Trident (DC Comics)

Trident is the name of a number of supervillains in the DC Comics universe.

History

Trident triplets

This trio of characters first appeared in New Teen Titans #33. New Teen Titans writer Marv Wolfman later acknowledged that he recycled the idea of multiple people posing as a single villain from his earlier characters the Brothers Grimm.

In the story, the three alter-egos of Trident were operatives of the H.I.V.E., with Prof being a weapons design specialist. Eventually, they decide to team up and strike out on their own. Each adopts the costume and code-name of Trident, and each is armed with a powerful trident. The trident's right tine shoots fire, the left tine shoots ice, and the center tine releases a blast of devastating force. Trident operates in New York City, each criminal taking turns at committing several large robberies, leading the public to believe them to be a single person. Eventually, the Sammy Jaye Trident tries to cheat his two partners out of their share of loot. The other two kill Sammy, and his costumed body is discovered by the New Teen Titans. Starfire eventually figures out that there is more than one Trident.