MARYANI

Real Name: Maryani

Class: Human vampire

Occupation: Lounge singer

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Baron (brother, deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile, 1940s era

First Appearance: Whiz Comics #102 (Fawcett) (October, 1948)

Powers: Maryani was a vampire who could transform herself into a bat. She could create a potion to turn others into vampires an cast a spell to summon her demonic master the Bat. Exposure to sunlight would destroy her.

History: (Whiz Comics #102) - The Bat turned Maryani and her brother the Baron into vampires. Ibis the Invincible destroyed the Baron, an Maryani sought revenge. Ibis and Taia attended Maryani’s lounge act, and Maryani slipped a potion in Ibis’ drink, turning him into a vampire. To make the transformation complete Ibis would have to slay an innocent, so Maryani took him hunting. Taia followed them, and Maryani snatched the Ibistick away from her. She commanded it to turn Ibis to dust, but it turned the spell against her, ending her evil existence. 

Comments: Created by an unnamed writer and artist

In pre-Crisis continuity Maryani lived on Earth-S.

Maryani was originally published by Fawcett Comics, which DC obtained the rights to in 1972.

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