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Salu Digby
Salu Digby, also known as Shrinking Violet, Violet, and Atom Girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and Legion of Super-Heroes member in the DC Universe's 30th and 31st centuries. She comes from the planet Imsk and has the power to shrink to tiny size, as do all Imsk natives. Publication history Shrinking Violet first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #276 and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jim Mooney. Fictional character biography Zero Hour Pre-Zero Hour In the original pre-'' Zero Hour'' continuity, she was the thirteenth person to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. She first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #276 (1961). She tried out for membership at the same time as Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. At that same tryout, Supergirl and Brainiac 5 joined the Legion. Shrinking Violet joined the Legion later, as did her fellow applicants Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. Despite her shyness, Shrinking Violet, known as Vi to her teammates, served as an exemplary Legionnaire. She became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Comics
''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of ''Action Comics'' beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. ''Action Comics'' returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016). Publication history The Golden Age Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman (also known as Kal-El, originally Kal-L), launched in Action Comics 1, ''Action Comics'' #1 on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June), an event which began the Golden Age of Comic Books. Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Element Lad
Element Lad (Jan Arrah) is a fictional character in the 30th and 31st centuries of the , a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. A native of the planet Trom, he has the power to transmute chemical elements. Publication history Element Lad first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #307 and was created by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte. Fictional character biography Pre-''Zero Hour'' Element Lad first appears in '' Adventure Comics'' (vol. 1) #307 (1963). In this first story he is briefly known as "Mystery Lad" as the Legionnaires try to guess his superpower. Jan is the last survivor of Trom; with all of the planet's natives sharing Jan's abilities, the other Trommites had been massacred by the space pirate Roxxas for refusing to transmute valuable elements for him. Jan had only survived this genocide because he had been in space at the time. With the aid of the Legion, Roxxas is brought to justice and Jan joins the Legion, using the codename Element Lad. He is a member of the Leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinetix
Kinetix (Zoë Saugin of the planet Aleph) is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine in the DC Comics DC Universe, universe. The character is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1994 team), Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century. She first appeared in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (vol 4) #66, in March 1995. Fictional character biography Zoe's mother Azra was a renowned archeologist who shuttled her and her younger brother Thanot around the galaxy on her digs. One day, Azra inhaled poisonous gas while on a dig, which started eating away at her lungs. Feeling helpless as she watched her mother die, Zoe searched through Azra's books and found a magical incantation using the Moon of Kol, an artifact her mother had found. Apparently, the Moon could transform a "drop of love into a wellspring of health" once in a lifetime. Zoe managed to heal her mother, and thus began her lust for power - but only to be used to help others and achieve self-perfection.''Legion of Super- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krypton (comics)
Krypton is a fictional planet appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly appearing or mentioning in stories starring the superhero Superman as the world he came from. The planet was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and was named after the chemical element krypton. The planet was first mentioned in ''Action Comics'' #1 (June 1938) and made its first appearance in Superman (comic book), ''Superman'' #1 (1939). Krypton is also the native world of Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Supergirl, Krypto, Krypto the Superdog, Beppo (comics), Beppo the Super-Monkey, Power Girl (in her case, an alternate-universe version designated "Krypton-Two"), and the supervillain General Zod. It has been consistently described as having been destroyed shortly after Superman's escape from the planet, although the exact details of its destruction vary by time period and writers. Kryptonians were the dominant species on Krypton. Krypton also makes an appearance in several telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferro Lad
Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century of the . He is Andrew Nolan of Earth and is known in Post-''Zero Hour'' continuity simply as Ferro. Publication history Ferro Lad first appeared in '' Adventure Comics'' #346 and was created by Jim Shooter. When Jim Shooter first created the character, he intended Ferro Lad to be black, but editor Mort Weisinger vetoed the idea, saying "we'll lose our distribution in the South". This was in fact one reason why Shooter chose Ferro Lad to be the one to die in the Sun Eater story. In a 2003 interview, Shooter said: "Ferro Lad, I killed because my plan was that he was a black guy, and Mort Weisinger said no. Then I said, "Well, let's see. I've got this idea for a story, and someone needs to die...Ah-ha! Him!" So basically, I killed him off because it annoyed me that I couldn't do with him what I wanted". However, in a 2011 blog post, he had a differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Planets
