Circe

Circe is a DC Comics character who appears in many publications and media. She is an evil sorceress and key recurring foe of the superhero Wonder Woman, based on the Greek mythical person of the same name who imprisoned Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Since her first appearance in Wonder Woman (vol 1) issue 37 in 1949, she has been portrayed in a variety of ways, but her characterization has remained consistent in key aspects: immortality, stunning physical beauty, a powerful command over sorcery, a penchant for turning humans into animals (like her mythological antecedent), and a fondness for humiliation.

Circe debuted as a Wonder Woman enemy, but she would spend the following 43 years as an antagonist for other DC Comics characters, including Rip Hunter, the Sea Devils, and, most notably, Superman and Supergirl, for whom she was a constant foil (and occasionally ally) throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. She would return to her roots as a member of Wonder Woman's rogues' gallery in 1983, at the end of the Bronze Age of Comics, and rise to become one of the hero's most significant Modern Age foes, appearing frequently in Wonder Woman stories throughout DC Comics' post-Crisis, New 52, and Rebirth continuities.