Shrinking violet hasnt been added to a collection yet. Shrinking violet comics definition of shrinking violet. Kinetix dc comics characters, superhero, legion of. Salu stayed true to duplicate boy even when pursued romantically by fellow legionnaire colossal boy. From northstar and batwoman to daken and alysia yeoh, commemorate lgbt pride month with this list of groundbreaking heroes and villains. Cosmic boy rokk krinn is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the dc comics universe. The threeboot subverts this trope by making salu a brash action girl, who hates being called shrinking violet. In 1994, the character was rebooted as leviathan, a science police officer from mars who got his powers yet again from a meteorite.
For decades after these two appearances, shrinking violet was a poetical term and uncommon at that. This week sees him watching and reacting to his original audition for the franchise on youtube. To tell the truth it may have been my expectation that let e down than the actual book. Shrinking violet comics synonyms, shrinking violet comics pronunciation, shrinking violet comics translation, english dictionary definition of shrinking violet comics. Shrinking violet appeared in the legion of superheroes animated series, voiced by actress kari wahlgren. A i honestly think that these implied behind the scenes moments are half. Shrinking violet, also known as atom girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and legion of superheroes member in the dc universes 30th and 31st centuries.
Painfully shy and quiet, the shrinking violet is the withdrawn character, usually but not always female, who walks through the school hallways with her head down and wants nothing more than to blend in with the scenery to avoid all attention because she believes that her presence is worthless or unwanted. Shrinking violet is presently starring in the ongoing legion of superheroes series after the dc universe was. Mark hamill hilariously reacts to original star wars audition. Superman clark kent dc comics database, legion of superheroes comic. Comic book artists, comic book characters, comic artist, comic books art, comics girls, fun comics, marvel comics, legion of superheroes, vampires and.
The character was created by jerry siegel and jim mooney and was known for having a crush on his fellow sizechanging legionnaire, shrinking violet. Shrinking violet works best by heat transfer so we recommend to shake the product well before use. Shrinking violet is salu digby, a member of the legion of superheroes in the 30th century. Superboy is the name of several comic book series published by dc comics, featuring characters of the same name. Wed laugh our boisterous laugh for phebus possessed a wicked sense of humor, which she withheld from many. Shrinking violet 1960s legion legion, legion of superheroes. Welcome to the mayfair games dc heroes rpg online character database. Even at full size she was depicted as the smallest member of the legion. Apr 5, 2020 shrinking violet salu digby, also known as atom girl, is a member of the legion of superheroes.
Classic marvel forever msh classic rpg legion of superheroes. The sense of shrinking in both cases is not that of becoming smaller, or of recoiling from something distasteful, but of being retiring, shy or selfeffacing. Shrinking violet will be debuting as the movie radio rebel on the disney channel in early 2012. Shrinking violet is a character from a cartoon series called the funny company. It didnt begin to appear more widely in either country until near the end of the.
This is a older game, long out of print, but i was a huge fan of it obviously and would love to get a group back together at some point. An almostcomplete msh rpg resource, containing a plethora of gaming material for a classic marvel campaign, including a heap of character profiles, custom rules, a lively message board, links, and much, much more. North is expecting the dead young woman and takes the killer in and shows her a good time. I think it would make a great book to read to students because some of them will be able to relate to the way that violet is feeling in the book.
Shrinking violet by cari best goodreads share book. I am really disappointed that the first book i read in 2014 is a 2 star one. The originalpostinfinite crisis incarnation of salu started out somewhat shy but took a level in badass after being abducted, and became a. That book, in turn, was just adapted by disney for a tv movie, radio rebel, which i watched over the weekend. Digby excelled in the field of science, transneural photonics to be particular. Religion of chameleon girl yera allon of the group. The legion of superheroes salu shrinking violet digby lived up to this trope in the postzero hour.
Because of her fear of opening up to others, she only has one friend, her best friend but still someone she could never tell her deepest, most. A shrinking violet doll was a talking doll manufactured by mattel for one year in 1963. Potters piquant watercolors put the crowning touch on this humorous tale of a shy child who saves her school play from disaster. Lar discovered the fate of krypton and tracked down the rocket sent right before the planet exploded. Violet was able to shrink and do things to help her friends out. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. The superhero database classification number, or shdb class, is a number that represents the overall power of a character. Shrinking violet earth247 in the first legion reboot later known as earth247, salu digby was born on imsk, rather than earth, and was one of several athletic teenagers in the running to be. She has the power to shrink from normal size to atomic size, and any size in between, as do all imsk natives. Livewire leslie willis is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by dc comics. The first series featured the original superboy, a teenage incarnation of the man of steel.
