List of DC Comics characters: E#Enforcer

Earthworm is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Herbert Hynde is a criminal who ran a baby-selling ring while operating as Earthworm until it attracted the attention of Huntress. Though the ring was shut down, Earthworm escaped into the sewers.Wonder Woman #309-313 (November 1983 - March 1984)

In "Underworld Unleashed", Earthworm sells his soul to Neron and gains a worm-like body that enables him to dig rapidly and control vermin.Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995) He accompanies Blackguard and Cheetah in attacking the Warriors bar before being defeated.Guy Gardner: Warrior #37-38 (December 1995 - January 1996)

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Eel is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Eel is a gangster who fought Blue Beetle.Blue Beetle #6 (April 1941)

Eel is a slippery master criminal who fought Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey.World's Finest #6 (June 1942)

Eel is a criminal who is a member of the League of Anti-Blackhawks alongside Owl, Buzzard, and Chameleon and an enemy of the Blackhawks.Blackhawk #165 (October 1961)

Mortimer Coolidge is a criminal who wears a special suit that grants him aquakinetic abilities, density control, and telekinesis. He is an enemy of Aquaman and Aquagirl.Aquaman (vol. 6) #21 (October 2004) In "Infinite Crisis", Eel joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.Aquaman (vol. 6) #37 (February 2006)

The Mortimer Coolidge incarnation of Eel appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

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John Economos is a character from DC Comics created by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, debuting in Suicide Squad #1 (1987).

Economos is the warden of Belle Reve Penitentiary, and from his position, he works aiding Amanda Waller in the formation of the Suicide Squad.

John Economos appears in media from the DC Extended Universe and the DC Universe, portrayed by Steve Agee.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 29, 2020 |title='The Suicide Squad' HBO Max Spinoff Series 'Peacemaker' Adds Steve Agee |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-suicide-squad-hbo-max-spinoff-series-peacemaker-adds-steve-agee-1234606195/ |access-date=May 30, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} This version is an agent of A.R.G.U.S. and aide to Amanda Waller.

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Vincent Edge is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Vincent Edge is the father of Morgan Edge who took over Galaxy Communications when Morgan was recovering from a heart attack.{{multiref2|Superman (vol. 2) #35 (September 1989)|Superman (vol. 2) #40 (February 1990)|Superman (vol. 2) #83 (November 1993)|Action Comics #693 - 694 (November - December 1993)

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In "Reign of the Supermen", Vincent attempts to force Superboy into signing a contract with Galaxy Communications.{{multiref2|The Adventures of Superman #501 - 502 (June - July 1992)|The Adventures of Superman #510 (March 1994)|The Adventures of Superman #526 (August 1995)

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Vincent Edge appears in the Harley Quinn episode "Back to School", voiced by James Adomian.

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Ember is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Paul Dini and artist Stéphane Roux, she first appeared in Zatanna (vol. 2) #1 (July 2010). The character is an unborn dragon gestating in the body of an unnamed human, and a servant of Brother Night.

• Ember appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Tara Strong.{{cite web |title=Ember Voice - Justice League Action (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Justice-League-Action/Ember/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version sports a demonic appearance.
• Ember appears in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "#TheFreshPrincessOfRenFaire", voiced by Bennett Abara. This version is a centuries-old dragon who can create fire constructs and assume partially and fully human forms. Mistaking Zatanna for a princess, she kidnaps and attempts to kill her before being killed by Wonder Woman.

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Emperor Blackgate is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He appeared during "The New 52".

