docgold13: 365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…June 9

docgold13: 365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…June 9th - Lucy in The SkyKarolina Dean grew up in Los Angeles, the daughter of a pair of successful actors who appeared in a popular soap opera.  Unbeknownst to Karolina. her parents were extra-terrestrial renegades exiled from their home planet of Majesdane for criminal activities.   The couple had managed to keep Karolina’s Majesdane attributes a secret by having her wear a special bracelet that suppressed her abilities and caused her to appear human.  When she finally removed this bracelet, Karolina found that her body took on a glowing bioluminescence and she was bestowed the powers of solar energy absorption and manipulation.  As such she can take in solar radiation and transform it into a cosmic energy that enables her the capacities for flight, energy blasts and force field generation.  Karolina’s parents had been members of The Pride, a criminal syndicate that controlled organized crime throughout the Southern California region.  The Pride had conciliated this power through a blood pact with the extra-dimensional beings known as the Gibborn.  When Karolina and there other children of the Pride discovered that their parents were murderous criminals, they banded together as young team of heroes known as The Runaways.  As a member of this team, Karolina chose the alias of ‘Lucy in The Sky.’Following numerous adventures alongside The Runaways, Karolina was approached by the Skrull Prince Xavin who informed her that they were betrothed to wed as part of an arranged marriage to create peace between The Skrulls and the Majesdane.  Carolina stated she had no interest in such an arranged marriage and that furthermore she is a lesbian and not interested in marrying a man.  Gavin explained that gender is a secondary matter to The Skrulls and changed their physical appearance so that they were now a woman.  Convinced that the wedding was the only way to prevent a war, Karolina reluctantly returned with Xavin to Majesdane.  The two grew close, but a romance still felt un-right to Karolina.  Unfortunately, the tensions between The Skrulls and Majesdane could not be eased by a political marriage and Karolina and Xavin fled back to Earth when fighting broke out.  The pair’s relationship ultimately ended when Xavin left earth following the Skrull’s failed secret invasion.  Some time thereafter, The Runaways encountered the students of The Avengers Academy.  Herein, Karolina met the heroine, Lightspeed and the two began dating.  Karolina also began attending classes as Pomona College as part of an effort to live a normal, civilian life.  After briefly disbanding, The runaways reformed and Karolina agreed to join them again.  Being a part of the Runaways took its toll on Karolina’s grades as well as her relationship with Lightspeed, who eventually broke up with her stating that she wasn’t attentive enough.  Not especially long thereafter, Karolina began a romance with her teammate, Nico Minoru.    Actress Virginia Gardner portrayed Karolina in Hulu’s Runaways television series.  The heroine first appeared in the pages of Runaways Vol. 1 #1 (2003).   -- source link

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