Celsius is the superhero alias of Arani Desai, a fictional character in the DC Comics series, Doom Patrol.  She first appeared in Showcase #94 (September 1977), and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton.  She is among the very few superheroes of South Asian heritage, and may be the first ever such hero created by DC Comics. Fictional character biography The following account is the result of a mind probe on Arani by General Immortus (Showcase #95, October–November 1977): Arani Desai was born in India into a life of wealth and privilege.  Due to the death of her mother while giving birth to Arani, her father Ashok rejected her even though she possessed an excellent intellect and athleticism.  Arani ran away from home after her father went insane.  Life on the streets in Calcutta made her deathly ill until she was rescued by young American Dr. Niles Caulder.  He gave her immortality on their wedding and left her in the Himalayas while he tried to evade General Immortus.  Arani waited and realized that the serum augmented her powerfully, so that she could control her core temperature and project quantities of heat and cold.  This ability coupled with the mysticism and monastery training made her a formidable martial artist. Powers and abilities Celsius is a superior martial artist due to her monastery training.  She has minor levels of ancient mysticism taught to her due to her monastery training in the Himalayas by Buddhist monks.  These same Buddhist monks taught Arani to control and manipulate her core temperature, projecting formidable heat to a volcanic level from her left hand or intense cold and ice to an arctic level from her right hand after Niles Caulder's immortality serum triggered her metagene.  Celsius was even seen to casually hold a Government helicopter aloft due to a power blast of superheated steam.  Due to the secret longevity serum given to her by Niles Caulder instead of General Immortus, she was supposedly to remain young and beautiful forever as an immortal.  The combination of her natural athletic prowess, intelligence, martial arts and thermal duality made Celsius one of the most formidable, dynamic martial artists in the DC Universe.  She now has a Black power ring because of her resurrection and can do anything a Black Lantern can do combined with her natural thermal powers. ===  Excerpts from en.wikipediaorg/wiki/Celsius_(comics)  === ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for viewing. Comments, suggestions and/or critiques are always welcome. Just a little reminder, when viewing mine or other artist's work,check out the full size view... bigger is better!