Atlantis (DC Comics)
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics vol 1 #260 (May, 1959) |
| Created by | Robert Bernstein (writer) Ramona Fradon (artist) |
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| Type | Continent |
| Notable people | Aquaman Mera Aqualad Deep Blue |
| Notable races | Atlanteans |
Atlantis is a fictional location in the DC Comics Universe. The city first appeared in Adventure Comics vol 1 #260 (May, 1959), and was created by Robert Bernstein and Ramona Fradon. The city's early history was later laid out in The Atlantis Chronicles a limited series published by DC Comics in 1990. It was written by Peter David, and illustrated by Esteban Maroto.
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[edit] History
[edit] Atlantis
The continent of Atlantis was settled 65,000,000 years ago by a humanoid extraterrestrial race known as the Hunter/Gatherers who proceeded to hunt the Dinosaurs to extinction. One million years ago Atlantean society flourished alongside Homo erectus the precursors of modern man. This apparently occurs long before the intervention of the White Martians whose genetic tampering with Homo sapiens sapiens created the Metagene. [1]
Thousands of years ago, when magic began to drop in level on Earth due to the sleeping entity known as Darkworld beginning to wake up, the Atlantean sorceress Citrina struck a deal with the Lords of Chaos who ruled Gemworld, so she would be allowed to create a home there for those Homo Magi and magic dependent species such as Elves, Centaurs, and so forth who wished to emigrate from Earth. Gemworld was colonized by Homo Magi emigrants from Earth made up of the twelve Atlantean Ruling Houses.
Darkworld was a dimension formed by the body of an unnamed cosmic entity who later fell into a deep sleep. This entity's dreams were responsible for creating the first Lords of Chaos and Order, Chaon (chaos), Gemimn (order), and Tynan the balancer. These beings and others were worshiped as gods by the citizens of Atlantis. Darkworld was tethered to Atlantis by a massive "chain" created by Deedra goddess of nature.[2] Some Atlantean magicians such as Arion and Garn Daanuth later learned to tap the mystic energies of Darkworld, this enabled them to wield nearly godlike power.
[edit] New Atlantis
Atlantean survivors of the city of Challa-Bel-Nalla, then ruled by Lord Daamon an ancestor of Deimos, moved to Skartaris and formed an alliance with an extraterrestrial race they called the Red-Moon Gods. These aliens provided the Atlanteans with advanced technology that Travis Morgan would later discover in New Atlantis.[3]
[edit] Homo magi
In the DC Universe the Homo magi apparently originated on the lost continent of Atlantis. The continent was a focal point for unharnessed magical energies (wild magic), and the local Homo sapiens evolved into Homo sapiens magi as a result of their exposure to these energies.[4] Upon the fall of Atlantis, people who carried the predisposition scattered to the four winds. Today, every human being capable of casting spells is a descendant of the Atlantean "Homo magi".[5]
[edit] Other Aquatic cities in the DCU
There have been other undersea cities called Atlantis in various DC comics titles. They include:
- The home of Lenora and Lori Lemaris (now known as Tritonis)
- The city of the Lemurians (from "Super-Team Family")
- The Atlantis outpost city of Venturia, domain of Queen Clea, a foe of Wonder Woman's. Queen Clea has been in constant conquest of Atlantis' sister city Aurania.
- References to other undersea cities named Atlantis were in Challengers of the Unknown and The Sea Devils, such as the homes of Dolphin and Man-Fish
- The homes of Neptune Perkins, Tsunami, Deep Blue, Little Mermaid (of the Global Guardians) and Siren have all been referred to as Atlantis.
- Sub Diego home of Mayor Cal Durham and Lorena Marquez.
Most of these occurred in the pre-Crisis DC continuity and it is unclear if they are part of the current continuity.
[edit] References
- ^ As seen in Aquaman vol. 2 #17-24
- ^ Atlantis
- ^ New Atlantis first appears in Warlord Annual #2.
- ^ The Unofficial History of the DC Universe
- ^ Global Guardians
[edit] External links
- DCU Guide: Atlantis
- Cosmic Teams: Atlantis
- DCU Guide: Atlantis Chronicles
- Beek's Books: Atlantis Chronicles
- Toonopedia: Aquaman
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