Big Barda
Real Name: Barda
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Powers: Great strength and endurance. Wields a mega-rod, which produces extremely powerful concussive bursts.
Bio: One of the Female Furies, ruthless mercenaries in the employ of Darkseid, 'Big Barda' rebelled against her superiors when she fell in love with Scott Free and helped him escape from the planet Apokolips, later following him to Earth and becoming his wife. She struggled to adapt to Earthly ways of doing things and acted as a peripheral member of the planet's super-hero community for many years until she and Scott moved back to New Genesis, Apokolips' good mirror image.
Recently, Barda was assigned to help the heroes of earth, and specifically the JLA to prepare for confrontation with Mageddon. When this threat was ended, Barda returned to New Genesis, with some regrets at leaving her new friends behind. However, it appears that she and Scott have now moved back to Earth once more, as she has helped Superman and his allies reach Apokolips on more than one occasion in recent months.
Notes: Created by Jack Kirby.
First Appearance: Mister Miracle (1971) #4 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 1st Issue Special (1975)
#13 - 'Lest Night Fall - Forever! / A Secret Unveiled! / Confrontation!' 52 (2006)
Action Comics (1938)
Annual 13 - 'Father Box/A Father's Box' #592 - '...A Walk On The Darkside!' #593 - 'The Suicide Snare' #650 - 'Reflections' #651 - 'Not of This Earth' #675 - 'Divide and Conquer' #708 - 'Moving Miracle' #729 - 'Generator X' #753 - 'A Law Unto Himself' Adventures of Superman (1987)
#489 - 'Panic in the Sky Epilogue: Hail the Conquering Heroes' #566 - '...And Lose His Soul' Amazons Attack (2007)
HC - 'Amazons Attack!' TPB - 'Amazons Attack!' #3 - 'Chapter 3: The Road to Hell...' Armageddon 2001 (1991)
Avengers/JLA (2003)
#4 - 'The Brave...and the Bold' Batman Superband (1974)
#7 - 'Batman gegen Plasticman!' Batman und Superman präsentieren (2005)
Birds of Prey (1999)
TPB vol. 08 - 'Blood And Circuits' TPB vol. 09 - 'Dead Of Winter' TPB vol. 11 - 'Club Kids' #100 - 'Blood & Circuits, Part One: A Chance to do Good' #101 - 'Blood & Circuits, Part Two: Broken Wing' #102 - 'Blood & Circuits, Part Three: Freedom of Motion' #103 - 'Blood & Circuits, Part Four: Truth or Dare' #104 - 'Whitewater, Part One: Crystal Ascension' #105 - 'Whitewater, Part Two: Permafrost' #106 - 'Whitewater, Part Three: Storm Front' #107 - 'Whitewater, Part Four: A Heart Encased In Glass' #108 - 'Whitewater, Epilogue: Swan Song' #109 - 'Stone Cold Knockout' #110 - 'The Fan Club' #112 - 'The Warrior Wake of Zinda Blake' Birds of Prey Secret Files 2003 (2003)
Booster Gold (2007)
TPB vol. 06 - 'Past Imperfect' #26 - 'Dead Ted, Part I of II' #34 - 'Deja Blue [and Gold!]' #35 - 'Destiny! Destiny! No Escaping That For Me!' #36 - 'This Man... This Chipmunk!' Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (1978)
Comic Book Artist (1998)
Countdown (2007)
Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (2010)
HC - 'Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes' Dave Stevens: Covers & Stories (2012)
Day of Judgment (1999)
#1 - 'The Summoning' #5 - 'Soul Search' DC Comics Presents (1978)
DC Comics Presents: Batman - Arkham (2011)
DC One Million (1998)
#1 - 'Riders on the Storm' #2 - 'The Day After Tomorrow' #3 - 'Solaris Rising' #4 - 'Death Star' DC Universe: Origins (2009)
TPB - 'DC Universe: Origins' DCU: Legacies (2010)
Death of the New Gods (2007)
Final Crisis (2008)
#7 - 'New Heaven, New Earth' Final Crisis (2009)
Final Night (1996)
#1 - 'Dusk' #2 - 'Darker Grows the Night' Genesis (1997)
#2 - 'Edge of Destruction' #3 - 'Event Horizon' #4 - 'Last God Standing' Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007)
#26 - 'Five Stages Part 2: Oliver Squared' Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special (2007)
#1 - 'And They Said It Wouldn't Last' Green Arrow/Black Canary: Road to the Altar (2008)
TPB - 'Green Arrow/Black Canary: Road to the Altar' Green Lantern (1990)
#81 - 'Funeral for a Hero' #103 - 'Emerald Knights, Part 3: Strange Bedfellows' #117 - 'Found Art' Green Lantern 80-Page Giant (1998)
Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994)
