Sun Boy
Sun Boy is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Dirk Morgna was a male human who was born in the 30th century as the son of Derek Morgna. Whilst at school, his father was in charge of an atomic plant with Dirk and his friend Zarl Hedricks working at the facility. Among the staff at the site was one of his father's top scientists being Dr. Zaxton Regulus who was conducing secret experiments in sun-energy. During a delivery of items, Dirk and Zarl entered Regulus's laboratory when an accident occurred that killed Hedricks with Morgna slightly injured. Upon learning of this, Derek Morgna had Regulus fired with Zaxton blaming the incident on Dirk and Zarl's interference. He later took his revenge on the Morgna's by using robots to capture them at the atomic plant with Dirk left to die in an atomic reactor. However, the exposure simply transformed Morgna who gained the power to control the traits of a sun leading to him taking the name Sun Boy. (Adventure Comics v1 #348)
He was noted to had been responsible for capturing a notorious criminal by the name of Kranyak leading to the villains long sentence to prison. (Adventure Comics v1 #302)
During this time, word of Sun Boy losing his powers was heard even in prison with Kranyak learning of this and intending to use this as an opportunity get his revenge against the hero. Using a smuggled Wonder Pill, he managed to escape the prison by changing into a gaseous state where he reunited with the rest of his criminal cohorts. The next day, Sun Boy was attacked by Kranyak who decided against killing Dirk and instead wanted to punish him more severely by targeting his former team-mates in the Legion. This saw Morgna warn the Legion but despite this he felt the need to help his comrades and became desperate in regaining his former powers. (Adventure Comics v1 #302)
Sun Boy and the Legion were set to have their annual vote to elect a new leader, and Saturn Girl was the first to arrive at the Clubhouse. A crystal capsule sent from the Trylop Council of Mernl dropped from the sky warning that their computers predicted a Legionnaire would die using their powers during an upcoming invasion of Earth by Zaryan the Conqueror, and Saturn Girl resolved to sacrifice herself to protect her fellow Legionnaires. She used her thought control to nudge the Legion into electing her leader, then used a rainbow bar from their treasury to make medallions with her face printed on them, and demanded every Legionnaire wear one. She demanded the Legionnaires demonstrate effective use of their powers, and was able to temporarily duplicate each member of the Legion’s powers using the medallions they wore, and proceeded to forbid them for using their powers or going on missions during a probation period because she declared they were not using their powers properly. When Zaryan began his invasion of Earth she responded, and warned the other Legionnaires not to follow her because they were on probation. The Legion thought she’d gone mad with power, but Mon-El had observed her actions from the Phantom Zone, and knew her motivations. Sunspots interfered with him communicating with the Legion, but when they lifted he filled in Lightning Lad on the situation, and he flew into space, determined to keep Saturn Girl from sacrificing herself. He blew up Zaryan’s ship with his powers, but was fatally shot with a freeze-ray. The Legion honored him by placing him in a glass coffin with lightning generated over it by a perpetual motion device, and his funeral was attended by Superboy, Supergirl and Lori Lemaris. The Legion placed a statue of Lightning Lad in their Clubhouse as a tribute to the first Legionnaire killed in action. (Adventure Comics v1 #304)
Reboot
Post-Flashpoint
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Exposure to an atomic reactor's radiation imparted on him he power of a sun. (Adventure Comics v1 #348)
Notes
- Sun Boy was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney where he made his first appearance in Action Comics v1 #276 (May, 1961).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Legion of Super Heroes, Sun Boy appeared in the setting of the 2006 animated television series.
Appearances
- Action Comics v1:
- Adventure Comics v1:
- Legion of Super-Heroes v1:
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