Kristin Wells

Kristin Wells

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caption=The Kristin Wells Superwoman, from the cover to "DC Comics Presents Annual" #2.
character_name=Superwoman
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Superman: Miracle Monday" (1981)
creators=Elliot S! Maggin
alter_ego=
full_name=Kristin Wells
species=
homeworld=
alliances=
partners=
aliases=Superwoman
supports=
powers=Pre-Crisis
Flight
Teleportation
Empathy
Precognition
Telekinesis
Post-Crisis
Flight
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Invulnerability
Heat Vision

Kristin Wells is a fictional character, the secret identity of one version of "DC Comics" Superwoman. Created by Superman comic writer Elliot S! Maggin, Wells first appeared in Maggin's novel "Superman: Miracle Monday" (1981); he later introduced her into comics continuity as Superwoman. ["DC Comics Presents Annual" #2 (1983)]

Fictional character biography

Wells is a descendant of Jimmy Olsen who lives in the 29th century (like Jimmy, Wells is a freckled redhead). She is a journalism student whose graduate thesis was the successful investigation of the origins of the holiday known as Miracle Monday, using a form of time travel technology that had just began to be used by the public in her era. She then became a teacher, but became interested in finding out the identity of Superwoman, the last superhero from the 20th century whose secret identity had never been discovered. She managed to convince the authorities of her time to send her again to the present, at the moment when Superwoman was supposed to debut, helping Superman fight a villain called King Kosmos. Wells soon deduced that she herself was supposed to become Superwoman, and, using some of the technology she had brought from the future which (conveniently enough) allowed her to have super powers (including flight, teleportation, empathy, precognition, and telekinesis), she disguised herself and helped Superman defeat Kosmos. She revealed the truth to Superman, then returned to the future to make the information public. Kristin realized she would have to periodically return to the 20th century to ensure that all the historical events Superwoman was part of were fulfilled.

However, during one of those trips, a malfunction of the time travel process---which was still imperfect---left Wells trapped in the past, suffering amnesia. This caused her boyfriend to lead a movement against time travel that eventually resulted in it being banned. Years later, Wells returned home, apparently having recovered her memories, and was reunited with him. The details of her later activities in the present (and of her return to the future) remained unrevealed. Kristin's last appearances to date are in the non-canonical story "" in 1986, and a brief cameo as a one panel ghost in "The Kingdom: Planet Krypton" in 1999; her character has yet to reappear in the current (post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths") continuity of DC Comics.

Third Kryptonian

In , it is revealed that a third Kryptonian (that is, after Clark and Kara) is on Earth. It is explained that the third Kryptonian does not refer to Chris Kent (Superman's foster son, General Zod's biological child) or to Power Girl (an Earth-Two Kryptonian) or Krypto (a canine Kryptonian). The storyline introduces a new Kristin Wells, an older woman and Kryptonian survivor named Karsta Wor-Ul who had left the planet many years before its destruction. ["Superman" #669]

Power and abilities

Pre-Crisis, Kristin Wells has no inherent superpowers. For the most part Superwoman's powers were based on 29th century technology. Using a gravity redistribution flightbelt she was able to fly and an opal beam amulet gave her the power of decorporealization, which among other things enabled her to pass through solid objects. The opal amulet also gave her the power of teleportation. Amulet mass reduction gave her super-human strength. Combined with a time-warp belt the amulet could create a five-dimensional "hole poker" that could create time/space warps. Space-pocket retention gave her invulnerability and time-field projection gave her limited intuition abilities.

Following the Third Kryptonian storyline, Wells has powers associated with Kryptonians.

ee also

*List of fictional characters with telekinesis
*Superwoman

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=superwomanprec#personal Kristin Wells at the Unofficial Who's Who in the DC Universe]
* [http://superman.nu/esm/superwoman.php Kristin Wells at Superman Throughout the Ages website]


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