Appearance Spotlight: Miss Gsptlsnz

Pretty much everyone knows Mr. Mxyzptlk, the 5th-dimensional imp who's a perennial thorn in Superman's side. He's appeared in most Superman adaptations, including Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Smallville, and Supergirl. But did you know he has a wife?

Miss Gstlsnz first appeared in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #52 (February 1964), and although Mxy called her his girlfriend at the time, she developed a crush on Jimmy. As you can see, she was depicted as being very impish, just like Mxy himself.

She made a few more appearances after that, but most people know her from seeing the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Mxyzpixelated" (September 1997). As you can see below, she was drawn much differently on that show.

Gspy appeared in the comics again in JLA #31 (May 1999), in a story that used as many 5th-dimensional imps as it could - and even made a few pre-existing characters imps when they weren't previously known to be so. If you'll notice, she's drawn here to pretty much be a modern take on her original appearance. I only include this to indicate that, although the change is coming, it didn't happen right away.

In Countdown #31 (July 2007), we see Gsptlsnz again, and this time she has a look that's clearly influenced by the animated version, although taken in a more realistic and mature direction.

But then in Action Comics #975 (March 2017) - more specifically, the backup story, which is written by Paul Dini - we get a version that's also clearly based on the animated version, but plays up the bombshell look and doesn't adhere to the color scheme (although to be fair, the animated version didn't always either).

Most recently, in Action Comics #1000 (April 2018), we get a version of Gspy that sort of splits the difference between her previous two appearances.