Jay Nakamura is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Jay Nakamura is the boyfriend of Jon Kent. He first appears in ' issue 2. He first appears at Jon Kent's attempted first day of college and later seeks out Jon as Superman for help. He reveals that be is a refugee from Gamorra, and is the son of Sara Nakamura, the former president of Gamorra. He shares that due to being the child of the former president, he was targeted by the new one, Henry Bendix. He was kidnapped and experimented on, leading to him gaining the metahuman ability of intangibility. Jay operates as the superhero Gossamer and the leader of the Truth, a news network aiming to expose Henry Bendix's actions.
In the series Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Jay's mother is killed, in part due to the actions of Nia Nal, who operates as the hero Dreamer and was previously friends with Jay, acting on behalf of Amanda Waller.
Jay Nakamura and Jon Kent star alongside Nia Nal,Black Alice, Catman, and Deadshot in the 2025 miniseries Secret Six, part of the DC All In relaunch, where they join the eponymous team. In the series, Jay discovers that the United States was responsible for the murder of his mother and the subsequent hostile takeover of Gamorra. The United States is also revealed to have known of Henry Bendix's experimentations, and implied to have assisted in his rise to power. Jay clashes with Jon over his desire to avenge his devastated home country, leading to the two breaking up.
Nicholas Edgar Nolan, known as Nick Necro, is a mystical supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jeff Lemire and Mikel Janin, Necro first appeared in Justice League Dark #12, debuting during the New 52 era. The character is an accomplished sorcerer and former lover of John Constantine and Zatanna. However, his obsession with dark magic leads him to become a villain and adversary of Justice League Dark.
Negative Flash is the alias of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Both versions are speedsters corrupted by the Negative Speed Force, and were created by Joshua Williamson, Paul Pelletier, and Howard Porter.
Barry Allen debuted as the first Negative Flash in The Flash (vol. 5) #26 (September 2017). After being forcibly infused with the Negative Speed Force while fighting Eobard Thawne, Allen's powers become increasingly destructive and his emotions increasingly volatile, straining his relationships and judgment.
Meena Dhawan debuted as the second Negative Flash in The Flash (vol. 5) #34 (January 2018). She was revived by the Negative Speed Force storm and came under the thrall of Gorilla Grodd as an enforcer for Black Hole alongside Raijin.
King Nereus is a character who first appeared in Aquaman (vol. 7) #19 as part of The New 52 reboot and was created by Geoff Johns and Paul Pelletier. The character is depicted in the comics as Xebel's military chief and later ruler after the death of King Ryus, the father of Mera. He was also Mera's former fiancé before Aquaman.
In other media, Nereus is instead cast as Mera's father in several adaptations such as Young Justice and the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, portrayed by Dolph Lundgren.
Nereus was initially a Xebel military chief to King Ryus and was to be betrothed to the king's daughter Mera. Before the wedding, Mera were tasked to kill the King of Atlantis as part of their kingdom's revenge for their imprisonment in the Bermuda Triangle by Atlantis centuries ago.
When King Ryus died and Mera fell in love with Aquaman, Nereus was sworn in as the new King of Xebel. Some years later, Mera returned to Xebel, where Nereus discovered that Mera did not kill Aquaman. When Nereus tried to kill Mera, the enemy in ice that pursued Mera appeared and froze all of Xebel. The frozen enemy introduced himself as Atlan the First King of Atlantis, who had awakened from his slumber and wanted his kingdoms back. Nereus swore his allegiance to the Dead King Atlan. When Aquaman arrived, he and Mera fled from Xebel when Nereus and his men pursued them. Nereus led his forces into invading Atlantis, where Mera was captured. Some months later, Atlan tasked Nereus with finding the other four Atlantean kingdoms.
New Wave is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Rebecca "Becky" Jones is a metahuman criminal with the abilities to turn into water and control water in her surroundings. She led a group of mercenaries called the Masters of Disaster, using their metahuman abilities related to the elemental forces to create natural disasters.
Becky Jones appears in the second season of Black Lightning, portrayed by Brooke Ence. This version was a prisoner who was chosen to become part of a metahuman attack squad via "Project Masters of Disaster" and placed in a stasis pod 30 years prior. In the present, Tobias Whale awakens her and the other Masters to build up a metahuman army.
Professor Carter Nichols is a character appearing in media published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Batman #24 (August 1944), and was created by Joseph Samachson and Dick Sprang. Nichols was created to lend some sci-fi "color" to Batman stories to both Batman and World's Finest Comics, during a period where more conventional superhero tales were out of favor and most remaining books of the genre drifted into science fiction and related genres.
Carter Nichols is a childhood friend of Thomas Wayne. His appearances nearly always involved some form of time travel, based around his particular specialty referred to as "time travel hypnosis", a process that simulated time travel. Nichols also created a "Time-Ray Machine", which he used to both displace and track objects through time.
