Showing posts with label Insect Queen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insect Queen. Show all posts

Saturday, April 12, 2025

THE INSECT QUEEN TOUR

In my infancy of becoming a comic book fan, I was hooked immediately on two things... The Legion of Super-Heroes and the Superman family of extended characters.  And one of the several commonalities where the two worlds intersected was with Insect Queen!  Superman's childhood gal pal and girlfriend, Lana Lang assumes the costumed persona of Insect Queen, a heroine who eventually becomes a member of the Legion's Reserve!

I thought it would be fun to travel through Lana's appearances as Insect Queen, and then take a quick glance at the legacy the character inspired years after her original debut.

Let's get strapped in and put this tour into drive!


THE DC SUPERHERO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TOUR

I n 1964, DC introduced its readers to a new heroine called Zatanna.  Zatanna Zatara, to be exact. She was the daughter of another hero, Zat...