Purple Ray

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The Purple Ray is a fictional healing device created in early Golden Age Wonder Woman comics by a German scientist and (former) spy, the Baroness Paula von Gunther.

Variations on the concept survived into Earth-1, post-Crisis and post-Zero Hour continuities.

The Purple Ray is noteworthy for restoring Steve Trevor to health, as well as being modified to transfer power from many Paradise Island Amazons to Donna Troy, so that she would have powers of her own. On another occasion it was used to revive Changeling of the New Titans, somehow increasing his powers in the process.

In the Modern Age, the Purple Ray is able to completely heal a vast array of injuries, except the most severe, because repeated exposure to the Purple Ray can overtax natural healing abilities. In cases of severe injury it's possible to expose the wounded to smaller doses of the Ray during a longer period. The Purple Ray is also unable to cure wounds inflicted by gods, or their agents, like the Gorgon.

In Infinite Crisis #3, published in December 2005, a "Purple Death Ray" was introduced. Shown to emit from a massive cannon, the Purple Ray was altered to destroy matter as opposed to heal it.

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