Saturn Girl
Saturn Girl is a comic book character that first appeared in Adventure Comics #247
The Legion is made up of heroes from across the galaxy. The people of Titan are gifted telepaths and Imra Ardeen brings her abilities to the Legion as one of its founders.
Saturn Girl is one of the three founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes and is often considered to be the heart and soul of the team. She also has the distinction of being the first-ever female character to lead a super-team in comic book history.
Origin
Imra gave up a promising career as Science Police officer to join the Legion. As Saturn Girl, her powers were tested to the extreme in confrontations with the warped minds of the Composite Man and Dr. Psycho.
Psychic inhibitors created by Imra's mentor Aven were removed from her subconscious. He had secretly installed them to help Imra adjust to her increasing telepathic powers. She feels they are no longer needed, if indeed they ever were.
Years of solitary training made it hard for Imra to relate with others, but time with the Legion has helped her open up and make friends.
Formation of the Legion
While en route from Titan (a moon of Saturn) to Earth to join the Science Police, Imra telepathically detected a plot to assassinate inventor R.J. Brande. Working with Rokk Krinn of Braal (Cosmic Boy) and Garth Ranzz of Winath (Lightning Lad), the youngsters foiled the plot. Impressed with the trio of young heroes, Brande formed the Legion Of Super-Heroes.
Early Missions
Lost Legion
Both Imra and Garth were among the Legionnaires stranded in another galaxy. She used her abilities to keep her team mates calm by creating a psychic projection of Apparition. When the deception was discovered, she lost the trust of her teammates and resigned as leader.
2005 Reboot
After her encounter with Mon-El, Saturn Girl attempted to start a relationship with Lightning Lad, whom she has flirted with since the beginning of the series. Since then they have begun a rocky relationship, greatly strained, ever since Garth became the leader of the Legion (after the disappearance of Cosmic Boy). As of late, Imra has been shown to be taking a more leading role in the Legion ranks, even leading two separate missions.
On her first mission, Imra assembled her team, consisting of: Star Boy, Timber Wolf, and Invisible Kid. They were sent to the moon of Triton to help evacuate the populace from an extraterrestrial invasion. Unfortunately the invasion began earlier than they expected, and they were forced to deal with the invaders. Saturn Girl proved to be a good addition to the team, dealing with multiple aliens. Unfortunately the aliens began to adapt to their variety of powers. But to no surprise they were able to defeat their opponents, suffering only minor injuries.
Powers & Abilities
Saturn Girl (original) is a powerful telepath who can cast illusions, cause sedation, stun or kill people mentally with powerful mind bolts, cause physical damage with psionic objects, and even cause paralysis or cause someone to be in a catatonic state. She can block mental intrusions and manipulate someone into doing her will, just by sheer willpower. She has the ability to attack her enemies' minds with intense blasts of psionic energy, and can also create a telekinetic shield of psionic energy, which she uses to block powerful attacks. She can use thought blasts to mentally stun people or destroy their minds., though this is only under immense pressure and stress. She could also project her mind onto the astral plane. Saturn Girl is arguably one of the most powerful telepaths in the DC Universe.
Television
Saturn Girl in the Superman and JLU animated seriesDC Animated Universe
Saturn Girl has appeared in DC's Animated Universe, first in Superman: The Animated Series, then later in Justice League Unlimited. She was voiced by actress Melissa Joan Hart. In these appearances she has pale blue eyes and wears a red and white costume very similar to her classic look.
Smallville
Alexz Johnson as Saturn Girl on Smallville
Saturn Girl, along with fellow founding Legion members Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad, appeared in an episode of Smallville entitled "Legion." She was played by actress Alexz Johnson. In this portrayal she wore a red jacket and pants combined with a white top featuring the Saturn logo. She and her teammates saved a young Clark Kent from the Persuader, an old Legion enemy and a member of the Fatal Five, who had traveled back in time in order to kill Clark.
| Super Name: | Saturn Girl |
| Real Name: | Imra Ardeen-Ranzz |
| Aliases: | Imra Ardeen |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | Adventure Comics #247 |
| Appears in: | 588 issues |
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