Princess Projectra

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This page discusses the pre-Zero Hour version of the character. For the post-ZH version, see Sensor

Princess Projectra

Projectra on the cover art for Legion of Super-Heroes #6. Art by Barry Kitson.

Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Adventure Comics #346 (July 1966)
Created by	Jim Shooter

Characteristics
Species	Human, from Orando
Affiliations	Legion of Super-Heroes
Notable aliases	Sensor Girl, Queen Projectra, Sensor (her post-Zero Hour counterpart)
Abilities	The ability to create realistic illusions.

Princess Projectra is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. She lives in the future and is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Created by Jim Shooter, she first appeared in Adventure Comics #346 (July 1966).

She is a member of the royal family of the planet Orando, and possesses the superhuman ability to generate illusions. During her membership in the LSH, she met, fell in love with, and married the martial artist Karate Kid. After her father King Voxv died, she fought her cousin Pharoxx and her mentor Hagga who sought to usurp the throne. Afterwards she became Queen Projectra of Orando and she and Karate Kid became reserve members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. When the Legion of Super-Villains invaded Orando, Nemesis Kid defeated Karate Kid in personal combat and killed him. Projectra subsequently killed Nemesis Kid in revenge, claiming royal privilege to do so even though it violated the Legion's code against killing. She resigned from the Legion of Super-Heroes during Karate Kid's funeral.

Projectra later returned to the Legion using the pseudonym Sensor Girl. Her powers were enhanced giving her abilities to see beyond the illusions of life, such as the illusions of size and distance, create sensory deprivation areas and create illusions the affected all senses, making them indistinguisable from reality. She also altered her appearance, looking like a clone of Supergirl but with a fully masked face. Sensor Girl was the Legion leader before the Giffen "reboot".

In the new continuity launched in 2005, Projectra is once again humanoid, and is initially depicted as a spoiled child of the Orando royals, though her demeanor changes when her homeworld is destroyed. Although she is at first a powerless supporter of the new Legion, the tragic demise of her parents has awakened her hereditary powers, the ability to generate illusions, based on a particular form of witchcraft.