POWER BOY
Real Name: Jeddiah Rikane
Class: Human mutant
Occupation: Legion of Super-Heroes cadet
Group Affiliation: Legion Academy
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Legion Academy, Montauk Point, Metropolis, 30th Century
First Appearance: Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes #240 (June, 1978)
Powers: Power Boy possessed superhuman strength and could alter his density.
History:
(Legion of Super-Heroes III #4) - The Legion of Super-Villains invaded Orando and captured Queen Projecta and Karate Kid. On Earth Cosmic Boy agreed to keep watch on the planet while Element Lad assembled the rest of the Legion to fly a ship to Orando. The Legion of Super-Villains warped Orando to a space between dimensions, inadvertently taking several Legionnaires with them. The LSV planned on finding other worlds where there was no Legion to foil them and conquering them. Dream Girl, acting as deputy leader with Element Lad on Orando, called Cosmic Boy to check in on Earth. Cosmic Boy now had the back-up of reservists Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel, the Legion of Substitute Heroes and the Legion Academy.
(Legion of Super-Heroes III #9) - Bouncing Boy and the Legion Academy cared for Laurel Kent after she’d been shot with a kryptonite bullet. They called in the Science Police, and officer Roon Dvron responded. Roon was eager to investigate, hoping that if he cracked the case he’d get a promotion.
(Legion of Super-Heroes III #12) - The Legion Academy discussed the shakeups in the Legion of Super-Heroes, and their chances of getting called up. They started bickering, and were convinced Magnetic Kid would get called up since his brother Cosmic Boy had just left the Legion. Tellus even asked Magnetic Kid to put in a good word for him. Magnetic Kid got irritated and unleashed a magnetic blast on his teammates. Bouncing boy told them to stop goofing off, saying he had some people he wanted them to meet back at the academy.
(Legion of Super-Heroes III #14) - The Legion interviewed applicants during their membership drive and had them demonstrate their powers. The Legion Academy all tried out, with Bouncing Boy on hand to cheer them on. Power Boy was cut in the first round, and Bouncing Boy suggested he try-out for the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Academy students Tellus and Magnetic Kid ended up joining the Legion.
Comments: Created by Paul Levitz & Howard Chaykin.
Power Boy's appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes III #4, 9, 12 was reprinted in Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #329, 334, 337, 339.
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