Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Lucy Lane later attacks Reactron, which tipped off readers that Superwoman was not Kryptonian, since the villain's Gold Kryptonite power source had no effect on her. ", publication produced solely for legal purposes. Wells time travels to the 20th century, where the technology she had brought from the future gives her superpowers. In December 2007, Superwoman and Batwoman were featured in Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Superwoman/Batwoman #1. [volume & issue needed] Later the Crime Syndicate were freed by the time travelling villain Per Degaton after he was caught up in a time-storm, discovered their bubble, and freed them. 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.

The antimatter version is also known to have heat vision like her husband, Ultraman. She later fights Jason Todd (who had taken on the identity of Red Robin) on Earth-51 where he gouges out her eyes with his blades. In the wake of the 52, a newly re-created Earth-3 Superwoman emerged. However, from his floating fortress (the antimatter counterpart to the Fortress of Solitude), Ultraman doesn't hesitate to fire warning bursts of heat vision towards them whenever he catches them together.[13]. They are defeated and are imprisoning between the Earth-One and the Earth-Two universes. Alternatively, some stories assume one of Superman's female descendants would assume the name "Superwoman", like his daughter Kara and great-granddaughter Lara from the Elseworlds series, Superman & Batman: Generations.

Primarily it is the alias used by a negative counterpart to Wonder Woman in the Crime Syndicate, evil counterparts to the Justice League. Hal Jordan states that this Crime Syndicate had fought the JLA, JSA, and Captain Comet in the past (as per the Post-Crisis DC Universe history). Following the DC Multiverse's restructure during Flashpoint, Superwoman and the Crime Syndicate have had their entire history rewritten. [33] Supergirl unmasks Superwoman,[34] and accidentally kills her by rupturing the containment field of her suit, causing Lucy's body to contort and explode.[35]. [17] The Antimatter Universe's version of Superwoman is the first version of the character to combine Diana of Themyscira and Lois Lane. The cover was a reproduction of More Fun Comics,[2] with the interior being a reprint of the third issue.

Following the success of their plan, Superwoman and her compatriots cross the barrier between the universes and step foot on Earth Prime. It is unconfirmed if she is an analogue to Wonder Woman or Donna Troy. The name was trademarked by Detective Comics, Inc.[1] to prevent competitors from using it. Super-Woman, like the rest of the original Crime Syndicate, would later fight the JLA and the JSA yet again, this time at the behest of JSA villain Per Degaton. As one of the six heads of the Syndicate, she's a natural leader. Among them are Penny White (a female Perry White), Jenny Olsen (a female Jimmy Olsen), Louis Lane (a male Lois Lane), Batwoman (a female Batman, rather than the actual character), Wonder Warrior (a male Wonder Woman; DC Comics could not use the name Wonder Man at the time because Marvel Comics holds the trademark. After using Wonder Warrior's magic lasso to make Mxyzptlk say his name backwards and thus returning him to his native dimension, the effects of Mxyzptlk's magic (including the existence of Superwoman) vanish, returning the Earth to normal. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Primarily it is the alias used by a negative counterpart to Wonder Woman in the Crime Syndicate, evil counterparts to the Justice League. However, in Forever Evil #7, it is revealed that the child is neither Ultraman nor Owlman's and is instead the child of Alexander Luthor Sr. Superwoman states to Ultraman that Alex is stronger than him and when he asks her the reason for the betrayal.

just as she is swallowed up by the wave of antimatter.

At the Planet, Superwoman is shown to upset her colleagues; the antimatter-Cat Grant refers to Superwoman as "Queen Bitch",[16] and negatively alludes to her "friendship" with the antimatter Jimmy Olsen. She would make a couple of post-mortem appearances: first in issues 23-24 of Animal Man, where the Psycho-Pirate tried to restore the characters killed during the Crisis; and then for a brief cameo in Infinite Crisis, as Alexander Luthor, Jr. tried merging a remade Earth-Three with New Earth. Just as Superman derives his powers from a yellow sun, Luma derived her gifts of super-strength and flight from an orange sun. She describes herself as “a psychotic killer", claiming that "it’s part or my charm.” This version of Superwoman is an alternate version of Wonder Woman and not Mary Marvel. On the original Pre-Crisis Earth-Three, Superwoman and Lois Lane are two separate people, with Lois working as a reporter for the Daily Star just like Earth-Two and even having a short-lived romance with Captain Comet when he came to her universe while chasing the Secret Society of Super-Villains across multiple realities. Together with Aquawoman, Superman, The New Super-Man of China, and the Justice League Incarnate, Prophecy was defeated, and Superwoman and the other Superman counterparts would return to their worlds and times. However, the launch of The New 52 ended that storyline. Superwoman continues to make occasional appearances as a member of the Crime Syndicate, most recently appearing in storylines in the Justice League and Superman comics. She has been a member of the Justice League, the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Red Lantern Corps. Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 - The Summoning, Justice League #50 - Darkseid War Conclusion: Death and Rebirth.

Upon his return to his Clark Kent identity, he is startled to discover there is still a Louis Lane, but he turns out to be Lois Lane's cousin. Her nickname for him is "Superwoman's Snitch: Jimmy Olsen." The modern Earth-3 Superwoman of the Crime Society of America was created by the writers and artists behind the 2006 maxiseries 52, and first appeared in 52 Week 52, the series's final issue. It is this iteration of the character which appears briefly in Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

She would go on to help Superwoman of Earth-11 as well as a number of other Superman counterparts to escape from a being called Prophecy, who was attempting to drain their powers in order to fight an unknown future threat. During a subsequent attack of humans using the DMN drug—which turned the users into violent demons until the "high" was over—Superman convinced her to help him stop the DMN users, arguing that, if she truly loved him, she would help him do his duty rather than attack him for potentially picking someone else over her. She and her team join the Monarch’s army to go after the Challengers. Raised in the military as a daughter of General Sam Lane, she is more than capable of handling herself in almost any situation. [32] This resulted in her being the focus of the Supergirl Faces of Evil issue. Her costume has been altered, looking essentially the same as her previous versions, but her lasso is now shaped like barbed wire. In the 2006 Superman/Batman Annual #1, Mr. Mxyzptlk tells Bizarro the story of how Batman and Superman first teamed up to stop Ultraman and Owlman from sinking the cruise liner both are on. Both Lana and Lois became Superwoman. The Crime Syndicate first came to Earth-One when they felt they were becoming soft without a real challenge to their powers. In her later appearances, it is stated that prior to taking on Lois Lane's identity, Superwoman was born on Damnation Island, presumably the Antimatter counterpart to Themyscira (or "Paradise Island"). Once there, adopted and raised as "Kandi Khan," Lois becomes a zookeeper's daughter in Kryptonville. She briefly sports a costume modeled on Superman's before the spell is "broken". [28] In Earth 11's alternate universe, much like in the one featured in "The Turnabout Trap!

After Lois' death, Lana became the sole Superwoman. She physically resembles an adult Kara Zor-El, with a similar costume, except instead of being blue-and-red with a pentagonal S shield, Luma's costume is white-and-green with a circular S emblem. Their romance does not last, as Luma becomes deathly ill under the rays of a yellow sun, and Superman cannot leave Earth undefended. In the showdown on Earth-2 Superwoman was defeated again by Wonder Woman. He rejected her advances, and Jimmy called her "Obsession". The name was trademarked by Detective Comics, Inc. to prevent competitors from using it.