Used to be a superhero, I would swoop down...

Superhero Sunday

This week, we have Star Boy.

First Appearance: 1965
Real Name: Thom Kallor
Powers: Increase the mass of any object or person, thus making them heavier
Origin: He was born in the 30th century on the planet Xanthu. He was born with the powers. He gained other powers for a bit and joined the Legion Of Super-Heroes. Eventually, he lost those others, but retained his natural ones.
My Thoughts: Star Boy was always rather one dimensional in my mind until around the Darkseid Saga. Then he lost the crewcut, grew a beard, and a bit of a personality. And how could you NOT like the guy who managed to snag Dream Girl as his girlfriend, eh? In later re-booted incarnations of the Legion, he's lost all the personality, and was never used in quite the same way. In the most recent versoin, they've made him black, and given him a cape, things which are not earth shattering, I suppose, but the new one, he just isnt' Star Boy to me. Hell, this whole new Legion is really the Legion to me. The times they are a-changin indeed.

POLT = listening to "Once In A Lifetime" by The Talking Heads

Birthdays are like underwear: they can be wild and exciting, or just plain stinky, they can creep up on you or feel like a pain in the butt. And when you've had 'em long enough, there's some sagging, wrinking, and a general breakdown of elasticity.