Queen Clea (Earth-Two)

Queen Clea
Mainstream Universe‎, 1930s-1950s
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Real Name	Clea
Main Alias	Queen Clea
Relatives	Ptra (daughter)
Affiliation	Villainy, Inc.
Base Of Operations	Venturia, Atlantis
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Race	Atlantean
Citizenship	Atlantean
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Queen
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two
Creators	William Moulton Marston · Harry G. Peter
First Appearance	Wonder Woman #8 (March, 1944)

Queen Clea was an enemy of Wonder Woman and member of Villainy, Inc.

History

As Queen of a crumbling, submerged, Atlantean outpost named Venturia, Queen Clea enslaved the men of her realm and amused herself by putting many to death in gladiatorial combat. Desiring extended rule, Clea repeatedly and unsuccessfully attacked Venturia's flourishing sister city of Aurania and captured ships of sailors as slaves. She was eventually successful in her attempts to conquer Aurania, capturing Queen Eeras of Aurania and Wonder Woman. The rightful queen quickly escaped with the aid of her Amazonian ally and together they rescued the sailors and freed Aurania. Despite these failures, Clea expanded her ambition towards domination over the entire lost continent of Atlantis. In order to do this, Clea stole the fabled Trident of Poseidon to make herself virtually unstoppable.

When Clea took her battle to the surface world she battled against Wonder Woman in the 1940s, and was defeated. Clea then teamed with the original Villainy Inc. in order to overtake Wonder Woman but this did not work out either.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Atlantean Physiology: Queen Clea can swim at incredible speeds and can withstand the pressure of the ocean at great depths. Adapted for breathing underwater and resisting deep-sea-level pressure.
  • Self-Sustenance: Part of her Atlantean heritage; she can breathe underwater and on land for extended periods. She can also resist deep sea pressure and swimming speeds at great length.
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability

Abilities

• Swimming

Weaknesses

• Asphyxiation: Atlanteans can only exist outside of water for a limited period of time or else they will dehydrate, asphyxiate and ultimately die.
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Trident of Poseidon: Mystical trident belonging to the Olympian God of the oceans Poseidon.
• Devitamizer: A substance used by vaporizing it into a type of knock out gas.

Notes

• This version of Queen Clea (Earth-Two), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 8 Appearances of Queen Clea (Earth-Two)
• 3 Images featuring Queen Clea (Earth-Two)
• Quotations by or about Queen Clea (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Queen Clea (Earth-Two)

External Links

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Footnotes

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