Shrinking Violet first appeared in Action Comics #276, and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jim Mooney.

Legion deputy leader Element Lad and Science Police liaison Shvaughn Erin become suspicious of the fake Violet when Yera suddenly falls in love with Colossal Boy, who harbored an unrequited crush on the real Violet for years.

[4] After the Legion's disintegration in the aftermath of the Paul Levitz-written era, Violet returns to Imsk and participates in a war against Braal, the home planet of Cosmic Boy.

During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the control of the Dominators and leaves the United Planets, during which "Batch SW6", temporal clones of the Legionnaires, escape captivity.

It is revealed that her relationship with Lightning Lass from the Five Year Later gap had been incorporated into the main continuity and they are a lesbian couple.

[7] In the post-Zero Hour reboot, the Emerald Eye gave her Leviathan's power to grow to giant sizes as well.