RED RAVEN

Real Name: Dania

Identity/Class: Sub-species of Humanity (Inhumans/Bird People)

Occupation: Unrevealed

Group Membership: Air Guard

Affiliations: Bi-Beast, Defenders (Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange, Hellcat/Patsy Walker, Hulk/Bruce Banner, Nighthawk/Kyle Richmond, Sub-Mariner/Namor McKenzie, Valkyrie/Samantha Parrington), New Invaders, Nova (Richard Rider), Sub-Mariner, Thin Man (Bruce Dickson)

Enemies: Arcade, Axis Mundi, Bloodraven Cult, Condor, Dr. DeFinkness, Diablo, Kestrus, Wayfinder

Known Relatives: Red Raven (father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Aerie

First Appearance: Marvel Super-Heroes III#8/2 (January, 1992)

Powers/Abilities: Dania can fly at 140 mph and has nearly superhuman strength. Unlike other Avians, Dania can apparently retract her red-feathered wings. Her eyes sometimes glow with yellow energy, but she has not exhibited energy-based powers. Dania is keenly aware of international affairs, but her social and emotional growth was stunted by years in isolation.

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 118 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde

History:
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update#4 - Red Raven (Dania)) - Dania was conceived by a native Avian and Red Raven.

(Marvel Super-Heroes III#8/2 (fb) – BTS) – After being hatched, the daughter of Red Raven spent the next 14 years alone on the Aerie watching video feeds and gathering information on the surface world. She especially watched Namor, the Sub-Mariner, who she considered to be responsible for the death of her father.

(Marvel Super-Heroes III#8/2) – Namor’s company, Oracle, Inc., sought to study the sunken Sky-Island (former home of the Bird People) and market the technology for the floating city. However, the workers on the project, including Dr. DeFinkess, were attacked by Diablo, who sought to harness the island’s technology for himself. Red Raven flew there and convinced Namor that Diablo’s intentions were ill. Diablo then alchemically animated the corpses of the Bird People, leaving Namor and Red Raven to fight them off. The corpse of Red Raven’s father attacked her, and she was disturbed by this, but Namor killed the corpse. Diablo departed, exploding Sky-Island as he did. Red Raven chided Namor for his interference with Sky-Island, though she did win a grudging respect for the hero.

(Nova III#7) - After Nova convinced Red Raven (Dania's father) to leave the Condor to his human captors, Dania returned with the rest of the Bird People to Sky-Island.

(Defenders II#6 (fb) - BTS) - Red Raven revived and organized his people into building a new Sky-Island.

(Defenders II#6) - Dania and Red Raven were shocked when four Defenders (Doctor Stephen Strange, Hulk (Bruce Banner), Sub-Mariner) appeared suddenly on Sky-Island. Red Raven broke up a fight between Hulk and Bi-Beast, then ordered the Defenders to leave, angered when they stated that a danger lurked on Sky-Island. Three more Defenders appeared (Nighthawk, Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington), Hellcat), angering Red Raven further. After some discussion, Red Raven ordered Dania, Kestrus, and others to search the island for this danger. Dania soon noticed the sigil of the forbidden Bloodraven Cult and noted that they'd built a mystic bomb. The Cult pursued her, but she made it back in time to warn her father and the Defenders, then collapsed from exhaustion.





(New Invaders#2) – Dania appeared on a monitor with Red Raven, showing their alliance with Thin Man of the New Invaders against the Axis Mundi.

(Civil War: Battle Damage Report) - Tony Stark listed Dania as a foreign national, who was active in the United States.

(Avengers Arena#1) - Dania was one of sixteen superhumans kidnapped by the assassin Arcade, and transported to his new Arctic Murderworld complex. She awakened paralyzed and floating in mid-air, dressed in her Red Raven costumes while Arcade explained that she and the others were going to take part in a 30 day death match against each other until only one was left. The young superhumans' attempt to take out Arcade failed miserably and cost Avengers Academy student Mettle his life.

(Avengers Arena#2) - Moments later Dania panicked and took flight only to hit an energy ceiling above the island that Arcade had not yet mentioned. Dania dropped to her death, leaving behind her broken corpse in a puddle of blood.

(Avengers Arena#12 & 16) - Alongside other victims of the contest Arcade kept Dania's corpse in his lair on the island in a tank.

Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell, Chris Wozniak, Lopez, and Jeff Albrecht.

The original Red Raven was a human adopted by the Bird People that eventually became their leader and fought in World War II. The Bird People were revealed to have been an off-shoot of the Inhumans, and had a complicated history of being put in suspended animation and believed dead. Since Dania was "hatched", it is unlikely that her true father is the original Red Raven, since he was a human.
   Red Raven was confirmed as her father in Dania's own handbook profile.
--Markus Raymond

Special thanks to Graham Weaver for his help with the Nova issue.

Dania received her own profile in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update#4 (December, 2010).

Profile by Chadman. Update by Markus Raymond (2013).

CLARIFICATIONS:
Red Raven has no known connections to:

Kestrus

(Defenders II#6) - Kestrus was among the Bird People who searched Sky-Island for the Bloodraven Cult.

--Defenders II#6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

images: (without ads)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update#4, Red Raven (Dania) profile (main)
Marvel Super-Heroes III#8, p28, pan3 (1st)
Defenders II#6, p11, pan2 (2nd)
New Invaders#2, p13-14, 2nd monitor (green costume)
Avengers Arena#2, p3, pan2 (in Murderworld)
Avengers Arena#2, p3, pan3 (Murderworld, hitting the energy ceiling)
Defenders II#6, p16, pan1 (Kestrus)

Appearances:
Marvel Super-Heroes III#8 (January, 1992) – Scott Lobdell (writer), Chris Wozniak & Lopez (pencilers), Jeff Albrecht (inker), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Nova III#7 (November, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Joe Bennett (penciler), Eduardo Alpuente, Al Milgrom (inkers), Ruben Diaz (editor)
Defenders II#6 (August, 2001) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Erik Larsen (writer/penciler), Al Gordon (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
New Invaders#2 (November, 2004) – Allan Jacobsen (writer), CP Smith (penciler/inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report (2007)
Avengers Arena#1 (February, 2013) - Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Avengers Arena#2 (February, 2013) - Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum (writer), Alessandro Vitti (artist), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Avengers Arena#12 (September, 2013) - Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Avengers Arena#16 (December, 2013) - Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum (writer), Karl Moline (pencils/inks), Mark Pennington with Rick Magyar (inks), Bill Rosemann (editor)

First Posted: 04/06/2007
Last updated: 12/29/2025

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