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Power Boy (New Earth)

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Power Boy was a native of Apokolips and, for a short while, a member of the Teen Titans.

Origin

Power Boy was one of the minions of Darkseid until he saw Supergirl for the first time when Darkseid had her kidnapped and brainwashed.[1] Although he only got a brief glimpse of Kara before she was rescued by Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, Power Boy became obsessed with the young Kryptonian to the point that he was unable to even eat or sleep. His obsession eventually led him to leave Apokolips.[2]

Teen Titans

After Superboy's tragic death at Superboy-Prime's hands,[3] the Teen Titans looked to bolster their ranks, so they asked Power Boy and fellow Apokoliptian Little Barda to join the team. However, when the Teen Titans met Lex Luthor's new Infinity, Inc. superhero team, their "team-up" resulted in the tragic death of Infinity, Inc. team member Trajectory. At Eliza's funeral, Hotspot, Little Barda and Power Boy all quit the Teen Titans, taking off for parts unknown.

Supergirl

 Main article: Supergirl: Breaking the Chain

Shortly after, Power Boy started to follow Supergirl across the universe, observing her from far away and plastering his house's walls with pictures taken of her without her knowledge. Finally, when Supergirl was gravely wounded during a battle against meta-human pirates, Power Boy intervened to defeat her assailants and introduce himself.[4]

Since that point on, Power Boy looked for excuses to drop by Supergirl's apartment and hang out with her.[5] Supergirl seemed to find him charming, but Power Boy quickly showed that he got jealous and possessive whenever she was not around.[6]

When Kara postponed a make-out session to visit a male friend in the hospital, Power Boy beat Supergirl unconscious, dragged her to his place, put her in power-dampening shackles and dumped her on his bed. When she came to, Power Boy revealed that he was from Apokolips, he had been following her around for months, and he looked forward to take care of her because she needed someone to fix her. He was sorry for hitting her, but he argued it was her own fault for not listening to him.

Supergirl broke the shackles, beat him to the ground and dumped his house on his head. Power Boy used a Father Box to teleport himself off-world, but Supergirl caught up with him right when Power Boy was mumbling that he was not done with stalking her. Supergirl hit him, declared that she would break every bone in his body if he came near her again, and crushed his Father Box.[2]

Power Boy would later send Supergirl flowers and a note explaining he forgave her and wanted to work their relationship out, but he would never see her again.[7]

Teen Titans East

After their break-up, Power Boy still kept his bedroom wallpapered with Supergirl's pictures. Cyborg selected Power Boy to be a new member of the Teen Titans East, despite knowing about his run-in with Supergirl. The night before his first meeting with the new team, he had a one night stand with the Hawk. Power Boy got the Hawk to dress up as Supergirl, much to her disgust, and failed to recognize the Hawk the next morning.

During the team's first training session, Power Boy was badly burned and impaled through the chest by a large tree branch at the hands of an unknown attacker.[8]

Powers

Weaknesses

  • Power Instability: Power Boy's emphatic powers can cause him to absorb negative emotions and lose control, causing him to become violent.

Other Characteristics

Equipment

  • Father Box: (an Apokoliptian version of the Mother Box) that could communicate telepathically with him, heal his injuries, manipulate his life-force to sustain him past fatal wounds, create a Hush-Tube to teleport him across great distances, and do many other things.


  • Powerboy has a pug dog named Kirby, which is analogous to Supergirl and Power Girl's cat Streaky. It is named after Jack Kirby, the creator of the Fourth World.

 Main article: Supergirl: Breaking the Chain

Related

External Links

Footnotes

  1. ↑  Main article: Superman/Batman: The Supergirl from Krypton
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Supergirl (Volume 5) #15
  3. ↑  Main article: Infinite Crisis
  4. ↑ Supergirl (Volume 5) #11
  5. ↑ Supergirl (Volume 5) #13
  6. ↑ Supergirl (Volume 5) #14
  7. ↑ Supergirl (Volume 5) #19
  8. ↑ Titans East Special #1


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