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Tala is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is an evil demonic sorcerer who first appeared as an adversary of the Phantom Stranger. Tala first appeared in Phantom Stranger (vol. 2) #4, and was created by Neal Adams and Robert Kanigher.

Tala, the Queen of Evil, is an evil mystical entity and the mistress of the Dark Circle.^[1] Her agenda often consists of tricking mortals into doing evil deeds, or unleashing the apocalypse onto the modern world. She frequently confronts the Phantom Stranger, usually along with Doctor Thirteen, by using her powers to enslave mortals.

In post-Crisis continuity, Tala is a demon and mistress of Hell. She is known for either trying to doom mortals' souls to ruin or aiming to unleash apocalyptic evils upon the world.

• Tala appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Juliet Landau.^[2] This version is a member of Project Cadmus in the second season and Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society in the third season, serving as a magic specialist in both groups. After Lex Luthor takes control of the Society and imprisons Grodd, Tala swears allegiance and attempts to form a relationship with the former. Tala releases Grodd to incite a mutiny, but Luthor kills the latter and forces Tala to power a machine to revive Brainiac. She dies in the process, but she resurrects Darkseid instead as a final act of revenge.^[3]
  • Tala appears in issue #37 of the Justice League Unlimited tie-in comic book series.
• Tala appears in DC Universe Online as a vendor in the Hall of Doom's Magic Wing and the final boss of the "Hand of Fate" DLC.^[2][4]
• Tala appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[5]

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Tapeworm is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Tapeworm is a worm-themed villain who was imprisoned by the OMAC beneath Blüdhaven.^[6]

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Elliot Taylor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Elliot Taylor is a private in the US Army during World War II who was nearly killed by a land mine. Professor Mazursky and his team of surgeons at Project M were able to repair Taylor's body in a form that resembles Frankenstein's monster. However, they are unable to restore Taylor's vocal cords, leaving him mute. Taylor goes on to join the Creature Commandos under the codename Patchwork.^[7]

• Elliot Taylor appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Four Star Spectacular!", voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.^[8]
• Elliot Taylor appears in the "Creature Commandos" segment of DC Nation Shorts, voiced by Kevin Shinick.^[8]
• Elliot Taylor makes a non-speaking appearance in DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock.^[8]

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Teen Lantern is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Keli Quintela is an young girl who found a dying Green Lantern and obtained his Green Lantern Power Battery, hacking a gauntlet to access its powers without the knowledge of the Green Lantern Corps, using it to become a superhero known as the Teen Lantern.

Bruno Tess is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Bruno Tess is a mob boss from Gotham City who works for the Penguin until being murdered by the Scarecrow when mutated into the Scarebeast.

Bruno Tess appears in The Penguin, portrayed by Daniel J. Watts. This version is an enforcer working under Oz Cobb.

Malcolm Thawne is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as Cobalt Blue, an enemy of the Flash.^[9] The character was created by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, and first appeared in Speed Force #1 (November 1997). He is the twin brother of Barry Allen, an enemy of Wally West, and a distant ancestor of Eobard Thawne.

Malcolm was raised as the son of con artists (Hugo Thawne and Charlene Thawne) who lure unsuspecting victims. He learned in Central City that he's actually Henry Allen's and Nora Allen's son who Asa Gilmore used to cover Hugo's and Charlene's true child's accidental killing, resulting in him tracking down and murdering the doctor in a rage. His grandmother helped train him as he was fueled by rage and jealousy to utilize the Blue Flame Talisman capable of stealing super-speed.^[9][10] His first attempt against Barry ended in failure,^[11] and he was absorbed into the Blue Flame Talisman, only to re-emerge years later after Barry's death during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" with Wally as a successor. Apparently having been cheated out of his dreams of revenge, Malcolm instead focused on his brother's descendants traveling through time in a bid to exterminate. His Cobalt Blue identity ignited a family feud that endured for a millennium. The feud came to a head in the late 30th century, where Barry was living with Iris Allen and Wally arrived as protection. Various speedsters (including Jay Garrick, the Tornado Twins, and XS) are under the control of Thawne's spirit as each one carried a shard of the Blue Flame Talisman.^[12] After defeating the other speedsters,^[13] Thawne's menace ended with Wally overloading the Blue Flame Talisman with the Speed Force's energy.^[14]

• Cobalt Blue appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[15]
• A character based on Malcolm Thawne / Cobalt Blue named Eddie Thawne appears in The Flash (2014), portrayed by Rick Cosnett.^{[16][17][18][19]} This version is a colleague of Barry Allen, boyfriend of Iris West-Allen, and a direct ancestor of Eobard Thawne. In the first season, Eddie works as a detective of the Central City Police Department with Allen, Iris and Joe West until he sacrifices himself to kill Eobard. In the ninth season, the Negative Speed Force resurrects Eddie as Mercury Labs' scientist Malcolm Gilmore in the year 2049. He utilizes the Cobalt-97 crystal to turn himself into a speedster, and recruits Eobard, Zoom, Savitar and Godspeed to help him fight Team Flash, but his allies are defeated. Eddie overcomes the Negative Speed Force's influence and reconciles with Allen.

Robern Thawne is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, first appeared in The Flash (vol. 3) #8 (March 2011).

Robert Thawne is the younger brother of Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash. In the future, the Thawne siblings never got along as children which gets worse as adults; Robern is a police officer who interrupts Eobard's reckless research before the Reverse-Flash's future self erased his own brother from existence to prevent interference.^[20]

Thoth, also known as Zehuti, is a deity in DC Comics, an interpretation of Thoth from Egyptian mythology. In the DC Universe, Thoth serves as an Egyptian figure who has empowered numerous characters, including Black Adam (and the Black Marvel Family) with his powers of wisdom, the both iterations of Ibis the Invincible with the Ibistick, and the Khalid Nassour incarnation of Doctor Fate.

In the Doctor Fate series debuting during "The New 52", Thoth is credited as the creator of the Amulet of Thoth (formerly the Amulet of Anubis) and Helmet of Fate (now named the Helmet of Thoth and the Mask of Thoth) that trapped his servant Nabu within it for unknown reasons. He is first mentioned numerous times by several characters during the "Blood Price" storyline, with Khalid Nassour being chosen to bear his helm. Later, Khalid summons him to help defeat Anubis, after which he gives Khalid the Staff of Power.^[21]

Thunderer is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics

The Thunderer is an alien demagogue who came from another dimension and wanted to take over the Earth before being opposed by Metamorpho and Element Girl. He traps the two in a sub-atomic universe before they escape and two elders of Thunderer's species arrive to punish him.^[22]

A Thunderer appears as a member of the Futurist Militia.^[23]

An alternate universe variant of Thunderer from Earth-7 appears in The Multiversity. He is a Mowanjum weather god and member of the Justice League.^[24][25]

The Earth-7 incarnation of Thunderer makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Tiger-Man is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The first Tiger-Man is a criminal in a tiger costume who fought Robotman and Robbie the Robot Dog.^[26]

Dean Farr and his brother Desmond Farr met Buck Wargo when they were investigating the legend of the Tiger-Man. Dean would end up turned into a Tiger-Man.^[27]

Tiger-Man would later be killed in an accident.^[28]

Desmond Farr is the brother of Dean Farr who joined him in meeting Buck Wargo when they were investigating the legend of the Tiger-Man.^[27]

After Dean died in an accident, Desmond became the second Tiger-Man and later allied with Green Lantern.^[28]

In New History of the DC Universe, Desmond is stated to have been a member of the short-lived Justice Alliance when the Justice Society of America disbanded and its members disappeared.^[29]

Dean and Desmond Farr appear in Superman, portrayed by Jonah Lees and Christian Lees respectively. These versions are employees of LexCorp who work in the control hub helping to operate Ultraman. Following Ultraman's defeat, Dean and Desmond are among those arrested by the military police.

The Time Trapper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #317 (February 1964).

The Time Trapper was originally depicted as a robed warlord from the extremely distant future, well past the 31st century that the Legion of Super-Heroes originate from.^[30] Later, it was revealed that the Time Trapper was a member of the alien Controllers.^[31] Later stories stated that the Time Trapper was not a Controller, giving the character a series of contradictory origins. These various backstories include him being Cosmic Boy,^[32] Superboy-Prime,^[33] a living embodiment of entropy,^[34] a sentient alternate timeline,^[35] and Doomsday.^[36][37]

In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, the Time Trapper uses Superboy-Prime as a tool to destroy the link between Superman and the Legion.^[38] He brings Superman and the Legion to the end of time, where he attempts to kill them and is revealed to be an older Superboy-Prime.^[33] During the battle, Saturn Girl watches as the Trapper's "S" scar on his chest gains a slash across it as it simultaneously happens to Prime in the past. With this evidence, Brainiac 5 theorizes that the Time Trapper is a sentient timeline whose identity changes constantly as the main timeline evolves, explaining the multiple identity changes he has gone through in each incarnation. Superboy-Prime refuses to believe that the Trapper is his future self and punches him, creating a blinding flash that returns Prime to his home universe of Earth-Prime and destroys the current incarnation of the Trapper.^[35]

• The Time Trapper appears in JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, voiced by Corey Burton.^[39] This version is a dark matter entity who is imprisoned in the Eternity Glass, exists outside of time, and is immune to any alterations made to it.
• The Time Trapper appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[15]
• The Time Trapper appears in All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7.

