One of the Female Furies, ruthless mercenaries in the employ of Darkseid, 'Big Barda' rebelled against her superiors when she fell in love with Scott Free and helped him escape from the planet Apokolips, later following him to Earth and becoming his wife. She struggled to adapt to Earthly ways of doing things and acted as a peripheral member of the planet's super-hero community for many years until she and Scott moved back to New Genesis, Apokolips' good mirror image.