Laurel Kent

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Laurel Kent

A pre-Crisis appearance by Laurel Kent; from Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2, #304 (October 1983)
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Superboy Vol. 1 #217 (June 1976)
Created by Jim Shooter (script)
Mike Grell (art)
In story information
Team affiliations Legion of Super-Heroes
Notable aliases Elna
Abilities Invulnerability

Laurel Kent is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. She first appeared in Superboy (vol. 1) #217 (June 1976).

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[edit] Fictional character biography

[edit] Original time line

In the pre-Crisis continuity, Laurel is a candidate for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. As a descendant of Superman, she has the power of invulnerability.

For most of her history Laurel Kent is a member of the Legion Academy training program, located at Montauk Point, where she is taught by Bouncing Boy with his wife Duo Damsel. It is here that she becomes friends with other Legion hopefuls, including Dawnstar (her roommate for a length of time), Jedediah Rikane, Shadow Lass's cousin Shadow Kid, and later Comet Queen.

In Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #42-#43 (Jan-Feb 1988), Laurel's original background was revealed to be a fake. Instead of being a descendant of Superman, she is in fact a Manhunter android from the 20th century, who had survived for a thousand years. When her Manhunter programming is accidentally activated, she flies off to the Manhunter base in the Himalayas and self-destructs. As this takes place in the Pocket Universe created by the Time Trapper, it is uncertain if this future will come to pass.

[edit] Post Zero-Hour

After Zero Hour the Legion of Super-Heroes were rebooted and Laurel Kent is no longer an acquaintance of the group - and, in fact, it may well be that she no longer exists at all. A new character, Andromeda, was introduced partially to fill her role as a descendant of the 20th century inspiration of the Legion (in the new time line, it was Valor instead of Superboy).

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