Lilith Clay, also known as Omen, is a

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appearing in

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s published by

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. Created by

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and

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, Lilith made her first appearance in ''

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'' #25 (February 1970) and commonly appears as a member of the eponymous group. She is depicted as the best friend of

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(the first

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) and the second hero to join the original Teen Titans after its founders, following Roy Harper (the first

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). Although her origin and powers have varied significantly throughout her history, she is consistently seen as both precognitive and psychic.

Fictional character biography

Pre-''Crisis''

Lilith is a girl with psychic powers who leaves home after learning that she is adopted. She joins the Teen Titans, but eventually leaves them and moves to the West Coast. There, she founds Titans West and enters a relationship with Gnarrk. Prior to the disbanding of the original Teen Titans and their Titans West counterpart group, Lilith revealed that she had a vision of her teammate Donna Troy (Wonder Girl) marrying a red-haired man before they and their child are killed. Fearing Lilith's prophecy, Donna breaks up with Roy Harper. During the ''Terror of Trigon'' storyline (''The New Teen Titans'' (vol. 2) #1–6), Lilith bonds with the goddess Azar and houses the souls of her followers to cleanse

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of evil. After Azrael returns, Lilith gains pyrokinesis, learns that she is the daughter of the

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Thia, and leaves to live on Mount Olympus.

Post-Crisis

Following the ''

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'' continuity reboot, Lilith does not appear for some time. She later appears as the masked figure Omen and helps gather the Teen Titans. In ''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'', Lilith is killed by a malfunctioning Superman android. In ''

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'', she returns as a

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before Dawn Granger kills her.

The New 52

An unrelated, villainous character named Omen appears in ''

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'' continuity reboot as an ally of Harvest and N.O.W.H.E.R.E.

DC Rebirth

The original Lilith appears in ''

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'', where she is revealed to be a founding member of the Teen Titans and former lover of

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. In ''

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'', Lilith and

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establish a psychic counseling service where Power Girl enters the minds of others and physically defeats their problems.

Powers and abilities

Lilith Clay possesses various psychic abilities, including telepathy, precognition, and energy projection. Furthermore, she can teleport and generate illusions and fire. In the 2024 ''Power Girl'' series, she uses her psychic powers to conjure giant telekinetic fists and flying disks, similar to a

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power ring.

References

External links

The Unofficial Omen Biography
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