Equinox DC Superhero’s Surprising Origin Story

I love a good character backstory — something that sets up a reason for the character’s actions and responses to conflict. Especially if it’s about superheroes. So, when I was doing research for an article to write about Indigenous Peoples of Canada, I was intrigued to find out that a superhero from the DC universe has roots here in Canada. Equinox is known as Miiyahbin “Mii” Marten, a sixteen-year-old First Nations superhero. She appeared in a five-issue story in the Justice League Canada comic book series as a member of <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_United" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Justice League United</a>. She’s an Indigenous Peoples of Canada <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cree" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Cree</a> from Moose Factory Island in <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Ontario" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Canada" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Canada</a>, and has elemental powers. Equinox was created by <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff_Lemire" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Lemire</a> and <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_McKone" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Mike McKone</a> and first appeared in Justice League United in 2014. <a href="https://medium.com/writers-blokke/equinox-dc-superheros-surprising-origin-story-434a12511ed9">Visit Now</a>