Skyboy was Tharn, an amnesiac alien boy from the planet Kormo who gained powers on Earth and briefly became the sidekick of Superman.
History
During a demonstration of aerial feats with Batman and Robin, Superman noticed some falling debris from space. On closer inspection, he discovered the wreckage of a spacecraft. It carried a boy who had amnesia. Superman never had a sidekick of his own, so he took the lad under wing. He dubbed him Skyboy while Batman began investigating his spaceship. Skyboy demonstrated the same powers as Superman: super-strength, x-ray vision, limited invulnerability, super-speed and flight.
After the lights went out in the city, the heroes discovered that someone with super-strength was stealing copper, from the power generator and other places. Batman found that the fingerprints matched Skyboy's, but the boy insisted that he amnesia.
Superman managed to knock his memories loose with the same meteor that had struck his ship. His name was Tharn of the planet Kormo; his father was a lawman who failed to stop a group of copper thieves from leaving the planet. Injured, the man asked Tharn to pursue them. He also revealed that all members of his species share the same fingerprints.
On Earth, Superman used a special ray to disable the thieves from Kormo and Skyboy took them back home as his prisoners.[1]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Paraphernalia
Transportation
- Spaceship
Notes
- This version of Skyboy, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–1986 crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the 2022-2023 crossover event Dark Crisis. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
Related
- 2 Appearances of Tharn (Earth-One)
- 2 Images featuring Tharn (Earth-One)
- Quotations by or about Tharn (Earth-One)
- Character Gallery: Tharn (Earth-One)
Footnotes
- ↑ World's Finest Comics #92
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