Looker

Biography

Looker (Emily "Lia" Briggs) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character's first appearance was in 1985 in Batman & the Outsiders #25. Looker appears in the Arrowverse series Black Lightning, portrayed by Sofia Vassilieva.

== Publication history == Looker made her first appearance in Batman & the Outsiders #25 (September 1985) and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo. Barr spoke in an open letter to fans on the creation of the character, stating:

When it was decided to put The Outsiders into their own book, a new member was obviously called for. I began kicking around ideas, and conceived a female character who possessed mental powers (an area covered by none of the other outsiders). She would also be very beautiful. The name looker suggested itself, and the character virtually fell into place of course you cant have a costumed character without a costume, so I got out some fashion magazines (The name Looker suggesting a glitzy, high fashion kind of approach) and cobbled a design together inspired by an actual dress and an actual swimsuit...

== Fictional character biography ==

=== Emily Briggs === Emily Briggs was a mild-mannered bank teller who lived with her husband in Gotham City before being kidnapped by the people of Abyssia, a lost underground civilization, and rescued by the Outsiders. Emily eventually learns that she is part Abyssian and gains superpowers after Halley's Comet passes by Earth, the process of which also makes her extremely physically attractive and self-confident.

=== Joining the Outsiders === After leaving Abyssia to its people, Emily returns to the United States. Emily goes on to join the Outsiders as Looker after rescuing them from the Masters of Disaster. She had a short affair with team leader Geo-Force, but they eventually decide to break up. Some time later, Looker receives a call for help from Abyssia and discovers that a despot has conquered it. In the ensuing battle, Looker loses her powers. Shortly afterwards, Geo-Force disbands the Outsiders. Through unknown circumstances, Looker would regain her powers. She is targeted by the Mud Pack, a group of various villains using the Clayface name.

=== Becoming a vampire ===

When Geo-Force's homeland Markovia is overrun by vampire forces, Looker and the Outsiders go to confront them. Roderick, the leader of the vampire, becomes smitten with Looker and transforms her into a vampire, intending to marry her. After the transformation into a vampire, Looker's existing powers were joined by some new abilities. Looker's metahuman abilities suppress some of the traditional vampiric weaknesses such as vulnerability to sunlight.