Lightning Lass

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Real Name

Ayla Ranzz

Current Alias

Lightning Lass

Aliases

Light Lass

Relatives

Luc Ranzz (father, deceased), Perla Ranzz (mother, deceased), Garth Ranzz (twin brother), Mekt Ranzz (brother), Imra Ardeen-Ranzz (sister-in-law), Garridan Ranzz (nephew), Graym Ranzz (nephew)

Affiliation

Legion of Super-Heroes

Base Of Operations

Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Public Identity

Race

Winathian

Citizenship

Winathian, United Planets

Marital Status

Dating

Occupation

Legionnaire

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

6' 0"

Weight

130 lbs (59 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Red

Origin

Universe

Pre-Zero Hour

Place of Birth

Winath

Created by

Edmond Hamilton, John Forte

First appearance

Adventure Comics #308
(May, 1963)

HistoryEdit

Ayla Ranzz alias Lightning Lass hails from the farming planet Winath, she is the twin sister of fellow Legion of Super-Heroes member Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz) and the younger sister of the villainous Lightning Lord (Mekt Ranzz). The Ranzz siblings gained their Electrokinesis after being attacked by creatures called Lightning Beasts on the "lightning world" of Korbal. They were strandard on the nearby planet and tried to use the creatures to power their spacecraft, but the bio-electricty realeased by the creatures altereted their physiology giving all three sibling their metahuman powers. Ayla originally joined the Legion of Super-Heroes disguised as her brother Garth, claiming to be her brother back from the dead, after his death at the hands of Zaryan the Conqueror. Ayla was soon discovered, but she was admitted into the Legion of Super-Heroes as Lightning Lass. ^[1]

Dream Girl helped Ayla alter her powers and she took the name Light Lass, she used the science of her planet Naltor to change Ayla's Electrokinetic powers to Gravity Manipulation powers similar to Starboy

Ayla Ranzz entered into a long-term relationship with fellow Legionnaire Shrinking Violet.

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Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Electrokinesis: As Lightning Lass, Ayla Ranzz possessed the ability to generate and project bursts of high-voltage electricity.
  • Energy Absorption: Ayla could also absorb electrical current, process it, and it use it to amplify her powers.
  • Electro-Blast
• Gravity Manipulation: Following the resurrection of her formerly-deceased brother, Garth, Ayla developed the ability to decrease the gravitational pull between objects and a planetary surface, making them literally lighter than air.

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
  

ParaphernaliaEdit

Equipment

• Legion Flight Ring
  

TriviaEdit

• Ayla is dating Shrinking Violet.^[2]

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LinksEdit

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Footnotes

Legion of Super-Heroes member This character is or was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th/31st Century, in any one of their various continuities. Including but not limited to, Original Legion, the Reboot Legion, and the Prime Legion. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Legion of Super-Heroes members" category.

This character is exclusive to the continuity of the original Legion of Super-Heroes universe and its variations.

The original LSH universe and its variations are from between their first appearance to Zero Hour and from Lightning Saga and beyond.
Any official designation for the home universe for this character has not been given, and thus this page may have to be moved in the future. In the meantime, it's designated as "Pre-Zero Hour".