Jason Croft was a fairly well-off student of the occult. He sensed his soulmate was out there, on a planet revolving around Sirius, in a system of planets also known as the Dog Star Pack. Using astral projection to travel to Sirius, he discovers, on a planet called Palos, his spiritual twin, Princess Naia. Naia is the daughter of Prince Lakkon, advisor to the King of Aphur. Croft finds he cannot communicate or interact effectively in his ethereal, astral-projected form. After some seeking, he comes across a suitable host, a young man named Jasor who is quickly falling into despair, leading to his eventual demise. Moments after Jasor passes away, Croft takes over Jasor’s abandoned body. Moving about the land of Aphur, Croft finds that the Aphurians worship a god named Zitu. Meeting Lakkon and Naia, Croft offers to build machines unknown to them. Croft returns to his earthly form to study engine design, then returns to Palos and builds a type of automobile. He eventually gives up his Earthly body to inhabit the form of Jasor fulltime on Palos. Notes: When taught the power by Jason Croft, Princess Naia learned to engage in astral travel.
Alias Princess Naia |
Real Names/Alt Names Naia |
Characteristics Explorer, All Story Universe, Occult, Astral Projectionist, Invisibility, Telepath, Teleporter, Modernism Era |
Creators/Key Contributors J. U. Giesy |
First Appearance “Palos of the Dog Star Pack” in The All-Story Magazine (July 13, 1918) |
First Publisher Frank Munsey [LUM] |
Appearance List “Palos of the Dog Star Pack” in All-Story Magazine (July-August 1918), “The Mouthpiece of Zitu” in All-Story Weekly (July-August 1919), “Jason, Son of Jason” in Argosy All-Story (April-May 1921) |
Sample Read Palos of the Dog Star Pack [PG] |
Description Jason Croft was a fairly well-off student of the occult. He sensed his soulmate was out there, on a planet revolving around Sirius, in a system of planets also known as the Dog Star Pack. Using astral projection to travel to Sirius, he discovers, on a planet called Palos, his spiritual twin, Princess Naia. Naia is the daughter of Prince Lakkon, advisor to the King of Aphur. Croft finds he cannot communicate or interact effectively in his ethereal, astral-projected form. After some seeking, he comes across a suitable host, a young man named Jasor who is quickly falling into despair, leading to his eventual demise. Moments after Jasor passes away, Croft takes over Jasor’s abandoned body. Moving about the land of Aphur, Croft finds that the Aphurians worship a god named Zitu. Meeting Lakkon and Naia, Croft offers to build machines unknown to them. Croft returns to his earthly form to study engine design, then returns to Palos and builds a type of automobile. He eventually gives up his Earthly body to inhabit the form of Jasor fulltime on Palos. Notes: When taught the power by Jason Croft, Princess Naia learned to engage in astral travel. |
Source Naia – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki |