List of DC Comics characters: L

L-Ron is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writers Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, and first appeared in Justice League International #14 (June 1988).

L-Ron is initially introduced as a servant of the intergalactic warlord Manga Khan. Later, he assists the Justice League in stopping Despero by building a new control collar, using part of his circuitry to do so as it is made of the only material that will work. However, the collar inadvertently causes L-Ron and Despero to switch bodies when used.^[1] Despero then attacks the Justice League before being destroyed and becoming a disembodied spirit.^[2]

The post-New 52 incarnation of L-Ron, introduced in the Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville miniseries, is an assistant to the titular characters.^[3]

L-Ron appears in the Young Justice episode "Cornered", voiced by Phil LaMarr.^[4] This version is a majordomo to Despero who often speaks for him as he refuses to do so.

La Dama is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers and Cully Hamner, first appeared in Blue Beetle vol. 7 #3 (January 2006). She is the aunt of Brenda Del Vecchio and a enigmatic leading figure in El Paso's criminal underworld.^[5][6][7][8]

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC Universe with La Dama claiming to be an entity older than time and using the alias Amparo Cardenas.^[9][10]

La Dama appears in Catwoman: Hunted, voiced by Jacqueline Obradors.^[11] This version is a member of Leviathan who represents an unnamed Central American cartel.

Lady Chronos (Jia) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Jia, a young Chinese woman from Hong Kong, was the longtime sweetheart of Ryan Choi. She later obtains David Clinton's research and becoming the third Chronos.^[12][13]

Lady Chronos appears in The Flash episode "Partners in Time", portrayed by Diana Bang.

Lady Eve is a fictional supervillainess created by Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis, making her first appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #24 (August 1985).

Little is known about Lady Eve's past, but she first met the terrorist cult leader Kobra (Jeffrey Burr) in Egypt where she nursed him back to health. In gratitude, Kobra offered Eve to join him in exchange for a better life. She accepted and eventually became Kobra's lover, as well as a high-ranking member of the Kobra Cult. She and Kobra once hatched a plot to brainwash top officials of the U.S. Army and steal a satellite defense program to blackmail the United States government, but Batman and the Outsiders eventually stopped them both.^[14] Lady Eve later forms a second incarnation of Strike Force Kobra.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]}

• Lady Eve appears in Justice League: The Animated Series Guide.
• Lady Eve appears in Justice League Adventures #23.^[22]
• Lady Eve appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Jill Scott.^[23] This version is Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson, the owner of a funeral parlor and member of a secret group of corrupt leaders with ties to Tobias Whale, the 100, Peter Gambi, and Lazarus Prime. After Gambi frames Joey Toledo's death on Lady Eve's group, Whale kills her to avenge Toledo. Sometime later, Lady Eve is resurrected off-screen, made the head of the business Ultimate O, and forms a competitive rivalry with the 100.
• Lady Eve appears in Batman: Soul of the Dragon, voiced by Grey DeLisle.^[24] This version is a member of Kobra who is later killed by Shiva.

Lady Liberty is the code-name assigned to four fictional characters.

Lady Liberty is a member of the Force of July, a government sponsored superhero team. She first appeared in Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1 (1984). Her costume consists of robes and a crown based on the Statue of Liberty, and she speaks with a French accent. Although not explored fully, it is alluded to in comics that she is romantically involved with Major Victory (William Vickers). Her real identity is never revealed.

She appears in the Outsiders 1987 special, fighting off a combined Outsiders/Infinity Inc. infiltration of the Force's California headquarters. Her team is initially successful, subduing and capturing all of the heroes.

Lady Liberty appears again during the Janus Directive crossover event among multiple series. The Suicide Squad is manipulated into attacking the group and Liberty suffers the death of two of her allies, Mayflower and Sparkler. This was because Amanda Waller, the head of the Squad, had to keep up the hoax that she had been replaced by a double that was hostile to American interests.^[25] Nevertheless, the rest of the Force joins in on an attack against Kobra, the driving force behind the Directive. During the mission, her ally, Silent Majority is killed. Liberty sacrifices herself to destroy Kobra's capability to kill millions.^[26]

In Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1 (June 2006), a new Lady Liberty appears with a new Silent Majority and Major Victory. They call themselves Freedom's Ring and are employed by the government to defend Blüdhaven from any trespassing metahumans. This Lady Liberty is killed by Nuclear Legion member Geiger in the following issue.^[27]

When S.H.A.D.E. takes control of Freedom's Ring, the Lady Liberty equipment is passed to an unnamed agent who takes up the role. Two issues later she is stabbed through the chest by Ravager and dies. Silent Majority also dies in this conflict.^[28]

Another S.H.A.D.E. agent appears as Lady Liberty in the pages of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #4. As her powers stem from her costume, she is stripped of her robes and left, naked and devoid of powers, on a naturist beach by the Ray (Stan Silver). Apparently she rejoins S.H.A.D.E. with new equipment, still fighting against the Freedom Fighters team.

