Night Girl

Lydda Jath of Kathoon gained incredible superhuman strength through a treatment devised by her scientist father — with one crucial catch: her power only works in darkness or shadow. Rejected by the Legion of Super-Heroes for this limitation, she joined the Legion of Substitute Heroes and compensated through rigorous martial arts training.

Few characters from the Silver Age have shown the quiet staying power of Night Girl, who first lit up the pages of Adventure Comics #306 in 1963, brought to life by the legendary Edmond Hamilton and artist John Forte. Emerging from DC's gloriously imaginative future-set corner of the universe, she's spent over six decades sharing adventures with icons like Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Rokk Krinn across beloved titles including Legion of Super-Heroes and her own Cosmic Boy series. With two key issues to her name and a publishing history stretching all the way to 2025, Night Girl is a testament to the enduring pull of DC's 30th-century mythology — a Silver Age original who has never stopped mattering to the fans who know her best.