Circe
Circe
In Greek mythology, a moon goddess, sorceress, and enchantress. Exiled to the island of Aiaie for murdering her husband, she surrounded herself with wild beasts which were actually men she had transformed. When the warrior hero Odysseus and her crew were cast up on her island, she changed the sailors into swine, but Odysseus escaped and ultimately forced the enchantress to restore his men to normal.
According to Action Comics No. 243, the legendary enchantress Circe was herself a native of the planet Krypton:
"And it wasn't black magic spells she cast! She used an evolution serum which could change men into different animal forms!"
She gives Superman this evolution serum, transforming him partially into a lion (Aug 1958: "The Lady and the Lion").
Circe was also active in the time of the ancients Greeks, she is responsible for changing Biron the centaur into a horse and later giving him super-powers as Comet the Super-Horse (S No. 176/1, Apr 1965: "The Revenge of the Super-Pets!").
In November 1963, with the aid of Proty II, Saturn Woman poses as the enchantress Circe as part of Superman’s plan to defeat the Superman Revenge Squad (S No. 165/1: pts. I-II—"Beauty and the Super-Beast!"; "Circe’s Super-Slave").
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