“Her name is Pandora.”

DC put a post up on their blog today that featured only the above quote and this picture:

So the mysterious purple lady now has a name. What they’re going to do with her is anybody’s guess.

Comments

  1. Does she have a box? What’s in it?

    WHAT’S IN THE BOX!?

  2. Looks like Penny from Witch Doctor

  3. way to go on an original name

  4. Hmm. How subtle.

  5. “Her name is Pandora and she dances on the sand … “

  6. She does kind of look like Penny from Witch doctor

  7. her hand has a “Daemonite” look to it. hmmm

  8. if you don’t interact with her often enough, she turns off your music and gets a bit pissy.

  9. maybe it’s like she let the new 52 out of the box. whatever. as long as she doesn’t ruin animal man i don’t care.

  10. Huh? Her name isn’t Deus Ex Machina.

  11. @ comicBOOKchris That’s her middle name. Her full name is Pandora Deux Ex Machina Just Kidding Escape Clause.

  12. That pic looks like something out of the Top Cow universe!

  13. The thing is that Pandora has nothing to do with re-dos or universe changing. That box that she had contained the world’s evil, which is why when shit goes down, people say “Pandora’s box has been opened!” It’s not a very subtle name, but to assume that it has something to do with doing away with the new 52 at this point is flat out wrong.

  14. what issues has she appeared in? She’s the where’s waldo of dc.

  15. @comicBOOKchris: Yeah, I don’t understand why some people are expecting an escape hatch.

    I get that they might be unnecessarily bitter about the changes brought about by the New 52, but it seems like a lot of them are just hunting for anything that might possibly someday in the future lead to a short-sighted “Ah-ha! I told you so!” moment of pathetic internet glory.

    DC put a lot of eggs in their New 52 basket, and as far as I can see there haven’t been any serious cracks.

  16. i wouldn’t be surprised if she was a reset button, because thats the kind of move the big 2 has conditioned us to think or expect a stunt like that. I really don’t think she’ll be used that way though..seems too easy. i think her more as a bridge….”a reason” storywise that the reboot happened…just examining the collateral damage. I’m sure she’ll be a character in the first event they do.

  17. New theory? I’m thinking Phantom Stranger connection… check the facts here — > http://martelljt.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/who-is-pandora/

  18. She is made out of unobtainium.

  19. Pandora? Really?

    I JUST FACEPALMED THROUGH MY FACE!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deathpp.PNG

  20. Wasn’t the catalyst of Crisis on Infinite Earths called “Pariah”? I think there was a Harbinger in there too, right?

    DC clearly has a history of on-the-nose character names, so I’m a little surprised at the visceral reactions to “Pandora”, especially since others have explained that there’s really nothing on-the-nose about it yet.

  21. Sure it’s heavy handed, but they also have a man whose powers are above all other called “Superman”, a guy in the water called “Aquaman”. A bad guy called “Darkseid” from the dystopian planet “Apokalypse”? And that thing in the swamp? Well, you see where I’m headedi

  22. The pandorica has opened.

  23. 2012 summer event… *sigh*

  24. I am very curious where this character will go from here. I am thinking she will be involved in DC’s next big event.

  25. She’ll probably pop up in Justice League.

  26. Wow, Geoff John is riding that wave of creativity!

    NOT!!!

  27. That would be “Ms. Deus Ex Machina”

  28. Well, it ain’t Kansas anymore.

  29. SHE SHOULD BE CALLED LILITH! OR ZYWERGTY! OR BOB!

    Oh wait, it really shouldn’t be possible to get angry about a name. Sorry…

  30. her name is Roberta Paulson, HER NAME IS ROBERTA PAULSON. HER NAME IS ROBERTA PAULSON!!!

  31. Pandora…really? Couldn’t come up with something a lil more creative DC?

  32. So we’re going to get a look at Pandora’s box? [CHILDISH SNICKERING]