Shimmer (comics)
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | New Teen Titans #3 (December 1980) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
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| Alter ego | Selinda Flinders |
| Team affiliations | Fearsome Five Secret Society of Super Villains |
| Abilities | ability to transmute any element or compound into any other. |
Shimmer (real name Selinda Flinders) is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. She was created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman and first appeared in New Teen Titans #3 (January 1980)
[edit] Fictional character biography
Selinda and her brother Baran (a.k.a. Mammoth) are natives of Australia, and superhuman mutants. Teased by their fellow classmates for being different, the frustrated children use their powers to fight their tormentors, only to be driven out of town by the angry and frightened parents. Selinda and Baran's parents send them off to the country of Markovia, where they are put in the care of scientist Dr. Helga Jace. While Dr. Jace tries to teach the young mutants a sense of morality, the two instead turn to a life of crime.
Shimmer is one of the founding members of the Fearsome Five, which she joins after answering an advert placed in the Underworld Star by Doctor Light. Shimmer and the Fearsome Five fought with the Teen Titans on numerous occasions, as well as Superman, but never successfully. Shimmer eventually renounces her criminal life and retires, along with Baran, to a Tibetan monastery. In New Titans #116 (December 1994), her peaceful existence is ended when her former teammate Psimon tracks her down. Using his psychic powers, Psimon turns Shimmer's body to glass and shatters it.
Shimmer returns to life in Outsiders #13 (August 2004). Dr. Sivana assembles a new version of the Fearsome Five, including Shimmer's brother Mammoth. Sivana is able to recruit Mammoth by promising to resurrect his sister. Sivana has Psimon reassemble the broken shards of Shimmer's glass body, then uses his superscience to restore her to life. In this new form, Shimmer adopts a revealing Goth-like black leather outfit in place of her original gold bodystocking.
Shimmer is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Shimmer is a metahuman with ability to transmute any element or compound into any other. The change only lasts for a few minutes, and she can only affect materials within a radius of three feet.
