Saturn Girl

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Saturn Girl
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Saturn Girl as depicted on the cover of Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2 (October 2008).
Art by George Pérez.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958)
Created by Otto Binder
Al Plastino
In-story information
Alter egoImra Ardeen
Species Titanian
Place of origin Titan, moon of Saturn
Team affiliations Legion of Super-Heroes
AbilitiesPowers:
  • Telepathy
  • Telepathic illusions
  • Telepathic camouflage
  • Telepathic communication, perception, and reception
  • Telepathic defense
  • Mental senses
  • Mind control
  • Psychic link
  • Empathy
  • Psionic shield
  • Psionic blast

Abilities:

  • Basic hand-to-hand combatant
  • Leadership skills

Equipment:

  • Legion Flight Ring

Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen) is a superheroine appearing in comics published by DC Comics. A talented telepath from the 30th century, Saturn Girl is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Imra's "Saturn Girl" title refers to her homeworld of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] There have been three versions of Imra since her original debut, separated by the events of the limited series Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! and Infinite Crisis .

Contents

Saturn Girl has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. Kari Wahlgren voiced her in the animated series Legion of Super Heroes (2006), and reprised the role in Young Justice . In live-action, Saturn Girl has been portrayed by Alexz Johnson and Amy Jackson in Smallville and Supergirl respectively.

Publication history

Saturn Girl first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. [6]

Fictional character biography

Silver Age

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Saturn Girl in her Bronze Age variant uniform

During the Silver Age of comics, 30th-century Earth is a member of the United Planets and home to its military branch, the Science Police. Imra Ardeen leaves her homeworld of Titan to join the Police as a teenager, during which she, Rokk Krinn, and Garth Ranzz foil an assassination attempt on fellow passenger and billionaire R. J. Brande. [7] At Brande's urging, the three form the Legion of Super-Heroes, inspired by the legacy of Superboy, who they later recruit from the 20th century. [8] [9] [1]

As a Legionnaire, Imra gains a reputation for self-sacrifice; just prior to the leadership elections of 2975, she learns that a Legionnaire will die during an attack on Earth and decides to take on the responsibility herself. However, Lightning Lad defies her orders and dies instead. [10] [11] Saturn Girl later attempts to sacrifice herself to resurrect Lightning Lad, but Proty does so instead. [12] Despite this series of events, Imra's leadership is highly valued in the Legion, and her position as leader, despite its means of acquisition, is allowed to stand. She earned a second term the following year. [13] As leader of the Legion, Saturn Girl is the first female comic book character to head a group of superheroes.[ volume & issue needed ]

Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad later marry and have two children, Graym and Garridan. The latter is kidnapped by Darkseid shortly after birth and transformed into Validus. Validus becomes an enemy of the Legion as a member of the Fatal Five before Darkseid returns him to normal. [14] [1]

Saturn Girl rejoins the Legion after helping stop Universo from conquering Earth. During the "Five Year Gap", Earth's government becomes hostile to the Legion, and Garth is incapacitated by a Winathian plague. Disillusioned by the government and feeling needed more at home, Imra resigns from the Legion and returns to Winath to become a farmer. She and Garth have two additional children, daughters Dacey and Dorritt.[ volume & issue needed ]

Post-Zero Hour

Saturn Girl in her post Zero-Hour uniform. Art by Jeff Moy. Saturn Girl.png
Saturn Girl in her post Zero-Hour uniform. Art by Jeff Moy.

After the reboot of the Legion in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , Imra remains known as Saturn Girl, and a founder of the Legion along with Cosmic Boy and Live Wire. Her design was changed from previous versions, combining some elements from past uniforms. The top and pants of her uniform are similar in design to her red and white uniform, but now colored pink instead of red, and has the familiar Saturn logo.

Following Invisible Kid's resignation, Saturn Girl becomes the leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Later, following Lightning Lad's death, she resigns and returns to Titan to undergo therapy before Lightning Lad is resurrected in a crystal clone of Element Lad's body.[ volume & issue needed ]

"Threeboot"

In the 2005 revamp of the Legion, Saturn Girl and other Titanians solely using telepathy to communicate and lack vocal cords. Her mother holds a high position in the United Planets and helped create the current alliance between them and the Legion. [15] [16] [1]

Post-Infinite Crisis

The events of Infinite Crisis restore an analogue of the pre- Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion to continuity. [17] Writer Geoff Johns commented on the character: [18]

Saturn Girl is the heart and soul of the Legion of Super-Heroes. When everybody's saying, 'Legion doesn't work anymore. There's too much xenophobia. You can't change people'. Saturn Girl says, 'Yes, you can'. Then suddenly, you realize she can read people's minds. She knows everyone's deepest darkest secrets. If she has faith, then at the base level, human beings and aliens and everybody can reach that goal, can reach achievement and have that goodness inside them. I believe her. I'm with her. And that's why Saturn Girl is so important to the Legion. She's at the epicention of truth for the entire universe for me.

DC Rebirth

In DC Rebirth , Saturn Girl travels to the present day and is imprisoned in Arkham Asylum after being deemed insane. [19] [20] During the Doomsday Clock storyline, she and Rorschach escape Arkham before Doctor Manhattan alters the timeline, erasing the former from existence. However, Superman convinces Manhattan to undo his alterations to the timeline, restoring Saturn Girl and the Legion. [21] [1]

The New Golden Age

In The New Golden Age , Saturn Girl is among the Legion of Super-Heroes members who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru. [22]

Powers and abilities

Saturn Girl is a Titanian who possesses innate telepathic abilities, enabling her to sense and manipulate minds and generate illusions and blasts of psychic energy. [15] As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, she is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows her to fly and protects her from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments. [1]

Other versions

Reception

Accolades

In other media

Television

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Saturn Girl as she appears in Superman: The Animated Series (left), Smallville (center), and Legion of Super-Heroes (2006) (right)

Film

Video games

Miscellaneous

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