Who Is Miss America? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Miss America is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Joan Dale Trevor, with over 77 comic issue appearances. Joan Dale, a courageous reporter, was transformed into Miss America by Project M, and joined Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters in their fight against evil, later becoming a member of the JSA and the All-Star Squadron as well.

Who is Miss America?

History (Post-Crisis) In 1941, reporter Joan Dale waits for an anonymous informant on Liberty Island . As she waited, she begins hallucinating, believing the Statue of Liberty was speaking to her, telling her she would become a protector of freedom bestowing her with the power to alter matter. In reality she was being drugged by her informant, an agent of the U.S government. She became the test subject for Project M , in an effort to endow her with super powers. They deemed the experiment a failure and returned Joan back to Liberty Island. Joan later discovers that she now has the powers she was granted in her “hallucination”. Adopting a patriotically-themed costume, she begins fighting evil as Miss America . Joan later quits her reporter job for a secretarial one with the F.B.I.

Key facts

Miss America is of human origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 77 recorded issue appearances, Miss America ranks among the most featured characters in comics.