ROXXAS

Real Name: Kivun Roxxas

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Space pirate

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile across galaxies, 30th Century

First Appearance: Adventure Comics I #307 (April, 1963)

Powers: Roxxas was a fierce space pirate whose space rocket could travel faster-than-light and was equipped with z-bombs that detonated with devastating force. He was armed with a raygun that shot gravitational force-rings.

History: (Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #5) - Headstrong young Roxxas enrolled in naval academy on the planet Amadus. He became a fugitive after killing his commanding officer and stealing creds from a compu-vault. Eventually he fell in with a group of space pirates, and after urging them on to greater and greater acts of cruelty became their leader.

(Adventure Comics I #307) - The space pirate Roxxas and his crew learned of the world Trom, where the natives transmute any element into another. The pirates raided Trom, wanting to force the Trommites to turn lead into uranium so they could create a doomsday weapon, the threat of which would let them conduct unopposed raids across the universe. The Trommites refused, fighting back and being slaughtered by Roxxas’ men. Jan Arrah was the final survivor and fled the planet, but Roxxas was determined to hound him across the universe until he captured him. During Roxxas’ search his crew raided the planet Oranz, stealing all their cold light globes. The Legion of Super-Heroes responded, with Sun Boy heating a mountain to white-hot temperatures to provide light for the natives until they could produce more cold light globes to light their cities. The Oranz shot down one of the pirate’s rocketships, which Brainiac 5 examined, declaring it capable of faster-than-light-travel. He immediately went about replicating the technology so the Legion could pursue Roxxas. With several members on offworld missions the Legion conducted an emergency membership drive. Jan Arrah approached them, saying he had an amazing power, but couldn’t reveal it to all of them. He didn’t want word of his powers getting out and alerting Roxxas. He showed his power to Saturn Girl, who promised not to reveal his power, but assured the Legion he’d be a worthy member. Dubbed Mystery Lad, he accompanied the Legion using the faster-than-light rocketships Brainiac 5 duplicated to the waterworld of Vuruna, where Roxxas and his men had looted valuable colored pearls. Roxxas dropped z-bombs on the pontoons of a city in Vuruna, and Cosmic Boy used his magnetic powers to keep the city afloat until repairs could be made, but Roxxas managed to escape. Saturn Girl used her telepathic powers to follow the pirates to a dead world, and Mystery Lad helped them escape an ambush., The captured pirates recognized Mystery Lad, who looked guilty on meeting them, and Invisible Kid suspected he was secretly a space pirate. The Legion continued to pursue Roxxas and his crew, and Mystery Lad got out in front of them, surrendering himself to the pirates. Jan said he’d rather die than help them, and turned the hull of their mothership into gas. The pirates had oxygen helmets and fled, only to be captured by the Legion. Invisible Kid, still suspicious of Jan being allied withe the pirates, had followed him onboard Roxxas’ ship, and gave him an oxygen helmet, saving his life. Cosmic Boy welcomed Jan as a full member of the Legion, dubbed him Element Lad, and promised that the nature of his powers would still be kept a secret to everyone but the Legion.

Comments: Created by Edmond Hamilton & John Forte.

Roxxas received a profile in Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #5 and Who’s Who in the DC Universe #9.