Shadow Lass
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- This page discusses the pre-Zero Hour and 2004 reimagining versions of the character. For the 1994 reboot version, see Umbra (comics).
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Tasmia Mallor, codenamed Shadow Lass, is a fictional character, a superheroine in the 30th century of the DC Comics universe. She is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Her real name is Tasmia Mallor and her homeworld is Talok VIII. She has the power to project darkness. Like all Talokians, she has blue skin and pointed ears. She and her cousin Grev (Shadow Kid) received their powers from their ancestors, whose spirits reside in a cave on Talok VIII (Talokians practice ancestor worship). As her ancestors before her from the past thousand years, Tasmia is the hereditary shadow champion of Talok VIII. Her 20th century ancestors, Lydea Mallor and Lyrissa Mallor, were also shadow champions and members of the interstellar police force L.E.G.I.O.N.
Shadow Lass joined the Legion after her homeworld was invaded by the Fatal Five. She helped the Legion to defeat them. After joining, she became romantically involved with Lar Gand and eventually married him after he was mortally wounded fighting the Time Trapper as part of the conspiracy to avenge Superboy's death at the Trapper's hands. Their marriage was rocky for many years despite their strong feelings for each other, and Tasmia went into mourning when Gand died. The mourning was temporarily, as he returned to her, inhabited briefly by the Time Trapper's essence, until a cataclysmic battle erased the Trapper from existence and completely rewrote reality.
[edit] 1994 Reboot
- Main article: Umbra (comics)
In 1994, after the Zero Hour event, the Legion of Superheroes continuity was restarted. In this storyline, Shadow Lass used the codename Umbra and exhibited a much more aggressive and businesslike attitude. While Umbra never became involved with the Post-ZH reimagining of Lar Gand, she did make several attempts to garner his attention, only to be rebuffed.
[edit] 2004 Reboot
In 2004, the Legion continuity was again restarted. Shadow Lass has appeared in this reimagining, however little has been revealed about this version of the character. She is portrayed as a very agressive warrior.
[edit] Other media
She appeared in an episode of Justice League Unlimited titled "Far From Home".
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