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{{Infobox comics character
|image = Blackalice.png
|image_size = 225
|caption = Black Alice as depicted in ''Birds of Prey'' #76 (January 2005). Art by Ed Benes.
|character_name = Black Alice
|real_name = Lori Zechlin
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|debut = ''[[Birds of Prey (team)|Birds of Prey]]'' #76 (January 2005)
|creators = [[Gail Simone]]<br>Joe Prado<br>[[Ed Benes]]
|species = [[Metahuman]]
|alliances = [[Secret Six (comics)|Secret Six]]<br>Coven of Three
|aliases =
|powers = * [[Magic (supernatural)|Magic]] usurpation
}}
'''Black Alice''' ('''Lori Zechlin''') is a [[DC Comics]] character introduced in ''[[Birds of Prey (team)|Birds of Prey]]'' #76 (January 2005). She uses her magical powers to prey on drug dealers in her hometown of [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]].<ref name="dc-ency">{{Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | contribution = Black Alice | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 49 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4119-1}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
===Origin===
Lori Zechlin is a teenager who lives with her father John and her mother. Shortly after her mother dies from a drug overdose, Lori discovers that she can steal the superpowers of others and plans to take revenge on the drug dealers responsible for her death.<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=41}}</ref>

Black Alice later encounters the [[Birds of Prey (team)|Birds of Prey]], who bring her to [[Doctor Fate]] so she can learn to control her powers.<ref name="dc-ency" />

===''Day of Vengeance''===
In ''[[Day of Vengeance]]'', [[Shadowpact]] recruits Alice to battle the [[Spectre (DC Comics character)|Spectre]] and [[Eclipso]]. After the Spectre kills the wizard [[Shazam (wizard)|Shazam]] and destroys the Rock of Eternity, Alice declines to join Shadowpact.

In ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', Alice helps combat a global prison break orchestrated by [[Alexander Luthor Jr.]]

===The Society===
[[Talia al Ghul]], [[Felix Faust]], and [[Cheetah (character)|Cheetah]] approach Alice and resurrect her mother in exchange for her joining the [[Secret Society of Super Villains]], but she refuses. Alice later obtains Doctor Fate's helmet, but gives it up when it begins punishing anyone who wrongs her.<ref name="dc-ency" /><ref>''Birds of Prey'' #115–116 (April–May 2008)</ref>

Alice later becomes addicted to antidepressants, which interferes with [[Darkseid]]'s attempts to suppress her will.<ref>''Birds of Prey'' #118 (July 2008)</ref><ref>''Birds of Prey'' #121 (October 2008)</ref><ref>''Birds of Prey'' #97 (October 2006)</ref>

===''Reign in Hell''===
In the ''[[Reign in Hell (comics)|Reign in Hell]]'' storyline, Alice travels to Hell to retrieve a stolen portion of her powers. She steals [[Blaze and Satanus|Satanus]]' power and inadvertently allows his sister Blaze to gain control of Hell.

===Secret Six and Blackest Night===
During the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' event, Alice joins the [[Secret Six (comics)|Secret Six]].<ref name="ss16">''Secret Six'' (vol. 3) #16 (February 2010)</ref><ref>''Secret Six'' (vol. 3) #21–22 (July – August 2010)</ref> In May 2010, she began co-starring in a back-up feature in ''[[Teen Titans]]'' alongside [[Zachary Zatara]] and [[Traci Thirteen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm%3D14526 |title=DCU &#124; Comics |access-date=2010-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307185628/http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=14526 |archive-date=2010-03-07}}</ref><ref>''Wonder Woman'' #600 (August 2010)</ref>

===New 52===
In ''[[The New 52]]'' continuity reboot, Alice is an orphan who gained her powers after being possessed by a demon during a car crash that killed her parents.<ref>''Secret Six'' (vol. 4) #10</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
Black Alice can temporarily steal the magical powers of any being regardless of how powerful they are, leaving her targets powerless in turn. While the maximum range of her ability is unknown, it is potentially limitless. Additionally, her clothes change to reflect attributes of the person whose powers she took.<ref>''Birds of Prey'' #76 (January 2005)</ref><ref>''Day of Vengeance'' #5 (October 2005)</ref><ref name="ss16" /><ref>''Secret Six'' (vol. 3) #18 (April 2010)</ref>

== In other media ==
* Lori Zechlin makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Things Change".
* Black Alice appears in ''[[Imaginext#DC Super Friends|DC Super Friends]]'' #19. This version is a student of Headmaster Mind's supervillain school who possesses the ability to duplicate magical powers instead of stealing them. Following a fight with the Super Friends, Alice defects to them, vowing to return to regular school and become a hero when she grows up.

==References==
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