Shvaughn Erin

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Shvaughn Erin
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceSuperboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241 (July 1978)
Created byPaul Levitz
Jim Sherman
In-story information
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth (31st century)
Team affiliationsScience Police
Notable aliasesSean Erin

Shvaughn Erin is a fictional character in the 30th and 31st centuries of the

United Planets
.

Fictional biography

Original continuity

In the 30th century, the Resources Raiders attack Earth just as a diplomatic crisis develops between the

Karate Kid fend off Khundian troops at Science Police Headquarters, which allows the combined forces of the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Legion of Substitute Heroes to later defeat Mordru, effectively ending the Earthwar.[1]

The following year, Shvaughn is appointed Science Police Liaison Officer to the Legion. On the first day of her new assignment, she is present when the rogue artificial intelligence

Jacques drinks the invisibility serum developed by Lyle Norg, allowing him to attack and immobilize Computo without being detected.[2] Over time, Shvaughn works closely with Legion leader Element Lad. When Shrinking Violet is kidnapped by Imskian terrorists, Shvaughn and Element Lad expose the Durlan actress Yera, who has been duped into impersonating the size-changing Legionnaire.[3]
During that time period, Shvaughn and Element Lad begin a romantic relationship, soon falling deeply in love.

"Five Years Later"

Main article: The Terra Mosaic

Years later, Shvaughn has ended her relationship with Jan Arrah (Element Lad), and Earth's government has fallen under the covert control of the Dominion. When a Dominion soldier assassinates Earth President Tayla Wellington on live galaxy-wide video broadcast,[4] full-scale war breaks out. During this period, it is revealed that Shvaughn's biological sex is male, and that for years he—Sean Erin—has been taking a medication known as "Profem" to biologically transform into a female. With open warfare across the planet, he is unable to maintain constant access to Profem. Jan is completely supportive when Sean physically reverts to his original male sex Sean Erin.[5] Ultimately the Dominators are defeated, and Sean is appointed chief of the Science Police contingent on New Earth.[6][7]

In the wake of the

Zero Hour and Infinite Crisis limited series, the events of the "Five Years Later"
era of Legion continuity are no longer canonical.

Post-Zero Hour

In

Workforce member Inferno and a faction of eight Legionnaires. After many months and several encounters with 20th-century Earth’s superhero community, Shvaughn and the Legionnaires eventually find their way back to their own era.[9][10]

In this continuity, Shvaughn is a grown adult, while Element Lad is still a teenager. Thus, the pair are not romantically linked. Further, the question of Shvaughn's birth gender is not addressed.[11]

"Threeboot"

Shvaughn does not appear in the continuity featuring the so-called "Threeboot" Legion from Earth-Prime.

Post-Infinite Crisis

The events of the

Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" story arc in Action Comics
. Shvaughn Erin has yet to reappear.

Notes

  1. ^ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241-245 (July–November 1978)
  2. ^ These events, culminating with Jacques' induction into the Legion as the second Invisible Kid, are chronicled in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 2) Annual #1 (1982).
  3. ^ Yera's infiltration of the Legion is revealed gradually in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #298-305 (April–November 1983).
  4. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #29 (May 1992).
  5. ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #31 (July 1992).
  6. ^ Sean's appointment is revealed in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #41 (March 1993).
  7. ^ Shortly after the war with the Dominion, Earth is destroyed in a disaster reminiscent of the destruction of Krypton over a millennium earlier. Ninety-four cities survive in domes and are reconstituted as the artificial planet New Earth; Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #38 (Late December 1992).
  8. ^ The battle concludes in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #84 (September 1996).
  9. ^ Shvaughn and the Legionnaires’ extended sojourn in the 20th century is chronicled primarily in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #85-100 (October 1996-January 1998).
  10. ^ Inferno chooses to remain in the past, but orphaned 20th century teenager Andrew Nolan accompanies the Legion to the 30th century and joins the team as Ferro.
  11. ^ Companik, Chris. "Element Lad & Shvaughn Erin". GayLeague.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
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