Titan is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Titan is a massive green-skinned warrior who is one of the New Gods of Apokolips and member of Darkseid's Elite. In his earlier history, Titan led an attack on New Genesis during the war between New Genesis and Apokolips. After Titan was the only survivor of an ambush, Darkseid had Titan remanded to the dungeon for 50 years. Some years later, Darkseid released Titan and gave him an opportunity to redeem himself by heading to Earth to abduct Brigadier General Maxwell Torch, who is in possession of a fragment of the Anti-Life Equation. This led to Titan battling Orion, who was there to protect Torch from Titan. Orion was able to fend off Titan.^[40]

Titan is one of the Children of Cronus and was unknown to the mortals like Arch, Disdain, Harrier, Oblivion, and Slaughter. He resembled a floating darkness with various human-shaped faces. Titan was among Cronus' dark children who helped empower Cronus' creation Devastation, granting her superhuman strength, enhanced durability, and a healing factor.^[41]

Tokamak is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #15 (August 1983) as Henry Hewitt and became Tokamak in The Fury of Firestorm #18 (November 1983).

Tokamak is the identity taken by Henry Hewitt, the chief executive officer of the Hewitt Corporation and high level director in the 2000 Committee, after subjecting himself to a recreation of the accident that created Firestorm.^[42] Much later, to cure a terminal disease, he creates a clone of himself which he merges with. He creates the identity of Victor Hewitt to inherit his own company and sets out to create nuclear meltdowns across the globe to empower himself. He is stopped by Firestorm, Firehawk, and Pozhar. He is killed when Firestorm separates him from his clone.^[43]

Tokamak has the ability to trap objects in energy rings and either compress them or break down their structural integrity.

• Henry Hewitt appears in The Flash, portrayed by Demore Barnes.
  • The Earth-1 version appears in the episode "The Fury of Firestorm".^[44] This version is a scientist with anger issues and a criminal past who was affected by Eobard Thawne's particle accelerator and gained a connection to the Firestorm matrix. As a result, the Flash and his allies at S.T.A.R. Labs select Hewitt to become Martin Stein's new partner. But when the fusion fails, Hewitt gains uncontrollable nuclear powers which he uses to fight the Flash, only to be defeated by Stein and Jefferson "Jax" Jackson, both of whom successfully became Firestorm, and imprisoned in S.T.A.R. Labs' metahuman holding cells.
  • Additionally, an Earth-2 doppelganger of Hewitt appears in the episodes "Welcome to Earth-2" and "Escape from Earth-2" as a benevolent S.T.A.R. Labs scientist employed by Harry Wells.^[45]

Joey Toledo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Joey Toledo was a drug dealer working for the 100. During a fight with Black Lightning, he is killed by Talia al Ghul and the League of Assassins after they become involved when trying to reclaim Merlyn's services.^[46]

In the DC Rebirth relaunch, Toledo is resurrected and appears as a sleazy small-time entrepreneur before Tobias Whale's right-hand woman Miss Pequod kills him.^[47]

Joey Toledo appears in the first season of Black Lightning, portrayed by Eric Mendenhall. This version is Tobias Whale's right-hand man and co-enforcer.

Derek Tolliver is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Derek Tolliver is the liaison between the Suicide Squad and the US government. He later turns on the team and Amanda Waller, for which he is killed by Rick Flag.^[48] Tolliver was created by John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski, and first appeared in Firestorm (vol. 2) #64 (October 1987).

An adaptation of Derek Tolliver, renamed Dexter Tolliver appears in Suicide Squad, portrayed by David Harbour. This version is the National Security Advisor of the United States who supports the creation and use of Task Force X.

The Toy is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The Toy was the only surviving member candidates for the second iteration of the Brotherhood of Dada gathered by Mr. Nobody. She arrived late the day Mr. Nobody enacted his plan, and found all the members of the Brotherhood already had been killed.

Trajectory is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics..

