- Saturn Queen
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caption = Saturn Queen from Supergirl #7,
artistIan Churchill
character_name = Saturn Queen
publisher =DC Comics
debut = "Superman " vol.1 #147
(August 1961)
creators =Jerry Siegel (writer)Curt Swan (artist)
real_name = Eve Aries
species = Human
homeworld =Saturn
alliances =Legion of Super-Villains
aliases = Mother, Saturn Woman
supports =
powers = Super-hypnotismSaturn Queen is a fictional
comic book character owned byDC Comics . She debuted in "Superman " (1st series) #147 (August 1961), and was created byJerry Siegel andCurt Swan .Early History
Saturn Queen is a beautiful redhead from the planet
Saturn from the thirty-first century, and likeSaturn Girl she is a telepath from Saturn's moon Titan. She debuted alongside her villainous compatriots in theLegion of Super-Villains . A confident and aloof personality, she deems her motives for evil as just something she happened to pick up:cquote|"I’m from the planet Saturn, where there has been no crime at all for centuries, and where everyone can perform amazing mental feats!."
" One day, when I traveled to Earth, I felt a sudden desire to outwit the law with my powers of super-hypnotism, and so I joined the Legion of Super-Villains!" ["Superman" (1st series) #147 (August 1961) ]Her career as a villain took a turn for infamy when she and her associates formed an alliance with
Lex Luthor to kill Superman, Luthor's greatest foe. When they were soundly defeated, she went back into hiding.Dreams
Superman , having been exposed to Red Kryptonite, dreams of Saturn Queen and her associates putting him on trial for wrongs done to them by him. In the dream, Superman is made to fight his cousinSupergirl to the death or watch as they destroy Earth. While they are only dreams, it has been hinted that Saturn Queen could have been the one to induce these images ["Action Comics " #286 (1962)] .Return
During the "Absolute Power" arc, Saturn Queen returned to create an alternate universe in which she and her associates
Lightning Lord andCosmic King were the "parents" of bothBatman and Superman. To create this world, the villains went back in time and sabotaged the origins of Superman and Batman, killing the Kents just as they discovered Superman's ship, and killing the robber immediately after he'd murdered Bruce Wayne's parents. In this world, the "World's Finest" were the personal enforcers of their parents' will. Of all those who tampered with time, she was the only one who seemed concerned that what they had done may have had irreversible consequences. Having been a mother to the young Bruce and Clark for many years caused her to become especially attached to this created world. When things started to spiral out of control - thanks toWonder Woman 's assault on Superman and Batman - and Bruce was killed, Saturn Queen was the only "parent" to shed tears. In the end the real world was restored, and she disappeared again, later returning to marryMatter-Eater Lad ["Superman/Batman " #14-18] .Kandor
Motherhood made Saturn Queen long for the comfort that came with having a child. Having last been seen in the "Absolute Power" arc of
Superman/Batman , Saturn Queen returns in the Kandor arc of the new "Supergirl" series. She explains that whenAlexander Luthor, Jr. brought the multiverse back during the "Infinite Crisis ", her alternate reality was recreated on its own world. When the multiverse collapsed, she found herself stranded in thePhantom Zone , where she found Ultraman. She viewed Ultraman as a suitable replacement for the version of Superman who was her son in her reality, and placed him under mind control so that he would believe her to be his mother.Together they went about creating Kandor in their
Power Girl and Supergirl started causing problems for them in the guise ofNightwing andFlamebird she grew scared, since her last "son" was lost to her through similar rebellion. Her son proved no match for Supergirl and would have died had it not been for her telepathic interference. With her perfect world about to reach its apex, Supergirl and Ultraman were to wed and Power Girl executed, sealing her world forever. However, again, perfection eluded her as she attempted to dive into Power Girl's mind telepathically and lost control of both her son and Supergirl. Using the last of her strength, she reached for her son's mind, but he was pummeled and almost killed by Supergirl again. Pleading for his life, she telepathically gave Supergirl the information she sought. With Supergirl satisfied, she hastily left with Power Girl in tow. Saturn Queen meanwhile cradled her son Ultraman's body in her arms as the rebellion closed in around her.Final Crisis
Saturn Queen was among the villains in
Superman-Prime 'sLegion of Super-Villains .Bibliography
External links
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=saturnqueen DCU Guide] - Saturn Queen bio
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=legionofsupervillains DCU Guide] - Legion of Super Villains bio
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