Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-Crisis history 1.2 Post-Crisis History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Recommended Reading 8 Links and References 8.1 Footnotes

History

Pre-Crisis history

Miss America is originally Joan Dale, a courageous reporter who had a dream in which the Statue of Liberty appeared to her and, giving her the power to transmute elements, instructed her to battle evil. Joan awakes to find that she now has these powers; adopting a patriotically-themed costume, she begins fighting evil as Miss America.

Initially Miss America did not have a super-hero costume, largely using her powers surreptitiously. In later stories she wears a costume comprising a sleeveless red blouse, a red and white striped skirt, and a blue cape fastened with a silver star. This costume continually changes in appearance, possibly because she uses her powers to create it. Following her initial run, later appearances of the character add a red domino mask.

Post-Crisis History

In the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, in the late spring of 1941 on Liberty Island, reporter Joan Dale has a dream that the Statue of Liberty comes to life and grants her the power to alter the nature of matter. Regardless of the dream, she creates a colorful costume and becomes Miss America, one of America's first heroines. In truth, she had been abducted by the top secret government agency, Project M, and her powers were actually the result of a secret experiment. They believed the experiment to be a failure and had returned her to whence she had been taken, leaving her none the wiser.

Later that year, the Japanese plot their attack on Pearl Harbor. Uncle Sam learns of the attack and assembles a group of heroes called the Freedom Fighters (with Hourman, the Invisible Hood, Magno, Neon the Unknown, and the Red Torpedo) to prevent it. The mission is doomed and all but Uncle Sam seemingly perish in the fight. Sam later discovers however that three of his allies had survived: Miss America among them. After the mission, she is reclaimed by Project M. ^[1]

When Robotman and the Young All-Stars visit Project M, they discover that Miss America is indeed alive, albeit comatose. A battle with the Ultra-Humanite breaks out, which awakens Joan from her coma. She promptly returns to the defense of her country and in late May, 1942, she joins the Justice Society as the group's secretary. ^[2]

In post-Crisis continuity, the original Golden Age Wonder Woman's adventures had been erased from existence and Miss America replaces her in many of the JSA's adventures. However, following a retcon in Wonder Woman v2 #128, several months after Miss America joins the JSA, a different Wonder Woman debuted on the scene and also joined the JSA. It is still unclear how this Wonder Woman's membership affected Miss America's status with the JSA, if at all. ^[3]

Miss America is last seen as an active heroine in a flashback in JSA, where she is once more working with the Freedom Fighters.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Miss America has the powers of transmutation on a molecular level. Her own inexperience with the physical sciences initially curtailed her use of the powers early in her career, usually using it for simple changes that were not permanent. There appeared to be an upper limit to the size of matter, and the duration of its transmutation, but this was not ever made specific.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth) (Alphabetical)
• Character Gallery: Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth)
• Quotations by Joan Dale-Trevor (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• at Wikipedia.org
  
• None.
  

Footnotes

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