"In Greek mythology, the Staff of Asclepius (sometimes also spelled Asklepios or Aesculapius) and as the asklepian, is a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine." This staff alows her to be able to identify an illness and cures it. Nightmare Nurse uses the rod of Asclepius. She was able to heal the Phantom Stranger when got mortally wounded by a magical spear. Nightmare Nurse's speciality, however, is her ability to heal any magical injuries no matter how graves they are. For example, Flight, weather control, healing, illusion casting, reality-warping, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, force field generation, dimensional travel, size alteration, spectral sight, mystical invulnerability, probability manipulation, memory manipulation (erasing and altering people's memories), superhuman strength, superhuman durability and extraction and teleportation of souls (she only uses this ability in dire situations). Nightmare Nurse's uses of sorcery gives her access to a ton of other powers. Thermokinesis- Able to manipulate the temperature of a place to stay warm in cold environments.Cyrokinesis-Generation and control of ice.Aerokinesis- Generation and control of the air.Pyrokinesis-Generation and control of fire.She has used magic for many uses such as: This is impressive because only the most powerful magical characters are able to do that. Unlike many DC magical users, she does not need to say any words to use her power. She can use magic to alter reality itself. Nightmare Nurse is a very powerful magic user. She has brown hair, glowing eyes, and pale skin. In her human form, she is very attractive. Character Personal Information The Doctor is in.Īsa is a Demon who inhabits a human body. Nightmare Nurse joins the team and acts as the doctor for the team whenever someone gets hurt during a fight. A lot happens, but at the end, Asa and John both turn into two demons to fight against the Blight. While they are talking, the real Swamp Thing kills the imposter. Constantine and Asa go to the house of mystery where she shows him a female version of Swamp Thing. She talks to him and encourages him to fight against the Blight. She took the identity of Zatanna and slept with John Constantine. she makes her debut in Justice League Dark vol.
Major Story Arcs Justice League Dark The Justice League DarkĪfter healing the Phantom Stranger, Nightmare Nurse joins the JLD to help them fight mystical crimes. She then aligns herself with John and Swamp Thing to battle the entity Blight. She assumes the identity of Zatanna to bring him to his senses in the House of Mystery.
After being informed that the Stranger was attacked with the Spear of Destiny, she senses that his soul is no longer within his form, and with the help of Zatanna she manages to heal the Stranger by retrieving his soul from the land of Non.ĭuring this encounter, it was also revealed that the Nurse and Constantine have a past specifically a romantic one, and the Nurse was not very impressed with Constantine's prowess in bed - something that annoys him when the topic is brought up.Īsa comes to the aid of Constantine following Trinity War. She is initially annoyed at being summoned since she was in the middle of a threesome with a dryad and sylph, but reveals that Apollo and Panacea made her swear the Hippocratic Oath once a long time ago, and thus she is compelled to help them. When conventional magic fails to help him, Zatanna summons the Nightmare Nurse as a last resort. First AppearanceĪfter the Phantom Stranger is stabbed and mortally wounded by the Question wielding the Spear of Destiny, the members of Justice League Dark come together to try and save him. She even tried to banish Asa back to hell, but when she sees that Alice was about to die she had no choice but to let Nightmare Nurse and Alice fuse back again. When Zatanna finds out, she was very upset. When Alice Winter got really sick and was on the brink of death, the demon call Asa decides to take her body as a way to save her. Nightmare Nurse is a demon who was taking care of Alice Winter, her mistress. DeMatteis in Phantom Stranger #8.Īsa is a healer, sworn to minister to the sick and the dying that was forced on her against her will. The Nightmare Nurse was created by Dan Didio and J.M.