Alter Ego: None Occupation: Dictator, Would-Be Ruler of the Universe Marital Status: Twice Married Know Relatives: Heggra (mother, deceased), Steppenwolf (uncle, deceased), Suli (wife, deceased), Tigra (wife), Orion, Kalibak (sons) Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: The Planet Apokolips First Appearance: JIMMY OLSEN #134 Height: 7’6” Weight: 515 lbs. Eyes: Red Hair: None
HISTORY
The son of Queen Heggra of the planet Apokolips, the young Darkseid played the role of a humble, retiring member of the royal court while quietly maneuvering to seize power. Darkseid’s first major step was to persuade his uncle Steppenwolf to go to the nearby planet New Genesis to hunt down some of its citizens for sport. While there, Steppenwolf murdered Avia, the wife of Izaya, one of the planet’s leaders. Darkseid pretended to kill Izaya, who then as Darkseid had planned, launched “the Great Clash” between the two planets. During the war Darkseid ceded command of a raid to Steppenwolf, knowing that it would lead to the latter’s death at Izaya’s hands. Darkseid took over direction of the war and, after his ally Desaad secretly murdered Queen Heggra, the throne of Apokolips as well. In the final days of the war Izaya, now known as Highfather, and Darkseid negociated a peace treaty. Darkseid wanted time to find a means of guaranteeing his ultimate victory. By the terms of “the Pact,” Darkseid and Highfather exchanged guardianship of their heirs. Darkseid sent to New Genesis the boy Orion, the product of his loveless marriage to Tigra, whom Heggra had chosen to be his wife. In return Highfather sent his son Scott Free, who later became Mister Miracle, to Darkseid. Years later Darkseid broke the truce by kidnapping people from Earth to Apokolips. He then invaded Earth, hoping to discover in the minds of one of its inhabitants the Anti-Life Equation, the psionic means by which he could control every sentient being in the universe. Hostilities between Apokolips and New Genesis again broke out, with Earth as the battlefield. Darkseid’s son Orion became his most implacable adversary in these battles. Recently, the war has apparently ended with the destruction of New Genesis, whose inhabitants have left for elsewhere in space, and a revolution by the “Hunger Dogs,” the slave-like labor force of Apokolips. Apokolips lies in ruins, but Darkseid has survived. Through unknown means, Darkseid has appeared in the 30th Century to battle the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). However, it has been prophesied that Darkseid will someday meet his ultimate fate in battle with his son Orion amid the fire-pits of Armagetto on Apokolips.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The full extent of Darkseid’s superhuman powers remains unknown, since he prefers to act through his subordinates. He is known, however, to be the most powerful being on Apokolips. Darkseid’s major known power is his mastery of the “Omega Effect,” a form of energy projected from his eyes. Its full range of uses has not been revealed. However, the Omega Effect can be used as force bolts, as disintegration beams, or as means of teleporting a target through time and pace. It can even restore targets that it has disintegrated, resurrecting them if they were alive. The Omega Effect beams will follow their intended target, no matter where it moves, until they contact it. Darkseid possesses superhuman strength that is roughly equal to that of his son Orion. Darkseid displayed other powers in the 30th Century, including the ability to generate force bolts from his hands as well as a force-field, to levitate and teleport himself, and to control the minds of an entire planet’s population psionically. At least some of these abilities may be the result of his having temporarily stolen power from various 30th Century menaces. Darkseid is a master strategist and, as ruler of Apokolips, has extraordinary weaponry, superpowerful agents, and vast armies at his disposal. Art by Jack Kirby & Greg Theakston
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Alter Ego: None Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: Moonwalker (mother), Mist-Rider (father) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century First Appearance: SUPERBOY #225 [Actually #226] Height: 5’6” Weight: 120 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
Dawnstar is a mutant Amerind, born with wings and unique abilities on the planet Starhaven in the latter half of the 30th Century. Utilizing her power to fly through space at astronomic speeds and to track people or objects with uncanny accuracy, she adopted a career as a bounty hunter and tracker. R.J. Brande, a principal backer of the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), became aware of her powers and offered her a salary to attend the LSH Academy (see LSH Academy). While studying there under Wildfire’s tutelage, (see Wildfire), she realized the virtues of teamwork and public service, and ultimately joined the Legion. Dawnstar developed a crush on Wildfire, which matured into a “romantic but platonic (of necessity)” relationship. In a recent mission to the so-called planet of Exile, Dawnstar entered into a relationship with a native named Jhodan, and is now torn between the two men.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Dawnstar has the ability to survive unaided in outer space, and to fly through space with tremendous speed and accuracy. She can also unerringly track people or objects through space. As a Legionnaire, Dawnstar has some personal combat training and wears the LSH flight ring (for its nonflight-related uses). Art by James Sherman
