There are , approximately , 78 billion incredibly - named New Gods in the realm ofJack Kirby’siconic DC Comics cosmosknown as the Fourth World . Of those incredibly advert being , however , one handful you should absolutely get to know is the Female Furies — the deadliest warrior dread Darkseid ’s army has to offer .
First introduce in the pageboy of the original Mister Miracle serial in 1972 as part of Big Barda ’s backstory , the Furies are an all - women mathematical group of generals that are meant to be the very well of Darkseid ’s warrior . They ’re an elect strikeforce mold under the nightmarish torture of the evil Granny Goodness , the matron of Apokolips ’ Terror Orphanages ( I told you basically everything Fourth World - associate has an incredible name , correct ? ) . survivor of Granny ’s “ caution , ” the Furies are , for the most part , some of Darkseid ’s most loyal federal agent .
But beyond their family relationship to Big Barda , the Furies have n’t really had much of a spotlight themselves over the years . That ’s all about to change , however , with today ’s comer of Female Furies # 1 , by Cecil Castellucci and Adriana Melo . Despite their being around for nigh 50 twelvemonth , it marks the first time the squad has ever headlined their own series — so to lionize ( and explicate just why you should be excited , because there is a ton of challenging voltage with these characters ! ) , here ’s what you call for to experience about the core members of the team .
Granny Goodness
Granny is technically not a fellow member of the Furies — but without Granny , there would be no rage in the first lieu . A fellow member of the Darkseid Elite ( Darkseid ’s immediate subordinates and council in ruling Apokolips and its domains ) , Granny was originally a “ base , ” one of the peasant course on Apokolips that , alongside airstream conquer by Darkseid ’s ’ military unit , are treat as brutal slave in the ceaseless state of war sweat . After being handpicked to receive exceptional training and fostering depraved cruelty , Darkseid himself advance Granny to the overlord trainer of his forces , commingle horrifying twisting with advanced brainwashing techniques to give away even the most abiding prisoners and recast them as loyal servants of herself and Darkseid .
Granny ’s training led to her create her elite task force of female warrior , the ointment of the craw — the Female Furies — and appoint them a leader in the mighty soldier Big Barda … which , we ’ll get to that later . First , meet the relaxation of the team !
Bernadeth
The baby of Desaad , one of Darkseid ’s closest consultant , Bernadeth is often seen as the conscientious objector - leader of the team ( when the team is n’t trying to buck each other apart over who the real drawing card is ) , and was one of the first Furies recruited by Granny . After Barda for good left the team , Bernadeth was skip over for leaders in party favour of Lashina , who she then quick attempted to betray , lead to a dust - up withthe Suicide Squad .
Aside from the general immortality and cosmic super strength all New Gods have , and her education in scrap under Granny , Bernadeth ’s big good deal is that she exert a Fahren - Knife — a fabled tongue endow to her by Desaad that ’s literally made out of Darkseid ’s skin . The knife is an incredibly powerful weapon system , capable of even vanish a New God , that burns victim from the inside out . Fun !
Lashina
Werecently discussedLashina ’s account with the Suicide Squad conjecture about who could occur to the picture sequelThe Suicide Squad — but yes , she gets cuckold by Bernadeth on a commission to Earth at one point and decides to basically use the Suicide Squad as a sneaky way to get back to Apokolips for revenge . Which cease up going … exceedingly poorly , with several team members dead , Bernadeth murdered ( and promptly resurrect by Darkseid ) , and Lashina getting a faceful of Omega Beams for her trouble .
Lashina is eventually resurrected and rejoins the Furies , sharing squad management duties with Bernadeth to stop the two from being at each other ’s throats . Oh , and in price of exceptional arm that Lashina brings to the table ? Hazard a wild guess . ( Spoiler : It ’s electrify whips . )
Stompa
Aside from looking like an extremely rad biker noblewoman clad in blinding shade of xanthous , Stompa is one of the most patriotic members of the founding Furies . Although she ’s not had as much of a public eye as some of the other members of the team , she makes up for it with a frankly hilarious arm : her mighty leg strength , enhance by a pair of antimatter the boot .
Yes . Stompa stomps her enemies to death . Because of row she does .
Mad Harriet
Another relatively minor instrumentalist despite being a Fury loyalist , Mad Harriet ’s thinker was broken by the suffering she endured under Granny ’s rule in the Terror Orphanages , hence the nickname . trust more on her lightsomeness and a wild fight style than the raw strength her fellow furies commanded , sick Harriet summons energy - based “ power - spikes ” out of her hand to attack with .
Big Barda
And so , we come to Barda — who might be the Fury you ’re most familiar with already , mainly down to the fact that she ’s not really a Fury any longer .
Barda was once the team ’s leader , maintain a mighty Mega - Rod ( that could open up up teleportation Boom Tubes to fling her around the battlefield , and shoot clap of cosmic Energy ) into conflict while wearing a especial courting of Apokoliptan armor that enhance her nigh - invulnerability and super strength even further . But during a maraud , she had a fortune encounter withScott Free — the Word of Highfather , the ruler of Apokolips ’ ceaseless rivals in all things cosmic war New Genesis . Scott was trade as part of a peacefulness deal between the worlds , to be raise by Darkseid on Apokolips — while Darkseid ’s minor , Orion , is send to New Genesis to be raised by Highfather . Barda discover herself pull out to Scott , and eventually a romance flourishes , leading to them work together to hatch a plan to escape Apokolips and flee to Earth .
Initially , Barda stays behind to check Scott can escape but eventually pull off to convert the remainder of the Furies to arrive with her and go away Apokolips for Earth . Barda builds a life with Scott on Earth where he becomes the hero - diagonal - evasion - artist Mister Miracle , and for a time , even the rest of the Furies join the well-chosen twain on their showbiz tours . But when Barda decide to espouse him and stay on Earth , the rest of the Furies returned to Apokolips to face up their punishment for apostasy — which was to like a shot go back to land and attempt to capture or kill Barda and Scott for the offense of escaping Granny ’s clutches .
It’s … a complicated relationship . Barda has struggle her fellow Furies and make alongside them many times over the years , diddle on her past with the group often to get them to help her out in times of need . Despite the fact they ’ve all tried to kill each other multiple times , even as other members and even total fresh generations of Furies have formed , there ’s still a chemical bond that ’s persisted between Barda and her former teammates .
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