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Kal-El

Kaiyo

Kaldur'ahm

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Kaleidoscope is a supervillain with photokinetic powers created by Robby Reed's villain personality Master from the cell samples of an unknown person. She fought Chris King and Vicki Grant. She was originally created by two fans, Chris Lawton and Nancy Mae Lawton in 1982.

Kaleidoscope in other media

  • The series finale of Doom Patrol introduced a personality of Crazy Jane called Kaleidoscope who possesses the powers of the other alter egos.
  • Kaleidoscope makes a cameo appearance in The Suicide Squad, portrayed by Natalia Safran. This version is an inmate of Belle Reve Penitentiary.

    Kalibak

Kalibak is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the eldest son of Darkseid, half-brother of Orion and Grayven, and an enemy of Superman and the Justice League. Created by Jack Kirby, Kalibak first appeared in New Gods #1 in the Silver Age of Comic Books. His name is derived from Caliban, a character from William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Kalibak is the first-born son of Darkseid and Suli. His mother Suli is killed by DeSaad, acting under orders from Kalibak's grandmother Heggra. Kalibak becomes a legendary warrior, and often serves as Darkseid's second-in-command. After Darkseid breaks the pact of peace with New Genesis, the rival planet of Kalibak's home Apokolips, he aids his father in the resulting battles.
Kalibak is often pitted against Orion, and after numerous clashes, they learn that they are half-brothers. This fuels Kalibak's hatred of Orion to new levels, for Darkseid clearly respects Orion over him. Kalibak secretly craves the love and respect of his father and has a gentle side which he keeps hidden to avoid punishment.
In Death of the New Gods, Kalibak is killed by Infinity-Man. In Final Crisis, Kalibak is reborn alongside his father and Kanto. He later gains a humanoid tiger-like form engineered by Simyan and Mokkari. He leads a regiment of tiger soldiers against the heroes in Blüdhaven, but he is killed in combat with Tawky Tawny.
Kalibak is later resurrected following The New 52 continuity reboot. In DC All In, Darkseid kills Kalibak to power the Miracle Machine and harness the Spectre's energy.

Powers and abilities of Kalibak

As a New God, Kalibak is nigh-immortal and possesses immense physical abilities. He is armed with a Beta-Club, a weapon that fires debilitating force bolts. He can also summon and use aero-disks which allow him to fly. Kalibak's father once augmented his firstborn's physical abilities and even gave him new ones to aid in acquiring Martin Stein; he was made powerful enough to best his half-brother in a physical battle and discharge psi-beams that function similarly to Darkseid's Omega Beams. Kalibak once harbored 3rd world technology called a Thunderbelt, which vastly augmented his physical strength to the point he could better overcome Orion. However, the Thunderbelt operated more as a control mechanism than an asset designed by DeSaad on behalf of Darkseid himself. Using it was highly addicting and caused excruciating pain whenever it was deactivated remotely.

Kalibak in other media

In television:
In film:
  • An alternate universe variant of Kalibak makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League: Gods and Monsters.
In video games:
  • Kalibak appears as a boss in DC Universe Online.
  • Kalibak appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
  • Kalibak appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Travis Willingham.
  • Kalibak appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Michael Dorn.
Miscellaneous:
  • Kalibak appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us #8. He attempts to attack Superman, but is killed by him.

    Thom Kallor

Kamandi

Adeline Kane

Adeline Kane is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Adeline Kane, formerly Adeline Wilson, is best known as both the leader of the criminal organization H.I.V.E. and the ex-wife of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke. An enemy of the Teen Titans, Adeline first appeared in The New Teen Titans #34. She was brought up as a wealthy jet-setting playgirl, despite being trained by a father who had worked with Chinese guerrilla forces. After a traumatic first marriage at 19, she joined the U.S. military, where she met, trained, and married Slade Wilson. Unbeknownst to Adeline, Slade was using his hunting trips to gain clients for his mercenary side job, which resulted in the kidnapping and near-death of his younger son Joseph. Enraged and betrayed by Slade prioritizing his honor code over their son's well-being, Adeline divorces him.
Grant Wilson, who had idolized his father, rebels against his mother and runs away to New York, where he encounters the Titans and is killed in battle. Slade vows to pick up his dead son's contract against the Teen Titans, but Adeline interferes, blaming him for Grant's death. Due to Adeline's intervention, Joseph, who had been working with her, joins the Titans as Jericho.
When Adeline is abducted and poisoned by her first husband Morel, Slade gives her a transfusion of his altered blood to save her life. However, this drives her insane due to her lacking the mutation that enabled Slade to effectively metabolize the serum present in his blood. She is mortally wounded by Vandal Savage, who seeks to harness her blood to create a youth serum, and mercy killed by Starfire.
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Adeline is a former US Army squadron leader and drill instructor for Team 7.

Adeline Kane in other media

Bette Kane

Jacob Kane

Jacob Kane is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Kane debuted in the Batwoman, created by J. H. Williams III and Greg Rucka.
Jacob and his wife Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane were both soldiers in the U.S. Army, and are the parents of Kate Kane and Beth Kane. The Kanes are Jewish and Jacob inherited vast wealth along with his other siblings. Bette Kane is his niece and Bruce Wayne is his nephew, since Martha Wayne was Jacob's sister.
Kane is promoted to colonel and assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. When the twins turned 12 years old, their mother took them to a restaurant for a birthday dessert, despite Jacob being away due to a security crisis. A terrorist group kidnapped the family during their trip, and Kane led a rescue mission to save them. During the raid, Gabrielle was murdered by the terrorists. The terrorists kidnapped another young girl and murdered her too. Kate, seeing the body of a young girl under a blanket, is left with the impression her sister died. Kane, however, knew that the terrorists had Beth. Despite looking for years, Kane never found Beth. He never told Kate that Beth might still be alive. Kane remarries years later to Hamilton Rifle Company heiress Catherine Hamilton, who becomes Kate's stepmother.
Jacob's emotional steadiness proved to be a major source of stability for Kate in the aftermath of the tragedy, and she sought to emulate that for herself and follow him into Army service, which Jacob supported. Thanks to his higher rank, Jacob was able to be more present in Kate's life during this time. He taught Kate how to box when she was a teenager, accompanied her to R-Day at West Point when she was an incoming freshman, and is implied to have given Kate ringside coaching during an academy championship boxing match that helped her win the fight. Kate's resignation from the academy due to DADT allegations took Jacob by surprise, but he immediately accepted her when she came out to him.
After Kate became a vigilante, Jacob aided her campaign against crime by organizing her training, designing her Batwoman suit and gear, developing her operational headquarters, and maintaining radio contact with her during patrols to provide information and advice.
The Alice persona kidnaps Kane, who immediately recognizes as his now-grown daughter Beth, and uses him to gain access to a military base near Gotham City. She seizes chemical weapons from the base and intends to kill everyone in the city by dispersing them from an aircraft. Alice falls into Gotham Bay during her final battle with Batwoman after revealing her identity, and is again presumed dead.
In 2011, DC Comics rebooted the DC universe through "The New 52". Jacob's history of losing his wife and what happened to Beth remains intact, as well as his support for Kate's campaign as Batwoman. In addition, the New 52 establishes that an informal group of Jacob's closest friends within the special operations community, known as the Murder of Crows, were the ones Jacob assembled to conduct Kate's Batwoman training.
Jacob has been depicted as a highly decorated soldier, appearing with the following awards: the Army Achievement Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the NATO Medal for Kosovo, the Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Army Aviator Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.