Silas Stone
Silas Stone is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Silas Stone was a male African-American born in the modern age who was the son of Tucker Stone and Maude Stone. They were noted to had been singers on the stage who lived the life in order to proper a living for their son who came to resent them for their lifestyle. (Tales of the Teen Titans v1 #46)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different series of events.
Stone once met a promising young man named Michael Holt and offered him an internship to work with him. However, Holt refused and instead wanted to pursue his own path. The refusal was noted to had led to tensions between the pair as Silas took it as a slight against him. (The Terrifics v1 #27)
He eventually took part in Project: O.T.A.C. that he believed would change everything. O.T.A.C. was the Omniscient Transformation Advanced Cell that was an intelligent cell that could be programmed to form any organic tissue desired. With it, Silas thought it could be used to revolutionise the field of tissue regeneration as the cells could emulate or replace vital organs. He became fixated on the completion of the project with the rush causing it to explode during irradiation treatment that injured his wife Elinore Stone and causing the development of cancer within her body in later years. The guilt drove a new obsession as he began looking for a cure for his wife and began to neglect his own son Victor Stone. Secretly, Silas used the O.T.A.C. material to clone himself 13 times and used these replicants as guinea pigs to develop a cure for his wife's cancer. Despite his efforts, his wife perished from her disease and Silas disposed of the replicants. Unknown to him, the bodies were taken by black market dealers who decided to use them for experiments. This caused one of the O.T.A.C.s that was the thirteenth and last of the clones to gain sentience and develop more human characteristics of his creator. Unknown to anyone, this O.T.A.C. resented his creator and called himself Anomaly with him seeking revenge against Silas Stone. (Cyborg v2 #9)
At some point, he was assigned to the superhuman study project at S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit branch. They recovered a device later discovered to be a Mother Box from the wreckage of a battle with Superman. (Justice League v2 #2)
After the death of Simon Stagg, his son Sebastian Stagg was named his heir and took over the Stagg Industries shares in Terrifitech. During this time, he secretly sought to use his new found wealth and resources to generate even more profit through criminal ventures. He recruited Silas Stone to his cause as a secret member of the Stagg Circle that included the robot Staggatron and the alien bounty hunter Lobo. (The Terrifics v1 #30)
After betraying the Terrifics, he joined Stagg but saw that Sebastian was unbalanced as he was not looking for simple profit but engaged in irrational criminal acts. This included using the Parasite and creating a horde of parasitic creatures that took possession of human hosts who began to infest Gateway City. Sebastian Stagg intended to offer the Stagg Circle and their tech as a means of removing the infection but were charging exuberant prices. When the Terrifics arrived, Silas Stone turned on Sebastian and wanted to stop his mad scheme but he came to be infected by one of the parasites. Mr. Terrific caused the parasites to enter the campus of Terrifitech where he caused the entire structure to be propelled into the sky thus stranding the creatures there. The Terrifics then worked on a cure with Silas being thankful to Holt for removing the parasite infection from him whereupon he was allowed to return to the city. (The Terrifics v1 #30)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that he was ashamed of his parents due to their work on the stage. He did not want them around in his life especially when he had his son Victor though his wife often wrote to them telling them about their grandson. (Tales of the Teen Titans v1 #46)
Powers and abilities
He was later offered a position on the T-Council by Michael Holt. (The Terrifics v1 #27)
Notes
- Silas Stone was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where he made his first appearance in DC Comics Presents v1 #26 (October, 1980).
Alternate Versions
- In Cyborg v1 (2015), an alternate reality version of Silas Stone was badly wounded whereupon he added the Cyborg technology into his own body that brought the attention of the Technosapiens who ravaged his Earth. A few of the survivors formed a resistance group called the Tekbreakers that were led by their version of Sarah Charles that sought to stop the alien cybernetic menace.
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, Silas Stone appeared in the animated television series third season Outsiders where he was voiced by actor Khary Payton. He was shown as a leading scientist in technology who was consulted by the Justice League that tasked him with studying a captured Father Box. Silas was shown to have a tense relationship with his son leading to a confrontation in his laboratory when an explosion occurred mortally injuring Victor Stone. In desperation, Silas used Father Box to save his son which transformed him into Cyborg but the resentful Victor departed with Halo as he feared that Father Box's influence would lead to him killing his own father.
