Dawnstar
Dawnstar is a female extraterrestrial comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Dawnstar
Superman disabled an alien probe that put two astronauts into suspended animation, and followed the probe back into deep space. He discovered the Nyrvnians, a race that had spent the past millennia attacking other civilizations and kidnapping warriors from across the universe to serve their cause. He was prepared to disable the Nyrvnian fleet in the process of attacking another world when Dawnstar and the Legion of Super-Heroes appeared from the 30th century to stop him. They explained that the utopia of the 30th century depended on the Nyrvnians allying themselves with Earth s star fleets in the future to repulse a common foe. Superman begrudgingly accepted that he couldn't change the Legion s past, and returned to Earth. Pete Ross was waiting for Clark at Galaxy Broadcasting, and told him a spacecraft had kidnapped his son. Clark was shocked to see Pete s sketch of the alien craft, clearly Nyrvnian technology. Superman flew back to Nyrvn, but was intercepted by Dawnstar of the Legion. She told him that Jon Ross would grow to be the Nyrvnians greatest soldier and lead them to victory in the war that would bring 30th Century peace. Superman was unconvinced, so she added her speed to his own so they could travel to the time period of the war. Superman attacked the enemies fleet, but their advanced weaponry brought him low. Back in the present day Superman capitulated to the Legion s policy of non-interference, but had an idea about saving the universe from the Nyrvnians. They assembled United Planets advanced weaponry and created an artificial planet and star fleet commanded by Superman Robots to engage the Nyrvnians. The Robots were programmed to preserve life, so their attack on the Nyrvnians constituted a war game, one that would last a thousand years until the Nyrvnians were needed to help Earth repel an invasion. (DC Comics Presents v1 #13)
Lightning Lord later formed a new Legion of Super-Villains, with each of them swearing a blood oath to kill at least one Legionnaire. Lightning Lord swore on his oath to kill his brother Lightning Lad, which he said had been his destiny since he was born. Light Lass awoke in chains in a cell, and Lightning Lord promised her he wanted to help her, not hurt her. He said he loved her, and all the proof she needed was that she was still alive. He asked her to join the Legion of Super-Villains and help him kill Lightning Lad, saying he’d been talking to the storm, and the storm had assured him she’d come to him. Light Lass turned him down, saying he was more insane than ever. Element Lad tracked the resurgence of the Legion of Super-Villains across several planets, brief his team, and realized he was in for a major test of his leadership. The League of Super-Assassins joined with the Legion of Super-Villains, and Lightning Lord sent them and Magno Lad to M-17W, a manufacturing center in the galactic core, to steal the plant’s fusion powerspheres. Shvaugn Erin alerted the Legion, and Dawnstar and Wildfire responded first, but Lazon gave Dawnstar radiation sickness with his light powers, and Magno Lad ripped Wildfire’s containment suit apart. Shadow Lass, Mon-El, Ultra Boy, Chameleon Boy and Timber Wolf arrived as support, but the villains escaped using a dimensional rift opened by Zymyr. Shadow Lass treated Dawnstar, while Chameleon Boy brought Wildfire a new containment suit. They pursued the villains, but were ambushed by Terrus, who attacked their spaceship with a meteor shower. Cosmic Boy checked in with the Legion Academy, and alerted Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl about the danger. They were on Medicus One, with Saturn Girl receiving prenatal treatment and her delivery date fast approaching. Lightning Lad worried about the safety of his sister, not knowing she was already in captivity. Zymyr opened a spacewarp that stole the polymer screen around Earth that served environmental functions and controlled space traffic. Element Lad, Lightning Lad, and despite everyone else’s objections, Saturn Girl, responded. Saturn Girl went into labor, and Tyr was disappointed to be fighting a pregnant woman, but contented himself with the fact that she’d be easy to kill. Zymyr ended the confrontation, warping his teammates away, and Element Lad and Lightning Lad rushed Saturn Girl to the Medicus One Maternity Ward. Dr. Gym’ll told Lightning Lad he’d been paging him, and that if he was not planning on pulling any more moronic stunts it was time to get in the delivery room. Element Lad, who’d been pacing back and forth in worry, fainted. Queen Projects and Karate Kid flew back to Orando after their honeymoon, but the Legion of Super-Villains were waiting for them, and Magno Lad, Hunter and Mist Master brought their spaceship down. They took the heroes legion rings and sent out the alarm signal, saying the Legion would come running to their own doom. (Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #2)
Dawnstar, Wildfire, Mon-El, Ultra Boy, Chameleon Boy, Timber Wolf, Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass and White Witch set course for Orando, but were being followed by Terrus and Zymyr. Zymyr opened a spacewarp that warped in most of the Legion of Super-Villains to ambush the Legionnaires. On Earth Cosmic Boy agreed to keep watch on the planet while Element Lad assembled the rest of thew Legion to fly a ship to Orando. Cosmic Boy was worried about Element Lad devoting all their resources to Orando, but trusted his judgment. He was thankful when Night Girl sent a video message offering the help of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Projecta and Karate Kid were chained in a cell next to Light Lass, and Lightning Lord visited her to again plead with her to join him, saying she’d join his Legion in a passage to a new world where they would rule. She made it clear she’d rather die, and he called her a traitor to her own blood, grabbing her and shocking her before walking off disgusted, saying he no longer had a sister. Dream Girl woke in her crashed ship on Orando, finding Star Boy and Shrinking Violet still unconscious. She recognized Projecta’s castle from her vision where a Legionnaire was die, and she was ambushed by Hunter and Silver Slasher. Dawnstar and her teammates were in danger of being overwhelmed by the Legion of Super-Villains until element Lad and his reinforcements arrived. Nemesis Kid, Cosmic King, Neutrax and Ron-Karr placed the polymer screen around Orando, and hooked it up to their stolen powerspheres. They planned to warp Orando away to another world where there was no Legion of super-Heroes. Nemesis Kid had always been drawn to the powerful, and couldn’t wait to arrive in a new world where he’d be the supreme power, planning on declaring himself the emperor of a universe. Zymyr was prepared to warp the planet, but Nemesis Kid wanted to give his Legion a little more time battling the Legion of Super-Heroes to see if they could kill any of them before they left. The Legionnaires were winning, so Nemesis Kid gave the order to warp away the Legion of Super-Villains, inadvertently taking some of the Legionnaires with them, and warped Orando to a space between dimensions. (Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #3)
She later heard a telepathic call that drew her to the rebuilt Legion Headquarters where she was then abducted by Harbinger. Dawnstar was then taken to the satellite home of the Monitor as one of a number of heroes gathered to stop a coming crisis that threatened the Multiverse. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #1)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Dawnstar was created by Paul Levitz and Mike Grell where she made her first appearance in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes v1 #226 (April, 1977).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Legion of Super-Heroes, Dawnstar appeared in the animated television series two-part episode "Dark Victory" where she had no speaking lines but was among the Legionnaires that came to fight Brainiac.
Films
- In JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, Dawnstar appeared in the animated film where she was voiced by actor Laura Bailey.
Appearances
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes v1:
- Crisis on Infinite Earths v1:
- Legion of Super-Heroes:
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