Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The Non-Legion Comics Trivia Thread Pt 5

Yes EDE is correct! One of them is Luma Lynai, the Superwoman from Staryl that Supergirl tragically hooked up with her cousin only to find out that yellow solar radiation was deadly to her.

Also it would seem you are correct regarding the pre-Crisis Earth-3 Superwoman. She had a background as an Amazon similar to Diana but instead of being a hero was a renegade. She is apparently never referred to by any other name until she appears in Convergence where Owlman referred to her as Lois. However we know that there is a Lois Lane of Earth-3 who married Lex Luthor Earth-3 and gave birth to Alexander Luthor who played such a major ole in Crisis.

So that means raz was correct to list the Superwoman of Earth-3 apart from Lois Lane.


Glad you're having fun!
To my knowledge none of these were ever referred to as Superwoman.

That's very decent of you raz. If we hit a dead end with guesses I will call on you to reveal your answers. (possibly they are different to mine and we will add more to the list!)

GUESSED
1. Lois Lane - New52 Lois
2. Kara Zor-El - future
3. Lana Lang - New52/Rebirth
4. Lucy Lane - pre-Flashpoint
5. Kristen Wells - preCrisis
6. "Lois" (not Lane) - preCrisis Earth-3
7. Luma Lynai - Superwoman from Staryl (she also appeared in Grant Morrison's Green Lantern run in recent years)

NOT GUESSES
8. ? related to another on this list
9. ? multiple appearances with two other "hero/villain" names as well

NOT SUPERWOMAN
Matrix
Powergirl
Laurel Gand
Cir-El
Lara
Laurel Kent

hmmm

Ursa?
Ma Kent?

Not Ursa nor Ma Kent.

Clues, for one think about Earth-3 discussion, for the other she is a Superman character mostly known by another name that primarily appeared in Adventures of Superman between 1996 and 2000, with a brief reappearance in Harley Quinn in 2002 (which is a bit weird because she was dead by that point).

thanks for helping narrow it down! still don't really know, but maybe...

the Contessa? Contessa Erica Alexandra Del Portenza, to be precise

I think I came across the first one the other day while having a conversation about Brane Taylor!

Not the Contessa.
I totally forgot about that brief mention of a 31st Century Superwoman - Elna Kent? - appearing for one panel along with "Superman" Kent Shakespeare. Good thought EDE. I guess she counts as another one.

The Superman related one from the late 90s was only referred to as Superwoman in one issue I think before taking in another nom du plume in her next appearance and then another for the remainder of her time, the last reflecting her emotional attitude to Superman - she effectively became an antagonist for him.

The other one - well Lois is not the only identity given for the Earth-3 Superwoman, particularly in recent years.

just randomly guessing...

Cat Grant?
Kitty Faulkner?

Yeah, Elna Kent, clearly a variation of Laurel. I wasn't sure if one of your clues might be alluding to her or you'd just missed her.

Man, I really have no idea.

Hmm... alternate identities for E-3 Superwoman... could it be Diana?

Wasn't Elna just the alias that Laurel used in her first appearance, so as to drop a hint to readers of who Superman's eventual wife would be?

Yep.

Neither of those. The character did not appear otherwise than their "super" persona so if you haven't read it you are unlikely to know them.
Not diana - but you are close!

Artemis?

Donna Troy?

EDE has it! The Rebirth version of Earth-3 Superwoman is Princess Donna Troy of Warrior Island, as revealed in Crime Syndicate #1 from 2021.

Since no-one seems to be getting close to the last one, I think I will call it here and pass the baton to EDE who not only correctly guessed two of the trickier ones on the list but reminded me of another I had missed.

The final Superwoman was - Dana Dearden, a GBS employee that Jimmy Olsen met and dated while he was working there as a TV News anchor. However Dana's real objective was to use Jimmy to get close to Superman with whom she was obsessed. She gained super powers and beat up Jimmy until he gave her his watch and she used it to call Superman and showed him her shrine room to him, calling herself Superwoman and expecting him to fall in love with her. When rebuffed (bit hypocritical of Supes considering his pre-Crisis shrines to Lois and Lana and Lori but this is post-Crisis so ...) she angrily attacked him but tried to help when their battle caused a fuel tanker to catch on fire. When the tanker exploded Dana appeared to have died in the explosion. When reporting the news that night Jimmy gave her the name that would be most associated with her - Obsession.

She appeared a couple of times more, fighting Maxima over him once, and later being called Mrs Superman by a mistaken public, but while helping Superman overcome some human-demons she died, apparently for real this time.

A couple of years later Harley Quinn recruited her from Hell but once again she was "killed" while saving others. A really mixed up character.

Take it away, EDA - sorry EDE - EDA just rhymed better.

great Q, stile!

also big kudos to the other players for bringing a whole bunch of comics knowledge on board!

I don't think I've ever heard of Dana Dearden.

I'll come up with a new question soon.

Agreed. This was even more fun than I expected.

Sugar and Spike make a brief cameo appearance in Showcase #100, in which they are seen being saved by a hero.

Which hero is seen rescuing them?

Batman?

Dolphin?

It is Dolphin, making her appearance in this anniversary issue jam-packed with characters from the previous 99 issues of Showcase!

cool! love those nice anniversary celebrations with tons of characters appearing

Can’t believe I got that on my first guess, I remembered that the issue jammed in everyone who had a feature in Showcase, but I really had no idea which one would be the correct answer.

At one point in the 1980s, the Skrulls all lost their ability to change shape. The Super-Skrull was not affected by this event. Why?

The special DNA that Super-Skrull had?

Nope.