Her dress is in nice condition no stain rips or repairs. Shrinking violet goes up against duplicate boy, but his actions to save her life make her doubt that he is the evil person he is supposed to be. The doll featured a violet dress, blond yarn hair and a. Largand, also known as monel, was a daxamite member of the legion of superheroes and the wanderers. Tonights episode of legends of tomorrow had plenty of action and plot development. Apr 20, 2008 suna boy, bouncing boy, and shrinking violet are rejected from the legion in this story, in favor of supergirl and brainiac 5. Jan 08, 2016 original comic art titled shrinking violet legion of superheroes, located in darryls commission art comic art gallery 1285401. Along the way, he provides a collective biography of shyness through portraits of such shy individuals as charles darwin, charles schulz, glenn. Shrinking violet legion of superheroes wiki fandom. It was based on the character of shrinking violet that appeared in the 1963 american childrens cartoon series funny company. Jun 27, 2015 celebrate pride month with this list of 63 lgbt marveldc characters. She later applied to the legion of superheroes as shrinking violet.
When im not writing, im either listening to music, eating chocolate or swimmingsometimes all at once. Shrinking violet disambiguation dc database fandom. Leviathan postreboot lsh dc comics salu digby character. Later series feature the second superboy, who is a partial clone of the original superman. Shrinking violet salu digby, also known as atom girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and legion of superheroes member in the dc universes 30th and 31st centuries. However, as i learned through a decade of friendship, phebus was rather a field of purple flowers. All traits of a character are used for calculating the classification. The first comic book published under the title legion of superheroes was a. Most of the books by dick kingsmith could also appeal, or perhaps someday angeline by louis sachar. Im the author of shrinking violet from mtvpocket books and indigo blues and pure red from flux books. If you find any characters that appear in this issue, episode, movie, game or book but are not included on the page, please add them to the appearances list of the template.
Potters whimsical characters, with their toothpick legs, tiny feet and expressive faces, cavort across the pages in a flurry of muted colors dont miss violets. It is typical of this elegantly constructed book that moran loops back to turing in a later passage on the. A child who enjoys this book would probably like the classic mrs pepperpot series by alf proysen, mentioned above. This character is in the following 11 stories which have been indexed by this website.
She failed her audition due to extreme shyness and a lack of selfconfidence. She comes from the planet imsk and has the power to shrink to tiny size, as do all imsk natives. Sarah dessen wrote about it in just listen, and in 2009, danielle joseph created a contemporary, female version of hard harry in her novel shrinking violet. Mark hamill is in full reflection mode during this leadup to star wars. It is typical of this elegantly constructed book that moran loops back to turing in. Overall i really enjoyed reading this book because violet is a character who struggles with being bullied and with having attention on her.
A comparison of the book shrinking violet and its movie adaptation radio rebel. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Explain that this story is about a shy girl and a bully who always picks on her. The other heroes of lallor are also getting suspicious of the situation, and discover records of the legions deeds, realizing that they have been lied to and manipulated. Born on the planet imsk, she has the natural ability. A woman kills a young woman from iowa and takes her place on a train. Pour some in a warm bath and once you are dry, but still warm from the bath, then reapply the 25ml to the whole body, massaging in very well start applying slimming solution from your chin. He ended up in smallville without memories and met clark kent who. Shrinking violet disambiguation dc database fandom dc wiki.
Salu shrinking violet digby lived up to this trope in the postzero hour. Sep 05, 2017 tonights episode of legends of tomorrow had plenty of action and plot development. Shrinking violet is a book that many people could probably relate to. He is a founding member of the legion of superheroes, and was the original leader in all incarnations of the legion. A yet, a couple of months down the line, all three members are shown to suddenly be on the team, without so much as a by your leave.
Celebrate pride month with this list of 63 lgbt marveldc characters. In the meantime, i hope you find this resource to be both useful and enjoyable. Born on the planet imsk, she has the natural ability to shrink down. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
This page is missing one or more character, location or item appearances. Supergirl comic comic book characters comic character comic books star trek saturn girl ares dc legion of superheroes man of steel. The first three titles feature the original superboy, the legendary hero superman as a boy. Shrinking violet and the lsh went through many changes in the next few months, culminating in the magic wars that changed the 30th century forever. Salu digby is a native of the planet imsk, which gives her the ability to shrink down to microscopic proportions, and she can even achieve. The main character, tere short for teresa, is very quiet and shy, and doesnt feel comfortable communicating with others. Then again, that seems to be a main qualification for djs so maybe tere has a future after all. Shrinking violet aka salu digby was born on imsk and possessed the natural ability to shrink down to a microscopic size. Those people that overcome adversities and show there true potential.
The aptly named violet hates to be the center of attention. Ask children to help you define the word shy as well as to describe the kind of person that is the exact opposite of shy. Suggest that they pay close attention not only to these two main. The doll featured a violet dress, blond yarn hair and a printed face. As i have already said before i am a big fan of under dog stories. Original comic art titled shrinking violet legion of superheroes, located in darryls commission art comic art gallery 1285401. Salu started a longdistance relationship with duplicate boy, of the heroes of lallor. Religion of chameleon girl yera allon durlan religion of the group. Religion of characters listed by teamgroup membership legion of super heroes religion in comics characters 51 up.
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