Death

Real Name: None - she has many names and no real name, since she is the anthropomorphic personification of an abstract concept.

Identity/Class: Endless

Occupation: Psychopomp; ensures people die and move on as they are meant to.

Affiliations: The Endless

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: Destiny, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Delirium

Aliases: Teleute

Base of Operations: Her domain, which sometimes appears as a flat that she shares with two goldfish. Active throughout the Universe.

First Appearance: Sandman #8 (DC Comics)

Powers/Abilities: Transports the souls of the dead to their destinations. Can grant immortality (as in the case of Hob Gadling) but rarely does.

History: When the first creature in the universe was born, and hence able to die, Death was there. Death is one of the Endless, the personifications of certain universal truths in the DC Universe.

Comments: Created by Neil Gaiman

Thanks to Marie Shrewsbury for providing additional information about this character.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• Death, the skeletal dude from the Discworld who SPEAKS LIKE THIS

• Death, a.k.a. Archangel, one of Apocalypse's Four Horsemen in the Marvel Universe

• Death, a.k.a. Wolverine, Archangel's replacement in that above group

• Death, the skeletal personification of the universal truth who works in the Marvel Universe

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