#29 - 'It's My Party And I'll Fight If I Want To' Harley Quinn (2000)
#6 - 'Who Wants To Rob A Millionaire?' #7 - 'Gods and Mobsters' History of the DC Universe (1986)
Hourman (1999)
Identity Crisis (2004)
Impulse (1995)
#53 - 'Threats' #78 - 'Losing the Impulse' Invasion (1988)
#2 - 'Battleground Earth' Jack Kirby's Fourth World (1997)
#2 - 'A Clash of Titans' #3 - 'Back to the Wall' #4 - 'Back From The Source' #5 - 'A Choice Of Gods' #6 - 'Schism' #8 - 'Childhood's End' #10 - 'AfterMath' #11 - 'Fire & Ice' #12 - 'Wednesday's Child' #15 - 'Even The Least Among Us' #17 - 'Blood War' #19 - 'Genesis Rising' JLA (1997)
#17 - 'Prometheus Unbound' #18 - 'Synchronicity' #19 - 'Seven Soldiers of Probability' #20 - 'Mystery in Space' #21 - 'Strange New World' #24 - 'Executive Action' #25 - 'Scorched Earth' #26 - 'Our Army at War' #27 - 'The Bigger They Come...' #32 - 'Inside Job' #33 - 'Altered Egos' #36 - 'World War Three, Part One' #37 - 'World War Three, Part Two' #38 - 'World War Three, Part Three' #39 - 'World War Three, Part Four' #40 - 'World War Three, Part Five' #41 - 'World War Three, Part Six: Mageddon' #112 - 'Syndicate Rules Part Six: Divided' #113 - 'Syndicate Rules Part Seven: Worlds in the Balance' #120 - 'Requiem for a League' #1000000 - 'Prisoners Of The Twentieth Century' JLA (2001)
#3 - 'Die Märchenkönigin' #4 - 'Justice Leagues Teil 1 Des Zwielichts letzter Glanz' #5 - 'Justice Leagues Teil 4: Herr über das Irrenhaus' JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (1997)
#8 - 'Aus den geheimen Archiven 2' JLA 80-Page Giant (1998)
JLA in Crisis Secret Files (1998)
JLA Secret Files (1997)
JLA Special (1998)
#4 - 'Green Lantern/Green Arrow' JLA-Z (2003)
#2 - 'Green Lantern to The Lord of Time' JLA: Primeval (1999)
JLA: The Nail (1998)
JLA: The Ultimate Guide to The Justice League of America (2002)
JLA: World Without Grown-Ups (1998)
JLA/Titans (1998)
#1 - 'One of Ours' #2 - 'the Generation Gap' #3 - 'All in the Family' JSA (1999)
#36 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 4: Time-Bound' #37 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 5: Crossing Over' #67 - 'The Autopsy' Justice League America (1989)
Annual 05 - 'Tomorrow's League Today!' #27 - 'Mindsnap' #28 - 'A Date with Density!' #29 - 'Nabu in My Mind' #30 - 'Teenage Biker Mega-Death!' #40 - 'Hell on Earth' Justice League International (1987)
Annual #2 - 'Hit or Miss!' Special #1 - 'The Show Must Go On... and On... and On... and On...' #7 - 'Justice League... International!' #14 - 'Shop... Or Die' #15 - 'Gnort and South' #16 - 'Bialya, My Bialya' #17 - 'Only The Dead Know Bialya!' #18 - 'Where No League Has Gone Before' #19 - 'No More Mr. Nice-Guy' #20 - 'If It's Tuesday, This Must Be -- Apokolips!' #21 - 'Apokolips... Wow!' #24 - 'Across A Crowded Room...' Justice League International (2008)
HC vol. 01 - 'Justice League International, Vol. 1' Justice League of America (1960)
#183 - 'Where Have All The New Gods Gone?' #184 - 'Crisis Between Two Earths' #185 - 'Crisis On Apokolips Or Darkseid Rising!' Justice League of America: Another Nail (2004)
Justice League Sourcebook (1990)
Justice League Wedding Special (2007)
#1 - 'Unlimited, Chapter 1: Injustice League' Justice Leagues: JL? (2001)
#1 - 'Justice Leagues Part I: Twighlight's Last Gleaming' Justice Leagues: JLA (2001)
#1 - 'Justice Leagues Part VI: Dawn's Early Light' Justice Leagues: Justice League of Amazons (2001)
#1 - 'Justice Leagues Part II: Jungle Work' Justice Leagues: Justice League of Arkham (2001)
#1 - 'Justice Leagues Part IV: Taking Over the Asylum' Justice Society of America (2007)
#39 - 'Our Last Best Hope' Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (2012)
Legion Secret Files 3003 (2004)
#1 - 'The Earth Spins Presents: The Legion Secret Files 3003' Lobo (1993)
#50 - 'Dead Heroes Don't' Martian Manhunter (1998)
#7 - 'My Brother's Keeper' #8 - 'Abandon All Hope' #9 - 'The Burning Grave' Mister Miracle (1971)
#4 - 'The Closing Jaws Of Death' #5 - 'Murder Machine' #6 - 'Funky Flashman' #7 - 'Apokolips Trap' #8 - 'The Battle Of The Id' #9 - 'Himon!' #10 - 'The Mister Miracle To Be' #11 - 'The Greatest Show Off Earth!' #12 - 'Mystivac!' #13 - 'The Dictator's Dungeon' #14 - 'The Quick And The Dead' #15 - 'The Secret Gun' #16 - 'Shilo Norman, Super Trouble' #18#19 - 'It's All in the Mine' #21 - 'Command Performance!' #23 - ' As Ethos Is My Judge...!' #25 - 'Doom Unto Others...!' Mister Miracle (1989)
