Bouncing Boy
Bouncing Boy is a male comic superhero that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Chuck Taine
Several years ago, he worked for a famed scientist where he did errands for his employer. One day, he was set to deliver a super-plastic fluid to the Science Council but became distracted on the way and attended a robot gladiator match. Whilst there, he accidentally drank the super-plastic fluid instead of his soda thus imparting on him the ability to expand into a rubber ball. (Adventure Comics v1 #301)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
He later came to take the superhero name of Bouncing Boy. (Action Comics v1 #276)
He was shown as being a fan of robot gladiator tournaments. (Adventure Comics v1 #301)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Chuck Taine had no special powers until one day he was exposed to an instant super-plastic fluid that gave him the power to expand his body. This power was deemed permanent and went into effect whenever he willed it. (Adventure Comics v1 #301)
In this state, he could bounce himself like a large rubber ball. It was said that he did not feel any pain whenever he struck something solid with his body being soft like a sponge. (Adventure Comics v1 #301)
He wore clothes made of stretchable fiber that expanded alongside his powers thus preventing them from tearing in the process. (Adventure Comics v1 #301)
Notes
- Bouncing Boy was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney where he made his first appearance in Action Comics v1 #276 (May, 1961).
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Bouncing Boy made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Bouncing Boy made a cameo appearance in the animated television series in the episode "New Kids in Town".
Appearances
- Action Comics v1: (1961)
- Adventure Comics v1:
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