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Delores Winters

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sought out a new body for her. He found one in a recent suicide at Our Lady of Snows' General Hospital. The reaction of the "saved" Miss Winters was far from grateful. She asked for death or for a prettier body. Whether Dolores Winters had always been vain is not recorded, perhaps the cause of her callous disregard for her new body and that of others was simply the result of the shock of having her brain, and her essence, taken forcibly out of her own body and placed into that of a stranger. Regardless, she regained her life with a great sense of loss - of her identity, of the life she felt she deserved - and with the aid of Doctor Marten, she began a series of surgeries aimed at taking the ugly body of the suicide and transforming it into something beautiful. Delores Winters became intimate with reconstructive surgery and though it was painful she was a woman with a driven obsession. Yet all bodies age, even reconstructed ones. Sometime in the 1950s or 1960s, Miss Winters had Doctor Marten locate and abduct her daughter, now a young and beautiful woman. Delores had her brain transplanted, and it was her daughter this time who was cast aside and left to die. She continued to have cosmetic surgeries as she lived her life of ease and wealth. Some time during the 2000s, however, she decided to repair her aging skin by having a full transplant - and as a donor she chose the heroine
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All who knew of Miss Winters' abduction believed her dead. The truth, however, was that Ultra-Humanite who assisted the megalomaniacal genius had other plans for the actress. He had seen all of the actress' movies and thought of himself as a fan, and so he preserved her brain as only he knew how, and
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who was then captured. He escaped and went after Winters. In the ensuing fight the clinic and spa was damaged while Delores Winters lost control of her own metahuman skin. She began causing snow and ice to form and blow within the confines of the clinic and even began freezing over her own body. In
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In the early 1940s Delores was a rare beauty − a rising star on the silver screen who might have been legend with just a few more well-chosen parts. She had a sexual indiscretion while simply an aspiring actress but did not choose an abortion, instead, she had given birth to a healthy daughter and
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continuity. Superman fights a new U.L.T.R.A. Humanite, a scientist who can transfer his consciousness into other bodies and seeks revenge on Luthor. Luthor attempts to kill Winters, believing (wrongly) she has been possessed by the Humanite, but she is saved by Superman.
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to kidnap Icemaiden and then had Doctor Marten conduct the surgery. In the end Delores Winters had new alabaster skin while the heroine had been flayed alive. Icemaiden did not die and eventually was placed, comatose, into a hydration womb within a facility of
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rescued them, though Ultra-Humanite escaped. Ultra-Humanite in Delores' body abducts an atomic scientist named Terry Curtis and plans to use an atomic missile to blackmail the city of
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to attack Batwoman in order to distract her from his true goal. Despite the injury suffered at Mid-Nite's hands, Delores still appears having both her arms intact.
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had given her up, she then commenced her career in earnest. Her last Hollywood project was the 12-part serial produced by Stellar Pictures,
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the battle with Doctor Mid-Nite, her right arm from the elbow down was snapped off, but she escapes into the night.
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episode "Frenemies: Chapter Twelve: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton", portrayed by
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Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016).
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so that he would serve as Ultra-Humanite's next body. This plot was thwarted by Superman.
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Delores Winters recently had a complete skin graft from the heroine Icemaiden (due to
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The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe
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in the 1940s, but she has made more significant appearances in current continuity.
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planned to place his brain into an albino gorilla that was discovered by
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The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman
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An actress named Delores Winters appeared as the girlfriend of
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Ultra-Humanite in Delores' body later turned Terry Curtis into
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Delores Winters appears in the third and final season of
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Ultra-Humanite in Delores' body later tried to capture
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Index

Publisher
First appearance
Action Comics
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Metahuman
Acting
DC Comics
Ultra-Humanite
The CW
Stargirl
Meredith Garretson
Ultra-Humanite
body swap
Justice Society of America
Superman
Metropolis
Cyclotron
Deathbolt
All-Star Squadron
Bruce Wayne
Icemaiden
Warp
S.T.A.R. Labs
Roulette
Doctor Mid-Nite
Gotham City
Batwoman
Justice League
Prometheus

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