Ladybug (Rosibel Rivera) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is Red Bee's former sidekick who gained size-shifting abilities from exposure to a confiscated weapon built by Professor Pollen before being kidnapped by the Time Masters in an attempt to save her from Doctor Manhattan's alterations to the timeline and presumed dead.^[29] She is later rescued by Stargirl and transported to the present day, after which Phantom Lady adopts her.^{[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}

Francine Lee Langstrom was the fiancée of scientist Kirk Langstrom, also known as the Man-Bat. She has also occasionally transformed into a bat hybrid as well, known as the She-Bat. The Langstroms had two children, Rebecca and Aaron, the latter being a mutant bat-creature due to his parents' mutant physiology.

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Francine Langstrom is reimagined as a more villainous character who only married Kirk to ensure the company that he would complete the serum and then have him killed so she could inherit a large sum of money.^[37][38][39]

In the 2021 Man-Bat miniseries, Francine appears to no longer be a villain and has gotten back together with Kirk. However, she leaves him once again when she discovers he is still attempting to perfect the Man-Bat formula to cure his sister's deafness. Kirk ultimately accepts he and Francine cannot be happy together and promises not to interfere in her life as he willingly gives himself up to the police, eventually joining Wonder Woman's Justice League Dark.^[40]

• Francine Langstrom appears in media set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by Meredith MacRae.^[41]
  • Introduced in the Batman: The Animated Series's pilot episode "On Leather Wings", she, her father Dr. March, and husband Kirk Langstrom meet Bruce Wayne before she is caught in the battle between Batman and Kirk as Man-Bat. In the episode "Terror in the Sky", Francine is accidentally exposed to a fruit bat-based serum created by March and transforms into She-Bat before Batman cures her.
  • Francine makes a cameo appearance in The New Batman Adventures episode "Chemistry", attending Bruce Wayne's wedding.
• Francine Langstrom appears in Son of Batman, voiced by Diane Michelle.^[41]
• Francine Langstrom appears in Batman: Arkham Knight. This version was seemingly killed by Kirk after his transformation into the Man-Bat, with Batman finding her corpse while investigating the Langstroms' laboratory. If he revisits the lab after curing and incarcerating Kirk, he finds Francine's body gone and a broken television screen with the words "Forever my love" written on it in an unknown substance, implying that she transformed and escaped.^[42]
• Francine Langstrom / She-Bat appears in the DC Super Hero Girls two-part episode "#NightmareInGotham", voiced by Tara Strong. This version appears to have developed the She-Bat serum herself. She is forcibly transformed by the Joker in a plot to destroy Gotham on Halloween, but is cured by Bumblebee.

Zoe Lawton was created by Christos Gage and Steven Cummings. She made her first appearance in Deadshot #1.

The daughter of Michelle Torres and Deadshot (Floyd Lawton), Zoe Lawton was conceived following a casual liaison. Her mother gave up prostitution and drugs for Zoe's sake and moved them to a poor neighborhood in Star City, where she was raised for four years without her father's knowledge of her existence.

• Zoe Lawton makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Batman: Assault on Arkham.
• Zoe Lawton appears in Suicide Squad, portrayed by Shailyn Pierre-Dixon.^[43]
• Zoe Lawton makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay.
• Zoe Lawton appears in flashbacks depicted in the Arrow episode "Suicidal Tendencies", portrayed by Audrey Wise Alvarez. This version is a legitimate daughter of Deadshot and Susan Lawton.
• Zoe Lawton appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[44]
• Zoe Lawton appears in Deadshot's ending in Injustice 2.

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Lilith is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is based on the biblical figure of the same name.

