Rita Farr (New Earth)



Real Name: Rita Farr Nicknames: No known nicknames Former Aliases: No known former aliases Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases

Status
Occupation: Occupation unknown Status: Deceased Identity: Secret Marital Status: Marital status unknown Group Affiliation: No known group affiliation Base of Operations: Base of operations unknown

Origin
According to the Doom Patrol series, Rita Farr was an Hollywood actress who was exposed to unusual volcanic gases while shooting a film in Africa. When Farr recovered, she discovered that she could grow or shrink her body at will from microscopic to thousands of feet tall. Elasti-Girl later enhanced her powers to enlarge one limb at a time. Unfortunately, her powers were slowly killing her. She was the sole member of original Doom Patrol who died during the series and remained dead thereafter. When writer-artist John Byrne rebooted the Doom Patrol in 2004, Elasti-Girl was among the original Doom Patrol members to be reintroduced.

Place of Birth: Place of birth unknown Place of Death: REMOVE THIS LINE IF STILL ACTIVE Known Relatives: No known relatives First Appearance: My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) Final Appearance: REMOVE THIS LINE IF STILL ACTIVE

History
Rita Farr was an impetuous young actress whose life was touched by tragedy while filming a movie on location in Africa. Insistent upon doing her own swimming stunts in a nearby cave, Rita was accidentally swept over a waterfall. Miles downstream, she was thrown onto an uncharted terrain dotted with craters from which escaped mysterious vapors, Dragging herself away, she was nevertheless overcome by the strange gases and collapsed into a coma. Fortunately Rita was discovered by a rescue party and nursed back to health regaining consciousness several days later. her terror, though, she found that the volcanic gases had affected her horribly causing her to grow to giant proportions or shrink to tiny size alt at random times and always beyond her control.

Rita gave up her career and went into hiding; as a perfect girt who had always been treated like a fragile china doll, she was paranoid and afraid of how others might view her "freakish" power. In the following months, she learned to master it and was subsequently contacted by a crippled scientist named Dr. Niles Caulder, a.k.a. "The Chief.' He convinced Rita that she could put her ability to use for the greater good and made her a member of his team of super-heroes, the Doom Patrol.

Although Rita was initially attracted to fellow teammate Negative Man, she eventually lost her heart to a self-aggrandizing billionaire named Steve Dayton who went so far as to adopt the super-hero identity Mento in order to impress her. After their marriage, Rita continued her association with the Doom Patrol despite Dayton's open antagonism towards them. Together, Steve and Rita adopted orphan Garfield Logan, the teen-age hero called Beast Boy (who would eventually become the Titan known as Changeling).

The Chief ultimately discovered that the same process that gave Rita her powers had radically shortened her life span, and he began searching for a way to make her normal once more. He never got the chance, however; during their final case, the original Doom Patrol was apparently destroyed in an explosion, choosing to sacrifice themselves to their enemies rather than allow the men and women of a small fishing village to be killed. Since that time, it has been revealed that the Chief, Robotman, and Negative Man - all of Elasti-Girl's teammates - survived the explosion. Rita, sadly, did not. She will be forever remembered for her heroism.

Characteristics
Height: x'xx" Weight: xxx lbs (xxx kg) Eyes: Eye colour unknown Hair: Hair colour unknown Skin: Skin type unknown (REMOVE THIS LINE IF SKIN IS NORMAL HUMAN COLOUR) Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers
Known Powers: Originally, Elasti-GirI could grow to tremendous size or shrink to tiny, but not microscopic, proportions. Each size-change brought about a commensurate increase or decrease in mass and strength. With some practice, she refined that power to include the ability to grow any part of her body to giant size, as well. As a civilian, Rita Farr was an accomplished actress known worldwide for her talent and beauty, as well as for having won a Olympic gold medal in swimming. Known Abilities: No known abilities. Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous
Equipment: No known equipment. Transportation: No known transportation. Weapons: No known weapons.