| Zara | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Zara_by_Segovia.jpg) Zara in Wonder Woman (vol. 5) #41; art by Stephen Segovia. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Comic Cavalcade #5 (Winter 1943) |
| Created by | William Moulton Marston, Harry G. Peter |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | Villainy Inc. Cult of Crimson Flame |
| Abilities | Pyrokinesis |
Zara, Priestess of the Crimson Flame is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as a recurring adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman. Created by writer William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Peter, the fiery character debuted in 1943 in Comic Cavalcade #5 as a fraudulent cult leader who used advanced pyrogenic technology to delude and intimidate her followers, and to imperil her opposers. Armed with an arsenal of fire guns, flaming swords, flaming chains, and devices that could create solid constructs of fire, the Golden Age Zara clashed several times with Wonder Woman, both in the United States and at her cult's stronghold on the Arabian Peninsula. She subsequently became a member of Villainy Inc., a team of supervillains consisting of several other of Wonder Woman's foes, including the Cheetah, Doctor Poison and Giganta. The modern Zara is a powerful pyrokinetic capable of flight who serves as a fiery field operative of the vindictive pharmaceutical tycoon Veronica Cale.