Extraño

Gregorio De La Vega, a Peruvian man from Trujillo City, was introduced in Millennium #2 (1988) as Extraño, the team's resident magician. In DC continuity his innate magical talent was heightened when he was chosen as part of a Guardians of the Universe 'experiment in human evolution.' This selection moved him from an ordinary human stage magician into a powered magical agent within DC's cosmology. In original continuity his storyline included an HIV‑positive status and confrontations with villains (notably Hemo‑Goblin); in post‑Rebirth continuity (2016 onward) he is reintroduced as a veteran sorcerer living in Lima and as a leader/founder figure within queer superhero networks.

Originally depicted wearing loose, colorful, flamboyant garments and referring to himself as 'Auntie,' Extraño's look emphasized theatricality and otherness. At one point after acquiring a crystal skull the character appears in a more conventional, traditionally 'masculine' superhero costume (the source frames that costume shift as part of later presentation rather than an explicitly detailed in‑story cause). In modern-era stories Gregorio is shown as the head of a Lima household called The Sacrarium, sharing the home with his partner Hugh and an adopted winged girl, Suri, situating him in a domestic occult environment as well as the heroic costumeed milieu.

Extraño is presented as a practitioner of magic whose documented feats include firing energy blasts from his hands, levitation, and using stage‑magic style tricks in combat (the source specifically cites use of ping‑pong 'balls' as an example). The Guardians' experiment is described as having heightened his innate magical ability; he later acquires a crystal skull that 'seemed to greatly amplify his abilities.' In DC Rebirth and subsequent stories he is portrayed as a powerful sorcerer capable of locating souls (for example locating Apollo's soul in Hell) and working alongside major occult figures such as John Constantine and Midnighter. Behaviorally, he is earnest and parental in tone, often serving as caretaker/adviser to teammates and, in later continuity, as a cooperative ally within queer superhero networks.