List of DC Comics characters: B
B'wana Beast
Zviad Baazovi
Baby Boom
Baby Boom is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.She was among the children who were experimented on by Doctor Love while they were still in their mother's womb, causing her to develop the ability to generate accelerate matter and generate explosions with her mind. She becomes a member of Helix and an enemy of Infinity, Inc.
Baby Wildebeest
Bad Samaritan
The Bad Samaritan is a reformed anti-villain, and former enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in The Outsiders #3. He is a former Soviet spymaster and eventually becomes the second White Queen's Bishop of Checkmate. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Baazovi is loyal to his native country of Georgia and shows a great deal of distrust for Russia. While working with a Russian White Queen and White Queen's Knight, Baazovi has shown to be cooperative despite their different political ideologies.Bad Samaritan in other media
- The Bad Samaritan appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
- Zviad Baazovi appears in Young Justice, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. This version is a psychic metahuman, a member of the Light, and Markovia's ambassador at the United Nations.
Lashawn Baez
Bag O' Bones
Buddy Baker
Jacob Baker
Anica Balcescu
Grace Balin
Sebastian Ballesteros
Ballistic
Balloon Man
Balloon Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Balloon Man is a size-shifting supervillain of indeterminate origin who fought the Metal Men.
Balloon Man in other media
- An unrelated version of Balloon Man appears in the Gotham episode "The Balloonman", portrayed by Dan Bakkedahl. This version is a social worker named Davis Lamond who secretly uses weather balloons to target corrupt people.
- Balloon Man appears in Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, voiced by Greg Davies.
Bane
Brenda Banks
Brek Bannin
Jason Bard
Bobby Barnes
Baron Bedlam
Baron Blitzkrieg
Baron Reiter
Jim Barr
Miguel Barragan
Barrage
Barrage is the name of a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Phillip Karnowski is a criminal who originally fought Maggie Sawyer and lost his right arm in the process. While incarcerated at Stryker's Island, he builds high-tech armor and a prosthetic arm. Using his technology, Karnowski attacks the Metropolis Police Department's Special Victims Unit to get revenge on Sawyer before being defeated by Superman.
Barrage later escapes and joins Morgan Edge's Superman Revenge Squad.
Barrage in other media
- Phillip Karnowski appears in the Supergirl episode "The Darkest Place", portrayed by Victor Zinck Jr. This version is a former Navy SEAL. who became a vigilante after his wife Julie was murdered. He frames Guardian for the attacks, but is defeated by him and arrested by the National City Police Department.
- Phillip Karnowski appears in the Superman & Lois episode "The Ties That Bind", portrayed by Shaw Madsen. This version is an arms and drug dealer.
Guillermo Barrera
Geoffrey Barron
Floyd Barstow
Javier Basualdo
Bat-Devil
Bat Lash
Bat-Mite
Hannibal Bates
Batgirl
Batman
The Batman Who Laughs
Batman Jones
Batman Jones is a Batman expert in the DC Universe.The character, created by Jack Schiff and Bill Finger, first appeared in Batman #108. A rebooted version appears in Battle for the Cowl interviewed by Vicki Vale.
Within the context of the stories, his parents were rescued by Batman shortly before Jones was born and they named him "Batman" as thanks. The boy grew up idolizing Batman and tried to become a crimefighter before he began collecting stamps. As an adult, he is an expert on Batman.
Battalion
Batwoman
Billy Batson
Battalion
Batwing
Batwoman
Simon Baz
Beard Hunter
Beard Hunter is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Ernest Franklin is a disturbed and closeted gay assassin of bearded men who is hired by the Bearded Gentlemen's Club of Metropolis to kill the Chief because he will not sell his beard to them. He cannot grow a beard due to a male hormone deficiency, as stated by his mother when she is visited by the police.
Beard Hunter in other media
- Beard Hunter appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Tommy Snider. This version is a bounty hunter with the ability to track down individuals by consuming their facial hair.
- Beard Hunter appears in a self-titled episode of Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Fred Tatasciore. This version is Australian.
Beast Boy
Beast Girl
Beast Girl is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1, and was created by writer Dennis Culver and artist Chris Burnham.Kareli is a girl whose metagene activated after she was attacked by coyotes during a hike, giving her an animalistic appearance and the ability to manipulate the emotions of others by affecting their amygdala. Kareli was rejected by her father, who saw her as a monster, and chased by a group of civilians, who she accidentally enraged with her powers. After being rescued by the Doom Patrol, Kareli was taken in and mentored by Niles Caulder and Flex Mentallo, who taught her to control and utilize her powers. Eventually, she was inducted into the Doom Patrol by the Chief, who was impressed with her performance.
During the Absolute Power event, Beast Girl loses her powers after being attacked by Amanda Waller's Amazo robots. After the Amazos are destroyed and the heroes regain their powers, Beast Girl is accidentally given Zookeeper's ability to transform into animals while retaining her original abilities.
Karen Beecher
Beefeater
Bekka
Burt Belker
Floyd Belkin
Shauna Belzer
Khalid Ben-Hassin
Angelo Bend
Andrew Bennett
May Bennett
Beppo
Helena Bertinelli
Andrea Beaumont
Sanjeet Bhatia
Bibbo Bibbowski
Big Barda
Big Sir
Delbert Billings
Billy Numerous
Billy Numerous is a character created for the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Jason Marsden. Numerous first appears as a student of the H.I.V.E. Academy who possesses the ability to clone himself. After H.I.V.E. is destroyed during Cyborg's confrontation with Brother Blood, Numerous and most of the other students become freelance villains.At some point, Numerous joins Jinx's H.I.V.E. Five and the Brotherhood of Evil. When the Brotherhood executes a worldwide strike against the Titans and their allies, Numerous and Gizmo are sent to capture Kole and Gnarrk, but are unsuccessful. Beast Boy and the remaining members of the Titans attack the Brotherhood's headquarters, with Numerous being subdued by Kid Flash.
Billy Numerous is introduced into the main comics continuity in the third volume of Cyborg.
Billy Numerous in other media
- Billy Numerous appears in the Teen Titans Go! tie-in comics.
- Billy Numerous appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Scott Menville.
Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky
The character, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1.
Bison-Black-as-Midnight-Sky is the great-grandfather of Black Bison and the last great shaman of the Bison Cult. He resents his great-grandson's disrespect for the cult's traditions. When he is killed by muggers in Central Park, he binds his spirit to a magical amulet that allows his spirit to influence his great-grandson when worn.
Bizarro
Danton Black
Mitchell Black
Black Adam
Black Alice
Black Arrow
Black Arrow was created by Otto Binder and George Papp, first appearing in Adventure Comics #143. He is a leader of a criminal gang, who creates the identity as part of a robbery scheme to outwit the Green Arrow.Black Beetle
Black Beetle is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as enemies of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold.Unnamed version
An unnamed individual posed as a future version of Blue Beetle. Black Beetle appears to Booster Gold and offers to help prevent Maxwell Lord from killing Ted Kord. They succeed, but their efforts create an alternate timeline where Lord's OMAC army have taken over the world. Kord sacrifices himself to return to the past and restore the timeline.Black Beetle later returns and manipulates the timeline, leading to Dick Grayson's death. He steals a Scarab from Trigon, becomes the Scarlet Scarab, and battles Jaime Reyes. Jaime allows him to escape due to being busy with his sister Milagro Reyes.
In Time Masters: Vanishing Point, Black Beetle attempts to steal Waverider's power before being defeated by the Time Masters and forced to flee.