During the ' storyline, the Black Glove (led by Simon Hurt) attempt to convince Nichols to sacrifice Batman to Barbatos in exchange for funding for his time-travel experiments, but he refuses. In the present, Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin investigate Nichols's lab and find him dead.
Carter Nichols appears in the ' episode "Last Bat on Earth!", voiced by Richard McGonagle.
Nocturna () is a supervillainess appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, created by Doug Moench and Gene Colan. The storyline involving her began in Detective Comics #529 (August 1983), and her first appearance was in Batman #363 (September 1983).
The pre-Crisis incarnation of Nocturna appeared in the first season of Batwoman, portrayed by Kayla Ewell.
Natalia Knight is a homeless child who was adopted by Charles Knight. While working at the Gotham City Observatory, she is struck by a radioactive laser, giving her pale skin and sensitivity to light. After Charles Knight was murdered, she discovered that her lifestyle was funded by criminal activity. It was then that she met Charles' son, Anton Knight, who fell in love with her. They both decided to keep the inheritance and took it upon themselves to keep them in their accustomed lifestyle through burglary, since Natalia needed expensive medical equipment to treat her condition.
After several clashes with Batman, Anton was captured and sent to prison. Nocturna remained free and continued her life of crime along with a new ally, Nightshade. Nocturna would conceive the plans of robbery and theft, Nightshade and his people would carry out the crimes. Once the scheme had run its course, Nocturna called it quits. During this time, she became an intimate friend of Batman.
Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity introduced a new incarnation of Nocturna. This version is Natalie Metternich, a former astronomer who can secretes a pheromone that causes those around her to become emotional and lose their inhibitions. Metternich was an aspiring scientist, but retired after developing superpowers, which caused her to lose her own inhibitions and pursue other interests. Robin and Spoiler convince her to visit S.T.A.R. Labs to have her powers examined.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Nocturna is re-introduced as Natalie Mitternacht, an inmate of Arkham Asylum. Later in the Forever Evil storyline, Nocturna is among the villains recruited by the Crime Syndicate of America to join the Secret Society of Super Villains.
In Infinite Frontier, an alternate universe version of Nocturna known as Natalia Metternich appears as a member of the Suicide Squad.
The Natalia Knight incarnation of Nocturna appears as a character summon in '.
An unidentified incarnation of Nocturna makes a cameo appearance in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12. This version's design borrows from Bruce Timm's unused concept for Batman: The Animated Series.
Noose is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Noose is a member of Moxie Mannheim's Intergang branch who committed suicide in prison in the 1940s before being revived in a clone body in the present day, gaining extendable, tentacle-like fingers. Noose is with Mannheim's gang when they and Dabney Donovan have Guardian captive.
In 52, Noose and Rough House visit Black Adam in Kahndaq on Intergang's behalf and give him Adrianna Tomaz as tribute. However, Black Adam kills them.
Noose appears as a character summon in '.
Nosferata is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Nosferata is an evolved vampire bat and one of the many evolved animals created by Project Moreau, a precursor to Project Cadmus, who sought to overthrow the rulers of the Wild Lands like Great Caesar while coming into conflict with Superboy.
Nuclear Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ' before crossing over into the comics.
Nuclear Man first appeared in ', portrayed by Mark Pillow and voiced by Gene Hackman. He possesses similar abilities to Superman while also sporting retractable claws. This is because Nuclear Man was created by Lex Luthor and his nephew Lenny Luthor who stole a hair sample of Superman from a museum and had it and a special computer loaded onto a nuclear rocket that was shot towards the Sun. His only confirmed weakness is that he is inactive when there's no sunlight. Nuclear Man battles Superman three times and develops an obsession for Lacy Warfield. Forming a solar eclipse, Superman weakens Nuclear Man and drops him into a nuclear reactor.
In the comics continuity, Nuclear Man is an inmate of the Phantom Zone and a Kryptonian clone created by the House of El. After being transported to the Phantom Zone, Nuclear Man battles Rogol Zaar, an alien hunter who kills him.
Nuklon is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Gerome McKenna is one of the first official subjects for Lex Luthor's "Everyman Project". Luthor's project grants super-powers to McKenna who is given the codename Nuklon after Luthor buys the rights to Infinity Inc. from Sylvester Pemberton's estate.
After Luthor disables his powers, McKenna enters a deep state of depression and self-absorption. McKenna later develops the ability to create a fully functional, independently thinking duplicate of himself, seemingly without control. However this version is dark and amoral, wishing to replace the original. McKenna's dark double is later captured by DeSaad and conditioned to be a fighter in the Dark Side Club. The clone kills McKenna, gaining autonomy. However, DeSaad activates a machine that strips all but three of the remaining Everyman subjects of their powers, causing the clone to fade away.
Number None is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Number None is the abstract manifestation of a concept bad luck, manifesting as anything or anyone getting in someone's way, but never being a specific person or thing. It joined the Brotherhood of Dada per Mr. Nobody's request, manifesting in that moment as a door that Agent "!" walked into to signal its joining of the Brotherhood.