Ignatius Ogilvy is the son of a crook named Ed Ogilvy, who was later killed alongside his wife during a negotiation.Detective Comics (vol. 2) #20 (July 2013) Subsequently, Ignatius becomes a henchman of the Penguin.Batman (vol. 2) #14 (January 2013)Detective Comics (vol. 2) #15 - 19 (February - June 2013) He later transforms into a monster using a chemical derived from the Man-Bat serum, Bane's Venom, and Poison Ivy's plants before being defeated by Batman and imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary.Detective Comics (vol. 2) #24 (December 2013) In "Forever Evil", Emperor Blackgate joins the Secret Society of Super Villains.{{multiref2|Forever Evil #1 (November 2013)|Forever Evil: Arkham War #1 - 3 (December 2013 - February 2014)|Batman Eternal #24 (November 2014)

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Enforcer is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Daniel Kingdom is an operative of the Council.Detective Comics #443 (November 1974)

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Leroy Merkyn is a mercenary who worked for the 2000 Committee and fought Firestorm.Firestorm (vol. 2) #14 (July 1983)

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Mica Love is a mercenary who worked for the 2000 Committee. She would also become an Enforcer when fighting Firestorm.Firestorm (vol. 2) #15-18 (August - November 1983)

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Joe Gardner is a clone of Guy Gardner created by the Draal.Guy Gardner #1 (October 1992)

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Eraser is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Leonard "Lenny" Fiasco was a low-grade student during his high school years and classmate of Bruce Wayne. After dropping out of school, Leonard became a masked criminal known as Eraser, who erased evidence from crime scenes for other criminals.Batman #188 (December 1966)Batman (vol. 3) Annual #1 (January 2017)

Eraser makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Lego Batman Movie as one of several villains recruited by the Joker to take part in his attack on Gotham City.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

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Dr. Saul Erdel is a scientist in the DC Universe.

Erdel was a brilliant scientist who created a transmitter to communicate with other worlds, unintentionally transporting the Martian Manhunter to Earth. The shock of seeing J'onn causes Erdel to have a heart attack and die in his arms.Detective Comics #322 (December 1963)

His DC Rebirth version appeared in a flashback renamed Mark Saul Erdel.Martian Manhunter (vol. 5) #3 (April 2019)

• Saul Erdel appears in Justice League: The New Frontier.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} This version operated in an observatory in Gotham, and before dying, expressed regret at stranding J'onn on Earth and advised him to not reveal himself and take the time to study humanity, to avoid persecution.DC: The New Frontier #2 (April 2004)
• Saul Erdel makes a non-speaking cameo in a flashback in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

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|debut= Batman #405 (March 1987)

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David Mazzucchelli

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Sarah Essen, also named Sarah Essen Gordon, is a character in DC Comics.

Appearing in Batman #405, part of the Batman: Year One storyline, she is a detective partnered with then-lieutenant James Gordon.Batman #405 (March 1987) A woman of German descent, her age is never revealed, but in Greg Rucka's novelization of the "No Man's Land" storyline she is said to be 12 years younger than Gordon. Sarah's detective skills are shown during her attempts with Gordon to catch Batman, by guessing (correctly) that he is Bruce Wayne by virtue of his history and the money needed for Batman's arsenal. She and Gordon, who was married at the time, start a brief affair, but a corrupt Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb attempts to blackmail them; Gordon ends the affair and confesses his actions to his wife Barbara. Sarah leaves Gotham City for New York City soon afterwards.Batman #406 (April 1987)

Sarah returns in Batman #458 (January 1991), where it is explained that she had married a New York cop who was killed during a drug bust. Gordon had long since divorced and the two begin a relationship, resulting in Gordon's proposing to her on a night when the police station is under attack by a trio of supervillains with electrical powers. The two get married in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #2 (1992).

When James Gordon is demoted by Mayor Armand Krol in Batman #519, Sarah is given the job in his stead. Gordon later resigns from the Gotham City Police Department in the same issue. She takes on Gordon's collaboration with Batman and Robin, but does not like the job. Later, Sarah is fired from the GCPD by Krol, who is now "a lame duck" after recently losing in the mayoral election against Marion Grange. Essen is replaced as Commissioner by Andrew Howe, a close friend of Armand Krol. Grange later re-instates James Gordon as Commissioner and also re-hires and promotes Sarah to serve as liaison between the GCPD and the mayor's office.Batman #519 (June 1995)

Sarah is murdered by the Joker in Detective Comics #741, at the end of the "No Man's Land" story arc. Her stepdaughter Barbara attends her funeral, feeling regret to call her as Sarah rather than Mom.Detective Comics #741 (February 2000)

In the post-Infinite Crisis continuity (as seen in flashbacks in Detective Comics #875), Gordon and Essen were married much earlier, when Gordon was still a lieutenant, and she had a more active role in raising her stepdaughter.