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Alter Ego: Doctor Zaxton Regulus Occupation: Criminal Marital Status: Unknown Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: 30th Century First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #348 Height: 5’9” Weight: 185 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
HISTORY
While working in a nuclear plant on Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century, Doctor Zaxton Regulus experimented with the concept of multiplying solar energy via radioactive gold isotopes. An unforeseen accident caused the experiment to explode, taking the life of a young lab assistant and injuring Regulus and Dirk Morgna, the son of the plant manager. Regulus was fired and blamed Dirk for his dismissal. Seeking revenge, Regulus used robots to beat Dirk and left him to die in the core of the plant’s reactor, but Dirk survived and inadvertently gained super-powers. Regulus then adopted a criminal lifestyle and continued his experiments with radioactive gold. He clashed with the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) and with his old nemesis, Dirk Morgna, now the Legionnaire called Sun Boy (see Sun Boy). Realizing that even the radioactive gold-powered devices he had created could not defeat Legionnaires, Regulus created the artificial Arion Star and used its energies to give himself solar powers. He is currently incarcerated on Takron-Galtos, the prison planet.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Doctor Regulus now possesses solar energy powers, permitting him to generate heat or light from his person in quantities not measured by human technology. These powers must occasionally be recharged by exposure to the artificial Arion Star. He has developed many weapons using radioactive gold as their power source, including large star-cruisers and robots. He has demonstrated no significant personal combat skills. Art by Pat Broderick
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Alter Ego: Nura Nal Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: Mysa (sister) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #317 Height: 5’9” Weight: 125 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Platinum
HISTORY
In the latter half of the 30th Century, Nura Nal received a prophetic vision of the deaths of several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) and journeyed to Earth to prevent her vision from coming true. Joining the Legion under the name Dream Girl, and utilizing the power shared by almost all inhabitants of her native planet Naltor to predict the future, Nura attempted to trick the Legionnaires into suspending or expelling all endangered members. In doing so, she seemingly destroyed Lightning Lass’ super-power, but in actuality merely transformed it into the ability to make objects super-lightweight (see Lightning Lass). Her ulterior motives were ultimately revealed, and it was discovered that the vision she had was of android dummies of the Legionnaires being destroyed. Dream Girl resigned Legion membership, and served for a brief period with the Legion of Substitute Heroes (see Legion of Substitute Heroes), before rejoining the Legion permanently. Nura’s sister, Mysa, was one of the rare Naltorians who did not have prophetic powers, a disadvantage that led to her circuitously gaining sorcerous powers and joining the Legion as White Witch (see White Witch). Nura, on the other hand, is one of the most powerful precogs on Naltor, and is a leading candidate to one day become High Seer, a rank her mother had held. She remains a full-time Legionnaire, though, bound both by the call of duty and her long-standing relationship with Star Boy (see Star Boy), who fell in love with her at first sight. She is considered the most beautiful and alluring Legionnaire.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Dream Girl possesses the ability to see the future as far as a year in advance, though her glimpses of events are mostly uncontrolled and partial. She is skilled at the advanced technology of Naltor, especially biotech, and is probably the second or third best scientist in the Legion. As a Legionnaire, she has completed personal combat training (with honors) and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows her to fly at will. Art by James Sherman
