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Fictional character biography

Secret is a ghostly member of Young Justice who joins the team after Robin,

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free her from the

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. She is later revealed to have been a human named Greta Hayes who was killed by her adoptive brother Billy Hayes. Because of the manner of her death, Greta is trapped in the mortal plane. Harm later kills Secret on

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fully resurrects her. Subsequently, Greta enrolls at the Elias School with Cassandra Sandsmark and Cissie King-Jones. In "

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" storyline, Secret is reimagined as the former sidekick of the

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Powers and abilities

As a ghost, Secret can fly, teleport, shapeshift, become ethereal, possess any sentient beings, and take souls to the "other side".

In other media

* Secret appears in the ''

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'' (2010) episode "Secrets", 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. * Secret appears as a character summon in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''. * An alternate universe variant of Secret makes a cameo appearance in ''

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'' #48.

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