ELEMENT GIRL

Real Name: Urania Blackwell

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Government agent

Group Affiliation: None

First Appearance: Metamorpho I #10 (January-February, 1967)

Powers: Element Girl possessed superhuman strength and durability. Massive damage could render her body inert, but she would eventually recover, and as long as any part of Element Girl's body remained intact he could regenerate. She could transform her body into any combination of chemical elements, and shape those elements into any form she desired.

History: (Metamorpho I #10, Who’s Who in the DC Universe #10) - Urania was a government agent tasked with infiltrating the crime empire Cyclopes, but fell in love with Stingaree, leader of Cyclops, and they were engaged. When he jilted her for another she vowed revenge, convincing her agency their romance had been a ruse and traveling to Egypt and gaining elemental powers from the same meteorite that created Metamorpho, becoming Element Girl. She broke up Metamorpho’s wedding day, demanding that Metamorpho help her take down Cyclops and Stingaree. He agreed, although Sapphire said she’d never forgive him, and was convinced by her feminine intuition that Element Girl wanted Metamorpho for herself. Metamorpho and Element Girl penetrated Cyclops’ hq, and destroyed Stingaree’s Liquifier robot, but Stingaree turned the full force of Cyclops against them, and they were forced to flee and hide. Metamorpho’s fiancée Sapphire convinced her father Simon Stagg and Java to fly to Europe to find Metamorpho, and when Cyclops targeted their plane Metamorpho had to reveal himself to save the woman he loved. Stingaree confronted the heroes, seemingly destroying them with the chemical cocktail in his scorpion tail, taking particular pleasure in killing his former love, before turning his attention to the Staggs. Metamorpho’s body fell in salt-water, reviving him, and he saved Sapphire, and clipped Stingaree’s tail, rendering him helpless. As a last act of revenge Stingaree pushed a button to flood the European villages above their hq, but Metamorpho turned into a giant iron bulldozer, saving the day. He retrieved Element Girl’s body, and asked Simon to bring her back to life, although this made Sapphire jealous.

(Metamorpho I #11) - Simon Stagg couldn’t resurrect Element Girl in his lab, and Metamorpho staid by her body and blamed Stagg for not trying hard enough. Sapphire believed that Metamorpho had fallen for someone like himself, and although he wouldn’t admit it to her, Metamorpho realized that Element Girl got under his skin.

(Metamorpho I #13) - When mad Professor Franz Zorb tried to destroy Metamorpho and Simon Stagg he accidentally revived Element girl with his nucleonic moleculizer projector. Zorb and his chem.-robot test-Tube Terrors were victorious over Metamorpho, and Simon decided to revive Element Girl to combat him, but found she was already gone. Sapphire was upset with the plan, accusing Metamorpho of only wanting to find Element girl because he was in love. Metamorpho denied it, but secretly he knew that he harbored deep feeling for Element Girl, a freak like him. Element Girl gained Zorb’s trust, claiming to be bitter at Metamorpho jilting her, and when Zorb tried to take over Stagg Building Metamorpho and Element Girl teamed-up, and defeated him and the Test-Tube Terrors. Element Girl proclaimed her deep and devoted love for Metamorpho, and Simon was pleased with the unstoppable team they made.

(Metamorpho I #14, 15) - Sapphire and Element Girl both tried to woo Metamorpho, Sapphire with a wedding dress and Element Girl with a bikini. The jealous women tried to attack each other, but Metamorpho broke up their spat, and when Simon warned him of a coming Armageddon he was glad for the distraction. Neutrog, a servant of the cosmic Thunderer destroyed the Simon Stagg School of Science to draw in Metamorpho and defeated the hero by activating an atomic reactor, causing an explosion. Simon claimed that he couldn’t remove the nuclear contamination in Metamorpho’s system and rocketed him into space. This was a ruse to make the Thunderer feel safe enough to make himself known. He landed his spaceship in Washington and demanded the world’s surrender. Element Girl revived Metamorpho, and the duo returned from space to confront the Thunderer. The Thunderer once again sent Neutog after the heroes, but when he proved incapable of defeating him his master blasted him into a river. Metamorpho and Element Girl attacked the Thunderer, but were blasted by the villain into the sub-atomic realm. Boy genius Billy Barton detected their presence in a speck of dust and used a chemical reagent to bring them back to size. They fought the Thunderer again, who’s taken Sapphire hostage, and Billy aided them with a laser guitar that disrupted Thunderer’s beams. The battle seems unwinnable when other members of Thunderer’s alien race appeared and took him into custody, explaining that he was a renegade.

(Metamorpho I #16) - Sapphire jilted Metamorpho for playboy wastrel Wally Bannister, who she married. Metamorpho was heart-broken, and when Element Girl approached him he rejected her, deep into his self-pity, and convinced he’s ruin anything they might have. Mr. Shadow approached Metamorpho and asked for his help in finding the legendary city of Ma-Phoor. Metamorpho announced his departure to Simon Stagg, who tried to force him to stay using the Orb of Ra. Element Girl helped Metamorpho make his escape, and reminded him that she’d wait for him if he ever reconsidered her love for him.

(Metamorpho I #17) - Metamorpho was arrested for the murder of Wally Bannister, and numerous eyewitness accounts led to his conviction. He was co sentenced to execution by freezing his body in an execution box, which was tossed into the ocean after his fate was sealed. Element Girl was convinced of his innocence and freed him, but was attacked by the Prosecutor, a supervillain who’d framed Metamorpho on behalf of a mysterious client. The Prosecutor fled, and they followed him to a volcanic island, where he met with Algon, who was the actual culprit behind Wally’s death. This explained why all the eye-witnesses believed Metamorpho was the killer, because Algon was a fellow metamorph. Prosecutor departed to meet with his client, and Metamorpho engaged Algon in battle. Algon perished because he’d spent too much time in the seemingly rejuvenating volcanic bath, another ploy by the Prosecutor. He bemoaned being seduced into evil by the Prosecutor, wanting to eliminate Metamorpho so he’d be the world’s only Element Man. He made  Metamorpho promise he’d use his powers only for good. Metamorpho decided to leave his old life with Stagg and Sapphire behind, they’d both played him for a fool for far too long. He partnered with Element Girl and they decided to clear his name.

Element Girl received a profile in Who’s Who in the DC Universe #10.