Kole

This article is about the superhero. For other uses, see Kole (disambiguation).

Kole
Kole as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #12 (February 1986). Art by José Luis García-López.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The New Teen Titans (vol. 2) #9 (June 1985)
Created by	George Pérez (artist) Marv Wolfman (writer)
In-story information
Alter ego	Kole Weathers
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Teen Titans
Abilities	Crystal generation Flight

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

Fictional character biography

Professor Abel Weathers, paranoid of an impending nuclear holocaust, was attempting to find a way for humanity to survive the fallout through forced evolution. One of the test subjects in his experiments was his 16-year-old daughter, Kole, whom he grafted with crystal and promethium. Instead of evolving to survive a nuclear fallout as her father intended, Kole gained the ability to create and control pure silicon crystal at will.

Kole as shown in The New Teen Titans #9 (1985).

Kole was then kidnapped by the mad sun Titaness, Thia. For two years, Thia forced Kole to use her powers to construct a crystal prison in which Thia could hold important prisoners. Thia eventually came into conflict with the Teen Titans, which ultimately led to the death of the goddess and Kole winning her freedom. Lilith Clay, a member of the Titans with limited precognition, sensed the "dark clouds of destruction" around Kole and warned her that she would face a "grim future" should she return to Earth and invited her to remain in Olympus. Kole declined, electing to reclaim her life on Earth. Now back on Earth, Kole tried to reunite with her parents, only to find that her father's experiments had created numerous crystalline and insectoid monsters. When the Titans came to confront him, he had them captured and attempted to subject them to the same experiments. Kole helped them to escape and in the ensuing conflict, the lab self-destructed. Abel, his wife Marilyn, and the rest of their test subjects emerged from the wreckage, transformed into insect forms which would allow them to survive a nuclear holocaust. Having nowhere else to go, Kole chose to go with the Titans to New York City.

Lacking a home of her own, Kole lived with Adeline and Joseph Wilson. As a result of this Kole developed an immediate friendship with Jericho. She was deeply upset when Jericho and several other Titans went on a mission to deep space and she could not go with them. Shortly after this, during Crisis on Infinite Earths, she was killed by the Anti-Monitor's shadow-demons. Since then, she has briefly been resurrected in the Animal Man, Team Titans, and Infinite Crisis series.

Powers and abilities

Kole has the power to generate crystal, which she can shape into various constructs. She is also able to fly, but it is unclear whether this also comes from the experiments that gave her powers, or granted to her during her tenure as Thia's slave.

Alternate versions

An alternate universe version of Kole appears in Teen Titans: Earth One. This version was given powers by and formerly worked for Niles Caulder.

In other media

Kole as seen in Teen Titans.

• Kole appears in Teen Titans, voiced by Tara Strong. This version is an honorary member of the Teen Titans who can transform her entire body into crystal and lives with Gnarrk in an isolated Arctic cavern to prevent her powers from being used for evil.
• Kole appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
• The Teen Titans animated series incarnation of Kole appears in Teen Titans Go!.