List of DC Comics characters: C
Cain
Cassandra Cain
David Cain
David Cain is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Primarily associated with the Batman mythos, Cain first appeared in Batman #567, and was created by writer Kelley Puckett and artist Damion Scott. David is a world-class assassin, father of Cassandra Cain, and a former trainer of Bruce Wayne whose lethal teachings were rejected by the future hero.Fictional history
Becoming frustrated and a believer of eugenics, he decides to raise and father several children as assassins; he selects Sandra Wu-San and employs manipulation that included killing her sister to coerce her into having a child with him, Cassandra Cain, an act pivotal towards her becoming the ruthless master assassin "Lady Shiva". Raised by David in complete isolation and abused, she trained solely in body language and combat—at the expense of reading, writing, or speaking. She became one of the world's most lethal fighters, able to anticipate opponents' moves through their movements alone.Cain reemerges in Batman: No Man's Land, hired by Two-Face to assassinate Commissioner Gordon. Cassandra intervenes and saves Gordon. Cain, visibly shaken by his daughter's defiance and new ability to speak, leaves Gotham. Lex Luthor hires Cain to frame Bruce Wayne for the murder of Vesper Fairchild. However, Cain has an ulterior motive: determining whether or not Batman is worthy enough to raise Cassandra. In the One Year Later storyline, Robin captures Cain and offers him to the League of Assassins to rescue Cassandra—only to learn she has become their new leader under the influence of Deathstroke's mind-control serum. Cassandra shoots Cain, apparently killing him, though his body is never found.
David Cain is reintroduced in The New 52 continuity reboot as an assassin working for the villain named "Mother". He is paid to eliminate some of the most famous and powerful people on the planet, no matter how seemingly impossible the task.
Rex Calabrese
Rex Calabrese, nicknamed "The Lion", is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He debuted in Batman Eternal #14 during "The New 52" and was created by James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Ray Fawkes, John Layman, Tim Seeley, and Jason Fabok.Calabrese is a mob boss operating in Gotham City prior to Batman's times and wore sharp teeth dentures to evoke his namesake. After Jim Gordon was incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary for a crime that he did not commit by Lincoln March, he is visited by Batman as Gordon tells him about Calabrese and how he knew he would not stay on top forever. Gordon would later discover that his cellmate is Calabrese who was arrested under the alias of "Leo Leone". Using his lion-like dentures, he saves Gordon from one of Carmine Falcone's men. Afterwards, Calabrese mentioned to Jim that his daughter grew up without a father and only helped to protect any prison guards who had daughters of their own from going through the same thing that his daughter went through. As Falcone is taken out of Blackgate to be extradited to Hong Kong, he warns that Calabrese will take Gotham City for himself again.
A female nine-year-old messenger of Calabrese approaches Catwoman and leads her to Blackgate Penitentiary to meet him. Upon arrival, Calabrese reveals to Catwoman and he is her father and would like her to unify the crime families of Gotham City. He states to her that whatever last name she has, she can still enforce the natural order.
After the death of Jade McKillen, Catwoman visits Calabrese in Blackgate Penitentiary where she wants to make use of his contacts to help her unify the crime families of Gotham City.
Calabrese later speaks to Gordon stating how he knows that he is innocent of the crime that he was framed for. With Calabrese offering to get him out of Blackgate, Gordon declines and states that he'll use the system that failed him to legitimately get him out earlier.
Selina Kyle later visits Calabrese claiming that he is behind certain black market deals regarding big items. While Calabrese has no knowledge of this and would never endanger her, Selina tells her that he should help her find out who is really behind the black market deals. He does so by dispatching an informant to procure the manifest of the items in question. Seeing the items that were bound for Joker's Daughter, Mr. Freeze, and Scarecrow, Calabrese states that whoever is behind these sales are giving them to Gotham City's worst criminals.
As Jason Bard, Harvey Bullock, and Maggie Sawyer work to get Jim Gordon through the prison riot, Calabrese claims that Penguin called the hit on Gordon and was the cause of the riot.
Rex Calabrese in other media
Rex Calabrese appears in The Penguin, portrayed by Louis Cancelmi. This version is a gangster from Oz Cobb's youth who moonlighted as a revered community figure and knew Oz's family.Calamity King
Calamity King is a superhero from the 30th century in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Adventure Comics #342, and was created by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan. He possesses the ability to cause bad luck and attempted to join the Legion of Super-Heroes, but was rejected due to lacking full control over his powers.Calamity King in other media
Calamity King appears in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "The Karate Kid", voiced by Alexander Polinsky.Calculator
Elliot Caldwell
Veronica Cale
Calendar Girl
Calendar Man
Curt Calhoun
Etta Candy
Canterbury Cricket
The Canterbury Cricket, also known as Jeramey Chriqui, is a superhero appearing in DC Comics. The character first appeared in Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1, created by Mike Carlin and Rags Morales.Chriqui first appeared in the Flashpoint timeline, where he was a University of Kent student and conman in Canterbury, England. When Wonder Woman and the Amazons invaded England, Chriqui took cover inside a church. When the church was bombed by an Invisible Jet, Jeramey connected with a cricket, and emerged from the wreckage as a giant cricket.
With his new abilities, he leads the Ambush Bugs, an insect-themed resistance group, though all but him die in a battle with the Amazons. He later joins Lois Lane's Resistance.
The Canterbury Cricket appears in the main DC Universe in Doomsday Clock as a member of Knights, Inc., the United Kingdom's sanctioned superhero team.
Canterbury Cricket in other media
- Canterbury Cricket appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Canterbury Cricket appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
Rose Canton
Norda Cantrell
Captain Atom
Captain Boomerang
Captain Carrot
Captain Cold
Captain Comet
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Nazi
Captain Stingaree
Captain Strong
Carapax
Carapax the Indestructible Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is an enemy of Blue Beetle.Conrad Carapax is an archaeologist and a rival of Dan Garrett. After discovering Jarvis Kord's secret laboratory, Carapax attempts to activate a dormant robot that he finds there. Carapax is killed by the malfunctioning machinery, but his consciousness survives and is transferred into the robot.
After Ted Kord's death, Carapax confronts Superman and Firestorm. Firestorm attempts to vaporize Carapax's robotic shell, but Superman convinces him not to, as doing so would kill Carapax. Instead, Firestorm transmutes Carapax's copper wiring into germanium, causing him to lose energy and faint.
Carapax later returns, steam-powered and capable of withstanding technological attacks, as part of a group formed to take out Jaime Reyes. Carapax is defeated when Jaime cracks his shoulder and throws a missile into it.
Carapax in other media
- Carapax appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1.
- Lt. Ignacio Carapax appears in Blue Beetle, portrayed by Raoul Trujillo. This version is the cyborg bodyguard of Victoria Kord and the wearer of Kord Industries' OMAC technology.
Frankie Carbone
Frankie Carbone is a mobster who works for Sal Maroni and his family.