Kimiyo Hoshi
Kimiyo Hoshi is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Kimiyo Hoshi
Her father Professor Tazu was said to separated from his wife leaving their daughter Kimiyo scornful of him. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4)
She eventually came to be a prominent scientist in Japan and was in charge of an observatory watching the strange phenomena that was impacting the Earth as anti-matter waves were consuming reality. Among her team included Tazu that grew fearful of the coming dangers which like Kimiyo dismissing them as cowards. Thus, she decided to observe the phenomena herself but unknown to her she was being watched by the Monitor. He required a new warrior to aid him in his battle against the Anti-Monitor and sent a beam of light at Hoshi that seemingly killed her. However, it simply recreated her and gifting her superpowers where she took the name of Doctor Light and moved to stop the Crisis that was affected the Earth. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4)
In the aftermath, she lost her powers and thought they would return but came to accept the fact that her days as a superhero were over. She came to accept several corporate jobs but she ended up quitting them despite the fact that she moved her kids to her new places for the work. Eventually, she came to work at S.T.A.R. Labs where she admitted that parts of their research were of value but found their advances backwards as she struggled to adopt back to civilian life. One day, she came back to her home only to find the Shadow Cabinet waiting for her where the requested her aid. (Justice League of America v2 #27)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After being given powers by the Monitor, she took the name of Doctor Light. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4)
She came to hate her life after she lost her powers and dreamt of her time as being a superhero. (Justice League of America v2 #27)
By adulthood, she came to be very cold-hearted which surprised her father as he never raised her to have such an attitude. However, Kimiyo felt he was weak and that this was why her mother had left him. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4)
Powers and abilities
Originally, she had no powers but these were given to her by the Monitor who sent a beam of light energy to transform her into one of his champions. Upon being recreated, she gained the ability to manipulate light itself and achieve a variety of effects. (Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4)
Notes
- Kimiyo Hoshi was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where she made her first appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths v1 #4 (July, 1985).
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Appearances
- Crisis on Infinite Earths:
- Justice League of America v2:
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