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'''Coagula''' is a character from [[DC Comics]]' ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' series, the first [[transgender]] superhero by the publisher.
'''Coagula''' (real name '''Kate Godwin''') is a [[fictional character]] and former member of [[DC Comics]]' [[Doom Patrol]]. Kate is a trans woman, one of the first [[transgender]] characters in [[comic]]s, and remains one of few transgender [[superhero]]ines.<ref name="vert-ency">{{Cite book | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Doom Patrol | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 61–63 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1 | oclc = 213309015 }}</ref> The character was created by transgender [[science fiction]] writer [[Rachel Pollack]]. Rachel Pollack based the character's civilian name on two friends of hers, transgender writer and actress [[Kate Bornstein]] and the transsexual activist Chelsea Goodwin.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://theheroines.blogspot.ca/2013/12/interview-with-rachel-pollack.html| title = The Heroines of My Life: Interview with Rachel Pollack|accessdate = 2014-12-29|publisher=The Heroines of My Life}}</ref>


==Character==
==Fictional character biography==
Coagula is a [[transgender sexuality|transgender lesbian]], former [[prostitution|prostitute]] and [[programmer]].<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life" /> After having sex with former Doom Patrol member Rebis ("an alchemical [[hermaphrodite]]"), Coagula gained<ref name="1994-Summer" /> "[[alchemy|alchemical]] powers<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life" /> […] the power to dissolve things on the one hand and coagulate them on the other hand."<ref name="1994-Summer" /> She tried to join the [[Justice League]], but "it's implied that she was rejected in part for being an out transgender lesbian activist"; she instead joined the [[Doom Patrol]]. Coagula first appears in issue 70&mdash;"The Laughing Game"&mdash;defeating The Codpiece, a spurned man-turned-villain with a multifunctional, mechanical [[codpiece]]. After her introduction in the next few issues, Coagula takes center stage in "The Teiresias Wars", a five-part story combining "[[Greek mythology]] with [Pollack's] twisted retelling of the [[Tower of Babel]]". The character last appeared in {{cite comic |issue=87 |title=Doom Patrol |story=Imagine Ari's Friend (Part Four of Four: A Cry for the Great Face) |date=February 1995}}.<ref name="2013-11-14 Toast" />
Kate gains her powers while working as a prostitute. One of her customers is [[Negative Man|Rebis]], a radioactive [[intersex]] person; after Kate has [[sexual intercourse|sex]] with them, she discovers she can [[coagulate]] liquids and [[solvation|dissolve]] solids at will. She first tries out for the [[Justice League]], but is rejected by them. She meets the [[Doom Patrol]] while battling a villain called the Codpiece, who has devices such as a gun, a drill, and a spring-loaded boxing glove built into a special [[codpiece]] he designed and built. Coagula dissolves the device.<ref>{{Comic book reference|Title = Doom Patrol|Volume = 2|Issue = 70|Date = (Sept 1993)|Publisher = [[DC Comics]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm|title = Comic Book Crap... The Codpiece of Terror!!!|accessdate = 2007-06-30|publisher = headinjurytheater.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131108020846/http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm|archive-date = 2013-11-08|url-status = dead}}</ref>


==Development==
Early on Kate is identified as a [[lesbian]], but as the series progresses it becomes clear she is [[bisexuality|bisexual]]. She begins a romance with [[Robotman (Cliff Steele)|Robotman]].<ref name="vert-ency"/>
Coagula was created by [[Rachel Pollack]]. The synergy of Coagula's name and powers are derived from the [[Latin language]] phrase {{lang-la |text=solve et coagula |label=none}}.<ref name="1994-Summer" /> Pollack wrote Coagula's past to include prostitution and programming because those were the most-common professions for [[trans woman|trans women]] in the early-to-mid [[1990s]]. Pollack coopted Coagula's real name (Kate Godwin) from [[Kate Bornstein]] and [[Chelsea Goodwin]].<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life" /> The Coagula character allowed Pollack to expose readers to [[outline of transgender topics|transgender topics]] before being killed off,<ref name="2015-10-27 ComicMix" /> garnering positive feedback from readers who finally saw themselves represented in the pages of comics.<ref name="2013-11-14 Toast" /> {{as of|2015|10}}, Coagula was [[DC Comics]]' first and only transgender superhero, and had not yet been reused or reprinted since its original run.<ref name="2015-10-27 ComicMix" />


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==References==
The name Coagula comes from the [[alchemy|alchemical]] term "Solve et Coagula", meaning "dissolve and coagulate".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.techgnosis.com/gaiman.html |title = The Gods of the Funny Books: An Interview with Neil Gaiman and Rachel Pollack |accessdate = 2007-02-04 |last = Davis |first = Erik |publisher = Techgnosis (reprint from Summer 1994 issue) |work = [[Gnosis (magazine)|Gnosis]] |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529061952/http://www.techgnosis.com/gaiman.html |archivedate = 2012-05-29 }}</ref>
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A while after the Doom Patrol split, Kate and Cliff take teammate [[Dorothy Spinner]] on a camping trip with the intention of telling her she is [[adoption|adopted]]. However, after hearing this, Dorothy suffers a mental breakdown. This causes her to generate a powerful psychic explosion, killing Kate and supposedly killing Cliff. Following this, Dorothy falls into a [[coma]].<ref>Revealed in ''Doom Patrol'' vol. 3 #9</ref>


<ref name="1994-Summer">{{cite interview |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |subject-link=Neil Gaiman |last2=Pollack |first2=Rachel |subject-link2=Rachel Pollack |interviewer=[[Erik Davis]] |title=The Gods of the Funny Books |url=http://www.techgnosis.com/gaiman.html |work=[[Gnosis (magazine)|Gnosis]] |date=Summer 1994 |access-date=2020-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529061952/http://www.techgnosis.com/gaiman.html |archive-date=2012-05-29 |url-status=dead |quote=An Interview with Neil Gaiman and Rachel Pollack}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->
==Powers and abilities==
After having sexual contact with [[Negative Man#Rebis|Rebis]] ([[Negative Man|Larry Trainor]] + Eleanor Poole), Coagula gained the power to turn solids into liquids, and to coagulate liquids into solid. She needs to be in touch with the object to make the change occur.


<ref name="2013-11-14 Toast">{{cite web |url=https://the-toast.net/2013/11/14/women-refrigerators-coagula/ |title=Women Out Of Refrigerators: Coagula |last=Lloyd-Davies |first=Madeleine |date=2013-11-14 |website=[[The Toast]] |language=en |access-date=2021-03-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031720/https://the-toast.net/2013/11/14/women-refrigerators-coagula/ |archive-date=2020-11-12}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->
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<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life">{{cite interview |last=Pollack |first=Rachel |subject-link=Rachel Pollack |interviewer=Monika Kowalska |title=Interview with Rachel Pollack |url=http://theheroines.blogspot.com/2013/12/interview-with-rachel-pollack.html |work=The Heroines of My Life |date=2013-12-15 |access-date=2020-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918113434/http://theheroines.blogspot.com/2013/12/interview-with-rachel-pollack.html |archive-date=2019-09-18}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

<ref name="2015-10-27 ComicMix">{{cite web |url=https://www.comicmix.com/2015/10/27/joe-corallo-coagula-dcs-first-and-only-transgender-superhero/ |title=Coagula, DC's First And Only Transgender Superhero |last=Corallo |first=Joe |date=2015-10-27 |publisher=[[ComicMix]] |language=en |access-date=2021-03-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024093816/https://www.comicmix.com/2015/10/27/joe-corallo-coagula-dcs-first-and-only-transgender-superhero/ |archive-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