In The New 52-rebooted DC continuity, Sarah's marriage with James Gordon never took place, even after the DC Rebirth event, but she returned in the "Infinite Frontier" relaunch.

Sarah Essen makes cameo appearances in The Dark Knight Returns.

• Sarah Essen appears in Gotham, portrayed by Zabryna Guevara.{{cite web |last=Marechal |first=AJ |date=February 11, 2014 |title=Fox's Gotham Casts Classic 'Batman' Characters the Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/foxs-gotham-casts-classic-batman-characters-the-penguin-alfred-pennyworth-1201097899/ |access-date=February 11, 2014 |magazine=Variety}} This version is the captain of the GCPD Homicide Squad and the boss of James Gordon and Harvey Bullock.
• Sarah Essen appears in Batman: Year One, voiced by Katee Sackhoff.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=April 20, 2011 |title=Batman: Year One Lines Up Voice Cast, Sets Comic-Con Premiere (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batman-year-one-lines-up-179942/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
• Sarah Essen appears in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, voiced by Grey DeLisle.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
• Sarah Essen appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 28, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}

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Ron Evers is a character in DC Comics.

First appearing in Tales of the New Teen Titans #1, Ron Evers was the childhood friend of Victor Stone and grew up in the slums of New York City, which led him to become a criminal as an adult. He comes into conflict with Stone, who had since become Cyborg, and is presumed dead in their ensuing battle. However, he is rescued by S.T.A.R. Labs, transformed into a cyborg, and weaponized by the military.Tales of the New Teen Titans #1 (June 1982) Cyborg later removes Ron's cybernetic implants, after which he reforms and founds the Church of Anti-Technocracy, an anti-technology organization.Titans (vol. 2) #14 (August 2009)DC Special: Cyborg #6 (December 2008)

• Ron Evers appears in Young Justice, voiced by Khary Payton.{{cite web |title=Ron Evers Voice - Young Justice (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Young-Justice/Ron-Evers/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is a classmate of Victor Stone and a football player for the Henry Heywood High Steelworkers.
• A genderbent version of Ron, Roni Evers, appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Karen Obilom.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=February 12, 2020 |title=Karen Obilom Joins Doom Patrol; Elizabeth Bowen Books Resident Alien |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/karen-obilom-doom-patrol-elizabeth-bowen-resident-alien-1202857991/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

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Executioner is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Willy Hooker is a man who breaks criminals out so that he can execute them. His activities have attracted the attention of Batman and Robin who managed to defeat him.Detective Comics #191 (January 1953)

The second Executioner is an unnamed man who was hired by "King" Kobra to take out Clark Kent. He alongside "King" Kobra's gang were defeated by Superman.Action Comics #301 (December 1963)

• An original incarnation of Executioner appears in Gotham, portrayed by Michael Chiklis.{{Cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Debra |date=July 22, 2015 |title=Michael Chiklis Joins Cast of 'Gotham' |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/michael-chiklis-cast-gotham-1201545334/ |access-date=June 25, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} This version is Nathaniel Barnes, a Gotham City Police Department captain who was infected with the Alice Tetch virus and became a vigilante. Barnes spends time in Arkham Asylum before the Court of Owls free him and have him assume the alias of Executioner, utilizing a special outfit and axe-tipped glove.
• An original incarnation of Executioner appears in the Batwoman episode "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury", portrayed by Jim Pirri. This version is Bertrand Eldon, a former executioner at Blackgate Penitentiary.

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