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Roxanne "Roxy" Leech is the daughter of Rex Leech and an ally of Superboy.

Roxy first met Superboy (then going by Superman since Kal-El was believed to be dead) through her father, who bought the trademark to the Superman name and started acting as the kid's manager. After Kal-El was revealed to be alive, Rex didn't want to sell the name back to him, but since Roxy was technically the CEO of Rex Leech Enterprises, she did. In exchange, they were allowed to use the name Superboy instead.[1]

One of Rex's promotional ideas for Superboy was a "Superboy World Tour," but it got interrupted by a villain fight in Hawaii. After learning that Superboy's friend Tana Moon lived there, the group decided to move into the island.[2]

Superboy's new role as the "Hero of Hawaii" brought him into close collaboration with the Hawaiian police on several occasions, which eventually inspired Roxy to join the police force herself. She registered for the Police Academy and soon began training under Sam Makoa's tutelage.[3]

Roxy had a crush on Superboy, but it was unrequited, as he was in love with Tana Moon.[4]

When Superboy was infected with a virus that broke down his DNA, Roxy acted as his DNA donor, which cured him. From that point on, the two of them began to think of each other as like siblings.[5]

Shortly into Superboy's new career at Project Cadmus, he met Roxy again when she stole the Whiz Wagon to enter into the Demolition Run, a high-stakes "ultimate race." She confessed that Rex was drowning in debt and that she planned on using the prize money to help him. When they were unable to win the race, Mickey Cannon offered to use his government connections to help Roxy, but she turned him down, saying that she didn't want to drag "good people like you and S.B." into her family's troubles.[6]

One day, Rex suddenly showed up at Cadmus's doorstep and begged them to cure Roxy, whose temperature was increasing to an unnatural degree. Doc Angel and Dr. Sarah Charles eventually discovered that Roxy had merged with an energy-based alien named Pyra. After a brief brawl with the Titans, Superboy was able to separate Roxy from Pyra, and the Leeches left Cadmus and Superboy on good terms.[7]


Abilities

  • Law: Roxy is skilled in matters relating to law enforcement and police procedure.


  • When last seen, Roxy Leech was still a cadet with the Hawaii Special Crimes Unit. It may be reasonably assumed that she has since graduated from the academy and became a full-fledged police officer.
  • Roxy Leech smokes cigarettes.

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