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the , and first appears in ''Adventure Comics'' #247 (April 1958). Initially, the team was closely associated with the original Superboy (Kal-El), Superboy character (Superman when he was a teenager), and was portrayed as a group of time travelers. Later, the Legion's origin and back story were fleshed out, and the group was given its own monthly comic. Eventually, Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star. The team has undergone two major reboot (fiction), reboots during its run. The Legion of Super-Heroes (1958 team), original version was replaced with a Legion of Super-Heroes (1994 team), new rebooted version following the events of the "Zero Hour: Crisis in Time, Zero Hour" st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominators (DC Comics)
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional character alien race appearing in comics and other media by DC Comics. Coming from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe, they are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead. They are master geneticists who can manipulate the metagene to enhance members of their own caste. Publication history Their first appearance was in 1967, in '' Adventure Comics'' #361, a story written by Jim Shooter with art by Curt Swan and Jim Mooney, in which they are presented as possibly dangerous to the Legion of Super-Heroes, but do not pose an actual threat. They appeared again in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' #241–245 in the late 1970s, as an adversarial race in an interstellar conflict with Earth in the 30th century. In 1988 and 1989, they were revived as the villains of the " Invasion!" crossover event involving man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokk Krinn
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a fictional Character (arts), character, a comic book superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics DC Universe, Universe. He is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was the original leader in all incarnations of the Legion. Publication history Cosmic Boy first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #247 (April 1958) and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. Fictional character biography Original Cosmic Boy is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, and he has the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields. Cosmic Boy's brother, Pol, eventually joined the Legion as Magnetic Kid, but died during the "Magic Wars". Cosmic Boy is one of the few Legionnaires ever to have his own miniseries, which ran for four issues in the mid-1980s as a spin-off of the ''Legends (comics), Legends'' cross-over. In the pre-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time, Zero Hour Legion, Cosmic Boy was romantical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conscription
Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s, where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime, so that men at a certain age would serve 1–8 years on active duty and then transfer to the reserve force. Conscription is controversial for a range of reasons, including conscientious objection to military engagements on religious or philosophical grounds; political objection, for example to service for a disliked government or unpopular war; sexism, in that historically men have been subject to the draft in the most cases; and ideological objection, for example, to a perceived vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Levitz
Paul Levitz (; born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002–2009, he worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as Marv Wolfman and Alan Moore, artists such as George Pérez, Keith Giffen, and John Byrne, and editor Karen Berger, who contributed to the 1980s revitalization of the company's line of comic book heroes. Early life Levitz was raised in Brooklyn, New York. during which time he revived the defunct comic news fanzine, ''The Comic Reader'', which according to Levitz, was the first regularly published comics industry news fanzine. Under Levitz's editorship ''The Comic Reader'' won two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. One of Levitz's teachers, Frank McCourt, was impressed enough with Levitz's work that he arranged for Levitz to appear on McCourt's brother Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning Lass
Ayla Ranzz, known originally as Lightning Lass (also known as Light Lass and Spark) is a comic book fictional character, who is a superhero, super heroine in a future DC Comics DC Universe, universe. She is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes where she is the sister of Garth Ranzz, Lightning Lad and Lightning Lord. There have been three versions of Ayla since her original debut; these versions are separated by the events of both the ''Zero Hour (comics), Zero Hour'' and ''Infinite Crisis'' limited series. Fictional character biography Silver Age Ayla Ranzz (of the planet Winath, where twinning is normal) first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #308, (May 1963). She is the twin sister of fellow Legionnaire Garth (Lightning Lad) and the younger sister of the villainous Mekt (Lightning Lord). All three gained their lightning powers after being attacked by creatures called lightning beasts on the "lightning world" of Korbal. She originally joined the Legion disguised as her broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nura Nal
Dream Girl (Nura Nal) is a superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics. A member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries, she was created by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist John Forte, and first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #317 (1964). Fictional character biography Original version Nura's home planet is Naltor, where virtually all the inhabitants possess precognitive abilities. After foreseeing the deaths of several Legionnaires, she crafted an elaborate plan to save their lives. As part of that plan, she used Naltorian science, of which she was an expert, to change the powers of Ayla Ranzz from lightning casting to the ability to make objects super lightweight. For many years thereafter, Ayla, who had been known as Lightning Lass, became Light Lass. The Legionnaires she foresaw dying were actually robot doubles. Having joined the team under false pretenses, she left the Legion temporarily and became a member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
