Artemis Crock
Artemis Lian Crock is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987), she has appeared as both a supervillain and superhero, usually using her first name as her alias.[1] She is also one of many characters to use the name Tigress.
| Artemis Crock | |
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 Artemis Crock as seen in Young Justice | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas Todd McFarlane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Artemis Crock |
| Team affiliations | Injustice Society Injustice League Secret Society of Supervillains Dead Hero Club Young Justice Outsiders |
| Notable aliases | Tigress |
| Abilities | Olympic level athlete, speed, and agility with skills as a hunter and tracker |
Outside of comic books, the character's role separate from the Tigress moniker was established in Young Justice.
In the television series Arrow, a version of Artemis was portrayed by Madison McLaughlin as original character Evelyn Crawford Sharp. Artemis Crock also appears on the DC Universe and The CW series Stargirl played by Stella Smith.
Publication history
Artemis Crock debuted in Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987) and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Todd McFarlane.
Fictional character biography
Artemis Crock is the daughter of the Golden Age villains Paula Brooks and Crusher Crock. She had taken up a career in crime, modeled after that of her parents, but only after some years did she take on the mantle of Tigress.
During the DC mini-series Legends, the people of America were turned against heroes, and law was made that no one could operate legally wearing a costume. This did not affect the villains much, as they were already breaking the law. For Artemis Crock it proved an opportune time to break her parents out of the Empire State Detention Center. Calling herself only Artemis she joined the Wizard in his new Injustice Society – which he called Injustice Unlimited. They overcame the security at the International Trade Conference in Calgary, Canada, namely Infinity, Inc. and a contingent of the Global Guardians and forced the heroes to help in some mayhem. For Artemis, she took Nuklon and Rising Sun to New York and, with their help, freed the elder felons. They all returned to Calgary to share in the stolen wealth but the plan went haywire when Hourman revived and freed himself, as well as when Solomon Grundy was brought in from the Arctic Circle. It was Solomon who incapacitated Artemis and her parents, but in the confusion they were able to escape.[2]
Only weeks later Artemis again joined with the Icicle and Hazard, as well as the new Harlequin, the Dummy, and Solomon Grundy. The Dummy wanted to head a revived Injustice Unlimited and planned to murder the members of Infinity Inc. to make a name for themselves. Their first target - Skyman - was successfully killed by the Harlequin and then Artemis went after Jade. After believing her dead, Artemis returned to her cohorts. A plan was hatched to bring all the remaining Infinitors to Stellar Studios and kill them, a plan defeated only by the unwillingness of Hazard to cooperate, and the sudden reappearance of Jade and Brainwave Jr (both of whom had been thought dead). During the fight, Artemis went one-on-one with Wildcat and lost. In the end Artemis was given over to law enforcement.[3]
Artemis later changed her codename to Tigress and became on-again, off-again lovers with the second Icicle. He invited her back into the reformation of the Injustice Society. She helped him, Wizard, Solomon Grundy, Gentleman Ghost, Rag Doll and Thinker break into JSA headquarters and steal the Prometheus Key, a key that is used to open doors between reality and magic. This allowed Johnny Sorrow who had asked the Wizard to bring him back, to re-enter the Earth.
During the Infinite Crisis storyline, Artemis appeared as a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. She later appeared in the Justice League Wedding Special.
Icicle and Tigress later alternately work with and against Hourman and Liberty Belle in a quest to locate a magical artifact.[4]
In 2010, Isabelle Rose Mahkent is born. She is the daughter of the Tigress and the Icicle.[5]
The New 52
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, a new version of Artemis was introduced in the "Culling" crossover in Teen Titans books. Here, she is a human with no powers, but has been trained to be a strong fighter. She helps the Teen Titans get their bearings before the Culling begins and introduces them to other meta-teens that Harvest has collected. After the Titans are taken, a member of Harvest's crew tries to put her in a state of rage. She fights back and refuses to kill other kids, but instead is killed. Her death helps motivate the Teen Titans and the Legion Lost to join together to take down Harvest.[6] At the end of the series, the Titans discover that Artemis was healed by the Colonel of Harvest's facility, as part of a second phase of Harvest's plans.[7]
Powers and abilities
Tigress/Artemis possesses no superhuman abilities, however, she is an expert archer and marksman. Artemis is also a highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, along with the use of various gadgets (including her compact crossbow, knives, nets, and bolas).