Eliza Harmon was originally from Manchester, Alabama, and a fan of the Flash and Kid Flash. She was selected to participate in Lex Luthor's Everyman Project and join Infinity, Inc.^[49] She successfully becomes a speedster, but she is unable to decelerate without the use of the drug "Sharp".^[50] Natasha Irons helps Trajectory maintain her place on Infinity Inc. until Luthor strips her powers, leading to Trajectory being killed by the third Blockbuster.^[51]

• Eliza Harmon / Trajectory appears in a self-titled episode of The Flash, portrayed by Allison Paige.^[52] This version is a scientist at Mercury Labs who helped Caitlin Snow develop the Velocity-9 formula and reverse-engineered it to use for herself. Manifesting an alternate personality called "Trajectory" to justify her actions, she wreaks havoc in Central City until the Flash defeats her. Nonetheless, she takes another dose of Velocity-9 and disintegrates.
• Trajectory appears in Young Justice, voiced by Zehra Fazal.^[53]

Tremor is a name shared by multiple characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics..

David Hsu was a supervillain and enemy of Fly (Jason Troy).^[54]

Tremor II was a supervillain and member of the Superior Five.^[55]

Roshanna Chatterji was a superhero and member of The Movement. She is asexual.^[56]

Tribulus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Tribulus is a mindless brute, who was part of a bounty hunter team in pursuit of Vril Dox, who managed to sway him into his R.E.B.E.L.S. team by stealing the cortical implant used to control Tribulus. Tribulus assisted the team into defeating Starro and became Dox's bodyguard.

Tsunami is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The character first appeared in All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984) and was created by Roy Thomas and Rick Hoberg.

Miya Shimadi is a Nisei who grew up in Santa Barbara, California, prior to World War II. Due to prejudice against Japanese-Americans, she suffered in the period leading up to the entry of America into the war and joins the cause of the Imperial Japanese government. Over time, she becomes disillusioned by the dishonorable conduct of those she is working with and eventually changes sides. In stories set in contemporary settings, she has a daughter named Debbie with Neptune Perkins.

The second Tsunami is a supervillain who was created by Robby Reed's Master form from the cell sample of an unidentified human. She can create tidal waves and was partnered with fellow creation Distortionex. Both villains were defeated by Chris King and Vicki Grant. To make sure the judge doesn't allow them to walk, Chris and Vicki had to disguise two of their hero forms as the superheroes that defeated Tsunami and Distortionex.^[57]

The Miya Shimada incarnation of Tsunami appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[15]

Tusk is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

John Brandt is a businessman-turned-criminal who gets his name from the tusks that are growing from his lower jaw. He plotted revenge against the business partners who cheated him and was defeated by Atom.^[58]

Tusk is a New God of Apokolips who works for Darkseid under the rank of Commander.^[59]

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The third Tusk is an unnamed metahuman crime lord who sports his namesakes and skin similar to that of an elephant.^[60]

The third incarnation of Tusk appears in Batman: Bad Blood, voiced by John DiMaggio.^[61]

Typhoon is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The first Typhoon is an agent of O.G.R.E. and lover of the criminal Huntress. The pair battle Aquaman and Mera, who discover that they are working for the organization under threat of death. Mera persuades Typhoon and Huntress to turn on their masters.^[62]

David Drake, the second incarnation of Typhoon, was created by Gerry Conway and Jim Starlin and first appeared in Flash #294 (February 1981).

David Drake is a research scientist at Concordance Research who works with fellow scientist Martin Stein to develop a new bathysphere prototype. Drake designs the housing of the vessel, while Stein develops the small nuclear reactor that was to be the craft's power source. Following a nuclear explosion, Drake becomes a weather-manipulating metahuman and enemy of Firestorm.^[63]

In Infinite Crisis and Forever Evil, Typhoon appears as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.^[64][65][66] In Final Crisis, he is among the villains controlled by the Anti-Life Equation.^[67]

In Doomsday Clock, David Drake is retconned to have been a metahuman whose powers were activated in a "controlled accident" orchestrated by the Department of Metahuman Affairs after he was discovered to have the metagene.^[68]

Typhoon generates a whirlwind around the lower half of his body that enables him to fly or hover.^[69] Typhoon can also project lightning from his fingertips, channeling the energy at times as powerful electric blasts.^[70] Typhoon can also generate storms of tremendous strength that generate tornadoes and driving hail.^[71] Typhoon can also grow in size relevant to size of the storm system he is generating. At times, he has grown larger than a skyscraper when generating a storm system of sufficient strength.^[72]