While her history of being the original idea for a husband for Adam remains intact, she mothered numerous demons with different angels including Lucifer.^[45]

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. In this version, Lilith married Cain and Abel and became the second vampire.^[46]

• Lilith appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[44]
• Lilith appears in Dead Boy Detectives, portrayed by Rochelle Okoye. This version is the goddess of witchcraft.

Lion-Mane is the name of four characters in DC Comics.

The first Lion-Mane originates from Earth-Two, and is a cat-like human and former henchman of Catwoman.^[47][48]

The second Lion-Mane is Ed Dawson, an archaelogist who was transformed into a feral were-lion after touching a mystical meteor called Mithra. He later joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.^{[49][50][51][52]}

The third Lion-Mane, introduced post-Zero Hour, is Karen Ramis, a scientist who was similarly transformed by the meteor.^[53][54] After being returned to normal, she later regains the meteor's power and takes on a half-lion form.

A fourth, unidentified Lion-Mane appears in The New 52. This version is a lion-like centaur and member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.^{[55][56][57][58]}

• Lion-Mane appears in DC Universe Online. This version is a member of the Cat Avatars.
• Lion-Mane appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Khary Payton.^[59]

Lock-Up is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Before appearing in the comics, Lock-Up appeared in his self-titled episode of Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Bruce Weitz. Lyle Bolton is a security guard at Arkham Asylum who uses intimidation, excessive force, and even torture to keep inmates in line. He eventually becomes the vigilante Lock-Up in an attempt to bring peace to Gotham before Batman stops him.

Lock-Up's first comic appearance was in Robin (vol. 2) #24 (January 1996) in which he captured Charaxes. He subsequently appeared in Detective Comics #694 (February 96) in which he captured the minor villain Allergent.^[60] In both of these stories, he only made a brief appearance at the end, removing the villain before Batman and Robin could return to the scene.

His first full appearance was in Detective Comics #697-699 (June–August 1996), which began with him capturing Two-Face and taking him to his private prison alongside Charaxes, Allergent, and several gangsters. He is stopped by the police while targeting a criminal-turned-state's evidence and is revealed to be Lyle Bolton, previously discharged from the police academy for being too gung-ho, and dismissed from several security jobs (unlike the animated version, he had not worked at Arkham). Lock-Up escapes, and captures minor street criminal Alvin Draper (actually Tim Drake's undercover identity).

When Nightwing finds his hideout, Lock-Up decides to drown all his prisoners in an underwater death-trap. Batman intervenes and defeats Lock-Up, saving the villains, Nightwing, and Robin.

Lock-Up later appeared during the No Man's Land storyline, having taken control of Blackgate Penitentiary in the aftermath of the earthquake. He had enlisted KGBeast and the Trigger Twins to act as wardens for his prison, and rules with an iron fist; Batman only tolerates his presence because he requires Lock-Up to keep captured criminals in check to prevent Gotham being overrun, although Lock-Up is under strict orders to treat the prisoners well. Towards the end of the storyline, Batman enlists Dick Grayson's help in overthrowing Lock-Up^[61][62] so Blackgate could be used for the lawful side once again.^[63]

Lock-Up makes a brief appearance in Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special where it seems the Society made use of Lock-Up's prison expertise to break metas and humans out of prisons all over the world, leading to the Battle of Metropolis in the final issue of Infinite Crisis.^[64]

More recently, Lock-Up has been affiliated with Ventriloquist II, alongside other Gotham criminals Killer Moth and Firefly. During this association, Lock-Up was badly wounded by Metropolis outfits Intergang and the 100.

Recovering, Lock-Up was sent to a prison world alongside other criminals in the Salvation Run limited series.^[65]

Lock-Up/Lyle Bolton would appear in the comics Arrow 2.5 as a continuation to Arrow as a member of "The Renegades", a Bludhaven mercenary unit with Bartek Kuranski, Winnick Norton/The Dodger, and Cyrus Vanch as associations for the Church of Blood. Hired to kidnap Felicity Smoak, they were defeated by the Arrow, Arsenal and Huntress.^[66]

Mar Londo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte, and first appeared in Adventure Comics #327 (December 1964).

Mar Londo is a Zuunian and the father of Legionnaire Timber Wolf, who was additionally responsible for giving him his powers.

In pre-Crisis continuity, Mar created an army of androids to mine Zuunium, as they are the only ones capable of withstanding Zuun's harsh conditions. He died not long after giving Brin his powers using Zuunium, with one of his androids, Karth Arn, taking Brin's identity and framing him for crimes in the present day. However, the Legion manage to clear his name after being called to stop him.

