Editing Princess Projectra (section)

==Publication history==
In 1965, when he was just 13 years old, [[Jim Shooter]] submitted an unsolicited script to DC Comics editor [[Mort Weisinger]]. Weisinger was so impressed, he asked Shooter to send in another script.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |pages=109–110}}</ref> Shooter created a short origin story for Princess Projectra and several other characters and sent it in. Weisinger purchased all of these, and immediately started giving him writing assignments.<ref name="shooter"/>

Shooter's Projectra story first appeared in ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #346 (July 1966) ("[[One of Us Is a Traitor]]"), when Shooter was 14 years old.<ref name="fah"/><ref name="shooter"/> The character later resigned from the Legion of Superheroes, and left the title, though later Legionnaire writer [[Paul Levitz]] had always intended to bring her back to the series in some form.<ref name="tm">{{cite book
 | last =Cadigan
 | first =Glen
 | title = The Legion Companion
 | publisher =[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]
 | date =2003
 | language =en
 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=lEWHfXUwUAwC
 | isbn = 9781893905221
 | access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>

In 1985, in the ''Who Is Sensor Girl?'' storyline, a new character "Sensor Girl" was introduced. This character was fully masked, and when eventually unmasked, turned out to have been Projectra the whole time.

Sensor Girl's true identity was unknown to the other characters in the story and even to some of the creators on the title. Penciller [[Steve Lightle]], who created Sensor Girl's costume, had no idea the character was supposed to be Princess Projectra, and believed her to be [[Supergirl]]. It is believed Levitz came up with the idea that Sensor Girl was Projectra significantly far into the development process of the story.<ref name="tm"/>

After this story line, she returned to her "Projectra" identity, but the character's most enduring association is arguably with this brief interlude as a mystery character.<ref name="ms">{{cite web
 | url =http://majorspoilers.com/2007/06/17/hero-history-sensor-girl/
 | title =Hero History of Sensor Girl
 | date =2007-06-17
 | website =majorspoilers.com
 | publisher =MajorSpoilers
 | access-date =2019-09-22
 | quote = Originally, like [legionnaires] Blok and Dawnstar, [Projectra] used her real name as her alias, but paradoxically found her greatest fame under a mask.}}</ref>

Starting in the July 2019 series ''Legion of Super Heroes: Millennium'', the character received a significant visual re-design.<ref name="cbr">{{cite web
 | url =https://www.cbr.com/legion-of-super-heroes-shrinking-violet-princess-projectra-redesigns/
 | title =Legion of Super-Heroes Concept Art Names Two More Revamped Legionnaires
 | last =Staley
 | first =Brandon
 | date =2019-08-14
 | website =cbr.com
 | publisher =[[Comic Book Resources]]
 | access-date =2019-09-22
 }}</ref>