Yaaba

YAABA

Real Name: Yaaba

Class: Human magic-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Dial Bunch

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile, Prime Earth

First Appearance: Dial H #12 (July, 2013)

Powers: Yaaba had an H-Dial that let her transform into a unique superhero by dialing HERO.

History: (Dial H # 13 (fb)) - The H-Dial user Bansa learned that she was stealing people's powers, and confessed to Open-Window Man, whose partner Boy Chimney died when she used her H-Dial, half hoping for him to kill her. He had an idea for her to redeem herself, and after assembling a crew of H-Dial users they became the Dial Bunch. Member Yaaba found her H-Dial in a tree. Their primary enemy was the Fixer, an entity of the Exchange who disabled H-Dials.

(Dial H #12-14) - The Dial Bunch, a group of H-Dial users, sought out H-Dial users Nelson Jent and Manteau, and saved them from supervillain Centipede and the Fixer.They lured the villains to Black Maple labs, where Centipede had opened a gateway to the Exchange, and pushed Centipede and Fixer through the doorway before closing it. Centipede's lab assistant told them they gave his superior exactly what he wanted, Fixer promised Centipede he'd take him to the Exchange in return for disabling Jent and Manteau's dial. The Dial Bunch crossed dimensions, finding carnage left behind by Centipede and the Fixer. Bansa showed Jent and Manteau a dimension where the history of the dials were scrawled in graffiti. The hero Captain Random died at the hands of the Fixer, but stole his J-Dial that let him jump between worlds, and they would need it to defeat him. Open-Window man transported inside one of the windows pictured in the graffiti that explained Random's story, and retrieved the dial. Jen, Manteau and the dial Bunch traveled dimensional backwaters in pursuit of the Fixer, and many worlds told of war. In a cave dimension inhabited by frogs Ejad was killed by a giant barkfly, and Jent and Dwan avenged him, destroying the beast. The frog's seers feared Jent, because he'd stolen the powers of their hero Captain Cave during their last war. Jent felt guilty, but Manteau assured him that she'd fixed his dial enough that he should be copying powers instead of stealing them. On a world being flooded they found more hostile natives, and Nem, Unbled and Yabba were swept underwater while they exited the dimension. Jent wanted to go back, but Open-Window Man said they'd have to rely on their ability as warriors to save themselves.

Comments: Created by China Miéville & Alberto Ponticelli.