Element Girl Urania "Rainie" Blackwell is initially a spy for the United States government. Her first major assignment is to infiltrate a European crime syndicate called Cyclops and investigate its leader, a man codenamed Stingaree. Blackwell soon falls in love with Stingaree and agrees to marry him, only to have him spurn her when his affections turn elsewhere. In turn, Blackwell manages to convince her agency that the romance had been a sham and asks for their help in finding some way to strike back at Stingaree. The agency obliged by offering her the chance to take part in a long-planned experiment to replicate the incident that led to Rex Mason being transformed into
Metamorpho. Blackwell volunteers for the experiment and is molded by the sun god
Ra into an elemental with superpowers identical to Mason's. Following her death, Element Girl appears in the non-canon
Wednesday Comics, written by Neil Gaiman. Decades after her death, Element Girl returns in the 2024 series
Metamorpho: The Element Man, part of the
DC All In initiative.
Element Woman Emily Sung, the Element Woman, first appears during the "
Throne of Atlantis" crossover as one of
Cyborg's new recruits for the
Justice League. During a battle with a number of
Atlantean soldiers loyal to
Ocean Master, Element Woman nonchalantly chats with
Black Lightning, expressing joy over being asked to join the League. Element Woman is later inducted into the League alongside a new female
Atom and
Firestorm. Following the events of
Forever Evil, Element Woman joins the
Doom Patrol.
Flashpoint Prior to appearing in the mainstream
DC Universe, Element Woman made her debut in an alternate timeline as part of the
Flashpoint storyline. She first appears at a meeting of superhumans assembled by Cyborg with the intention of stopping the war between the
Amazons and
Atlanteans. She offers her help, but is dismissed by
Shade, the Changing Man, who uses his M-Vest to reveal to the others that Element Woman is insane. She subsequently reappears in
Metropolis, where she rescues Cyborg,
Batman, and the
Flash from a group of soldiers working for the mysterious Project
Superman. She then reveals that she has been following Cyborg ever since his initial failed attempt to recruit the heroes to stop the war, and that she wishes to help him. Emily continues to accompany the new gathering of heroes as they travel to visit the members of
Shazam. Despite her social awkwardness, she offers to help the group and joins the mission to
New Themyscira. After
Billy Batson is killed, Emily and Cyborg protect the remaining children. ==Powers and abilities==