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Mar is renamed Marr Londo, and appears in a flashback in the miniseries Legion Lost. This version empowered Brin to protect him from Lord Vykor, who had invested in Marr's power-giving serum and killed his wife Kana after learning that it had not yet been perfected. Marr subsequently tried to confront Vykor, but was killed by him as Brin escaped.

Mar Londo appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Harry Lennix in the first season and Dorian Harewood in the second season. This version is a more malevolent figure who gave Brin powers through genetic engineering and intended to use him as a weapon in galactic conquest. He additionally utilizes nanomachines and mentally-controlled, synthetic humanoids called "Bio-Golems".

Lillian Luthor was the mother of Alexander Luthor and Julian Luthor, as well as the wife of Lionel Luthor.

Lillian (portrayed by Alisen Down) had a long and prolific role in the TV series Smallville.

Lillian came from a wealthy family. How she met Lionel is unclear, but they were married sometime before the 1980s. By all accounts, Lillian was a caring, beautiful and sophisticated person, as well as comments made by Lex and Lionel have indicated that she had a spirited personality, had ambitions of her own and often stood up to Lionel.

Eventually, Lillian began to wonder about the special projects that Lionel had. She searched for answers and found something called "Veritas". However, Alexander saw her going through his father's briefcase, so Lillian asked him not to tell anyone. When Lionel found out, he immediately blamed Alexander and forced him to tell the truth. When Alexander did, Lillian insisted Lionel explain what Veritas was, but Lionel knocked her to the floor instead and warned her not to look into his projects again. Lillian felt angered and disgusted by Alexander's betrayal.

Sometime later, Lillian became ill with a heart condition that worsened over the rest of her life. Lionel hired a nurse named Rachel Dunleavy to assist her. Rachel and Lionel subsequently had an affair, resulting in the birth of Lionel's illegitimate son, Lucas. It is unclear whether Lillian knew of the affair or the child.

Lillian was helped by a nanny, Pamela Jenkins, who Alexander regarded as a second mother. Lionel was often absent from home and Lillian insisted that he take Alexander on one of his business trips to Smallville during the meteor shower of 1989. Lionel's resulting shame and constant critique of Alexander bothered Lillian greatly.

Sometime in the early 1990s, Lionel insisted that they have another child, an idea that Lillian was highly opposed to, presumably because of her poor health. However, when Alexander was 11, Lillian became pregnant again. She insisted that Alexander be allowed to come home for school from Excelsior Academy and Lionel complied. Her pregnancy was strenuous and Lillian was bedridden for much of it. On Alexander's disastrous 12th birthday (which no one attended), Lillian gave him a lead box allegedly made from the armor of St. George, which he kept into adulthood and later gave to Clark Kent.

After baby Julian's birth, Lillian descended into a deep case of postpartum depression, refusing to hold the child and crying perpetually. One evening, Lionel sent the baby's nanny home and insisted that Lillian bond with the child. Lillian expressed her concern that Lionel would pit the two boys against each other and announced that she wanted a divorce, a threat that she had apparently made many times and that Lionel had called "tiresome".

On returning home from work one night, Lionel discovered Alexander in the baby's nursery. Alexander immediately apologized and confessed to accidentally killing Julian while trying to stop him from crying. Lionel erupted into a fierce rage and struck Alexander. Their relationship never recovered, even after he became an adult. It was not until years later, after receiving experimental therapy to recall repressed memories, that he remembered that Lillian had in fact smothered the baby during one of her delusions, hoping to spare him from Lionel's maltreatment. Alexander took the blame, correctly assuming that his father would cover it up to protect his sole heir, although he would probably be less inclined to do so for his wife.

Sometime before her death Lillian, along with Lex and Lionel, went to a ranch in Montana to spend time together. During that time, a snake spooked Lillian's horse, prompting Lionel to save her and wait on her until she was better.

After Julian's death, Lillian's health rapidly deteriorated and she died several months later in the spring of 1993 when Alexander was 13. He later confessed to Clark that he was in denial about her impending death and spent the time researching treatments and doctors instead of being with her. Lex also told Lana Lang that he was away at boarding school when Lillian died and found out about her passing from reporters who had sneaked into his school.

Lillian left her shares of LuthorCorp to her son and Pamela.