#1 - 'Be It Ever So Humble' #2 - 'Doctor's Orders' #3 - 'Father's Day' #4 - 'Dark Days' #5 - 'Out of the Dark!' #6 - 'Barking up the Wrong Tree' #7 - 'Just Another Day' #8 - 'With an Ivo Here, an Ivo There, an Ivo, Ivo Everywhere...!' #9 - 'Hero is a Four Letter Word' #10 - 'This Town Isn't Big Enough for Both of Us!' #11 - 'What? And Give Up Show Business?' #12 - 'Head of the Clash' #13 - 'A Fine Kettle of Fish' #14 - 'Eating Pain' #15 - 'Power Fantasy' #16 - 'The Sewer Sticks' #17 - 'Fury Hath No Females Like Apokolips' #18 - 'Apokolips Then and Now' #19 - 'Mutants' #20 - 'How Can I Say You're Missing If You Won't Go Away?' #21 - 'Movin' Day' #23 - 'A Tale of Two Miracles' #24 - 'The Lump That Came to Campus' #25 - 'Bad 'n Beautiful: The Babes of Bodyslam!' #26 - 'Food for Villainy' #27 - 'Party Up!' #28 - 'God-Spawn' Mister Miracle (1996)
#1 - 'Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make' #2 - '... Nor Iron Bars a Jail' #3 - 'Freedom's Not Just Another Word...' #4 - '... For Everything Left to Lose' #5 - 'Free, Like a Child!' #6 - 'Sometimes The Only Escape is No Escape' Mister Miracle Special (1987)
#1 - 'No Escape from Destiny!!!' Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm (2012)
Artbook - 'Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm' New Gods (1989)
#9 - 'The Bloodline Saga Part Three' New Gods Secret Files (1998)
Orion (2000)
#5 - 'Day of Wrath' #13 - 'The Ordering of Earth!' #25 - 'Children of the Pact!' Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 (2000)
#1 - 'Guide to the DC Universe 2000' Secret Origins (1986)
Shadowpact (2006)
#12 - 'Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword' Sovereign Seven (1995)
Starman (1994)
#48 - 'Stars My Destination, Part 1: Starman Blues' Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
#8 - 'Crisis in Blue Valley' Suicide Squad (1987)
#32 - 'Steel Trap' #34 - 'Armagetto' #35 - 'That Hideous Strength' #36 - 'In Final Battle' #37 - 'Threads' Superboy (1994)
#25 - 'Whom the Gods Would Destroy!' #60 - 'Big Bang Theory!' Superboy & The Ravers (1996)
#14 - 'Genesis Suicide Squad' Supergirl (1996)
Superman (1987)
#3 - 'Legends from the Darkside' #65 - 'Head Man' #66 - 'Our Army At War' #128 - 'Genesis Anew' Superman (1996)
Superman Album (1989)
Superman Confidential (2007)
Superman vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now! (2003)
Superman: Distant Fires (1998)
Superman: King of the World (1999)
Superman: The Man of Steel (1991)
#10 - 'Tidal Wave!' #20 - 'Funeral Day' #43 - '--Deathtrap!' #64 - 'Into the Fire!' Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (1995)
Superman/Aliens 2: God War (2002)
#1 - 'Part One' #2 - 'Part Two' #3 - 'Part Three' #4 - 'Part Four' Superman/Batman (2003)
The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#112 - 'The Impossible Escape' #128 - 'Death by the Ounce' The DC Comics Encyclopedia (2004)
HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia' HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded' The Fourth World Gallery (1996)
#1 - 'Jack Kirby's Fourth World Gallery' The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) (1999)
#1 - 'Avatar Rising' #5 - 'To Serve and Protect' The Legion (2001)
#26 - 'Foundations, Part Two' #30 - 'Foundations: The Final Chapter' The New Gods (1995)
#13 - 'Night of the Falling Sky' #14 - 'The Gathering Storm' #15 - 'Closing the Ring' The Spectre (1992)
War of the Gods (1991)
#4 - 'In The Beginning... There Was The End' Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
#11 - 'Big Barda To Wanderers' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#2 - 'Automan to Blackhawk Island' #8 - 'Fatal Five to Garguax' #16 - 'Mr. Terrific to Nightmaster' Wonder Woman (1987)
#126 - 'Where Have All the Heroes Gone?' #174 - 'The Witch & the Warrior Part One' #175 - 'Joker: Last Laugh: The Witch & the Warrior Part Two: Girl Frenzy' Young Justice 80-Page Giant (1999)
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