Sensor (character)
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- This page discusses the post-Zero Hour reboot version of the character. For the other versions, see Princess Projectra.
Template:Infobox comics character Sensor (Jeka Wynzorr) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
She is a snake-like alien who was later altered by "Hypertaxis energy" into a semi-humanoid shape, retaining her serpent tail but gaining a humanoid upper body.
Fictional character biography
Jeka Wynzorr is the princess of the planet Orando, a world populated by a ruling class of snake-like aliens and an underclass resembling raccoons. She renounces her position to travel the galaxy and initially uses her illusion-casting abilities to disguise herself as a human.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jeka joins the Legion of Super-Heroes as Sensor and obtains cybernetic arms, which she is rarely seen without.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
While battling the Terrorforms on Xanthu, Sensor is exposed to Hypertaxis energy, which causes her to mutate uncontrollably until Ra's al Ghul stabilizes her into a nāga-like form.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Sensor becomes reclusive and bitter following her transformation and goes into hiding until the rest of the Legion is enslaved by Universo, whose mind-controlling abilities she is immune to. Sensor and Shikari recruit Ferro and Karate Kid, who were stranded on the planet Steeple, to battle Universo. After Universo is defeated, Sensor co-nominates Dreamer for Legion membership.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
Sensor in her original form makes minor appearances in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, where she is among the Legionnaires summoned to help fight the Time Trapper; and Action Comics (vol. 2), where she, Chameleon Boy, and Shrinking Violet unsuccessfully attempt to change the past.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In other media
Sensor appears in Adventures in the DC Universe #10.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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References
- Anthropomorphic snakes
- Characters created by Jeff Moy
- Characters created by Roger Stern
- Comics characters introduced in 1996
- DC Comics extraterrestrial characters
- DC Comics characters with superhuman strength
- DC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes
- DC Comics female superheroes
- Fictional princesses
- Legion of Super-Heroes members