Enchantress (DC)
Enchantress is a female comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
June Moon
She and Alan Dell later received an invitation to a castle estate that was hosting a party where all the attendees were wearing monster costumes. In this time, a seeming genuine monster emerged and in the panic caused June found herself accidentally within a hidden sealed room. Inside, he found a strange being on a throne who bade her to approach where he told her that she was chosen to battle a long imprisoned evil. By speaking the words 'the Enchantress', June came to be transformed into a powerful other persona equipped with magic to fight this foe. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
June Moone later applied for a teaching position at the New Athens Experimental School where she was an instructor and expert in sorcery. Whilst there, her Enchantress persona looked to enact a spell that would end science on the planet thus bringing an end to crime, sickness and terrorism with this bringing her into conflict with Supergirl. Despite her weakness to magic, Kara Zor-El managed to stop the culmination of the ultimate spell with the Enchantress claiming that this made her and the Kryponian enemies. (Superman Family v1 #204)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
The Enchantress came to be recruited into Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad that was part of Task Force X. She came to join them as a voluntary member for personal reasons where they were sent to defeat the fiery monster Brimstone at Mount Rushmore. Using her magic, she was able to contain the explosion from the creature but the excess use of magic caused her evil persona to become dominant where she threatened to betray the team. However, she was knocked out by Bronze Tiger thus keeping her under the control of the squad when she regained consciousness. (Legends v1 #3) After the completion of the mission, many of the squad members were released from their prison service per the terms of their deal with Waller though Enchantress remained with Task Force X. (Legends v1 #4) The black-ops groups existence was later threatened when Captain Boomerang threatened to expose them to the world with Waller sending the team to assassinate him. (Legends v1 #5) Deadshot attempted to shoot Boomerang but Rick Flag had Enchantress disable the Apokoliptian Warhounds that were holding him hostage. (Legends v1 #6)
June Moone struggled to maintain a fragile grip on her sanity while being held at Belle Reve Penitentiary under the watchful eye of Amanda Waller. When the squad was mobilized for its first official mission against the Jihad, she allowed the Enchantress persona to take control, transforming into her powerful mystical alter-ego to aid the team in their assault on Qurac. During the infiltration of the fortress known as Jotunheim, she utilized her vast magical energies to bypass security and engage the super-powered terrorists, acting as the group’s primary heavy hitter. However, as the violence intensified, she began to revel in the chaos, nearly succumbing to her darker impulses and threatening to turn her arcane wrath on her own teammates. She only pulled back when Rick Flag threatened to use the mission's psychological triggers against her, forcing her to complete the objective of neutralizing the enemy's mystical assets. By the end of the conflict, she reverted to her human form, exhausted and terrified of the ancient entity dwelling within her, yet tethered to the squad by the promise of a future cure for her condition. (Suicide Squad v1 #1) remained confined within the walls of Belle Reve, where she underwent rigorous psychological and physical evaluations to determine her continued fitness for the team. She spent much of her time in a state of high anxiety, dreading the moment she would have to summon the Enchantress again, as the entity's influence grew more difficult to suppress after the carnage in Qurac. When Amanda Waller and Rick Flag discussed the squad's next move against the female vigilante known as Nightshade, June acted as a reluctant consultant, providing insight into the supernatural strain that her powers placed on her human psyche. She expressed deep resentment toward the explosive bracelets used to keep her in check, yet she remained compliant out of a desperate hope that the government's resources might eventually purge the witch from her soul. Her actions throughout the day were defined by this internal tug-of-war, as she oscillated between a terrified prisoner and a simmering mystical threat that the guards feared to provoke. By the end, she had been briefed on her role for the upcoming covert operation, forced once more to prepare her body as a vessel for the very darkness she feared most. (Suicide Squad v1 #2)
June Moon remained at the Ostrander Medical Institute where the doctors believed that she was freed from her other malevolent persona. However, a surge of magic came upon the world that caused her to speak the name and the Enchantress returned once again. With her power, she escaped the institute and believed herself free from her June personality where she encountered the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. Their battle was interrupted when the ground itself opened to Hell with the demon Etrigan leading the way. It was then revealed that the Spectre Force had been usurped by the fallen angel Asmodel formerly of the Pax Dei where he escaped his prison in hell and attempted to usurp Heaven from God. (Day of Judgment v1 #1) Rather than be involved in this crisis, the Enchantress sought to depart but was possessed by the Deadman who forced her to join the heroes efforts in stopping Asmodel. They