Mirage is the name of two fictional characters appearing in

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s published by

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. The first was a minor villain of

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. The second is a heroine affiliated with the

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Fictional character biography

Mike

The first Mirage is Mike, a normal man who uses a special gem to generate illusions. Batman destroys the gem, but Mirage uses its fragments to create contact lenses that possess the same effect. In '' 52'', Mirage is killed by

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Miriam Delgado

The second Mirage, Miriam Delgado, is a member of the

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and part of a resistance against the dictator Lord Chaos. While traveling in time to prevent Chaos' birth, Mirage is raped by her former lover Deathwing and eventually gives birth to a daughter, Julienne. In '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!'', Mirage learns that she is a Brazilian street urchin who the

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kidnapped and implanted with false memories.

Powers and abilities

Both incarnations of Mirage can generate illusions. The Mike incarnation's abilities are derived from a special gem, while the Miriam Delgado incarnation is a

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who possesses innate abilities.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Miriam Delgado / Mirage appears in ''Team Titans'' Annual #2.

In other media

* An original incarnation of Mirage named Miranda appears in the ''

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'' episode "Brother-Sister Act", voiced by

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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is a Bang Baby who, alongside her brother Byron, is exposed to mutagen amidst a clean-up effort following the

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, with Miranda acquiring photokinesis that allows her to create illusions while Byron acquires a loudspeaker in his chest capable of firing powerful sound waves. Taking the name "Boom", Byron forces Miranda into helping him steal valuables. Realizing that the mutagen has affected Bryon's mind, Miranda helps Static defeat him. Afterwards, she is taken by child protective services and creates an illusion to protect Static's secret identity from his sister Sharon. * The Miriam Delgado incarnation of Mirage appears as a character summon in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''. * An unidentified, alternate universe variant of Mirage inspired by

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appears in ''

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'' #48 as a member of her version of the

References

External links

DCU Guide: Mirage (Mike)DCU Guide: Mirage (Miriam Delgado)
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