- For the late Kryptonian, see Astra.
- "So I grew up in Hell, had minions do my bidding, and rose to power 'til I practically ran the place."
- —Astra[src]
Astra Logue (born c. 2005)[1] is the daughter of Alex Logue and the late Natalie Logue. She was accidentally damned to Hell after a botched attempt at exorcism by John Constantine.
During the chaos of Neron taking control of Hell from the Triumvirate, Astra stole eighteen evils souls and released them from Hell, allowing them to resurrect on the new Earth-Prime.
She plots secretly against the Triumvirate to become the new queen of Hell and to take her revenge on John Constantine.
Finally, Ava convinces her that the Fates manipulate her and that the time is come for her to choose her destiny. Astra leaves Hell with Ava, Mick and Gary to come on the Waverider.
Biography
Original multiverse
Condemned to Hell
While at Newcastle, John accidentally damned Astra's soul to Hell trying to extort the demon Nergal into fighting another demon for him.
After Astra was possessed by a demon, John Constantine, Anne Marie Flynn, Gary Lester, Ritchie Simpson and Chas Chandler all came to her aid in attempt to exorcise the demon from her body. However, Renee (Chas's ex-wife) said that Astra's own father used her as a tool in his black magic rituals, so John attempted to summon a greater demon, Nergal, to instruct the lesser demon to leave her. While the plan worked, Nergal then violently dragged Astra to Hell for eternity in front of everyone.[1]
In Hell
Soon after arriving into Hell, Astra was found by Lachesis who becomes her adoptive mother and motivates her hate for John Constantine, manipulating her for her own ends.[2]
Five years later, John traveled to Hell to save the soul of Ray Palmer.[3] Upon arriving, Satan offered John a chance to save Astra's instead. John chose to save her, but Astra, now a grown woman, revealed to John that she didn't want to leave Hell, preventing John from saving both her and Ray.[4]
Later in Hell, Astra helps John and Nora Darhk break into the Soul Exchange to get Ray's soul token. While the two of them look for his, Astra secretly steals sixteen evil souls (including Caligula, Charles Manson, Genghis Khan, Grigori Rasputin, John Wayne Gacy, Joseph Stalin, Lizzie Borden, Mary Tudor, Marie Antoinette, Bugsy Siegel, Kathy Meyers and Damien Darhk). She later goes to the front desk of the Soul Exchange and releases the sixteen souls from Hell, offering them a second chance.[5]
Anti-Monitor Crisis
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Astra as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[6] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[7]
New multiverse
In the new multiverse, the chain of events surrounding Astra being dragged to Hell is changed. John Constantine was an old friend and lover of Astra’s mother Natalie and after she was killed by a drunk driver John attempted to resurrect her by summoning a demon, however the demon took Astra and dragged her to Hell. Astra’s devastated mother then committed suicide out of guilt.[8]
Queen of Hell
Astra meets John in his personal purgatory.
Astra begins secretly her reign, sending Encores against John Constantine and the Legends.[9]
Leaving Hell to the Waverider
With the three rings of the Loom of Fate found, Astra and John Constantine decide that it is time for him to keep his promise and revive her mother; however, when the Legends have a meeting as to who should be resurrected first, Clotho chooses Behrad Tarazi. The attempt is a failure though and results in damaging the Waverider. Astra thinks that she can help since she was groomed to be a Fate, but she is denied access to the Loom. Later, when the Loom disappears, she is blamed and imprisoned, but video footage obtained by Zari Tarazi reveals that the hellhound Marchosias caused it to be flushed into the sanitary system. After tricking the Legends into releasing her, Astra tells Constantine the hellhound's real name, allowing him to cast a banishing spell. Zari offers Astra a tour of the ship as a sign of friendship, but Astra quickly rejects it.[10]
Astra becomes a founding member of Delta Chi Sigma; she is later approached by Lachesis who wants a favor after Astra drank from the Chalice of Dionysius and gained temporary godhood.[11]
Legacy
The violent act in Newcastle that led to Astra's banishment to Hell caused to the group of magic users to split up, and John to place himself in Ravenscar Psychiatric Facility for the Mentally Deranged, where he continued to be haunted by his actions. Anne Marie became a nun in New Mexico, Gary started to do drugs more often and Ritchie put it behind him.[1]
Eventually, John was offered the opportunity to stop the "Rising Darkness" and chose to do it to honor Astra.[1]
While possessing Sara Lance, the demon Mallus used Astra's voice to offer Constantine Astra's soul in exchange for Sara's, John did not believe him and continued to exorcise him. John later told Sara that had he believed that Mallus was telling the truth about freeing Astra's soul, he would have taken the offer without any hesitation.But, he later discovers that Astra has became evil because during all this time she has passed in Hell.[12]
Personality
Before being unfairly commended to Hell, Astra was a kind, caring, polite, cheerful and innocent child. However, she got possessed by a demon who then killed her in retaliation after being exorcised out of her dragging her spirit to Hell,[1] where she quickly grew up losing her innocence and start blaming Constantine for her being there..[4]
Though Astra did admit that, before she lost her innocence, she believed he would rescue her from the literal Hell she was in one day.
Powers and abilities
Powers
Abilities
- Occult knowledge: Astra has acquired extensive knowledge of the supernatural.[9]
- Expert knife thrower: Astra has proven to having a level of proficiency with knifes.
- Demonology: Due to growing up in hell Astra has gained a knowledge of demons. Even being able to correctly identify a Hellhound's true name.[10]
Equipment
Former equipment
- Soul token[5]
Appearances
Constantine
- "Non Est Asylum" (flashbacks)
- "A Feast of Friends" (mentioned)
- "Danse Vaudou" (mentioned)
- "Quid Pro Quo" (mentioned)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
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Gallery
Promotional images
Behind the scenes
- In the DC comics, Astra Logue (also called Astrid), is the abused daughter of club-owner, Alex Logue. In 1978, she had summoned up a demon called Norfulthing that killed Logue and his associates. John Constantine and the Newcastle Crew tried to summon another demon to defeat it but failed to name and bind it properly. That demon, Nergal, killed Norfulthing as well took Astra to Hell with him. This failure greatly impacted John and led him to be committed to Ravenscar Secure Facility. However, at the end of the Critical Mass storyline, John succeeds in freeing Astra and every child's soul trapped in Hell, allowing them to depart to Heaven.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Non Est Asylum"
- ↑ "The Great British Fake Off"
- ↑ "Nip/Stuck"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Terms of Service"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hey, World!"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"
- ↑ "A Head of Her Time"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ship Broken"
- ↑ "Freaks and Greeks"
- ↑ "Necromancing the Stone"