MIND MISTRESS
REAL NAME: Lindsey Jessup
AGE: 19
POWERS: Telepath: specific powers include
mind reading, thought sending, mind control and direct mental attack.
Also, she has been trained in Kung Fu by Mindstar
APPEARANCE: A pretty teenage girl with long, brown
hair. Her costume is a light blue bodysuit similar to Mindstar's, except
for the lighter color.
FIRST APPEARANCE: As Lindsey, Guardians #8; as Mind
Mistress, Guardians #10
BACKGROUND: Lindsey Jessup discovered her ability to read minds by accident. On a date, she was suddenly overcome by desire and went all the way with a boy she just intended to kiss. When she was thinking over the episode later, she realized that she had felt his passion and acted on it as if it was her own. Working with her new power, she was able to isolate those emotions, and later thoughts, that she picked up from others from her own thoughts. Her ability to enjoy sex from both sides made her quite promiscuous, and her mental control powers soon had the boys making her as happy as she made them. She also made sure that her partners used protection.
Lindsey also became a super-hero junkie, following the adventures
of the Guardians eagerly in the months leading up to the coup. When the
Black King seized power and declared the Guardians outlaws, Lindsey was
astonished and refused to give up hope. One night, she felt someone close
other than her family and interceded with her father when he found Mindstar and
Powergirl in their field (see Guardians #8).
After the amorous encounter with the two Guardians, Lindsey found it
increasingly difficult to settle back into the life of a small-town
teenager. A chance encounter with a renegade Black Guard unit gave Lindsey
her chance to become a Guardian, and she grabbed it with both hands (see Guardians
#10). She has since become attached to Jake Pryor aka Crimson
Knight, and acts as mental backup for Mindstar. She's living a dream,
and loving every minute of it.