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Alter Ego: Luornu Durgo Taine Occupation: Instructor Marital Status: Married Know Relatives: Chuck Taine (husband) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #276 Height: 5’7” Weight: 120 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
HISTORY
Luornu Durgo came to Earth from her native planet Cargg in the latter half of the 30th Century to join the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) as its first noncharter member. Possessing the ability to split herself into three identical people (as all natives of Cargg’s triple sun environment could by a peculiar factor of evolution), she demonstrated her power by separately convincing each of the three original Legionnaires that she had a mystery power that could benefit the team. Taking the name Triplicate Girl, Luornu served honorably as a Legionnaire, and faced her most tragic moment when the renegade computer Computo (see Computo) murdered one of her three bodies. The psychic and physical trauma was indescribable to normal human, but Luornu’s other two selves survived and retained their Legion membership as Duo Damsel. Realizing that a crush she had long had on Superboy (see Superman) was hopeless because she knew his destiny from her history books, she fell in love with Chuck Taine (see Bouncing Boy) when he lost his powers. They were married, and retired from active duty with the Legion. Both now serve as instructors at the Legion Academy (see Legion Academy) and as reserve members of the Legion.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Duo Damsel can split herself into two identical bodies. As a Legionnaire, she has completed personal combat training satisfactorily and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows her to fly at will. Art by Mary Wilshire & Dick Giordano
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Alter Ego: Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord Occupation: Professional Super-Hero Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Heroes of Lallor Base of Operations: 30th Century First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #324 Height: 6’2” Weight: 210 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
HISTORY
An accidental atomic explosion on the planet Lallor in the middle of the 30th Century affected the genes of Ord Quelu’s parents as well as those of several other couples. The five children born to these couples each possessed unique powers, and were exiled from their planet in their youth by a dictator. After their arrival on Earth, they were briefly tricked by a man named Doctor Marden King into battling the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) as he sought revenge for the death of his brother, a criminal known as Jungle King. This led to Duplicate Boy falling in love with Shrinking Violet (see Shrinking Violet), a Legionnaire. They kept up their long-distance romance intermittently, making use of Duplicate Boy’s remarkable ability to duplicate the powers of any other hero or villain, which enabled him to imitate Superboy (see Superman) and speed across the galaxy in hours. The relationship recently ended when Duplicate Boy failed to rescue Violet when an imposter took her place in the Legion. In keeping with the style of Lallor, Duplicate Boy’s two names may be said or written in either order.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Duplicate Boy possesses the unique power of being able to duplicate any other individual’s super-powers. No limitations on this power are known, but that is as much a result of his limited imagination (which usually makes him adapt only powers he is familiar with and those only one at a time for short times) as any possible limits. He has no training in use of his powers, personal combat, or much of anything else, and has no weapons. On the basis of his powers alone, however, he is arguably the most powerful hero of the 30th Century. Art by Jerry Bingham & Dick Giordano
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Alter Ego: James Bartholomew (Jimmy) Olsen Occupation: Reporter Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: Mark Olsen (father) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: The City of Metropolis First Appearance: (as Jimmy) ACTION COMICS #6 (as Elastic Lad) JIMMY OLSEN #31 Height: 5’10” Weight: 164 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Red
HISTORY
