Strange Visitor (Sharon Vance) is a fictional character appearing in

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. She first appeared in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #149 and was created by Randall Frenz and

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Fictional character biography

Sharon Vance is a childhood friend of

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who merges with the cosmic entity Kismet after being struck by lightning during a plane flight.''

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'' (vol. 2) #149 (October 1999) She is transformed into an entity of electromagnetic energy and becomes an ally to Superman despite lacking full control of her powers. During the ''

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'' event (2001), Strange Visitor sacrifices herself to help Superman defeat

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. She returns in the sixth volume of ''

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'' (2018) as a prisoner of the

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and a member of the Justice Foundation.

Powers and abilities

Strange Visitor is connected to the Earth's

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field and has the power to manipulate

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energy, which enables her to fire blasts of electrical energy from her hands or eyes, generate magnetic fields to move, lift, and manipulate metal objects, create force fields, steal energy from others, and even "read" an object's magnetic field. She also has the power to fly at near light speeds, lower her density to become intangible, and

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sense emotions.

In other media

Sharon Vance appears in the ''

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'' episode "True Colors", voiced by Masasa Moyo. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is a

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farming facility.

References

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