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==Further reading==
* {{cite comic |writer=[[Rachel Pollack]] |penciller=[[Scot Eaton]] |inker=[[Tom Sutton]] |colorist=Tom Ziuko |letterer=[[John Workman]] |editor=[[Tom Peyer]] & [[Lou Stathis]] |title=[[Doom Patrol]] |story=The Laughing Game |date=September 1993 |issue=70}}
* {{cite interview |last=Pollack |first=Rachel |subject-link=Rachel Pollack |interviewer=Annie Mok |title=A Superhero on Your Own Terms: An Interview With Rachel Pollack |url=https://thenib.com/a-superhero-on-your-own-terms-an-interview-with-rachel-pollack |work=[[The Nib]] |date=2019-09-13 |access-date=2021-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026072641/https://thenib.com/a-superhero-on-your-own-terms-an-interview-with-rachel-pollack |archive-date=2020-10-26 |url-status=live |quote=Talking to the Doom Patrol and Tarot Wisdom author about just going out and living your life.}}
* {{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/dc-weirdest-villain-codpiece-comic/ |title=DC's Weirdest Villain is So Much Crazier Than You Think |last=Phelan |first=Kevin |date=2020-07-12 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en |access-date=2021-04-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207195907/https://screenrant.com/dc-weirdest-villain-codpiece-comic/ |archive-date=2021-02-07 |quote=There's {{sic|not}} shortage of bizarre villains in the DC Universe, but few rival the strangeness of when the Doom Patrol were confronted by Codpiece.}}


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Revision as of 01:43, 29 April 2021

This article is about the comics character. For the art magazine, see Coagula Art Journal.
Coagula
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance"The Laughing Game"
Doom Patrol, no. 70
(September 1993).
Created byRachel Pollack
In-story information
Alter egoKate Godwin
Team affiliationsDoom Patrol
AbilitiesAlchemy

Coagula is a character from DC Comics' Doom Patrol series, the first transgender superhero by the publisher.

Character

Coagula is a transgender lesbian, former prostitute and programmer.[1] After having sex with former Doom Patrol member Rebis ("an alchemical hermaphrodite"), Coagula gained[2] "alchemical powers[1] […] the power to dissolve things on the one hand and coagulate them on the other hand."[2] She tried to join the Justice League, but "it's implied that she was rejected in part for being an out transgender lesbian activist"; she instead joined the Doom Patrol. Coagula first appears in issue 70—"The Laughing Game"—defeating The Codpiece, a spurned man-turned-villain with a multifunctional, mechanical codpiece. After her introduction in the next few issues, Coagula takes center stage in "The Teiresias Wars", a five-part story combining "Greek mythology with [Pollack's] twisted retelling of the Tower of Babel". The character last appeared in "Imagine Ari's Friend (Part Four of Four: A Cry for the Great Face)" Doom Patrol, no. 87 (February 1995)..[3]

Development

Coagula was created by Rachel Pollack. The synergy of Coagula's name and powers are derived from the Latin language phrase Template:Lang-la.[2] Pollack wrote Coagula's past to include prostitution and programming because those were the most-common professions for trans women in the early-to-mid 1990s. Pollack coopted Coagula's real name (Kate Godwin) from Kate Bornstein and Chelsea Goodwin.[1] The Coagula character allowed Pollack to expose readers to transgender topics before being killed off,[4] garnering positive feedback from readers who finally saw themselves represented in the pages of comics.[3] As of October 2015, Coagula was DC Comics' first and only transgender superhero, and had not yet been reused or reprinted since its original run.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pollack, Rachel (December 15, 2013). "Interview with Rachel Pollack". The Heroines of My Life (Interview). Interviewed by Monika Kowalska. Archived from the original on September 18, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Gaiman, Neil; Pollack, Rachel (Summer 1994). "The Gods of the Funny Books". Gnosis (Interview). Interviewed by Erik Davis. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2020. An Interview with Neil Gaiman and Rachel Pollack
  3. ^ a b Lloyd-Davies, Madeleine (November 14, 2013). "Women Out Of Refrigerators: Coagula". The Toast. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Corallo, Joe (October 27, 2015). "Coagula, DC's First And Only Transgender Superhero". ComicMix. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

Further reading

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3ADiff%2F1020431484