Origin

A descendant of Superman's pal, Jimmy Olsen, Kristin Wells is the 29th century Superwoman. Starting out as a mild-manner teacher with an interest in the 20th century Superwoman, Wells began investigating her identity via time-traveling. Her first trip back in time landed her at the first appearance of Superwoman where she and Superman battled the villain known as King Kosmos. From this battle she deduced that she was in fact Superwoman! Using 29th century technology, Kristin gained the power of flight, intangibility, teleportation, empathy, precognition, and telekinesis. Kristin later introduced herself to Superman as Superwoman and returned to her future to inform the 29th century media of her discovery.

Creation

Kristin Wells was created by Elliot S! Maggin in a 1981 novel Superman: Miracle Monday. Her first comic book appearance was in 1983, when she appeared in the DC Comics Presents Annual #2.

Major Story Arcs

Superwoman would later travel back in time only to be trapped and amnesiac in the 20th century. Thinking that he had lost her forever, Kristin's boyfriend rally against time-travelling and it was banned. Year later Kristin's memory would return and she would be reunited with her lost love.

She would later be seen as a ghost in The Kingdom: Planet Krypton (1999).

Powers and Abilities

29st Century technology gives Kristin Wells a number of abilities that appeared as super powers to Superman and the people of the past:

• Flight
• Intangibility
• Portal creation
• Gravity manipulation
• Empathy
• Time travel
• Limited intuition