EYE OF RA

BIOGRAPHY

MAGICAL ARTIFACT DATA

Name: Eye of Ra
DCU Creator(s): Unknown
Homebase: Egypt
First Appearance: (Charlton): Blue Beetle #54 (February-March 1966); (DC): Infinity, Inc. #43 (October 1987)

OVERVIEW

An ancient weapon shaped like a stylized Egyptian eye. In modern times, it has been used against the superheroes Blue Beetle I and Infinity, Inc.

HISTORY

"The Eye of Ra" originally referred to the ancient feline Egyptian goddeses Sekhmet and Bast, the instruments of the sun god Ra's revenge. It was also the name of an ancient weapon shaped like a stylized Egyptian eye, capable of emitting powerful energy blasts.

In modern times, Blue Beetle I encountered this weapon, then called The Eye of Horus, and defeated it by speaking its true name – The Eye of Ra. Later still, the Eye of Ra was excavated from an ancient pyramid by Helen Rock, the reincarnation of Hawkman's eternal enemy Hath-Set, and used against the superhero team Infinity, Inc.

CHRONOLOGY

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