Vykin the Black (New Earth)



Real Name: Real name unknown Nicknames: No known nicknames Former Aliases: Vykin the Black Other Current Aliases: Vykin

Status
Occupation: Adventurer Legal Status: Legal status unknown Identity: Secret Marital Status: Single Group Affiliation: Forever People Base of Operations: Formerly Earth; formerly Apokolips; formerly Adon; currently mobile

Origin
The patriarch of the planet New Genesis, Izaya (also known as Highfather), engaged in a social experiment wherein he selected five random individuals from different points in Earth's history and brought them to New Genesis. The five children (named Beautiful Dreamer, Moonrider, Big Bear, Serifan and Vykin) grew up as close friends and eventually began to refer to themselves as the Forever People.

Place of Birth: Place of birth unknown Place of Death: Adon Known Relatives: Valkyra (mother, deceased) First Appearance: Forever People (Volume 1) #1

History
History of character unknown.

Characteristics
Height: x'xx" Weight: xxx lbs (xxx kg) Eyes: Brown Hair: Hair colour unknown Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers
Known Powers: Vykin has magnetic powers which allow him to attract or repel to objects of either iron or steel. Known Abilities: Vykin has an innate talent with machinery and is skilled in electronics. Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous
Equipment: Mother Box (shared between the Forever People) Transportation: Super-Cycle (shared between the Forever People) Weapons: No known weapons.

Trivia

 * Throughout the Kirby run, Vykin was referred to as "Vykin the Black". He was the first black super-hero to appear in a DC comic book, preceding Kirby's Black Racer by approximately seven months. The use of the ethnic descriptor in his name, as in other Kirby characters such as the Black Racer, already seemed awkward at the time, but reflects the kind of labelling that was common place in the multi-ethnic New York of Kirby's 1930s childhood. As political correctness about such naming conventions took greater hold, the obvious racial descriptor was dropped when the Fourth World titles were revived in the late 1980s.

Recommended Readings

 * Forever People (Volume 1)
 * Forever People (Volume 2)
 * Jack Kirby's Fourth World
 * Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle

Related Articles

 * Adon
 * Beautiful Dreamer
 * Big Bear
 * Darkseid
 * Forever People
 * Forevertown
 * Highfather
 * Mark Moonrider
 * Serafin
 * Vykin the Black appearances list