Leonardo da Vinci was a famed Italian renaissance painter, sculptor, engineer and writer.
History
Origins
Born as the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant girl, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence.
Pre-Crisis
Batman met da Vinci with Carter Nichols' help.[2] Da Vinci was once summoned by Lex Luthor and Joker with a time machine in order to help them in crimes.[3] Da Vinci created his own time machine and used it to summon Wonder Woman back to his time in order for her to aid his friend Lora, who was being targeted by a "witch hunter" who wanted her property.[4]
Post-Crisis
Michelle Carter once stood model for one of his best known paintings, the Mona Lisa. Intoxicated by her smile, he wished nothing more than to paint her. Fate wasn't so lucky when Michelle's brother took her back to Rome.[5]
With some trouble Da Vinci succeeded in recapturing Michelle's smile, but changed her hair and clothing to black -- the Mona Lisa was finished.
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect
- Gadgetry
- Mechanical Engineering
- Artistry: An immortal painter, and master of various other arts.
- Architecture
Notes
- This character is a fictional representation of Leonardo da Vinci, a real person. More information on this person can be found at Wikipedia.org.
- In the Pre-Crisis Multiverse, Earth-Two, Earth-S and Earth-One each had a separate and distinct da Vinci. On the Post-Crisis New Earth, those three characters were combined into one being.
Related
- 32 Appearances of Leonardo da Vinci (New Earth)
- 6 Images featuring Leonardo da Vinci (New Earth)
- Quotations by or about Leonardo da Vinci (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Leonardo da Vinci (New Earth)
Footnotes
- ↑ DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 The Secret Spell!
- ↑ Batman #46
- ↑ World's Finest #177
- ↑ Wonder Woman #57
- ↑ This Rome story was a cover up as she and Booster Gold returned to the time stream.