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Effigy (DC Comics)
Effigy (Martyn Van Wyck) is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Green Lantern.[1] Fictional character biographyMartyn Van Wyck is a man from Seattle, Washington, who was raised by his alcoholic father following his mother's death. He aspires to become a musician, but is unable to find work. Van Wyck is later abducted by the Controllers, who experiment on him and give him fire powers.[2] Believing their experiments to have failed, the Controllers return Van Wyck to Earth, where he becomes the villain Effigy. After Effigy battles Green Lantern, the Controllers see that their experiments were successful and capture the former, brainwashing him into serving them.[1] However, Effigy recovers, returns to Earth, and briefly enters a relationship with Killer Frost.[1] In the One Year Later event, Effigy joins the Injustice League and Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains before being killed by the Spectre during Final Crisis. Powers and abilities
Effigy possesses the ability to generate fire and create constructs from it. Additionally, he can fly and survive in the vacuum of space. References
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