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Nura Nal
DC comics universe character From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dream Girl (Nura Nal) is a superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. She was created by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist John Forte, and first appeared in Adventure Comics #317 (1964).[1]
Dream Girl has made limited appearances in other media, primarily in association with the Legion. Tara Platt voices the character in Legion of Super Heroes (2006), while Nicole Maines portrays Nia Nal, a contemporary character based on her, in the Arrowverse.
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Fictional character biography
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Original version
Nura Nal originates from the planet Naltor, whose inhabitants possess precognitive abilities. After foreseeing the deaths of several Legionnaires, she crafts an elaborate plan to save their lives.[2] As part of this plan, Nura uses Naltorian science, of which she was an expert, to give Ayla Ranzz the ability to decrease weight. For many years thereafter, Ayla, who had been known as Lightning Lass, became Light Lass.
The Legionnaires who Nura foresaw dying are revealed to be robot duplicates. Having joined the team under false pretenses, she leaves the Legion temporarily and joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes.[3] There, she reunites with Star Boy, with whom she had become romantically involved. Star Boy had previously been expelled from the Legion for the self-defense killing of Nura's former love, Kenz Nahor, who had tried to kill Star Boy over jealousy of his relationship with Nura.[1]
In The Great Darkness Saga, Dream Girl becomes the leader of the Legion. Her sister Mysa, also known as the White Witch, also joins the group.
Reboot version
After the events of the Zero Hour mini-series, the Legion's continuity was completely rebooted. The second version of Nura claimed that her name was Nura Schappin and legally changed her surname to Nal, which is a shortened version of Naltor.
For most of this continuity's duration, Nura was not a Legionnaire, although she was still Star Boy's girlfriend. Additionally, she suffered from narcolepsy, falling unconscious whenever she had a vision. She was no longer the sister of Mysa, who was completely unrelated to her in this continuity. Eventually, Nura gained Legion membership under the codename Dreamer, shortly before Legion continuity was rebooted again in 2005.
2005 reboot
In the 2005 reboot, Nura Nal returns to the Dream Girl codename. After being killed in battle, she returns as a spirit who can appear to others in dreams.[1] At first dismissed as a delusion in the mind of Brainiac 5, Nura's presence becomes a well-known fact, worrying Princess Projectra, who, in a bid to destroy the Legion for their inability to save her home planet of Orando, fears Nura's precognitive sight. Projectra uses her powers to make Brainiac 5 attack Nura, blinding her.[4] Nura is later resurrected in a clone body, which restores her sight.[5]
Post-Infinite Crisis
The events of "Infinite Crisis" restore an analogue of the pre-Crisis Legion continuity. In this incarnation, Dream Girl's powers are implied to be linked to the realm of the Dreaming. It is later revealed that Dream Girl somehow passed on her prophetic knowledge to Star Boy.[volume & issue needed]
Post-Rebirth
In The New Golden Age, Dream Girl is among the Legionnaires who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society of America over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru.[6]
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Powers and abilities
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Like all natives of Naltor, Nura has the power to see the future and experience visions in dreams; she is rated one of the most powerful precognitives on the planet. Her hand-to-hand fighting skills—having trained with Karate Kid—combined with her ability to glimpse seconds into the future, made her a formidable short-term opponent in battle, capable of taking on the Persuader, but the sheer number of expanding possible futures in each second of a battle made it difficult for her to keep the advantage. Her precognitive abilities also give her an edge in strategic planning.
Nura is a skilled scientist, specializing in biology; when Brainiac 5 quits the Legion after being acquitted of murdering the Infinite Man, team leader Polar Boy asks her to consider becoming the Legion's chief scientist. She is highly charismatic, capable of convincing men and women to do what she wants, and guided the Legion as leader through Darkseid's awakening in the Legion's time.
Equipment
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Dream Girl is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows her to fly and protects her from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments. On at least one occasion, she exerted her willpower to extend the ring's anti-gravity power to other objects, as if using telekinesis.
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In other media
Television
- Dream Girl makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "New Kids in Town".
- Dream Girl appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Tara Platt.[7] This version is a former fortune teller and is assisted by technology that allows her visions to be recorded and reviewed. Additionally, she displays a rivalry with Lightning Lad, who initially mistrusts her due to her giving his family false hope of finding his lost sister Ayla Ranzz, before they reconcile while fighting the Dark Circle together.
- Nura Nal's 21st-century ancestor Nia Nal / Dreamer appears in series set in the Arrowverse, portrayed by Nicole Maines.[8]
Video games
Dream Girl appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[9]
Miscellaneous
- Nura Nal appears in Smallville Season 11.
- Nura Nal appears in the Legion of Super Heroes tie-in comic Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century.
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