Good GRAVY some of these pics!!! And these are ACTUAL COSTUMES she wore!
NIGHT GIRL (Lydda Jath)
Created By: Edmond Hamilton & John Forte
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #306 (March 1963)
Home Planet: Kathoon
Origin of Powers: Scientific Experiments by her father
Eras: All Three
Relationships: Cosmic Boy
Role: Surprisingly-Powerful Joke Hero
PL 12 (113)
STRENGTH 2/16
STAMINA 3/13
AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 1
AWARENESS 2
PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 4 (+6)
Deception 4 (+6)
Expertise (Space Hero) 4 (+5)
Insight 4 (+6)
Perception 4 (+6)
Persuasion 4 (+6)
Stealth 5 (+7)
Technology 3 (+4)
Vehicles 4 (+6)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Interpose, Ranged Attack 3, Teamwork
Powers:
"Night-Based Strength" (All Have Flaws: Only in Darkness/Nightfall)
Enhanced Strength 14 [14]
Enhanced Stamina 10 [10]
Protection 3 [1.5]
Impervious Toughness 10 [5]
Power-Lifting 6 (50,000 tons) [3]
Leaping 5 (250 feet) [2.5]
"Kathoonian Physiology"
Senses 2 (Darkvision) [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
At Night +8 (+16 Damage, DC 31)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +7 (DC 17), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +3 (+16 at Night), Fortitude +4 (+14 at Night), Will +5
Complications:
Power Loss (All Powers)- When hit by Ultraviolet Radiation, Night Girl's powers turn off.
Relationship (Cosmic Boy)
Total: Abilities: 44 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 36 / Defenses: 9 (115)
-Night Girl's a funny one- she starts out in the '60s being rejected because her Superman-Class super-strength is ONLY AVAILABLE TO HER AT NIGHT. Yes, they actually TURNED DOWN someone at Kryptonian level. I would think someone who can lift an aircraft carrier over their head would get a pass no matter WHAT her limitations were, never mind the fact that you have the greatest genius in comics on the same team as her, but oh well, I'm not a futuristic super-hero. So she became one of the few Legion of Substitute Hero members who was any good in a fight, and had a relationship with Cosmic Boy for a long time.
-Night Girl comes from a world enveloped in perpetual darkness, and was given powers by her father, and was a founding member of the Substitute Heroes, being probably the least-silly of the group. Hell, she even wore the trademark "Nude Legion" garb of the early '70s, back when the rest of her team deliberately dressed as goofily as possible! Gaining skills in the martial arts, she finally hooked up with her crush- Cosmic Boy (the reason she left Kathoon in the first place). She and Cos finally settled down and married in the "Five Years Later" era, having a son named Pol (named for The Magnetic Kid, who had died by that point).
-Lydda actually appeared in the "Reboot" era a couple of times, joining a new Substitute Heroes band, but this group never got much focus. In "Threeboot", she was made a member of the Legion Reserves. The Post-
Infinite Crisis era revealed that she & Cosmic Boy had never settled down- him giving up a personal life so that the Legion's co-founders, Saturn Girl & Lightning Lad, could have theirs.
-Me, I mainly remember her for A) the GREAT beehive hairdo, which is one of the most dated haircuts on the team, and probably the dated 'do that lasted the longest; and B) HOLY CRAP THAT OUTFIT!!! The "Nude Legion" was infamous for its fanservice, but Lydda made SHADOW LASS look like Dust of the X-Men! I mean, most of the girls were baring flesh back in the day, but at least Phantom Girl & Shrinking Violet still looked like they were in super-hero costumes! Lydda was basically wearing a STRAP BIKINI and nothing else. And it was glorious.
-Night Girl's ridiculously-high power levels are balanced by her limitations, but she's a PL 12 Flying Brick, who comes up quite a ways short on points. She's a devastating fighter (and apparently very good at martial arts, to balance out her weakness), but VERY limited in a campaign, but very cost-effective for clever players (say, toss her in with Color Kid or a guy with Night-based powers, or even Shadow Lass), since she's getting Superman-class strength at half-price.