Who Is Night Girl? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Night Girl is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Lydda Jath, with over 166 comic issue appearances. Lydda Jath longed to be a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, but was rejected because her powers only worked in darkness. She became a founding member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

Who is Night Girl?

Origin In the 30th-century heroine called Night Girl was a native of the planet Kathoon which belonged to the United Planets Federation. Her world which was in perpetual darkness, the natives having adapted by having it heated by an internal power source. Lydda was the only child of one of Kathoon's leading scientists, and grew up given his utmost attention and Lydda was very close to him. When Lydda became a teenager the newly debuted Legion of Super-Heroes entered the galactic scene, welcoming new recruits from all U.P. planets. Lydda idolized the Legionnaires (particularly Cosmic Boy , on whom she harbored a secret crush) and longed to become a member, so Lydda's father devised a brilliant idea to grant his daughter meta-human powers and have her join the Legion as Kathoon's representative. He took almost a year to perfect a serum that once ingested would change the living beings D.N.A. to its core, effectively giving its user superpowers.

Key facts

Night Girl is of human origin and first appeared in "The 5th Dimensional High-School!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 166 recorded issue appearances, Night Girl ranks among the most featured characters in comics.