XS (comics)
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XS (Jenni Ognats), is a fictional character, a superheroine in the future of the DC Comics universe. She is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Bart Allen's cousin.
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Despite being the granddaughter of Barry Allen (the Silver Age Flash) and the daughter of Dawn Allen (one of the Tornado Twins), Jenni Ognats did not at first display any signs of super-speed. However, the Dominators, knowing her family heritage, captured her. At the sight of seeing her father tortured, her latent super-speed powers activated. She managed to escape with her father before stray fire from the Dominators caused their base to explode.
After this, she checked herself into a laboratory to help her learn to coordinate herself at super-speed. Once she learned control, she was drafted into the Legion of Super-Heroes. She eventually learned to overcome her initial fear and nervousness, while she developed crushes on Cosmic Boy and, later, M'Onel, and eventually dated Dyrk Magz.
During the Legion's first trip to the 20th century, XS was separated from them. She met her cousin Impulse, and teamed up with him and other speedsters during the events of Dead Heat, before the 27th century Flash fixed her grandfather's cosmic treadmill, enabling her to go home. Unfortunately, she overshot, encountering two further future incarnations of the Legion before returning.
XS was one of the Legionnaires left behind after many of her teammates were lost, causing the team to be forcefully disbanded. She traveled to Xanthu with her teammate Star Boy, where she found herself caught in a war between Xanthu and Robotica. While the two Legionnaires managed to save millions of lives by distracting Robotica long enough for the surviving Xanthuians to escape off-planet, the two remained trapped there for months thereafter, until rescued by their returned teammates.
XS' last appearance so far came in Teen Titans/Legion, where she teamed up with her cousin Bart, who at the time was Kid Flash. She has not been seen in the "Threeboot" as yet, but as Mark Waid (who created much of the current Flash mythos) is writing the book, it is likely that she could appear soon.
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A super-speedster character called Rush appeared one year before XS in Legion of Super-Heroes (4th series) #51. Rush never appeared again and could be considered the prototype for XS.
