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Dawnstar

This article is about the comics character. For the band, see Dawnstar (band).

Dawnstar is a superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. She was created by Paul Levitz and Mike Grell, and first appeared in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #226 (April 1977).

Dawnstar
Dawnstar as depicted in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 (September 2008). Art by George Pérez.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceSuperboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #226 (April 1977)
Created byPaul Levitz (writer)
Mike Grell (artist)
In-story information
SpeciesAnasazi
Place of originStarhaven
Team affiliationsLegion of Super-Heroes
Justice League
Notable aliasesBounty
AbilitiesLight-speed flight
Long-range tracking

Dawnstar has made limited appearances in other media, primarily in association with the Legion. She is voiced by Laura Bailey in JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time and Cynthia Hamidi in the Tomorrowverse.

Fictional character biography

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Pre-Crisis version of the character. Interior artwork from Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #17; art by Greg LaRocque.

Dawnstar (her real name, she has no Legion code name) is from the planet Starhaven, a world colonized by Native Americans who were abducted from Earth by an unknown alien species and transformed into winged metahumans.[1] Her name is derived from the appearance on Earth of the planet Venus, the "morning star", thus why wears an eight-pointed star ornament on her forehead.

Dawnstar's parents are Mistrider and Moonwalker, and her younger brothers are Greybird and Greatfire.[2] During her late childhood and early teens, her parents build a thriving business on their daughter's ability to guide ships through hazardous areas of space.[3][4]

Dawnstar received an invitation from Legion financier R. J. Brande to attend the Legion Academy,[3] and reluctantly accepts. She is first introduced to the Legionnaires at age 16 as a recent graduate of the Academy.[5] Her tracking and navigation talents earn her full membership on her first mission. Her Legion stipend pays for enhancing her home world's defenses.

She serves in many missions with the Legionnaires, contributing her talents at tracking and high-speed travel to perform many rescues of her colleagues, as well as investigations of personal disappearances and similar mysteries. She also brings these talents into many Legion adventures in other times, especially the 20th century.

Dawnstar has a lengthy, tragic romance with fellow Legionnaire Wildfire. They each respect the other's defiant, outspoken personality, although they counseled each other on working with their talents as part of a team instead of acting as individuals.[6] Later in Justice League of America #9 (2007), Dawnstar was shown in a relationship with a woman, indicating she is bisexual.

After the Legion's timeline is "reset" by the Legion's battle with Mordru,[7] Dawnstar is possessed by the entity Bounty, who amputates her wings and forces her to become an assassin. Dawnstar is later freed from the entity's control.[8][9]

Current status

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Following Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, which reboots the Legion's continuity, Dawnstar appears in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 5) #15, The Lightning Saga, Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds. In The New 52 reboot, Dawnstar is transported to the 21st century and joins the Justice League.

In The New Golden Age, Dawnstar is among the Legion of Super-Heroes members who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society of America over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru.[10]

Powers and abilities

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Dawnstar is a metahuman who can fly at light speeds and survive in deep space by generating a self-sustaining force field. As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, she is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which enables her to track her location and communicate with other Legionnaires.[11]

Other versions

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  • Several alternate universe variants of Dawnstar appear in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #105.[12]
  • An ancestor of Dawnstar, known as Wildstar is a member of the 21st-century hero team R.E.B.E.L.S., and has the combined powers of Dawnstar and Wildfire.
  • Dawnstar appears in DC Bombshells.

In other media

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Television

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Dawnstar makes a cameo appearance in the Legion of Super Heroes (2006) episode "Dark Victory".

Film

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ As shown in a retcon in R.E.B.E.L.S. (vol. 2) #3 (June 2009); no earlier reference had been made to any specific tribe.
  2. ^ Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (April 1988)
  3. ^ a b Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #240 (June 1978)
  4. ^ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #226 (April 1977)
  5. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
  6. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #58 (March 1989)
  7. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #5
  8. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #36
  9. ^ Legionnaires #17 (August 1994)
  10. ^ Justice Society of America Vol. 4 #10. DC Comics.
  11. ^ Who's Who in the DC Universe #6 (August 1985), Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #240 (June 1978), Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (April 1988)
  12. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #105
  13. ^ ""JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" Target Exclusive Animated Movie". www.supermanhomepage.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "Dawnstar Voices (Legion of Super Heroes)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 26, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  15. ^ Couch, Aaron (October 13, 2022). "DC's Legion of Super-Heroes Sets Voice Cast With Meg Donnelly and Harry Shum Jr. to Star (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  16. ^ Harvey, James (December 5, 2023). "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part One Arrives January 2024, Press Details". The World's Finest. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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