In other media
Television
- Artemis Crock makes a small cameo in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!". She is seen taking a family vacation with her parents, Sportsmaster and Huntress.
- A teenage version of Artemis Crock appears as one of the main characters in Young Justice voiced by Stephanie Lemelin. This version is a superhero who used the identity of Artemis as her codename. She first appeared in the episode "Infiltrator", where she was introduced as Green Arrow's niece and new sidekick who was brought in to join the team following the departure of Green Arrow's original sidekick, Roy Harper. Later in the series however, the team discovered her true history and connection to Sportsmaster, who had become an enemy of theirs. In season two, she faked her death so she could infiltrate a supervillain group called the Light as the supervillain Tigress. By the end of the season, she returned to the Team while retaining her Tigress identity.
- A version of the character appeared in the TV series Arrow as Evelyn Crawford Sharp, played by Madison McLaughlin. Introduced in season four, she emerged as an impostor Black Canary following Laurel Lance's death. She was a star gymnast and fan of Black Canary's before her family became H.I.V.E. test subjects, leaving Evelyn as the only survivor. Fully aware of her hero's death, she briefly took up the identity in her crusade against her parents' killer before giving it up to save Black Canary's reputation after Oliver Queen advised her to. In season five, Oliver recruited Evelyn to train with and join his team of vigilantes; taking the codename "Artemis". Later however, she betrayed the team to Prometheus; becoming his double agent upon learning Oliver's violent past. She later released Laurel's villainous Earth-2 counterpart before joining her and Talia al Ghul in kidnapping Oliver's friends and family to hold them hostage on the island, Lian Yu. Oliver assembled a group of his former enemies to help him stop Prometheus' allies. After Oliver threw her in a cage, he promised to come back for her. However, Prometheus detonated explosives on the island, and no mention of Evelyn's survival or death has been mentioned in subsequent seasons, leaving her final fate unknown.
- In the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Doomworld", Evelyn's Artemis mask was seen in Damien Darhk's display case alongside that of other vigilantes' after he rewrote reality to suit his ideals.
- Artemis Crock appears in Stargirl portrayed by Stella Smith. Like in the comics, she is the daughter of Injustice Society members, Paula Brooks / Tigress and Lawrence Crock / Sportsmaster. In this series, Artemis is an athletic student at Blue Valley High and classmate of the titular character with a competitive streak.
Film
- The Young Justice version of Artemis makes a cameo appearance along with Wonder Girl, Zatanna and Miss Martian as home viewers in Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery.[8][9]
- The Young Justice version of Artemis makes a cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
Video games
- Artemis Crock is a playable character in the video game Young Justice: Legacy with Stephanie Lemelin reprising her role.
- Both her Tigress and heroine forms appear as a playable characters in Lego DC Super Villains.
References
- Thomas, Roy (2009). All-Star Companion vol 4. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 9781605490045.
- Infinity, Inc. #35-37. DC Comics.
- Infinity Inc. 51-53. DC Comics.
- Second Feature in JSA All Stars. DC Comics.
- JSA All-Stars #11 (December, 2010). DC Comics.
- Teen Titans Annual #1 (May 2012). DC Comics.
- Teen Titans Annual #3. DC Comics.
- "'Scooby Doo: Wrestlemania Mystery' Stuns Viewers With a 'Young Justice' Easter Egg". Theouthousers.com. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- Albert Ching (2014-03-25). "'Young Justice's' Brandon Vietti Pairs Scooby-Doo & WWE, Hints at DC Return". CBR. Retrieved 2020-06-11.