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Magenta

Magenta

17 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1984–2020
Who is Magenta?

Frances Kane is a metahuman with powerful magnetic abilities and a longtime friend and love interest of Wally West (The Flash). Struggling to control both her powers and a darker side they seem to unleash, she occupies an uneasy space between ally and antagonist in the Flash's corner of the DC Universe.

Stepping out of the Bronze Age in 1984, Magenta is a DC creation who debuted under the pen of Jim Aparo in DC Sampler #2 and has kept remarkably vivid company ever since β€” sharing pages with speedster legends like The Flash and Wally West, and rogue-gallery heavyweights like Trickster and the Weather Wizard. Her home turf is the Flash corner of the DC Universe, where she's carved out a lasting presence across nearly four decades of storytelling. With 36 years of publication history and appearances stretching into 2020, she's a testament to how a Bronze Age introduction can quietly endure through eras, well worth a deeper look for any Flash devotee hunting for the full picture of that world.

Teams & affiliations
Rogues
DC Sampler
#2
β˜… First appearance
DC Sampler #2
Sep 1984

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1987–2020

The New Teen Titans #28 1987
The New Teen Titans #28
Flash #106 1995
Flash #106
Flash #178 2001
Flash #178
Flash #183 2002
Flash #183
Flash #216 2005
Flash #216
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland #[nn] 2011
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland #[nn]
The Flash #750 2020
The Flash #750

Appearances

DC Sampler (1983)
#2
The New Teen Titans (1984)
#28
The Flash (2004)
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland (2011)
The Flash Omnibus by Geoff Johns (2011)
#2