Terra (character)

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Terra is the name used by multiple  characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first Terra, Tara Markov, joins the Teen Titans as a double agent for Deathstroke. Markov was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, and debuted in New Teen Titans #26 (December 1982).

The second Terra, a more heroic doppelgänger of Tara Markov, debuted in New Titans #79 (September 1991) and was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett.

The third Terra, Atlee, debuted in Supergirl (vol. 5) #12 (January 2007) and was created by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Amanda Conner.

Publication history

The character was created with an intended finite life span. Co-creator Pérez stated that he and Marv Wolfman knew, "from the very start, that this girl was going to be a traitor and that we were going to kill this character off." When creating the look of the character, Pérez noted that: