Faora Hu-Ul (Earth-One)

Faora Hu-Ul was a serial killer born on the planet Krypton. A self-professed "man-hater", she targeted only male Kryptonians and ran a concentration camp where she kept other Kryptonians as slaves. Faora Hu-Ul claimed over twenty-three lives before she was arrested. Faora was sentenced to over three-hundred years of incarceration inside the Phantom Zone - the longest sentence ever handed to a female prisoner, and the second-longest sentence over all. As Faora was trapped inside the Phantom Zone, she, along with many others, survived the destruction of Krypton. She met other Phantom Zoners including military leader General Zod and Jax-Ur. Jax-Ur's knowledge of Jewel Kryptonite technology paved the way for their escape, and they broke free of the Phantom Zone where they inevitably came into conflict with their home world's last surviving son - Superman.

During one incident, Faora separated from her fellow Zoners and used her powers to siphon some Phantom Zone mist to surround her body, making her appear as a true phantom. As a veritable "ghost", Faora masqueraded as the widow of an elderly man named Jackson Porter. She convinced Porter to take up residence at 344 Clinton Street in Metropolis, next door to Clark Kent, aka, Superman. From there, she began scheming against Superman, but Superman discovered her true identity and origin and returned Faora to the Phantom Zone. ^[1]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

While she existed in the Phantom Zone, Faora Hu-Ul was effectively immortal, and would not age or die. Like all Kryptonians, Faora developed enhanced strength, stamina and extrasensory powers while operating within a star system with a yellow sun.

Abilities

Faorua Hu-Ul was a master of the deadly Kryptonian martial arts form Horu-Kanu. Horu-Kanu involved quick strikes at pressure points in an opponent's body causing instant though temporary paralysis of the body. Faora also had an exceptional physical appearance and used her beauty to lure men to their doom.

Strength level

By Kryptonian standards, Faora Hu-Ul possessed the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engaged in intensive regular exercise. While under the influence of a yellow-sun environment, Faora developed powers similar to that of Superman.

Weaknesses

In the Phantom Zone, Faora Hu-Ul no longer maintained a corporeal form, and could not make physical contact with any other person or item.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.

Notes

This version of Faora Hu-Ul (Earth-One), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985-86 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and is now considered apocryphal.

Faora Hu-Ul has served as an analog to several different characters. In Post-Crisis continuity, another Phantom Zone criminal named Zaora was General Zod's second in command in a pocket-universe dimension created by the Time Trapper. She, along with Zod and Quex-Ul were killed by Superman after the latter exposed them to yellow Kryptonite (which had similar effects to green Kryptonite in the pocket dimension). Another version of Faora was a metahuman from Pokolistan. She served under the Pokolistani general, also named Zod. In the Superman animated series, a female Phantom Zone criminal named Mala associated with fellow criminal Jax-Ur. In Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, actress Justine Bateman played a character named Zara, who was similar in function to Faora Hu-Ul. The most popular re-imagining of the character however, is argubaly the film villainess Ursa (played by Sarah Douglas). Like Faora, Ursa too was a man-hater and was sentenced to the Phantom Zone along with her confederates General Zod and Non. Ursa made a brief appearance in the 1978 Superman movie, but became a feature villain in the film's sequel Superman II.

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Faora Hu-Ul (Earth-One)

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