepman before Father Hood had his S.H.O.C.C. troops drag Law to a back room. Public Spirit was infuriated at being talked to in such a way. He told Law he was undermining his work, with the mission to the stars heralding a great leap forward for all mankind. Law defeated the troops in a brutal fight, and Law grabbed Hood, telling him he was going to make sure the truth came out because he cared about his country. While he was fighting them the Sleepman attacked and murdered his girlfriend Lynn Evans.

Comments: Created by Created by Pat Mills & Kevin O’Neil.

Celeste was originally published by Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics. Her appearance in Marshal Law (Epic) #1-3 was reprinted in Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition.