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Coagula is a [[transgender sexuality|transgender lesbian]], former prostitute and [[programmer]].<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life" /> After having sex with former Doom Patrol member |
Coagula is a [[transgender sexuality|transgender lesbian]], former prostitute and [[programmer]].<ref name="2013-12-15 Heroines of My Life" /> After having sex with former Doom Patrol member Rabis ("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—"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]]".<ref name="2013-11-14 Toast" /> |
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The character last featured 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" /> In ''[[DC Pride 2022]]'', Coagula cameoed in the stories "Super Pride"<ref name="2022-06-07 The Beat" /> and "Up at Bat".<ref name="2022-06-07 Jadzia Axelrod" /> |
The character last featured 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" /> In ''[[DC Pride 2022]]'', Coagula cameoed in the stories "Super Pride"<ref name="2022-06-07 The Beat" /> and "Up at Bat".<ref name="2022-06-07 Jadzia Axelrod" /> |
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Revision as of 23:13, 6 September 2023
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | "The Laughing Game" Doom Patrol, no. 70 (September 1993). |
| Created by | Rachel Pollack |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kate Godwin |
| Team affiliations | Doom Patrol |
| Abilities | Alchemy |
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 Rabis ("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".[3]
The character last featured in "Imagine Ari's Friend (Part Four of Four: A Cry for the Great Face)" Doom Patrol, no. 87 (February 1995)..[3] In DC Pride 2022, Coagula cameoed in the stories "Super Pride"[4] and "Up at Bat".[5]
Development
Coagula was created by Rachel Pollack. The synergy of Coagula's name and powers are derived from the Latin 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,[6] 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;[6] DC's first transgender superhero on television was Nia Nal (Nicole Maines) who premiered in Supergirl on October 14, 2018.[7]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ McCreery, Cori (June 7, 2022). "DC Round-Up: Pride & Poison Ivy spotlight DC's LGBTQ+ community". The Beat: The News Blog of Comics Culture. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
DC kicks off June with their second-annual DC PRIDE anthology, and the debut of a new POISON IVY miniseries.
- ^ Axelrod, Jadzia [@planetx] (June 7, 2022). "At some point I'll do proper annotation thread of the whole story, but yes, that is indeed the great Kate Godwin standing with Lee Serrano at the Gotham Trans Wellness Conference. I like to imagine Kate as well-known in the Gotham trans community, a respected queer elder" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Keveney, Bill (October 10, 2018). "'Supergirl': Nicole Maines shows her power as TV's first transgender superhero". USA Today. Burbank, California. ISSN 0734-7456. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
Further reading
- Rachel Pollack (w), Scot Eaton (p), Tom Sutton (i), Tom Ziuko (col), John Workman (let), Tom Peyer & Lou Stathis (ed). "The Laughing Game" Doom Patrol, no. 70 (September 1993).
- Pollack, Rachel (September 13, 2019). "A Superhero on Your Own Terms: An Interview With Rachel Pollack". The Nib (Interview). Interviewed by Annie Mok. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
Talking to the Doom Patrol and Tarot Wisdom author about just going out and living your life.
- Phelan, Kevin (July 12, 2020). "DC's Weirdest Villain is So Much Crazier Than You Think". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
There's not [sic] shortage of bizarre villains in the DC Universe, but few rival the strangeness of when the Doom Patrol were confronted by Codpiece.