- In Doom Patrol, Silas Stone appeared in the live-action DC Universe television series where he first appeared in the episode "Donkey Patrol" and was portrayed by Phil Morris. It was shown that his wife perished in a laboratory explosion that critically injured his son Victor Stone who was rebuilt with cybernetics turning him into Cyborg. Silas intended great things from his son and did not want him to be a simple superhero who stopped crime. Stone was also shown as being an acquaintance of Niles Caulder with the two collaborating on various projects.
Films
- In Justice League: War, the character made amultiple appearance in the animated movie where he was voiced by actor Rocky Carroll. Similar to the comic storyline, he was shown as being a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist and father of Victor Stone where he disapproved of his sons focus on sports as he wanted him to become a scientist. Silas's disapproval led to him neglecting his son and not appearing at his football games. When Victor was caught in the blast radius of a Boom Tube, he was critically wounded with Silas Stone desperate to save him. He took him into S.T.A.R. Labs where he used the technology he was studying to save his son's life. This saw unknown technology being grafted onto him that was responsible for turning Victor Stone into Cyborg.
- In Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, the character made a cameo appearance in the animated movie where he was shown in a photograph.
- In The Death of Superman, Silas Stone appeared in the 2018 animated film where he was voiced once again by actor Rocky Carroll. Cyborg contacted his father at S.T.A.R. Labs to analyse a piece of advanced armor worn by Intergang memners with Silas calling upon the expertise of John Henry Irons where they discovered it was from Apokolips though mixed with other exotic metals that enhanced its strength.
- In Justice League: Gods and Monsters, the character appeared in the alternate reality setting of the animated movie where he was voiced by actor Carl Lumbly. He was shown as being the father of Victor Stone who was a young boy with Silas also being part of the government's Project: Fair Play initiative. This was a secret program tasked with developing countermeasures and weapons to fight the Justice League if they went rogue. Silas was invited to the Justice League's tower where Superman asked him to decrypt Kryptonian datafiles so that he could learn more of his past. Back at his warehouse laboratory, the reside came under attack from an android that shared Superman's powerset. Silas and his son Victor used the weapons in the laboratory to fight the machine but were burnt alive by heat vision leading behind skeletal remains. The attack along with others like it made the world believe the Justice League were targeting key scientists around the world.
- In Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, Dr. Stone made an appearance in the animated movie where he was voiced by actor Cedric Yarbrough.
- In the DC Extended Universe, Silas Stone made multiple appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Silas Stone made a brief appearance in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Joe Morton, Jr. He was shown in recordings taken by Lex Luthor that covered the activities of various Metahumans. Silas Stone was working at S.T.A.R. Labs where he was conducting experiments to save the ruined body of his son through the use of cybernetics.
- In Justice League, Silas Stone appeared in the 2017 live-action film where he was portrayed again by actor Joe Morton. He was shown as head scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs who was in charge of studying the Change Engine that was an ancient relic so old that it could not be dated. This was actually one of the three Mother Boxes left in hiding on Earth long ago which was discovered to be a perpetual energy matrix of unlimited potential. During the study, an accident occurred with his wife killed and his son Victor Stone being fatally wounded. Silas decided to use the power of the Mother Box to save his son causing him to be transformed into a cyborg. In the aftermath, officially his son was declared dead and was in hiding where he resented his fathers efforts as Victor believed he had been turned into a monster. During this time, he was attacked by Parademon who abducted him on behalf of its master Steppenwolf who was looking to recover the three Mother Boxes. Silas joined the other kidnapped S.T.A.R. Labs scientists that were being interrogated and killed by Steppenwolf. However, Silas was saved when the nascent Justice League formed who rescued them before they could be all killed.
Appearances
- DC Comics Presents v1: (1980)
- Justice League v2:
- Cyborg v1:
- Cyborg v2:
- The Terrifics v1:
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