Volcana (DC Comics)

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For Marvel Comics character, see Volcana.

Volcana is a supervillain in Superman: The Animated Series. Voiced by Peri Gilpin, she made her first appearance in the episode "Where There's Smoke".

[edit] Character biography (from her official bio)

Volcana as depicted in Superman: The Animated Series

Volcana was once called Claire Selton. As a teenager, Claire showed an aptitude for pyrokinesis -- the ability to start fires with one's mind. Her parents sent her to Metropolis's Center for Paranormal Studies so that she could learn to control and develop her power, but she was soon spirited away by government agents who had big plans for her. According to the director of the Center, the agents "stripped away her past, code-named her Volcana, and tried their hardest to turn her into a living weapon."

But Volcana wouldn't go along with the plan. She escaped from the agents, became a hunted fugitive and survived the only way she could: by stealing. Superman stopped her and she was put on a deserted island where Superman delivered her food in exchange that she stayed on the island and didn't harm anyone.

She later made a cameo appearance in the episode "Unity". Here she had a brief fight with Supergirl.

[edit] Justice League and Justice League Unlimited

Volcana from the Justice League episode Only a Dream

Volcana made appearances in both the "Only A Dream" and "Hereafter" episodes of Justice League, voiced again by Peri Gilpin. Exactly why she left the island is unknown, but knowing her personality, it was likely due to boredom and wanting to live a life of excitement again. It was established in the "Fearful Symmetry" episode of Justice League Unlimited that the government project that created her was a government program that was a precursor or early version of Project Cadmus. It would not be strictly the Cadmus we see in Unlimited, as Amanda Waller claims that it was formed in the wake of the Justice Lords event; however, early versions of Cadmus must exist, as some form of Cadmus created the creature Doomsday that fought said Justice Lords. She has also appeared as a member of Grodd's Legion of Doom and was seen battling the invading forces of Darkseid in the series finale. In this episode she is shown to fly under her own power, which is probably how she left her island to rejoin society.