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| Ta-Tem | |
| Continuity: | DC Universe Earth-One |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Criminal |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Kryptonian |
| Location: | Bokos, Urrika, Krypton |
| Status: | Excised from continuity |
| First: | Superman, Vol. 1 #360 |
Ta-Tem is a fictional criminal featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is associated with the Superman line of titles of the Silver Age era and first appeared in the second story in Superman, Volume 1 #360 titled "Day Into Night -- Night Into Day!"
Biography[]
Ta-Tem was a thief from the planet Krypton. He lived on the island of Bokos across the Dandanu Ocean off the continent of Urrika. He was a confederate of another thief named Bar-Nes, who operated out of the city-state of Erkol. Bar-Nes told Ta-Tem of the discovery of a golden stone in the Striped River that had bizarre glowing properties. Seeing it as a thing of value, he conspired with Bar-Nes to steal the stone. Their plan was foiled by a young boy named Koll-Mer, who kept the stone from them and returned it to where it was discovered and fed it to a metal-eater.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Ta-Tem was created by writer Cary Bates and artist Curt Swan.
- Ta-Tem is exclusive to the continuity of the Silver Age Earth-One environment. It is unknown whether he had a counterpart in modern continuity.
- The final fate of Ta-Tem is unknown. As he lived during the time of Pre-Unification on Krypton, he would have passed away of natural causes long before the planet's destruction.