journeyed into the afterlife where at the gates of hell they found its fires extinguished by the mad Spectre. It was then that the Enchantress freed herself from Boston Brand and was angered at being controlled but they were confronted by the hound of hell Cerberus. Enchantress slayed the beast and continued with the heroes into the depths of the underworld where they ended up in purgatory where Hal Jordan offered himself to be used as the new host of the Spectre. (Day of Judgment v1 #2) Within the depths of hell, they were confronted by the demon Nebiros who sought to slay them but he was defeated leading to Sebastian Faust reclaiming his soul. However, to re-ignite hell then he needed to commit an act of true evil which was murder leading to him slitting the throat of the Enchantress and causing her body to fall into the underworld's depths thus re-lighting its fires. (Day of Judgment v1 #4)
Afterwards, the souls of June Moon and the Enchantress separated where the former became freed from her magical self. Meanwhile, the Enchantress part of her was in Hell where she escaped back onto Earth and took on a new identity as a demon called Anita Soulfeed. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
From Hell, the Enchantress portion of her came to escape with the demon Scratch and fled to Earth where she took on the form of a succubus called Anita Soulfeeda. She began to work for a group of demons who styled themselves as the Mafia and called themselves the Diablos. The group began to work to resurrect the powerful sorcerer Hermes Trismegestus by using Felix Faust as a host body. The Justice League came to intervene where June Moon encountered Anita Soulfeeda and revealed her true form as the Enchantress. This caused the two to re-connect where they formed into a new entity called Soulsinger who helped defeat the Diablos and prevent a grave threat to the world. Shortly afterwards, the Soulsinger declared that her mission was now complete and faded causing the Enchantress to be left behind but now deprived of her powers. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. June Moon
After being separated from June Moon, the Enchantress created countless duplicates of herself in order to search for her mortal host. (Justice League Dark v1 #1) During the crisis, the Enchantress' powers begin randomly appearing across the world, causing chaos: the Sphinx comes to life and attacks tourists and hundreds of duplicates of June Moone appear to search for the original. While the Justice League tries to intervene, the Enchantress manifests as a colossal monster made up of the bodies of hundreds of June Moones and defeats Superman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg with ease. John Constantine deduces that Madame Xanadu said an incantation that separated June from the Enchantress and reads an incantation that reverses the spell, reuniting the Enchantress and June. (Justice League Dark v1 #5)
During the chaotic orbital insertion into the Laptev Sea, June Moone remained huddled in the back of the transport shuttle, visibly trembling as she fought to keep her dark counterpart from surfacing before the mission even began. Once the vessel was struck by Russian defense measures and plummeted toward the frozen ocean, she was forced to endure the violent crash that nearly killed her teammates. Emerging from the wreckage onto a high-security offshore research facility, she finally succumbed to the transformation, her physical appearance shifting into the haunting, soot-covered visage of the Enchantress. She immediately unleashed her mystical power to bypass the facility's advanced security, using her sorcery to sense the presence of the 'Black Vault' deep beneath the surface. As the squad moved through the corridors, she acted as a supernatural scout and heavy hitter, radiating an aura of palpable dread that unnerved even her hardened teammates like Harley Quinn and Deadshot. When they were cornered by a literal army of Russian soldiers, she did not hesitate to use her magical energy to shield the group and clear a path, demonstrating a cold, detached efficiency in combat. Throughout the engagement, she maintained a precarious balance between being a loyal operative and a ticking time bomb, her eyes glowing with an ancient malice as she prepared to breach the final containment area where the mysterious cosmic anomaly was held. (Suicide Squad v5 #1) After plunging into the depths of the underwater Russian facility, the Enchantress took a central role in the breach of the Black Vault, acting as the squad's primary mystical shield and scout. She navigated the lightless, pressurized corridors with a haunting focus, her presence serving as a supernatural compass that guided the team toward the mysterious cosmic anomaly. As the group faced an overwhelming surge of specialized Russian gulag soldiers, she unleashed torrents of dark magical energy to repel the attackers, showing a chilling disregard for the lives of those standing in her way. Her primary contribution during this incursion involved using her sorcery to sense and eventually bypass the highly advanced containment field surrounding the vault itself, a feat that required her to channel immense amounts of arcane power that visibly strained her connection to June Moone. When the squad finally breached the inner sanctum, she stood ready to engage whatever eldritch horror lay within, her eyes glowing with a malevolent intensity as the vault opened to reveal a swirling vortex of Phantom Zone energy. Throughout the mission, she functioned as a terrifying living weapon, cold and detached from her teammates, driven entirely by the directive to secure the asset at any cost while her dark persona reveled in the opportunity to exert its dominance in such a high-stakes environment. (Suicide Squad v5 #2)
