Orca (DC Comics)

The Grace Balin incarnation of Orca first appeared in Batman #579 (July 2000) and was created by Larry Hama and Scott McDaniel.^[1]

The Dean Toye incarnation of Orca first appeared in Aquaman (vol. 8) #12 (February 2017), and was created by Dan Abnett and Philippe Briones.

Grace Balin was a marine biologist who was paralyzed in an accident and experimented with orca tissue to regain her mobility, transforming into a monstrous orca hybrid. After battling Batman, she is forced into an underwater cave and begins to revert to normal, forcing Batman to give her a serum to permanently transform her into Orca and prevent her from drowning.^[2][3] In the One Year Later event, she is discovered to have died under unspecified circumstances.^[4]

In "DC Rebirth", Orca appears alive as a member of the Whale's Enders and an enemy of Nightwing.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

"DC Rebirth" introduced a separate Orca, Dean Toye, a sergeant who transformed himself into an orca hybrid to combat the forces of Atlantis.^[12]

Both Orcas possess immense physical attributes, an enhanced sense of smell, and the ability to operate underwater.^[13][14][15] However, they must periodically rehydrate themselves to avoid drying out.

• The Grace Balin incarnation of Orca appears in The Lego Batman Movie, voiced by Laura Kightlinger.
• The Grace Balin incarnation of Orca appears in Lego Dimensions via The Lego Batman Movie DLC pack.
• The Grace Balin incarnation of Orca appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[16]
• The Grace Balin incarnation of Orca appears in the Injustice 2 prequel comic as a member of Ra's al Ghul's Suicide Squad and lover of squad-mate Killer Croc, who she later has a child with and leaves the Squad to live a normal life.^[17][18]