Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)

Colossal Boy
Pre-Zero Hour‎
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Real Name	Gim Allon
Main Alias	Colossal Boy
Relatives	Yera Allon (wife), Marte Ida Allon (mother), Wynn Allon (father), Rogir Allon (cousin)
Affiliation	Legion of Super-Heroes
Base Of Operations	Legion Headquarters
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	United Planets Citizen
Marital Status	Married
Occupation	Legionnaire · Police Officer
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 2"
Weight	200 lbs (91 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Pre-Zero Hour
Creators	Jerry Siegel · Jim Mooney
First Appearance	Action Comics #267 (August, 1960)

This sounds like big trouble. See what I did there?

— Colossal Boy

Gim Allon aka Colossal Boy is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes who can increase his size and strength to gigantic levels.

History

Gim Allon was born on Earth to Wynn Allon and Marte Allon. He was raised in a patriotic and Jewish family.

As a young man, Gim enrolled to become a member of the Science Police. While on vacation on Mars with fellow cadet Gigi Cusimano, a strange meteor crashed into the soil near him. The meteor's radiation altered his body's molecules, giving him the power to grow to giant sizes at will.

He continued with the Science Police, nearly apprehending the villain who would become Starfinger, but his parents encouraged him to his new-found powers to help more people.

Gim joined the Legion of Super-Heroes alongside fellow applicant Chameleon Boy. It was him that gave him his code name as he reminded him of a chameleon he owned as boy.

Gim took the name Colossal Boy and the two heroes remained friends throughout their careers as Legionnaires.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Size Alteration: While training as a Science Police officer on Mars, Gim Allon was affected by the emanations of a meteorite that impacted nearby, giving him the ability to grow to enormous size and strength. He can increase his size up to twenty-five feet.
• Superhuman Strength

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic): There are many weapons in the Legionnaires' arsenal scaled up to his size however he prefers to use the techniques learned from his police training as well as with Karate Kid.
• Law: Gim trained to be a police officer before becoming a Legionnaire, even after he became a hero he continued his training and became an officer.
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Legion Flight Ring: Just as his costume is designed to grow or shrink depending on his current size, his ring can do the same and still allow him to fly.

Notes

• Gim was born in the area on Earth once known as Israel.
  

Recommended Reading

• Legion of Super-Heroes Recommended Reading
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 2)
  • The Legion (Volume 1)
  • Legion Lost (Volume 2)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 7)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 8)
  • Legionnaires (Volume 1)
  • Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)

Related

• 321 Appearances of Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)
• 30 Images featuring Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)
• 2 Quotations by or about Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Character Gallery: Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)

Footnotes

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