June Moone later found herself in Hilltop Sanitarium where she was struggling with her fragmented psyche. (Superman and the Authority v1 #2) This was until Superman and his team the Authority arrived to rescue her in order to recruit the Enchantress to their team. (Superman and the Authority v1 #3) She later assisted them in battling the Ultra-Humanite and his band of villains that were gathered to oppose them. It was then that the Authority accompanied Superman in a mission to Warworld to oppose the despot Mongul. (Superman and the Authority v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
When turning into the Enchantress, June's hair's and eyes along with her clothing completely changed. (Strange Adventures v1 #187) It was said that her parents had named her as a kind of joke and that it was June Moone. (Superman Family v1 #204) At one point, a merger between June Moon and the Enchantress caused the formation of a new being called the Soulsinger. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #4)
June Moon was known to had been a freelance artist. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
Over time, June’s efforts to remain heroic faltered as the Enchantress’s personality became increasingly dominant. What began as a simple dual identity evolved into a psychological war between two beings sharing the same body. When the Enchantress seized control, her demeanor changed entirely—her voice, posture, and even her aura exuded arrogance and cruelty. The transformation was not merely mental but mystical, with the Enchantress embodying the archetype of a dark sorceress, clad in shadowed garments and surrounded by an aura of supernatural menace. (Superman Family v1 #204)
Amanda Waller saw in her both immense potential and grave risk, utilizing her power while attempting to keep the Enchantress under control through psychological conditioning and magical containment. Within the Squad, June’s duality was both an asset and a liability—her human side provided empathy and restraint, while her Enchantress persona delivered devastating magical might in battle. However, the strain of living as a prisoner of her own power took its toll, as June struggled to retain her identity amid the ever-present threat of losing herself entirely to the darker entity within. (Suicide Squad v1 #9)
June’s personality remained gentle and empathetic even as her condition worsened. She longed for normalcy and human connection, clinging to moments of peace between transformations. However, guilt haunted her for the destruction wrought by her alter ego, and her constant fear of losing control kept her isolated from others. The Enchantress, by contrast, was the embodiment of unrestrained power—arrogant, manipulative, and often disdainful of mortal weakness. This internal conflict defined their shared life, turning June’s existence into a battleground where reason and chaos, compassion and dominance, fought for supremacy. (Shadowpact v1 #4)
During her tenure with mystical teams such as the Sentinels of Magic and Shadowpact, June sought redemption by aligning herself with other practitioners of the arcane arts. Through them, she found temporary stability, learning techniques to suppress or channel the Enchantress’s influence. Despite these efforts, she remained perpetually at risk of succumbing to the darker self that resided within her. Her allies recognized the danger she posed, yet many showed compassion toward her plight, seeing in June a woman fighting a war against her own soul. (Day of Vengeance v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
By saying the words 'the Enchantress', June was able to transform into her superpowered persona with a jagged streak of lightning. This other form was noted for being mighty and held powerful magic. She was shown to be capable of walking through walls as if they not there. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
She was said to possess a 'witch's instinct' that allowed her to sense evil manifestations. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
Her magic granted her vast capabilities, including energy manipulation, teleportation, transmutation, and spellcasting limited only by her imagination. (Strange Adventures v1 #191) The Enchantress’s powers were vast and virtually limitless in scope. She could manipulate mystical energy to project destructive blasts, teleport across great distances, conjure illusions, and summon demonic entities from other planes. Her knowledge of spellcraft spanned multiple dimensions and ancient traditions, allowing her to alter physical matter and bend reality according to her will. Yet the use of these powers often eroded her sanity and moral restraint, each spell feeding the parasitic essence that sought to dominate her soul. The more she wielded her magic, the weaker June’s control became, creating a tragic paradox where the very abilities that could save others also endangered her own humanity. (Suicide Squad v1 #11)
She could summon a storm of animated icicles that she used to pierce and silence a foe. (Day of Judgment v1 #2)
The Enchantress was able to create countless duplicates of herself that were described as being fake shells. (Justice League Dark v1 #4)
It was shown that she was capable of stopping time over a localised area. (Suicide Squad v5 #22)
June was able to will herself back to her normal self though this meant any spells made vanished in the process. (Strange Adventures v1 #187)
Notes
- Enchantress was created by Bob Haney and Howard Purcell where she made her first appearance in Strange Adventures v1 #187 (April, 1966).