Jimmy Olsen, famous as one of Superman’s best friends, has risen over the years from office boy to cub reporter to one of the top reporters for Metropolis’s Daily Planet newspaper. Superman once found and brought back a chest that was floating in space and that contained a bottle of a mysterious green glowing liquid. Jimmy tripped and broke the bottle, the contents of which splashed all over him. The liquid gave Jimmy superhuman stretching abilities, and he became known as Elastic Lad. Shortly thereafter, Jimmy lost his new powers through exposure to Kryptonite radiation. Sometime later, Jimmy’s friend, the eccentric scientist Professor Phineas Potter, developed a serum that could give people stretching powers. Olsen drank the serum and again became Elastic Lad. The serum only grants powers temporarily, however, and they soon wore off. Olsen has become Elastic Lad occasionally over the years, although he has not done so recently. Upon passing an initiation test, Olsen was inducted as an honorary member of the 30th Century’s Legion of Super-Heroes in his role as Elastic Lad (see LSH).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Professor Potter’s “elastic serum” gives Olsen the power to stretch any part of his body to incredible lengths for a limited period of time. The exact time limit appears to depend on the amount of serum that Olsen drinks. As Elastic Lad, Olsen can stretch his entire body so as to become a giant in size (but not in mass). Kryptonite radiation will not undo the effects of Potter’s serum. The relationship, if any, of Potter’s serum to the Elongated Man’s gingold extract, or to the chemicals that gave Plastic Man his stretching powers, is unknown. As Elastic Lad, Olsen wears a special costume that expands and contracts as he does. Olsen is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant but, without his Elastic Lad powers, not an extraordinary one. Art by Howard Bender & Romeo Tanghal
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Alter Ego: Jan Arrah Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #307 Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Blond
HISTORY
In the latter half of the 30th Century, pirates led by Roxxas, a notorious space raider, destroyed the planet Trom. Jan Arrah, an adolescent child at the time, was the only survivor of Trom, and fled secretly to Earth. Keeping his identity and powers secret, Jan was accepted for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) at the urging of its then-leader, Saturn Girl (see Saturn Girl). Taking the name Mystery Lad, Jan joined the Legionnaires in hunting down Roxxas, after whose capture he felt free to reveal his powers and background. Like all natives of Trom’s bizarre radioactive environment, Jan possesses the power to transform elements at will, changing iron into helium, for example. With his powers revealed, Jan adopted the name Element Lad for the rest of his Legion career. His lonely personal life has left him an unusually devoted and active member of the Legion, and his only close friend outside the team is Shvaughn Erin of the Science Police. Element Lad is currently serving his second consecutive term as Legion leader, after four terms as deputy leader.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Element Lad possesses the power to alter the elements, moving them up or down the periodic table at will. As a corollary to this power, he can also sense the elemental structure of anything. There are definite, but unknown, limits to his power – in terms of the quantity of matter he can transform at any one time, the total amount he can handle before exhaustion sets in – and he has demonstrated the ability to make only one or two transformations occur simultaneously. As a Legionnaire he has completed personal combat training with undistinguished results, and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows him to fly at will. Art by Colleen Doran & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Saryva Occupation: Conqueror Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: The Fatal Five Base of Operations: 30th Century First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352 Height: 5’7” Weight: 125 lbs. Eyes: Green Hair: Green
HISTORY
In the middle of the 30th Century, Saryva discovered the legendary Emerald Eye of the lost Ekron civilization on her native planet of Vengar. She used the Eye’s nearly unlimited power for a variety of evil purposes, and at one point conquered Vengar. Joining together with a group of the galaxy’s worst villains summoned by the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) to defeat the menacing Sun-Eater, she became a charter member of the Fatal Five (see Fatal Five). She has worked with her fellow members on several occasions, but continues an independent career in an attempt to dominate her own planet or an acceptable substitute.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Saryva has no personal abilities or skills other than a driving will to conquer and the greater-than-human physical strength of all inhabitants of Vengar. The Emerald Eye of Ekron may be an artifact of an offshoot of the Oans, as it uses an emerald energy of seemingly unlimited power and is virtually indestructible. The Eye is controlled by Saryva’s will power, and appears weakened only in the presence of green Kryptonite. Art by Curt Swan & Karl Kesel
