Joan Dale

Disambiguation: Miss America [Quality] / Miss Cosmos

First published in: 1941

Description:

Joan Dale was a New York reporter who dreamed that the spirit of the Statue of Liberty spoke to her and bestowed upon her certain magic powers. Upon awaking, Joan discovered that these new powers were real, and soon she began using them in her guise as Miss America. It was later revealed that Joan had actually been abducted by the top-secret government agency, Project M, while she slept and that her powers were the result of one of their experiments.

In Post-Crisis continuity, Joan and her husband Derek Trevor adopted Lyta Kosmatos (later Lyta Trevor a.k.a. Fury).

More recently, Joan absorbed a massive amount of energy, boosting her powers greatly. To reflect this, she changed her codename to Miss Cosmos. She later returned as Miss America, explaining that her cosmic power upgrade proved to be temporary.

Notes:

Joan Dale (Miss America) first appeared in Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 Series) #1 (August 1941).

First appearance in a DC comic in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #31 (March 1984).

Joan Dale Trevor became Miss Cosmos in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (DC, 2007 series) #7 (May 2008).

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America_(DC_Comics)

Keywords

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Name:

Joan Dale

Additional Names:

1. Joan Dale Trevor

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Relations:

1. secret identity of - Miss America [Joan Dale] (p. 1941)
2. secret identity of - Miss Cosmos [Joan Dale Trevor] (p. 2008)