Joan Dale (New Earth)

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 * RealName               = Joan Dale Trevor
 * CurrentAlias           = Miss America
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 * Identity               = Secret
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Affiliation            = Freedom Fighters, formerly Justice Society of America, All-Star Squadron
 * Relatives              = Derek Trevor (husband), Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor Hall (Lyta Hall, Fury, adoptive daughter, deceased?), Hector Hall (Hector Hall|Dr. Fate]], son-in-law, deceased)
 * Universe               = New Earth
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 * Gender                 = Female
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 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Married
 * Occupation             = Government Operative, former Reporter
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 * Origin                 = Unknowingly experimented on and given mutated powers
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 * Creators               = Elmer Wexler
 * First                  = Military Comics # 1 (1941)

late spring of 1941 on Liberty Island, reporter Joan Dale has a dream that the Statue of Liberty comes to life and grants her the power to alter the nature of matter. Regardless of the dream, she creates a colorful costume and becomes Miss America, one of America's first heroines. In truth, she had been abducted by the top secret government agency, Project M, and her powers were actually the result of a secret experiment. They believed the experiment to be a failure and had returned her to whence she had been taken, leaving her none the wiser.
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Later that year, the Japanese plot their attack on Pearl Harbor. Uncle Sam learns of the attack and assembles a group of heroes called the Freedom Fighters (with Hourman, the Invisible Hood, Magno, Neon the Unknown, and the Red Torpedo) to prevent it. The mission is doomed and all but Uncle Sam seemingly perish in the fight. Sam later discovers however that three of his allies had survived: Miss America among them. After the mission, she is reclaimed by Project M.

When Robotman and the Young All-Stars visit Project M, they discover that Miss America is indeed alive, albeit comatose. A battle with the Ultra-Humanite breaks out, which awakens Joan from her coma. She promptly returns to the defense of her country and in late May, 1942, she joins the Justice Society of America as the group's secretary.

Miss America is last seen as an active heroine in a flashback in JSA, where she is once more working with the Freedom Fighters.

Retirement
Eventually, Joan Dale's powers fade and she retires as Miss America. She marries Admiral Derek Trevor, and eventually they become the adoptive parents of Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor Hall, who becomes the modern-day Fury in Infinity, Inc.

Lyta becomes pregnant with the child of her teammate and lover Dr. Fate, however Hector soon dies. She moves back home with her adoptive parents, Joan and Derek Trevor, and is soon reunited with Hector, who has become the new Sandman. Learning that Hector can only exist one hour outside the Dream Dimension, Lyta and Hector marry and Lyta joins Hector in the Dream Dimension. Joan and Derek Trevor attend the wedding.

[edit] One Year Later

Main article: One Year Later

A much older Joan Dale returns in the fifth issue of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (2006), to confront a youthful imposter bearing the mantle who has, under the orders of Father Time, managed to neutralize and capture the new team of Freedom Fighters.

In issue #6, Joan reveals that she never lost her powers, but used them to create the illusion that she had aged in order to retire and live a normal life with her husband. Now that Derek Trevor has passed away, she lets the illusion slip and resumes her youthful, heroic guise to aid Uncle Sam and his new team. While fighting the impostor Miss America, Joan discovers that she in fact an android and destroys her.
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