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When the Milky Way galaxy and Earth’s sun were endangered by the mysterious Sun-Eater in the latter half of the 30th Century, five of the worst criminals in the galaxy were brought together by the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) to help save civilization. The villains assisted the Legionnaires in the destruction of the Sun-Eater, although the final victory was only achieved by the ultimate sacrifice of Ferro Lad (see Ferro Lad), one of the Legionnaires. Although the Fatal Five had earned pardons by their actions, they rejected them and banded together to attempt the conquest of the worlds they had saved. The members of the Fatal Five are the allegedly deceased Tharok (see Tharok), their leader; Emerald Empress (see Emerald Empress); Mano (see Mano); the Persuader (see Persuader); and Validus (see Validus), whose nearly mindless behavior was often controllable by Tharok through a variety of technological means. During their career the Fatal Five have proved powerful enough to conquer an entire planet while still trapped in another dimension (see Shadow Lass), and to have conclusively been the arch-foes of the Legion. The egos, as well as the evil, of the Fatal Five are so great that the group continues to exist principally in name only, as the members unite only by coincidence or desperate need.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352
Art by Steve Lightle & Bill Wray
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Alter Ego: Andrew Nolan Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: Douglas Nolan (brother) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #346 Height: 5’7” Weight: 155 lbs. Eyes: Unknown Hair: Unknown
HISTORY
Andrew Nolan was born on Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century. Both Andrew and his twin brother, Douglas, were mutants whose disfigured bodies and nonhuman faces were kept hidden by their parents. As they grew it became apparent that they also gained the bizarre power of changing their bodies into sentient iron – maintaining all of their normal human mobility and abilities while gaining extraordinary strength and near invulnerability. As soon as he was able, Andrew built a metallic costume and applied for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) under the name Ferro Lad. He apparently felt this was the best way to give meaning to his tortured life. Shortly after he joined the Legion, Ferro Lad participated in a desperate mission to save the Earth and the Milky Way from a Sun-Eater that was threatening to destroy civilization. Although the Legion secured the help of the Fatal Five (see Fatal Five), the only true solution to the danger was to carry an absorbatron bomb deep into the creature. Superboy (see Superman) was to carry the bomb, as his invulnerability gave him the best chance of survival, but knowing that the Sun-Eater possessed red solar rays that could possibly stop or kill Superboy, Ferro Lad punched him out of the way and took the bomb himself. The Sun-Eater was destroyed along with Ferro Lad, and the hero’s atoms were scattered across the universe, beyond hope of reconstitution. It is alleged that Ferro Lad’s ghost played a role in saving the Legionnaires from death threatened by one of the Controllers (see Controllers), a near-omnipotent being who was secretly the master of the Sun-Eater. Andrew’s brother, Douglas, was unable to take the shock of his death, and remained under the care of Brainiac Five (see Brainiac Five) before vanishing into a parallel universe.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Ferro Lad could turn himself into a being of living iron with extraordinary strength and indestructibility. He had completed personal combat training without distinction and wore the Legion flight ring, which enabled him to fly at will. Art by Dan Day & Larry Mahlstedt
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Alter Ego: Staq Mavlen Occupation: Substitute Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Substitute Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #306 Height: 5’7” Weight: 140 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Red
HISTORY
Staq Mavlen came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from his native planet, Shwar, to apply for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). His power to breathe fire, acquired after inhaling the fumes of a weird meteor, was considered too dangerous and he was rejected. Calling himself Fire Lad, he became one of five Legion rejects to found the Legion of Substitute Heroes (see Legion of Substitute Heroes).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Fire Lad can exhale a fiery breath. As a Substitute Hero, he has access to Legion weaponry and training but has demonstrated no particular skills in combat. Art by Keith Giffen & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: None Occupation: Chainsman Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: SUPERBOY #221 Height: 6’3” Weight: 210 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Gray
HISTORY
