Princess Laethwen

Princess Laethwen is a royal inhabitant of a tiny civilization of six-inch-tall yellow-skinned people hidden in the South American rainforest. When Ray Palmer (The Atom) becomes stranded among them, Laethwen becomes central to his sword-and-sorcery adventures in this miniaturized world.

Born from the creative partnership of Jan Strnad and Gil Kane in 1983's Sword of the Atom #1, Princess Laethwen is a Bronze Age DC original whose regal presence helped define one of that era's most distinctive departures from superhero convention — a sword-and-sorcery adventure set in a miniaturized world. Her story unfolds alongside Ray Palmer and The Atom across the Sword of the Atom series and its Specials, placing her at the heart of a tale atmospheric enough to earn her an entry in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. With only a handful of appearances, she's a rare and memorable figure — the kind of character that rewards the collector who seeks out the corners of the DC Universe where something genuinely different was happening.