Wonder Boy
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DC Universe Online biography
Wonder Boy of Viro is one of several other-dimensional heroes that were captured by Brainiac during the villain's numerous trips through time and the Multiverse. Brainiac had traveled the Multiverse in search of unique heroes and villains from many worlds including alternate Earths to use as an army. Wonder Boy was being used as a template for many of the new exobyte-enhanced humans until he was able to escape from a Brainiac ship with help from this Earth's Oracle and Superman. Upon escaping captivity, he discovered that he was on an alternate Earth and timeline from the one he had known. Wonder Woman offered Wonder Boy her aid and sponsored him as an honorary Justice League member seeking out his help in a series of adventures. Adjusting to his new life in this new time and this new Earth, Wonder Boy has joined a new team of heroes known as Young Unity which features several of the exobyte-enhanced and other trans-dimensional heroes that Brainiac had kidnapped.
Wonder Boy's current whereabouts are in Central City stopping the Reapers from destroying the timeline, but often aids his teammates and other heroes in Metropolis and Gotham City.
DC Comics biography
Alter Ego: None
Other Alias: None
Known Relatives: None
Homeworld: Viro
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
First Appearance: National Comics #1 (July 1940)
Powers: Super-strength, invulnerability and super-speed. In his later adventures, his strength seemed much more limited than when he debuted. Notably, Wonder Boy could not fly. His internal chemistry was susceptible in various ways such as poisoning and tear gas. More than once, when hit upon his head, he was momentarily knocked unconscious.
Weapons & Equipment: None
Origin/History: "The strength of a hundred full grown men in one little boy!” Wonder Boy hailed from the destroyed planet Viro, and fell to Earth in Chicago. He was picture of humanity, aside from his powers. The crash killed many people, but the boy survived. Nobody believed his origins and he found himself in an orphanage. Meanwhile, in Mongolia, a general took Wonder Boy’s craft as an omen to begin warring on Europe. Wonder Boy heard this news and swam all the way to Europe to help, where he successfully led the army to victory over the Mongolians.
NATIONAL COMICS #1–26 (July 1940–November 1942)
Marsboy debuts in "The Boy from Mars!," the first story written by William Woolfolk, drawn by Curt Swan & John Fischetti, and edited by Jack Schiff (although Whitney Ellsworth is credited). Marsboy's origin is revealed: He was exposed to supra-universal rays from a falling meteor on Mars which gives him many super-powers including telescopic senses, able to lift millions of vastars, beyond light speed flight, and invulnerability. Marsboy visits with the Visgor Scientific Unit, who reveals that Mars was populated by the people of the lost continent of Mu [using a rocket ship to Mars to escape its destruction]. Using the Viewascope, they also show Sutri that Superboy is the only thing that can prevent them from gaining precious documents needed to save Mars from impending doom. Marsboy attempts to steal the Sphinx in Egypt quickly before Superboy notices only to have the Boy of Steel thwart him by restoring the Sphinx. Secretly, Sutri then fails to stop Superboy using a boulder and a thunderstorm. Finally, Marsboy reveals himself and the boys, equally matched, have a stalemate. Marsboy flees and both vow to themselves to learn more about the other. Sutri learns English and Earth customs by spying on Smallville and then poses as Smallville High exchange student, Joe Mars, where he befriends Clark Kent and professes an interest in ancient history. After four days of not finding anything about Superboy, "Joe" is saved from being hit by a truck. And later that same day in History class, both boys discover each other's identities; Superboy notices that Marsboy was using his X-ray vision on him [to learn the answer of "Name two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Joe"] from which Sutri accidentally discovers that Clark is Superboy. Even though the boys confront each other in the hall, both continue the school day. When the Chemistry class tours an Industrial Plant, "Joe" uses super-breath to trip Clark into a vat of acid revealing his Superboy costume underneath. Quick thinking by Superboy salvages his identity. Finally, Marsboy continues to put pressure on Superboy by attacking Clark in a trolley full of passengers. And after Superboy manages to escape without revealing anything, Marsboy suggests that they meet in a room at 11 Jones Place in an hour. After that hour, Marsboy appears and reveals that the documents that Marsboy needs within the Sphinx are a formula for making water discovered while his people lived in Atlantis. Further, he claims that the room and Superboy have been made radioactive with Radium from Marsboy's X-ray vision, so that Superboy can not interfere with his stealing the Sphinx without harming Earthlings. But, after Marsboy claims that there is no copper in the room for insulation, Superboy deduces the truth and uses a lead cocoon to protect others while flying into space to intercept Marsboy. Upon confronting Marsboy in space, Superboy reveals that he can see through copper and can read the documents to him without the need to steal the Sphinx. Marsboy uses his super-memory to remember the formula and the boys part as friends.
BOMBER COMICS #1-4 (Spring–Winter 1944)
Bomber Comics was a four-issue series printed by a very obscure publisher, Elliot. Jerry Iger revived a raft of former features including “Kid Dixon,” “Kid Patrol,” “Eagle Evans” and “Wonder Boy” from Quality; “Samson” from Fox; “Bobby” from Famous Funnies; and some new material, too. At Quality, the last of those features appeared in National Comics #32 (Sept. 1943).
SAMSON #12–13 (April–June 1955)
TERRIFIC COMICS #16 (March 1955)
WONDER BOY #17–18 (May–July 1955)
JERRY IGERS'S GOLDEN FEATURES #2 (1986)
Printed three Wonder Boy stories drawn by Matt Baker, but the volume did not identify the date of their creation. None of them are the same as what appeared in the Elliot or Ajax/Farrell comics. It is likely that these were unpublished stories, and the art is roughly the same as the published material, though it does not exhibit Baker’s usual finesse. Iger gushed:
'...Another example is WONDER BOY. No secret identity for him! He's just the kind of kid every mother hopes her daughter will bring home to dinner—and he's a super hero to boot. Even after 30 years, WONDER BOY still has the same appeal of old fashioned American values, values that I sometimes miss today. May partner Lee Caplin and I are updating the story of WONDER BOY in preparation for a feature film. We're asking the question whether there ever could be a place for Wonder Boy in today's society. Our writer is Rob Ulin, the former Harvard Lampoon Editor.'