In the latter half of the 30th Century, Grimbor acquired a reputation as the best forger of locks, chains, and restraints in the known galaxies. His early life and planet of origin are as yet unknown to authorities, but as a free agent, he worked his formidable skills on man and beast alike. Perhaps his most exceptional challenge was binding the monstrous Validus (see Validus). The headmistress of a private school and orphanage called Grimbor in for a mission that changed his life. She had been unable to deal with a young mutant named Charma, orphaned in food riots on a planet temporarily cut off from its food supplies in a war between intersolar communities. Charma possessed an uncontrollable power that made women want to hurt her and men want to help her, including Grimbor, whom she swiftly enslaved. Charma led Grimbor in a scheme to steal from R.J. Brande by capturing the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), and when the Legionnaires defeated them, both went to prison. In prison, her fellow female prisoners killed Charma. Grimbor swore revenge against the Legionnaires and Earth, and although he was free of Charma’s mutant power, he remained deeply in love with her memory. Grimbor has fought the Legion several times in attempts at vengeance.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Little is known of Grimbor’s personal combat abilities, but he appears to have a significant physical prowess. His unique skill at crafting bonds that cross the limits of even 30th Century technology to bind super-powered individuals despite their particular abilities is extraordinary. Art by Craig Hamilton & Dick Giordano
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An accidental atomic explosion on the planet Lallor in the middle of the 30th Century affected the genes of five couples living near the site. Each of the five children born to these families possesses unique powers: Duplicate Boy, otherwise known as Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord (see Duplicate Boy), can mimic any other individual’s powers; Beast Boy can change into animal forms; Life Lass, otherwise known as Somi, can animate inanimate objects; Gas Girl, otherwise known as Sev, can change into a sentient gas form; and Evolvo Lad can evolve into more advanced or more primitive forms. Exiled from Lallor in their youth by a dictator, the five went to Earth, where they were briefly tricked by a man named Doctor Marden King into battling the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). The five returned to their planet as heroes, and although Beast Boy died an outlaw, they have remained the principal champions of justice on Lallor. Duplicate Boy carried on a romance with Shrinking Violet (see Shrinking Violet) until recently. In keeping with the custom of Lallor, their personal names may be said in any order if they are compound names, and their heroic names may be used interchangeably with personal names. Evolvo Lad is the designated leader of the four surviving heroes because of his great intelligence when in an advanced evolutionary state.
Art by Curt Swan & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Jaxon Rugarth Occupation: Researcher Marital Status: Unknown Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #233 Height: Variable Weight: Variable Eyes: Variable Hair: None
HISTORY
Jason Rugarth was a professor at Metropolis University’s Time Institute in the latter half of the 30th Century. He volunteered to test an extremely powerful time machine developed by Rond Vidar, a leading theorist in the field as well as the son of Universo (see Universo) and an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). The machine’s theoretical purpose was to test if time’s flow was circular – sending Rugarth into the distant future so he would travel full circle back to his starting point. Unfortunately, the machine was even more powerful than its designer, Vidar, foresaw, and Rugarth repeatedly circled time until he changed into an incredibly powerful being that called itself the Infinite Man. Whatever forces actually wrought the changes are unknown, but Rugarth now possessed tremendous control over the fabric of time itself, and he used these powers to seek vengeance on Rond Vidar. The members of the Legion of Super-Heroes prevented him from killing Vidar and sent him back to circle endlessly and harmlessly through time. During the recent crisis on infinite earths, the Infinite Man found himself able to utilize energies released by the Anti-Monitor to free himself. In the resulting battle with the Legion, those energies and the ones that originally turned Rugarth into the Infinite Man were stripped from him and he was returned to normal.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The Infinite Man exhibited the ability to move freely through time and pluck individuals or objects from one era and place them in another. He could also concentrate sheer chronal energy into bolts or blasts. Despite these awesome powers, the Infinite Man was not able to achieve his comparatively straightforward aims, because he exhibited little control over his powers and subtlety in utilizing them. This may be theorized to be Rugarth’s dormant personality exerting a subconscious control over his altered self. Art by Greg LaRoque & Larry Mahlstedt
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