Alias

Charma
Nick Name
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Civilian ID

Mara Grace

Note: Charma's original name was Charma Drisden in the pre zero-hour Legion of Super-Hero's continuity.

Occupation

Criminal

Seductress

Legal Status
Citizen of the United Planets with a criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Turabeau
Group Affiliation
None
Base of Operations
Mobile
Height
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Weight
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Eye Color
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Hair Color
Red
Skin Tone
Yellow
Known Powers
Alien being with a mutant ability creating an hypnotic aura causing receptive males to love her and females to hate her.
Accessories
None
Common Enemies
Legion of Super-Heroes
Regularly Appearing

Legionnaires

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

First Appearance
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #221 (Nov. 1976)
Creator
Jim Shooter & Mike Grell
Origin
Orphaned when a pain plague eradicated most of the colonist of Turabeau, Mara Grace (or Charma Drisden) was sent to a United Planets girl's school.  While in the care of the state her mutant abilities manifest, a hypnotic aura which causes men to love her and women to hate her, which made her a target for every woman in the school.

She eventually used her powers to enlist the aid of a man to escape the school.  Utilizing her abilities to make men do her bidding she began a career of crime and extortion as the alluring Charma.