List of DC Comics characters: P


Paco

Paco is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Infinite Crisis #3 and was created by writers Keith Giffen and John Rogers and artist Cully Hamner.
Paco is a friend of Jaime Reyes and Brenda Del Vecchio. After the former disappears, Paco joins the Posse, a benevolent street gang, and enters a relationship with fellow member Piñata. He later discovers that Brenda is the niece of influential crime boss La Dama.
In "The New 52" reboot, Paco Testas temporarily gains abilities similar to Blue Beetle and becomes known as the Blood Beetle after being given a life-saving Transbiotic Antitrauma Unit. This persona is later removed after Blue Beetle's scarab Khaji Da removes the T.A.U. and gives Paco a tissue transplant.

Paco in other media

Paco appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Jason Marsden.

Violet Paige

Paintball

Paintball is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #2, and was created by Geoff Johns and Leo Moder.
Paintball is an art teacher who was transformed into a paint-themed criminal and became a minion of Dragon King.

Paintball in other media

Paul Deisinger appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Randy Havens. This version is an art teacher at Blue Valley High School who was transformed into a paint monster by Cindy Burman and Eclipso. After Stargirl frees and cures him, Deisinger undergoes a psych evaluation before being killed by Icicle's mother Lily Mahkent.

Sussa Paka

Ray Palmer

Pandora

Pantha

Papercut

Papercut is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Benedict Booker is a criminal who can manipulate wood, but has a hard time manipulating actual wood than anything made of wood like paper. Any attempts at manipulating actual wood can give him a nosebleed. He went on a crime spree where he tried to rob people in the park only to be defeated by Kid Flash.
Papercut is among the Flash villains recruited by Professor Zoom to join the Legion of Zoom.

Paragon

Parallax

Pariah

Caden Park

Linda Park

Linda Park is a character in the DC Universe. She is best known as the girlfriend and later wife of Wally West. Linda Park first appeared in The Flash #28 and was created by William Messner-Loebs.
She is a Korean-American television reporter for Keystone City and regularly deals with the Flash, whom she does not like. During their initial meeting she constantly hounds the Flash about the property damage caused by his battle with the Porcupine Man. Despite this, Linda and Wally become friends while investigating the Celestial Enlightenment Ranch, a spiritual-retreat scam. After Wally helps Linda deal with her apparent possession by the ancient Irish bard Seamus O’Relkig, they become close and later marry.
Linda later retires from journalism and has twin children: Jai and Iris.

Linda Park in other media

  • Linda Park makes a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of The Flash, portrayed by Mariko Tse. This version is a Central City reporter.
  • Linda Park appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Flash and Substance", voiced by Kim Mai Guest.
  • Two versions of Linda Park appear in TV series set in the Arrowverse, portrayed initially by Olivia Cheng in Arrow and later by Malese Jow in The Flash.
  • * The Earth-1 version is a Central City reporter who enters a relationship with Barry Allen before they eventually break up.
  • * Her Earth-2 counterpart, Doctor Light, appears in the second season of The Flash.

    Charley Parker

Cole Parker

Jarrett Parker

Dr. Jarrett Parker is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created in The Flash #10, and was created by Mike Baron and Mike Collins.
He was a therapist who practiced in Huntington, New York, and a colleague of Dr. Owen Slade.
One of his patients was Chunk. After swallowing a matter transmitter and becoming a human singularity, Chunk became frustrated with Parker and sent him to another dimension. Here, Parker helped establish a community with others who suffered the same fate, including Karin Preus and Eric Gunderson. Parker's counsel remained ineffective on Chunk, and Chunk's frustration with this caused him to be absorbed into a separate dimension.

Jarrett Parker in other media

Dr. Jarrett Parker appears in the seventh season of Arrow, portrayed by Jason E. Kelley. This version is the corrupt chief psychiatrist of Slabside Maximum Security Prison who utilizes unethical and lethal methods to rehabilitate criminals. After Oliver Queen and Talia al Ghul discover and expose his corruption, Parker is subsequently fired from Slabside and killed by Talia.

