
Recognize this face (or lack thereof)? If you don't recognize it from days gone by, check out the latest issue of
Justice Society.
Long before Renee Montoya donned the pseudoderm, this was the most famous faceless woman in comics. And if it weren't for this woman, you might not be reading the Absorbascon today.
I was in college, and had been "off" of comics for many years. Till a dealer at Sig Ep hooked me up with some Levitz Legion;
"Try it, " he said.
"You'll like it." Curse you, Evan!

Paul Levitz, Master of the Multiple Plotline, had introduced some new members to the Legion, including the mysterious
Sensor Girl. No one knew what her real name was, what she actually looked like, and how in heaven's name that mask stayed on. The mystery of Sensor Girl is what got me hooked on comics again.
What was groovy about her? Well, the mystery part, yes. She was the "Supernova" of her day, only no one was close to solving the mystery. The common wisdom was that she was Supergirl, somehow feeling much better after her death in
Crisis on Infinite Earths. The common wisdom was wrong.
In fact, even DC itself took some time to figure out just who Sensor Girl really was.
Also, her look was
FABulous; none of that exposed cleavage for her (or, for that matter, exposed
anything). She was proud and aloof; she was very private, didn't hang out with the other Legionnaires, and didn't get called any cutesy Legion-y nicknames, like "Sensy" or "SG". You called her "Sensor Girl" or you wound up swallowing teeth.
Oh, and she was
dramatic.
I remember one time in the middle of a Legion meeting she suddenly screams out
"HOW AWFUL!" while striking a pose worthy of Storm. I forget what her super-senses had detected: children being eaten by space-whales or the approach of a sun-eater or
Shaun Robinson's Oscar dress. Something like that.
No snappy patter for Sensor Girl; she used to dole out condemnatory smack talk to her foes that was just barely sub-Phantom Stranger level in its witheringness. She made you want to cover your own face in shame; then she kicked your teeth in.
She also kicked patootie. She single-handedly defeated the terrifying Emerald Empress of Ekron once. Snapped her neck, I think. Eat your heart out, Wonder Woman.
Sensor Girl, gang. She was one groovy chick. And given the way some storylines are headed, you may see her in action again... .