Dawnstar

 

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]

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]

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]

• 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.

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

• Dawnstar appears in JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time,^[13] voiced by Laura Bailey.^[14] This version possesses additional photokinetic and healing abilities.
• Dawnstar makes a cameo appearance in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five.^[14]
• Dawnstar appears in the Tomorrowverse films Legion of Super-Heroes (2023) and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, voiced by Cynthia Hamidi.^[15][16][14] This version is a student at the Legion Academy.

• Dawnstar appears in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century.
• Dawnstar appears in Smallville Season 11.

• Dawnstar at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Cosmic Teams: Dawnstar
• DCU Guide: Dawnstar
• Hero History: Dawnstar
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