Sharon Parker

Cassius Payne

Preston Payne

Will Payton

Peacemaker

Jillian Pearlman

Captain Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman, USAF, was created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Carlos Pacheco as a rival to Carol Ferris for the romantic affections of Hal Jordan. Jillian Pearlman first appeared in Green Lantern vol. 4 #1, and was created by Geoff Johns and Carlos Pacheco.
The fourth child of a Texan rancher, Jillian enlists in the United States Air Force after she turns nineteen. Her sharp wit, attitude, and Texan accent earn her the call sign "Cowgirl". Jillian meets Hal Jordan's alter-ego, Green Lantern, after he saves her from a plane crash, and the two soon fall in love. During the lost year, Cowgirl, Jordan, and Shane Sellers are captured by terrorists. After escaping, the three return to active duty and are instructed to undergo therapy, but refuse. When the Star Sapphire gem resurfaces, it attacks Cowgirl and converts her into a Star Sapphire before Jordan frees her. Following The New 52 continuity reboot, Cowgirl is reintroduced in DC Retroactive, a collection of independent stories set in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Eldon Peck

Peek-a-Boo

Peek-a-Boo is a DC Comics supervillain. She first appeared in The Flash #180, and was created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins.
Lashawn Baez was a graduate student at Central City Medical School, but put her studies aside to help her father Tomas when he got ill, requiring a kidney transplant. Lashawn tried to donate hers, but the procedure activated her latent metagene, granting her uncontrollable teleportation powers. In subsequent appearances, she battles the Flash before willingly turning herself in to the police.

Peek-a-Boo in other media

  • A genderbent incarnation of Peek-a-Boo named Shawna Baez appears in The Flash, portrayed by Britne Oldford. This version acquired her powers after being exposed to dark matter from S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator and received her codename from Dr. Caitlin Snow.
  • * Shawna Baez / Peek-a-Boo appears in the web series Chronicles of Cisco: Entry 0419, portrayed again by Oldford.

    Sylvester Pemberton

Howard Pendergast

Penguin

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is a member of Helix who developed energy-absorbing abilities after being experimented on as a child.

Penny Dreadful in other media

  • Penny Dreadful appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
  • Penny Dreadful appears in the Stargirl episode "Frenemies – Chapter Eight: Infinity Inc. Part Two", portrayed by Megan Ashley Brown. This version is a patient at the Helix Institute for Youth Rehabilitation.

    Alfred Pennyworth

Pedro Peña

Valerie Perez

Debbie Perkins

Neptune Perkins

Neptune Perkins is a superhero in the DC Universe.
The character, created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, first appeared in Flash Comics #66. That and a follow-up story in 1947 were the character's only appearances, until Roy Thomas revived him for an All-Star Squadron story in 1984 and later selected him as one of the focal characters of Young All-Stars in 1987. In addition, Thomas expanded the character's backstory and origin so that it incorporated large chunks of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne.
Neptune Perkins is a mutant born with attributes that lend themselves to living at sea. During World War II, he works with the All-Star Squadron. After the war he weds Miya Shimada, though this relationship becomes strained in part by his being unaware that he is not the father of their daughter, Debbie. In later appearances, he works as a governmental contact for Aquaman and Young Justice after being elected to the United States Senate and serves as a member of Old Justice. He is killed by Shark and King Shark during the Infinite Crisis event.

Perpetua

Perpetua is a character appearing in media published by DC Comics. She was created by writer James Tynion IV and artist Mikel Janín, and first appeared in Justice League #8.
Perpetua is a sixth-dimensional being, the creator of the multiverse, and the mother of the Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger, who respectively guard the positive, anti-matter, and dark matter realms. After rebelling against her people, she is defeated and imprisoned in the Source Wall. However, Perpetua's powers enable her to influence the minds of others, causing various Crisis-level events over the years.
During the Dark Nights: Death Metal event, Perpetua is freed after the World Forger's servant Barbatos and the Batman Who Laughs destroy the Source Wall. However, the Batman Who Laughs betrays Perpetua and re-imprisons her.