Alternate Versions
- In Flashpoint v1 #1 (2011), an alternate version of the Enchantress appeared in the timeline known as Flashpoint. In the altered timeline created when Barry Allen (The Flash) attempted to prevent his mother’s murder, the world was drastically changed. Many heroes and villains were reimagined with different allegiances, fates, and origins. In this fractured continuity, June Moone still acted as the human host for the mystical being known as the Enchantress, but her path deviated significantly from her mainline counterpart. On this world, she was a member of a team known as the Secret Seven. The Enchantress secretly manipulated the group into conflict, sowing mistrust and provoking their eventual self-destruction. Her motivations remain ambiguous but likely stemmed from her desire to dominate the magical sphere of the altered world—or potentially to absorb the chaotic energies of war and disorder rippling through the magical realms due to the Flashpoint timeline’s instability. She orchestrated the deaths of several team members through deception and misdirection. This culminated in a confrontation where the remaining members of the Secret Seven realized her betrayal. In the climactic confrontation, Shade used the full power of his M-Vest (a reality-warping vest that responded to his emotional and mental state) to destroy the Enchantress. She died in the collapse of the Secret Seven—eliminated by the very forces she sought to subvert.
- In The Multiversity Guidebook v1 #1 (2015), an alternate version of Enchantress appeared in the newly created Multiverse where she was an inhabitant of Earth-13. This version was a superhero on the mystical world where she was a member of the League of Shadows.
- In DC Comics Bombshells Annual v1 #1 (2016), an alternate version of the Enchantress appeared in the DC Bombshells reality that existed in a world within the Multiverse. Junie Moon was a young American woman and an aspiring artist before the Second World War engulfed the globe. Her encounter with the supernatural would change the course of her life and many others. During an ill-fated trip to an ancient castle while attending an art gala in Europe, June stumbled upon a hidden chamber wherein she inadvertently released a mystical spirit bound for centuries: the Enchantress. Rather than being consumed by this ancient force, June became its vessel—an unwilling host to a malevolent yet powerful magical entity. She had emerged as a member of the wartime Suicide Squad, summoned covertly to neutralize magical threats Germany had unleashed in the Marshlands. Working alongside Batgirl and Ravager, she had unleashed her dark art—ranging from shape‑shifting and summoning illusions, to knocking soldiers blind with fear—while retaining control and agency rather than becoming a pawn. Later, she joined Justice League Dark, offering her arcane knowledge to combat Axis sorcery and Nazi necromancy. In one key mission, she had responded to a prophecy that foretold dire magical imbalance, rallying her coven members to confront the Forsaken battlegroup, using illusions and fear projection to destabilize enemy ranks. Hers was a role of protector and provocateur—a woman who wielded her eldritch power intentionally, not tragically.
In other media
Television
- In Legends of Tomorrow, the Enchantress appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse starting from the episode "The Great British Fake Off" where she was portrayed by actress Samantha Liana Cole.
- In Suicide Squad ISEKAI, the Enchantress appeared in the setting of the anime television series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Shizuka Itō and by English actress Christina Kelly in the English dub.
Films
- In Suicide Squad, the Enchantress appeared in the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe where she was portrayed by actress Cara Delevingne. She and her brother Incubus entered this plane of existence circa 4,358 B.C.. Due to their incredible power, Enchantress and Incubus were worshiped as gods by ancient humans of Pre-Columbian South America but were ultimately betrayed by her subjects and somehow defeated and sealed away into containers, which, in turn, were placed inside a tomb of Tres Osos Caves for millennia. Archaeologist Dr. June Moone was exploring a site along the long overgrown Tres Osos Caves in the north-central highlands of Peru when she fell a shaft into a cavern containing a tomb. A doll-shaped container that held the witch caught her eye and called to her, making her release the spirit of the ancient deity. The spirit then possesses June's body, inhabiting her normal self until she says the word 'Enchantress', upon which her normal consciousness is overtaken by the ancient spirit inside. It was not long before she came to the attention of Amanda Waller during her search for metahumans for the United States government. She sends her subordinate Colonel Rick Flag to apprehend her and watch over June. Soon after, June and Rick fall in love, fulfilling Waller's intention to attain leverage over both of them. Meanwhile, Waller sends people to locate the tomb in which June was possessed and find the spirit's 'heart', the only thing capable of controlling it. Once in Waller's possession, she has the power to control the Enchantress. When Waller approaches the government for approval to form the Task Force X, June accompanies her to turn herself into the Enchantress in front of the committee to convince the members of the use of harnessing criminals and metahumans for military purposes. She uses her teleportation abilities to warp to Iran and obtain a highly sought-after file containing the Iranian nuclear arsenal inventory as a gift to impress the otherwise terrified staff. Waller is then given their authorization.
Video games
- In DC Legends, the Enchantress appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Injustice 2, the Enchantress was introduced as a playable character through DLC for the fighting video game where she was voiced by actress Brandy Kopp.
- In DC Unchained, the Enchantress appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Strange Adventures v1: (1966)
- Superman Family v1:
- Legends v1:
- Suicide Squad v2:
- Day of Judgment v1:
- JLA: Black Baptism v1:
- Justice League Dark v1:
- Suicide Squad:
- Superman and the Authority v1:
- Action Comics v1:
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