Chlorophyll Kid
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Real Identity: Ral Benem
Affiliation(s): The Legion of Substitute Heroes and The Legion of Superheroes
Appearances: Lightning Storm, Substitutes, Sundown Part Two, and Dark Victory Part Two
Powers/Skills: Plant Manipulation
Voiced By: Alex Polinsky
Ral Benem was born and raised on Mardru, the center of agricultural research and development in the United Planets system. While visiting his father's job site, Benem fell into a vat of experimental fertilizer. He survived and discovered he gained the power to accelerate plant growth.
As Chlorophyll Kid, he applied for the Legion of Superheroes and was rejected on the basis he couldn't control plant growth. Inspired by Bouncing Boy's words of encouragement, he and four others formed the Legion of Substitute Heroes. On their first major case, they defeated Starfinger and stopped the Legion from polarizing the atmosphere. The Legion was impressed and offered them membership. Chlorophyll Kid and the others declined and decided to make their group permanent.
The Legion of Superheroes made an arrangement for them to handle cases they were to busy to deal with and gave them Flight Rings. During universal threats, the Substitutes arrived to help, including the Sun Eater and Brainiac cases.