Laurel Gand

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Laurel Gand
Andromeda (DC comics).jpg
Laurel Gand as Andromeda, as depicted in Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #66 (March 1995). Art by Lee Moder.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Original:
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #5 (March 1990)
Post- Zero Hour :
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #66 (March 1995)
Created by Tom and Mary Bierbaum
Keith Giffen
Al Gordon
(based upon Supergirl by Otto Binder and Al Plastino)
In-story information
Alter egoLaurel Gand
Species Daxamite
Place of origin Daxam (31st century)
Team affiliations Legion of Super-Heroes
White Triangle
Notable aliasesAndromeda, Sister Andromeda
Abilities
See list
    • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability longevity, and reflexes
    • Solar energy radiation absorption
    • Super-Hearing
    • Enhanced visual perception
      • Electromagnetic spectrum vision
      • Telescopic vision
      • Microscopic vision
      • Heat vision
      • X-ray vision
      • Thermal vision
      • Infrared vision
      • Ultraviolet vision
    • Flight
    • Invulnerability
    • Super-breath
      • Freezing breath
      • Wind breath
    • Longevity
    • Indomitable will
    • Self-sustenance
    • Accelerated healing
    • Genius-level intellect
    • Basic hand-to-hand combatant

Laurel Gand is a superheroine appearing in DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries under the name Andromeda. [1] She was created as a replacement for Supergirl, who was killed in Crisis on Infinite Earths . She was also inspired by elements of Superman's supposed descendant Laurel Kent, who is later revealed to be a Manhunter. [2]

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Fictional character biography

Pre-Zero Hour

Following her death in Crisis on Infinite Earths , Supergirl was removed from mainstream DC continuity and replaced with Laurel Gand / Andromeda.

Gand is a Daxamite and relative of Valor who was born on the asteroid Ricklef II. She later joins the Legion of Super-Heroes before marrying Rond Vidar and leaving the group to care for their daughter Lauren. She is later killed in a terrorist attack.

Post-Zero Hour

Laurel Gand was originally a member of the xenophobic White Triangle group before joining the Legion. Due to Daxamites' vulnerability to lead, she is forced to wear a special suit to protect her from it. She later travels to the planet Hell and is presumed dead before returning to the Legion.

After the events of Infinite Crisis , Earth-247, the home of the post-Zero Hour Legion, is destroyed. Andromeda appears in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds , battling Superboy-Prime along with M'onel (Valor) and Superman. Later, in the fifth issue, her pre-Zero Hour younger and older counterparts are called to battle the Time Trapper, alongside dozens of other Legionnaires from alternate realities.

Powers and abilities

Generally, the abilities of Laurel Gand (and other Daxamites) are identical to those of Superman and other natives of the planet Krypton (super-strength; speed; flight; X-ray, heat, microscopic or telescopic vision powers; invulnerability and super hearing). However, she is vulnerable to lead rather than Kryptonite.

In other media

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  2. ↑ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Andromeda", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 15, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1
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