Sun Boy
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Real Identity: Dirk Morgna
Affiliation(s): The Legion of Superheroes
Appearances: Timber Wolf, Substitutes, Chain of Command, Sundown Part Two, The Man From the Edge of Tomorrow Part Two, Cry Wolf, Karate Kid, In the Beginning, and Dark Victory Part Two
Powers: Luminescence and Pyrokinesis
Voiced By: Not Applicable
Dirk Morgna was born on Earth to a rich and privileged life. However, Morgna developed insecurities and believed everyone was constantly judging him. He was taught by his father in the art of an eye for an eye, to return in kind any slights. Morgna was assigned by his father to do occassional jobs in one of his employees' labs, Dr. Zaxton Regulus. The two often clashed. Morgna happened to ignore warning signs and disrupted one of Regulus' illegal experiments. Out of spite, Regulus locked him in a nuclear reactor. The resulting radiation gave the power to radiate light.
Morgna was persuaded by his parents, staunch supporters of the Legion of Superheroes, to apply for membership. The Legion turned him down when it appeared all he did was radiate. He reapplied after discovering he could focus heat into blasts. Morgna was accepted as the ninth member and took the codename Sun Boy. His power proved crucial in field assignments and a good source of diversion during the Sun Eater case.