List of DC Comics characters: E

Earth-Man

Main article: Kirt Niedrigh

Earthworm

Earthworm is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Herbert Hynde is a criminal who ran a baby-selling ring while operating as Earthworm until it attracted the attention of Huntress. Though the ring was shut down, Earthworm escaped into the sewers.

In "Underworld Unleashed", Earthworm sells his soul to Neron and gains a worm-like body that enables him to dig rapidly and control vermin.

Echo

Echo is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Giant robot

A giant robot (created by Jack Lehti) was built as a mad scientist's tool for vengeance before being stopped by the Crimson Avenger.

Terri Eckhart

Terri Eckhart was created by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, and first appeared in Justice League Quarterly #1 (January 1991)). She is a metahuman who went by the superhero alias Echo of the Conglomerate, a corporate-sponsored superhero team.

Isabelle Cheranova

Isabelle Cheranova (created by Greg Rucka, and first appeared in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119 (July 1999)) is a female who is a cybernetically enhanced infiltrator and an enemy of Batman.

Echo in other media

An original incarnation of Echo appears in The Flash, as the Earth-19 doppelganger of Cisco Ramon.

Terri Eckhart

Main article: Echo (DC Comics)

Simon Ecks

Main article: Doctor Double X

Eclipso

Main article: Eclipso

John Economos

John Economos is a character from DC Comics created by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, debuting in Suicide Squad #1 (1987).

Economos is the warden of Belle Reve Penitentiary, and from his position, he works aiding Amanda Waller in the formation of the Suicide Squad.

John Economos in other media

John Economos appears in media set in the DC Extended Universe and the DC Universe, portrayed by Steve Agee. This version is an agent of A.R.G.U.S. and aide to Amanda Waller who later helps found Checkmate.

Eve Eden

Main article: Nightshade (DC Comics)

Morgan Edge

Main article: Morgan Edge

Vincent Edge

Vincent Edge is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Vincent Edge is the father of Morgan Edge who took over Galaxy Communications when Morgan was recovering from a heart attack.{{multiref2|Superman (vol. 2) #35 (September 1989)|Superman (vol. 2) #40 (February 1990)|Superman (vol. 2) #83 (November 1993)|Action Comics #693 - 694 (November - December 1993)

In "Reign of the Supermen", Vincent attempts to force Superboy into signing a contract with Galaxy Communications.{{multiref2|The Adventures of Superman #501 - 502 (June - July 1992)|The Adventures of Superman #510 (March 1994)|The Adventures of Superman #526 (August 1995)

Vincent Edge in other media

Vincent Edge appears in the Harley Quinn episode "Back to School", voiced by James Adomian.

Simon Ecks

Main article: Doctor Double X

Eel

Eel is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Gangster version

Eel is a gangster who fought Blue Beetle.

Star-Spangled Kid villain

Eel is a slippery master criminal who fought Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey.

Blackhawks villain

Eel is a criminal who is a member of the League of Anti-Blackhawks alongside Owl, Buzzard, and Chameleon and an enemy of the Blackhawks.

Mortimer Coolidge

Mortimer Coolidge is a criminal who wears a special suit that grants him aquakinetic abilities, density control, and telekinesis. He is an enemy of Aquaman and Aquagirl. In "Infinite Crisis", Eel joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.

Eel in other media

The Mortimer Coolidge incarnation of Eel appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Effigy

Main article: Effigy (DC Comics)

Egg Fu

Main article: Egg Fu

Wade Eiling

Main article: General Wade Eiling

Curtis Eisenmann

Main article: Marauder (DC Comics)

El Castigo

Main article: Whip (character)

El Diablo

Main article: El Diablo (character)

El Dorado

Main article: El Dorado (Super Friends)

Elasti-Girl

Main article: Elasti-Girl

Electrocutioner

Main article: Electrocutioner

Element Lad

Main article: Element Lad

Thomas Elliot

Main article: Hush (character)

Dennis Ellis

Main article: Skorpio (DC Comics)

Elongated Man

Main article: Elongated Man

Albert Elwood

Main article: Crimson Avenger#Albert Elwood

Ember

Ember is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Paul Dini and artist Stéphane Roux, she first appeared in Zatanna (vol. 2) #1 (July 2010). The character is an unborn dragon gestating in the body of an unnamed human, and a servant of Brother Night.

Ember in other media

• Ember appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Tara Strong. This version sports a demonic appearance.
• Ember appears in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "#TheFreshPrincessOfRenFaire", voiced by Bennett Abara. This version is a centuries-old dragon who can create fire constructs and assume partially and fully human forms. Mistaking Zatanna for a princess, she kidnaps and attempts to kill her before being killed by Wonder Woman.

Emerald Empress

Main article: Emerald Empress

Neal Emerson

Main article: Doctor Polaris

Emperor Blackgate

Emperor Blackgate (Ignatius Ogilvy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He appeared during "The New 52".

Ignatius Ogilvy is the son of a crook named Ed Ogilvy who was later killed alongside his wife during a negotiation. Ignatius becomes a henchman of the Penguin, gains a deep three-lined scar on his right arm from a Batarang during his lookout position, and later became Penguin's right-hand man.

When the Penguin is awaiting trial, Ogilvy took over his operations and assumes the name Emperor Penguin. He starts by freeing Poison Ivy who was trapped underground by Penguin's men and unleashing the Man-Bat Serum on some people in Gotham City. After sending his men to collect some ingredients and calling in a favor from Poison Ivy, Emperor Penguin transforms into a monster using a chemical derived from the Man-Bat Serum, Bane's Venom drug, and one of Poison Ivy's plant concoctions giving him an appearance that has red eyes, pointed ears, and blue skin that has a bark-like consistency while possessing superhuman strength, durability, and speed. Batman and Penguin work together to take down Emperor Penguin, with Penguin using a firebomb umbrella to defeat him. After being imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary, Emperor Penguin is taken to the cattle-like "prison boss" as Emperor Penguin tells his backstory to him. Afterwards, Emperor Penguin kills the "prison boss" and takes control of his operations while rebranding himself as Emperor Blackgate.

In "Forever Evil", Emperor Blackgate joins the Secret Society of Super Villains. He briefly allied with Bane before being double-crossed and brought to Penguin. Penguin tells Emperor Blackgate that the Arkham fighters are not afraid of Bane, as they are more afraid of Batman.

Emperor Blackgate was seen when Jim Gordon was incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit.

Empress

Main article: Empress (character)

Enchantress

Main article: Enchantress (DC Comics)

Enemy Ace

Main article: Enemy Ace

Enigma

Main article: Enigma (DC Comics)

Enforcer

Enforcer is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Daniel Kingdom

Daniel Kingdom is an operative of the Council.

Leroy Merkyn

Leroy Merkyn is a mercenary who worked for the 2000 Committee and fought Firestorm. Henry Hewitt, Merkyn's superior, kills him after becoming Tokamak.

Mica Love

Mica Love is a mercenary who worked for the 2000 Committee. She would also become an Enforcer when fighting Firestorm. During the "War of the Gods" event, Love joins the Suicide Squad in attacking Circe's fortress, during which she is killed by Artemis.

Joe Gardner

Joe Gardner is a clone of Guy Gardner created by the Draal.

Curtis Engstrom

Main article: Doctor Alchemy#Curtis Engstrom

Equus

Main article: Equus (character)

Eradicator

Main article: Eradicator (character)

Eraser

Eraser is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Leonard "Lenny" Fiasco was a low-grade student during his high school years and classmate of Bruce Wayne. After dropping out of school, Leonard became a masked criminal known as Eraser, who erased evidence from crime scenes for other criminals.

Eraser in other media

Eraser makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Lego Batman Movie as one of several villains recruited by the Joker to take part in his attack on Gotham City.

Saul Erdel

Joe Certa (artist) Dr. Saul Erdel is a scientist in the DC Universe.

Erdel was a brilliant scientist who created a transmitter to communicate with other worlds, unintentionally transporting the Martian Manhunter to Earth. The shock of seeing J'onn causes Erdel to have a heart attack and die in his arms.

His DC Rebirth version appeared in a flashback renamed Mark Saul Erdel.

Saul Erdel in other media

• Saul Erdel appears in Justice League: The New Frontier. This version operated in an observatory in Gotham, and before dying, expressed regret at stranding J'onn on Earth and advised him to not reveal himself and take the time to study humanity, to avoid persecution.
• Saul Erdel makes a non-speaking cameo in a flashback in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

Shvaughn Erin

Main article: Shvaughn Erin

Esper Lass

Main article: Esper Lass

Sarah Essen

David Mazzucchelli Sarah Essen, also named Sarah Essen Gordon, is a character in DC Comics.

