Saturn Queen

Saturn Queen
Saturn Queen, as seen in Supergirl vol. 5 #7, artist Ian Churchill.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Superman #147 (August 1961)
Created by	Jerry Siegel (writer) Curt Swan (artist) (based upon Saturn Girl by Otto Binder & Al Plastino)
In-story information
Alter ego	Eve Aries
Species	Titanian
Place of origin	Titan, moon of Saturn
Team affiliations	Legion of Super-Villains
Notable aliases	Mother, Saturn Woman
Abilities	telepathy, hypnotism

Saturn Queen is a fictional comic book character owned by DC Comics. She debuted in Superman #147 (August 1961), and was created by Jerry Siegel and Curt Swan.

Like Saturn Girl, Saturn Queen appears to have been suggested or inspired by a 1940s Wonder Woman storyline (in volume 1, issues 10 and 22) in which Earth is invaded by "Saturnic girls" with the "power of hypnotism" that "can completely block the senses of most Earthlings, making trained Saturnians invisible and inaudible" and also the power to control their own bodies to fake death. Like Saturn Queen they have a complex set of urges to do good or evil that are hard to control, but the Amazon regime on Transformation Island seems to work on them. A disproportionate number are also redheads, and about half are blond. (See Saturn Girl for a more detailed explanation of the physical resemblances.)

Similar shifts from the heroic to the villainous side, doubts about controlling others, urge to self-sacrifice or suddenly shift sides to the good, all appear in Saturn Queen stories. Rehabilitation, regret, redemption, restorative justice and nurturing/training heroes also seem to be explored therein.

Saturn Queen is a beautiful redhead from the planet Saturn from the thirty-first century, and like Saturn Girl she is a telepath from Saturn's moon Titan. She debuted alongside her villainous compatriots in the Legion of Super-Villains. A confident and aloof personality, she deems her motives for evil as just something she happened to pick up.

Her career as a villain took a turn for infamy when she and her associates formed an alliance with Lex Luthor to kill Superman, Luthor's greatest foe. The adult Legion of Super-Heroes appeared to battle the Villains, and when Luthor threatened to kill Superman Saturn Woman offered to die in his place. Superman asked to be released so he could give a tribute to her, and promised not to save her. It was revealed that Saturn's rings gave off energies that prevented criminal traits. Superman formed an artificial ring from Saturnian ring fragments, causing Saturn Queen to defeat Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Lex Luthor using her mental powers. A fragment of the rings is given to her to make her remain good, while the other supervillains are imprisoned. Superman says future law courts should be lenient on her.