Power Boy
Power Boy is a male comic supervillain that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Power Boy was a male inhabitant of the planet Apokolips where he was a New God that grew up in the slums of Armagetto. He was taken in order to serve Darkseid where he underwent training to become a superhero so that he could infiltrate the planet Earth. During this time, Kara Zor-El was brought to Apokolips with Power Boy seeing her and became enamoured by the Kryptonian where he came to consider her his great love. When she was taken back to Earth, he came to be obsessed with Kara as he believed her to be his destiny leading to Power Boy abandoning any of the plans Darkseid had for him. He then departed to search for Supergirl across the universe with him taking a Father Box as he observed her on Earth as he decided the best time to approach her. (Supergirl v5 #15)
He came to have a one-night stand with Holly Granger and her dress up as Supergirl for him.Power Boy was then asked to join the Titans East where he participated in a training exercise set up by Cyborg where his teammates were to catch him. He managed to overpower most of his opponents but was punched away by the new Hawk. When the team went to confront him, they found Power Boy dead with him being badly burnt and impaled on a tree branch as he was attacked by a mysterious individual. (Titans East Special v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In reality, he was an obsessive stalker that grew fixated on his targets of interest. This went to the level that he grew angry at being ignored and lashed out in a tantrum. A result was that he could lash out at the person he became obsessed with and even becoming violent. Despite that being the case, he claimed that he did it out of love for the person. This person was Kara Zor-El when he saw her on Apokolips and he became to consider her the missing half of his self. He saw her as someone special and that he could bring out her true potential which only he was capable of accomplishing for her. (Supergirl v5 #15) After she broke up with him, he was known to get involved in sexual relationships with other girls and had them dress up as Supergirl. (Titans East Special v1 #1)
He claimed that he hated to lose his temper and found it embarrassing. (Supergirl v5 #15)
Powers and abilities
He was member of the race of beings known as the New Gods where he possessed greater than human strength, endurance and other such feats such as being able to survive in the vacuum of space without the need for life support equipment. As an empath, he could feel the anger, hate, love, pain and fear from others. (Supergirl v5 #15)
With his strength, he could slap his hands together with such force to create a small shockwave to push enemies away. (Titans East Special v1 #1)
Power Boy was known to possess a Father Box that was a piece of equipment he kept on his person. (Supergirl v5 #15) He kept with a pug dog named Kirby as a pet with him. (Supergirl v5 #14)
Notes
- Power Boy was created by Geoff Johns and Tony S. Daniel where he made his first appearance in Teen Titans v3 #38 (September, 2006).
- Editor Eddie Berganza commented on DC Nation 45 that Power Boy was designed as a male parody of the clichés made towards female characters such as chest windows and constant posing with Power Boy described as being a "mimbo".
Appearances
- Teen Titans:
- Supergirl v5:
- Titans East Special v1:
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