| Saturn Girl | |
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.jpg) Saturn Girl as depicted on the cover ofFinal Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2 (October 2008). Art byGeorge Pérez. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958) |
| Created by | Otto Binder Al Plastino |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Imra Ardeen |
| Species | Titanian |
| Place of origin | Titan |
| Team affiliations | Legion of Super-Heroes |
| Abilities | Powers:
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Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen) is asuperheroine appearing in comics published byDC Comics. A talented telepath from the 30th century, Saturn Girl is a founding member of theLegion of Super-Heroes. Imra's "Saturn Girl" title refers to her homeworld ofTitan,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 seriesZero Hour: Crisis in Time! andInfinite Crisis.
Saturn Girl has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes.Kari Wahlgren voiced her in the animated seriesLegion of Super Heroes (2006), and reprised the role inYoung Justice. In live-action, Saturn Girl has been portrayed byAlexz Johnson andAmy Jackson inSmallville andSupergirl respectively.[6]
Saturn Girl first appeared inAdventure Comics #247 (April 1958), and was created byOtto Binder andAl Plastino.[7]
During theSilver Age of comics, 30th-century Earth is a member of theUnited Planets and home to its military branch, theScience Police. As a teenager, Imra Ardeen leaves Titan to join the Police, during which she,Rokk Krinn, andGarth Ranzz foil an assassination attempt on fellow passenger and billionaireR. J. Brande.[8] At Brande's urging, the three form theLegion of Super-Heroes, inspired by the legacy ofSuperboy, who they later recruit from the 20th century.[9][10][1]
Just before the leadership elections of 2975, Saturn Girl learns that a Legionnaire would die during an attack on Earth and decides to take on that responsibility herself. Using her telepathy, Imra forces the other Legionnaires to vote her leader and then orders them not to use their powers during the attack, preventing them from rescuing her. However, Lightning Lad defies her orders and dies in her place.[11][12] Saturn Girl attempts to sacrifice herself to resurrect Lightning Lad, but her plan is foiled byProty, the pet ofChameleon Boy, who dies instead.[13]
Romantically, Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz) had pursued Imra for some time, but she had repeatedly rebuffed his advances. After he sacrificed his life for her own, she understood the depth of his feelings and came to realize that she returned them. After dating for almost ten years, Garth proposes marriage, but Imra initially rejects his offer due to a Legion rule which prevents members from being married and remaining in active duty at the same time. Sometime after consulting with her mentors on Titan, Imra relents and marries Garth. Several months later, all active Legionnaires are captured and the reserves are forced into action. Imra's telepathic skills are instrumental in the Legion's eventual victory, and as a result the rule barring married members is repealed. Imra and Garth return to active duty until Imra gave birth to their son, Graym, after which they both retire to raise him. Unbeknown to the couple, Graym had a twin, Garridan, who was stolen at birth byDarkseid and transported into the past, where he was transformed into the monsterValidus.[14] After learning that Validus is her son, Saturn Girl convinces Darkseid to return him to his original form.[15]
Saturn Girl rejoins the Legion after helping stopUniverso from conquering Earth. During the"Five Year Gap", Earth's government becomes hostile to the Legion, and Garth is incapacitated by aWinathian 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]
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After thereboot of the Legion inZero Hour: Crisis in Time!, Imra remains known as Saturn Girl, and a founder of the Legion along with Cosmic Boy andLive 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.
FollowingInvisible 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 ofElement Lad's body.[volume & issue needed]
In the "Threeboot" continuity, Saturn Girl and other Titanians only communicate telepathically, having lost use of their vocal cords due to centuries of evolution. She is still able to read minds, but cannot express herself in spoken language, which puts her at a disadvantage in those situations where her telepathy is useless.
The Threeboot incarnation of Saturn Girl is depicted as weaker than previous incarnations; she is unable to probe shielded minds and must concentrate to exert direct influence on an opponent's brain. As described byPrincess Projectra, Titanian telepathy involves manipulating higher brain functions, and Imra is powerless against mental attacks dealt directly to her subconscious.[16]
The events ofInfinite Crisis restore an analogue of the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion to continuity.[17] WriterGeoff 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.
InDC Universe: Rebirth, a mysterious blonde woman (presumably Saturn Girl) is seen during a police interrogation. She has been arrested for stealing a sandwich. Even though she is told that Superman is missing and possibly dead, she smiles and replies that everything will be all right as she has seen it in the future. After the interrogation, the police officers call mental services for her. In the last panel of this scene, it is revealed that the only item in her possession is a Legion flight ring.[19] In the "I Am Suicide" story arc ofBatman, she is incarcerated inArkham Asylum. Here,Batman and two others walk by a cell housing the blonde woman who breaths on the glass of her cell and draws theLegion of Super-Heroes symbol in the condensation.[20] DC Comics editorDan DiDio confirmed that the mysterious woman is indeed Saturn Girl.[21]
InDoomsday Clock, Saturn Girl escapes from Arkham alongsideRorschach (Reggie Long).[22] After the escape, she reveals that she is Saturn Girl. They eventually find and saveJohnny Thunder, who just foundAlan Scott's green lantern and had thugs assault him, at an old steel mill.[23] Shortly afterward, Saturn Girl is erased from existence due toDoctor Manhattan altering the timeline.[24] Saturn Girl is resurrected after Manhattan undoes his alterations to the timeline, restoring the Legion of Super-Heroes and theJustice Society of America.[25]
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.[16] 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]
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