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| − | The wife of [[Van-Zee]] and the mother of their young twins: a son, Lyle, and a daughter, Lili. Sylvia is “an exact double†of [[Lois Lane]]. Born Sylvia DeWitt, a “rich young heiress†from “a bustling | + | The wife of [[Van-Zee]] and the mother of their young twins: a son, Lyle, and a daughter, Lili. Sylvia is “an exact double†of [[Lois Lane]]. Born Sylvia DeWitt, a “rich young heiress†from “a bustling mid western city,†Sylvia first meets Van-Zee, a citizen of [[Kandor]], during a period when Van-Zee is living in the world outside Kandor after having been accidentally enlarged to full human size by [[Superman]] by means of the ingenious enlarging ray developed by the renegade Kandorian scientist [[Zak-Kul]]. After the couple have courted, married, and settled for a time on the planet [[Venus]], and Sylvia has given birth to their two children, Superman reduces the entire family to microscopic size with [[Brainiac]]'s shrinking ray so that they can all live happily together in Van-Zee’s native Kandor (SGLL No. 15, Feb 1960: “The Super Family of Steel!†pts. I-III—â€Super-Husband and Wife!; “The Bride Gets Super-Powers!â€; “Secret of the Super-Family!â€). |
It is in Kandor that the family now resides. Superman visits briefly with Van-Zee and Sylvia during an adventure in Kandor in January 1963 (S No. 158: “Superman in Kandorâ€). | It is in Kandor that the family now resides. Superman visits briefly with Van-Zee and Sylvia during an adventure in Kandor in January 1963 (S No. 158: “Superman in Kandorâ€). | ||
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Sylvia
The wife of Van-Zee and the mother of their young twins: a son, Lyle, and a daughter, Lili. Sylvia is “an exact double†of Lois Lane. Born Sylvia DeWitt, a “rich young heiress†from “a bustling mid western city,†Sylvia first meets Van-Zee, a citizen of Kandor, during a period when Van-Zee is living in the world outside Kandor after having been accidentally enlarged to full human size by Superman by means of the ingenious enlarging ray developed by the renegade Kandorian scientist Zak-Kul. After the couple have courted, married, and settled for a time on the planet Venus, and Sylvia has given birth to their two children, Superman reduces the entire family to microscopic size with Brainiac's shrinking ray so that they can all live happily together in Van-Zee’s native Kandor (SGLL No. 15, Feb 1960: “The Super Family of Steel!†pts. I-III—â€Super-Husband and Wife!; “The Bride Gets Super-Powers!â€; “Secret of the Super-Family!â€).
It is in Kandor that the family now resides. Superman visits briefly with Van-Zee and Sylvia during an adventure in Kandor in January 1963 (S No. 158: “Superman in Kandorâ€).
