Amethyst (DC)

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Amethyst is a DC comics superhero. She was raised on Earth as Amy Winston. At the age of thirteen, she discovered that she was actually a princess from another dimension called Gemworld. Learning that the evil ruler Dark Opal wanted to destroy her, she returned home to overthrow him.

In the DC Nation short Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, she is voiced by Sophie Oda (who previously portrayed Barbara Brownstein in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) and in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year, she is voiced by Cristina Pucelli (who also voices Miss Martian and Luan Loud in Nickelodeon's The Loud House).

History[]

Amethyst's premise was initially pitched to DC Comics under the name Changeling, as its main character was left on Earth as an infant. This name, however, was then in use by another DC teen hero, Beast Boy. Dan Mishkin decided on "Amethyst" as a replacement, which in turn inspired the jewel-themed naming of other characters in the series and the nature of Gemworld as a whole.

Amethyst first appeared as a special insert in The Legion of Super-Heroes #298 (April 1983). Her original story began shortly afterward in the twelve-issue Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld limited series in 1983, written and created by Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn with the late Ernie Colón as the artist. The initial 12-issue limited series (identified by DC Comics as a "maxi-series") establishes Gemworld, Amethyst's identity, and introduces several of her recurring villains. The limited series was followed by a 1984 annual and a sixteen-issue ongoing series. The ongoing series was followed by the 1986 Amethyst Special one-shot and a four-issue limited series that ended the character's adventures (pencilled by Esteban Maroto). There was also a one-shot with Superman in DC Comics Presents #63 (Nov. 1983).

The character re-emerged in 2005 after 18 years of sporadic appearances, in the Infinite Crisis mini-series. In June 2012 it was announced that Amethyst would make her debut in the rebooted The New 52 DC Universe as the main character of the new Sword of Sorcery. This lasted until May 2013, when Sword of Sorcery was cancelled.

Powers and Abilities[]

Amethyst possesses a host of powers, including flight, spell-casting, energy manipulation, matter transmutation and can tap other sources of magical energy to amplify her own powers. She is powerful enough to engage in battle with the Spectre and survive.

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