Tezcatlipoca (DC Comics)

Left: the New 52 Tezcatlipoca I in Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #53 (August 2018), art by ACO and Hugo Petrus.
Right: Tezcatlipoca II pounces in Green Arrow (vol. 2) #102 (November 1995); art by Rodolfo Damaggio.

Tezcatlipoca is a name used by two distinct fictional characters appearing as supervillains in DC Comics publications and related media.

The first Tezcatlipoca is a character based on the eponymous Aztec mythological figure,^[1] a powerful deity of conflict, nighttime and sorcery, who commonly appears as a recurring adversary of the superheroes Wonder Woman and Aztek. He debuted as a treacherous ally of Wonder Woman's foe Circe in 1984's Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #314 by writer Dan Mishkin and illustrator Don Heck, and went on to battle Wonder Woman several times as an independent agent. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Tezcatlipoca was re-imagined by creative team Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and N. Steven Harris as an enemy for Uno, the titular hero of their 1996 ongoing series Aztek, the Ultimate Man. In World War III, Tezcatlipoca is revealed to be the planet-destroying machine Mageddon, and Aztek sacrifices himself to defeat him. Tezcatlipoca is returned to his roots as an Aztec god after DC's Rebirth relaunch, battling Nayeli Constant (the second Aztek), Wonder Woman and Artemis in 2018's Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #53-54.

The second Tezcatlipoca, Chama Sierra, is a human who can transform into a humanoid jaguar and believes himself to be the earthly avatar of the eponymous Aztec god. He has commonly appeared as an adversary of the superhero Connor Hawke, debuting in 1995's Green Arrow (vol. 2) #102, by writer Chuck Dixon and illustrator Rodolfo Damaggio.