Lillian's death was extremely influential in the adult Lex's life. He had visions of his mother on many occasions. When Lex was shot and ended up in a coma, he had a near-death experience. In it, Lillian visited him and showed Lex an alternate life of happiness that he could have if he would simply walk away from Lionel and LuthorCorp. However, at the end of the vision, Lana (his dream wife) suffered complications during childbirth. Because of Lex's lack of resources and estrangement from his father, he was unable to transfer Lana to a better facility and she died: this led Lex to believe that Lana died because he lacked enough money and power: with these, everything else in life could be secured. As a result, Lex ignored his mother's warning and continued his lifestyle of deceit and corruption. After realizing this, Lillian was seen in the reflection of a hospital window crying over her son's choice.

When Lex was injected with the Limbo drug, which placed its users in a state of "clinical death", he met Lillian again, who told him that she was angry with him for ignoring her advice.

When Lex was shot and went into a coma, Clark Kent and Lionel used a machine that allowed Clark to enter Lex's mind to find Lois Lane and Kara Kent. In Lex's mind, Clark met a young version of Lex and the two hid from a psychotic and murderous adult Lex. In the memory featuring Lillian snooping in Lionel's briefcase, Clark witnessed Lionel's verbal and physical abuse of both Lex and Lillian, as well as watched Lex try to help his mother up, but Lillian uncharacteristically told him that he had done enough and walked away from him.

In DC Comics, Lex Luthor's mother is named Arlene Luthor. In later incarnations, her name was changed to "Leticia" even though she remained unnamed in most of her appearances.

Lillian Luthor (known as the Doctor) appears in Supergirl, portrayed by Brenda Strong.^[67] This version is the leader of Project Cadmus.

Lori Luthor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is Lena Luthor's daughter who turned to crime to provide for her, attracting the attention of Superboy.^[68]

Nasthalthia Luthor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the niece of Lex Luthor who has antagonized Supergirl on occasion.^[69]

Nasthalthia Luthor appears in All-Star Superman, voiced by Linda Cardellini.^[70]

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

Lunkhead is an enemy of Batman who became an inmate at Arkham Asylum. Lunkhead was clearly stupid, but exhibited massive strength; he made an enemy of the Ventriloquist (Arnold Wesker) when he smashed Wesker's companion, Scarface. He was sacrificed to the devil by a pack of demons, along with many others, when the Ventriloquist threw his voice to make it seem as though Lunkhead was volunteering to be thrown into the fiery pit with the rest of the damned.

• Lunkhead appears in Beware the Batman, voiced by JB Blanc.^[71] This version is a reformed criminal who underwent rehabilitation in Blackgate Penitentiary alongside Margaret Sorrow.
• Lunkhead appears in the Gotham episode "A Dark Knight: One of My Three Soups", portrayed by Hank Strong. This version is an African-American strongman and acquaintance of Jerome Valeska's uncle Zachary Trumble.

Anthony Lupus is a former Olympic Decathlon champion who suffers from severe headaches until he meets Professor Milo, who uses a drug to treat them and transforms him into a werewolf in the process.^[72] Bruce Wayne later met Anthony's younger sister Angela who is in need of a bone marrow transplant, and promises to help cure Anthony.^[73]

A photo of Anthony Lupus' werewolf form appeared in Trinity (vol. 2) #7.^[74]

Anthony Lupus' werewolf form later appeared in Batman's hallucination.^[75]

Anthony Lupus' werewolf form appears in DC Rebirth. He is one of the many villains taken down by Batman and Catwoman after he takes her along with him on an average night of his job.^[76]

• A character inspired by Anthony Lupus named Anthony Romulus appears in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Moon of the Wolf", voiced by Harry Hamlin.^[77] This version is a well-known Olympian athlete from Gotham City. After entering a decathlon, despite immersing himself in intense physical training, he does not feel confident in his abilities and asks Professor Milo to make untraceable steroids for him. Milo obliged and, despite winning the decathlon, the wolf hormones he used to make the steroids gradually cause Romulus to transform into a werewolf. Milo blackmails him into working for him in exchange for a cure, but Romulus eventually runs afoul of Batman, who defeats him and sends him falling into a river.
• Anthony Romulus appears in The Batman Adventures #21.^[78] Doctor Emile Dorian uses him, Tygrus, and Man-Bat to capture Catwoman, with Romulus demanding a cure following the mission. However, the villains are all caught in an explosion while fighting Batman.

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