HALO
Real Name: Gabrielle Doe
Class: Extradimensional (Aurakles)
Occupation: High school student, superhero
Group Affiliation: Outsiders
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Los Angeles, CA
First Appearance: Brave and the Bold I #200 (July, 1983)
Powers: Halo was am Aurakle, an extradimensional being possessed of vast power, but because she possessed a human form she was vulnerable to anything her human host was. She could generate colorful halos, each having a different power. Red projected heat blasts, orange projected force blasts, yellow produced a brilliant light, green was a stasis beam, blue created a distortion effect, indigo was a tractor beam, and the power of her violet halos was unknown.History: Teenager Violet Harper was killed by the assassin Syonide, and her corpse was probed by an extradimensional Aurakle, a light-based beam. The Aurakle found itself trapped in her body, and the shock of the experience erased Violet's memories. The Aurakle took the name Gabrielle Doe, and became the superhero Halo.
(JLA: Our Worlds at War #1) - On President Luthor's request Halo and the Outsiders went to South Pole, Antarctica to battle an Imperiex Probe that had landed on Earth to hollow out the planet, but the battle went badly for the heroes.
(Day of Judgment #4) - Halo and the Outsiders battled an army of demons unleashed on Markova when Asmodel brought Hell to Earth.
(Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1) - When the Society broke out virtually every incarcerated supervillain around the world Oracle sent Halo and a number of other heroes to quell the breakout at the Slab, but a number of villains got past the heroes.
(52 / WWIII Part Four: United We Stand #1) <Week 50, Day 7> Black Adam arrived in China, and prepared to destroy the entire country. He defeated China's superhero team the Great Ten before China allowed Halo and the American superhero community to square off against him. Black Adam was a god with nothing left to lose, and each punch he threw was intended to kill. His savagery was winning the day until Martian Manhunter reappeared and flooded his brain with his own loss, the death of the entire Martian species. Black Adam was distracted long enough for Captain Marvel to hurl a Shazam bolt at him. Theo Adam was powerless, and left with amnesia. He staggered away unnoticed from the end of WWIII.
(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1) - An army of Earth’s heroes, including Halo and the Outsiders, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn’t at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he’d be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy’s death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible foir boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime.
(Batman & The Outsiders Special #1, Outsiders IV #15) - Halo was back in her Violet Harper form and entertaining refugees in New Orleans, giving them a chance to fly. Alfred Pennyworth visited her to recruit her for the new Outsiders. Alfred assembled the Outsiders and explained Batman's vision, that they all represented aspects of his personality, and that there would always be a 'Batman' outside Gotham. He required them to go off the grid, cutting off contact with everyone in their lives and becoming true Outsiders. They'd be a frontline group, constantly in the line-of-fire and constantly risking their lives. Alfred dismissed them to consider his offer, and Halo was the first to return. She considered the Outsiders family, even if they were a dysfunctional one, and she wanted to spend time with Alfred because he needed more light in his life. The next day all of Alfred's recruits rejoined the team. Alfred told them they'd be confronting the Outsiders greatest enemy, who'd been behind their conflicts with such former antagonists as Bad Samaritan, the Duke of Oil, and the Force of July, even though they'd never met face-to-face.
(Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Man-Bat #1) - Halo and the Outsiders helped deal with the chaos in Gotham, and found Man-Bat, who was desperately searching for his wife Francine. When they tried to detain him he hit them with a sonic scream and flew off. The Outsiders later cleaned up after a fight between Man-Bat and Dr. Phosphorus, who'd captured Francine. Alfred noted that Kirk Langstrom could now transform into Man-Bat without his serum, and this complicated matters.
Comments: Created byJim Aparo & Mike W. Barr.
Halo received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #10. Halo received profiles in Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #17 and Who's Who Update '87 #4 under the Outsiders entry.
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