Appearing in Batman #405, part of the Batman: Year One storyline, she is a detective partnered with then-lieutenant James Gordon. A woman of German descent, her age is never revealed, but in Greg Rucka's novelization of the "No Man's Land" storyline she is said to be 12 years younger than Gordon. Sarah's detective skills are shown during her attempts with Gordon to catch Batman, by deducing that he is Bruce Wayne by virtue of his history and the money needed for Batman's arsenal. She and Gordon, who was married at the time, start a brief affair, but a corrupt Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb attempts to blackmail them; Gordon ends the affair and confesses his actions to his wife Barbara. Sarah leaves Gotham City for New York City soon afterwards.

Sarah returns in Batman #458 (January 1991), where it is explained that she had married a New York cop who was killed during a drug bust. Gordon had long since divorced and the two begin a relationship, resulting in Gordon's proposing to her on a night when the police station is under attack by a trio of supervillains with electrical powers. The two get married in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #2 (1992).

When James Gordon is demoted by Mayor Armand Krol in Batman #519, Sarah is given the job in his stead. Gordon later resigns from the Gotham City Police Department in the same issue. She takes on Gordon's collaboration with Batman and Robin, but does not like the job. Sarah is later fired from the GCPD by Krol, who is now "a lame duck" after losing the mayoral election against Marion Grange. Essen is replaced as Commissioner by Andrew Howe, a close friend of Krol. Grange later re-instates James Gordon as Commissioner and hires Sarah to serve as liaison between the GCPD and the mayor's office.

Sarah is murdered by the Joker in Detective Comics #741, at the end of the "No Man's Land" story arc. Her stepdaughter Barbara attends her funeral, feeling regret to call her as Sarah rather than Mom.

In post-Infinite Crisis continuity (as seen in flashbacks in Detective Comics #875), Gordon and Essen were married much earlier, when Gordon was still a lieutenant, and she had a more active role in raising her stepdaughter.

In The New 52-rebooted DC continuity, Sarah's marriage with James Gordon never took place, even after the DC Rebirth event, but she returned in the "Infinite Frontier" relaunch.

Other versions of Sarah Essen

Sarah Essen makes cameo appearances in The Dark Knight Returns.

Sarah Essen in other media

• Sarah Essen appears in Gotham, portrayed by Zabryna Guevara. This version is the captain of the GCPD Homicide Squad and the boss of James Gordon and Harvey Bullock.
• Sarah Essen appears in Batman: Year One, voiced by Katee Sackhoff.
• Sarah Essen appears in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, voiced by Grey DeLisle.
• Sarah Essen appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.

E. Davis Ester

Main article: Calamity King

Etrigan the Demon

Main article: Etrigan the Demon

Eve

Main article: Eve (DC Comics)

Will Everett

Main article: Amazing-Man (DC Comics)#Will Everett

Will Everett III

Main article: Amazing-Man (DC Comics)#Will Everett III

Ron Evers

Marv Wolfman Ron Evers is a character in DC Comics.

First appearing in Tales of the New Teen Titans #1, Ron Evers was the childhood friend of Victor Stone and grew up in the slums of New York City, which led him to become a criminal as an adult. He comes into conflict with Stone, who had since become Cyborg, and is presumed dead in their ensuing battle. However, he is rescued by S.T.A.R. Labs, transformed into a cyborg, and weaponized by the military. Cyborg later removes Ron's cybernetic implants, after which he reforms and founds the Church of Anti-Technocracy, an anti-technology organization.

Ron Evers in other media

• Ron Evers appears in Young Justice, voiced by Khary Payton. This version is a classmate of Victor Stone and a football player for the Henry Heywood High Steelworkers.
• A female character based on Ron Evers named Roni Evers appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Karen Obilom.

Everyman

Main article: Everyman (DC Comics)

Evil Star

Main article: Evil Star

Executioner

Executioner is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Willy Hooker

Willy Hooker is a man who breaks criminals out so that he can execute them. His activities have attracted the attention of Batman and Robin who managed to defeat him.

Superman villain

The second Executioner is an unnamed man who was hired by "King" Kobra to take out Clark Kent. He alongside "King" Kobra's gang were defeated by Superman.

Executioner in other media

• An original incarnation of Executioner appears in Gotham, portrayed by Michael Chiklis. This version is Nathaniel Barnes, a Gotham City Police Department captain who was infected with the Alice Tetch virus and became a vigilante. Barnes spends time in Arkham Asylum before the Court of Owls free him and have him assume the alias of Executioner, utilizing a special outfit and axe-tipped glove.
• An original incarnation of Executioner appears in the Batwoman episode "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury", portrayed by Jim Pirri. This version is Bertrand Eldon, a former executioner at Blackgate Penitentiary.

Extant

Main article: Hank Hall

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