Volcana is a supervillain in Superman: The Animated Series. Voiced by Peri Gilpin, she made her first appearance in the episode "Where There's Smoke". Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypical supervillains. ... Superman: The Animated Series is the unofficial title given to Warner Bros. ... Peri Gilpin Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay OBrien on May 27, 1961, in Waco, Texas) is one of the children of the late Jim OBrien, a Baptist minister who became a musician, and a well-known and respected radio and TV News weatherman/personality in Philadelphia. ...

Character biography (from her official bio)

Volcana was once called Claire Selton. As a teenager, Claire showed an aptitude for pyrokinesis -- the ability to start fires with one's mind. Her parents sent her to Metropolis's Center for Paranormal Studies so that she could learn to control and develop her power, but she was soon spirited away by government agents who had big plans for her. According to the director of the Center, the agents "stripped away her past, code-named her Volcana, and tried their hardest to turn her into a living weapon."

But Volcana wouldn't go along with the plan. She escaped from the agents, became a hunted fugitive and survived the only way she could: by stealing. -kinesis, from Greek kinesis, movement, motion, is a suffix that denotes movement. ...

Justice League and Justice League Unlimited

Volcana made appearances in both the "Only A Dream" and "Hereafter" episodes of Justice League, voiced again by Gilpin. It was established in the "Fearful Symmetry" episode of Justice League Unlimited that the government project that created her was a government program that was a precursor or early version of Project Cadmus. It would not be strictly the Cadmus we see in Unlimited, as Amanda Waller claims that it was formed in the wake of the Justice Lords event; however, early versions of Cadmus must exist, as some form of Cadmus created the creature Doomsday that fought said Justice Lords. She has also appeared as a member of Grodd's Legion of Doom. Justice League is an animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. ... Justice League Unlimited is an animated television series produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Project Cadmus is a fictional government genetic engineering project in the DC Comics Universe. ... Doomsday is the name of a fictional supervillain in the Superman comic book series best known for fighting Superman to the death. ... Gorilla Grodd is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics, primarily as an opponent of The Flash. ... The Hall of Doom, the Legion of Dooms headquarters. ...

External links

• Volcana bio on the official Batman Superman Adventures homepage.

• Volcana on The Justice League Watchtower]