For a guy who hasn't actually made more than two on-panel appearances yet, I sure see a lot of talk about him. So lets get into theorists and Legion/Titans information geeks--er, I mean people who know stuff!
Where is he slated to appear besides Titans? When was he a Titan, and for how long?
It appears he'll be in Supergirl, the next issue of 52 (which is when he was a Titan) and of course, the ongoing Titans book.
Some others speculate that he might be connected to Mon-El, although I fail to see how. The timelnie simply wouldn't make sense for him to be Mon-El: (1) Supergirl lost at the rift in space in IC #6, (2) Supergirl thrown forward in time in SaLoSH which we are reading, which will include Mon-El (3) Supergirl will return at some point in 52, (4) OYL Supergirl's own story arc and appearances in Superman, and then (5) the latest Supergirl arc where Power Boy apparently appears. Of course, time travel being what it is, its all easily explained how it could happen, but I don't feel its that likely.
So then--who is Power Boy, what's his plan and where else is he appearing?
I better not find out he was in Warlord #8 or something and no one on Legion World caught it!
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Well it would be weird if Supergirl goes to the future falls in love with him as Mon-El when she's in the future. Then she goes back to the present, meets him as Power Boy and is responsible for sending him in the Phantom Zone. Id speculate that might be a reason for their super antagonism on that cover.
Aside from the Mon-El speculation, I've seen talk that he's with Li'l Barda and is a New God for a New Generation.
Posted by Stratum on :
I have as well, but there really isn't anything other than speculation there. He could be a New God, a Daxamite, a Kryptonian, or even a Martian....though the last is doubtful.
I kind of like the Mon-El theory Cobie mentioned. It has a nice ring to it.
Jamie
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
My favorite (though highly unlikely to be true!) Power Boy theory is that he's the Kon-El of Earth-2!
Posted by Stratum on :
See this week's 52 for more info on PB. It looks pretty telling as to his origins.
Jamie
Posted by Nightcrawler on :
He's not Mon-El cause he's a...
Click Here For A SpoilerNew God! Posted by rtvu2 on :
Now that is different. I wasn't expecting that but I guess I should have.
I liked bombshell too. Can't wait to see her meet Captain Atom.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
And just to confuse the issue DanDidio in the weekly 52 column at Newsarama had this to say about PB.
quote:Power Boy - a new mysterious hero with ties to another team and soon to be tied to another heroine.
Notwithstanding the friendly terms with Barda and Darkseid cursing, I revert to the original theory that he is Lar.
Posted by ActorLad on :
Didn't Power Girl have a rapidly aging son named Equinox during Zero Hour that never appeared again? Maybe he's Power Boy's Equinox or a reincarnated version of him anyway.
Posted by Omni Craig on :
If there is a God, that Equinox story is now lost to Hypertime after Infinite Crisis. What a load of carp that was!!
Posted by Joe-Boy Harvestar on :
Posted by Joe-Boy Harvestar on :
You know I kinda like the Equinox Idea. Maybe he was taken to Apokalips (misspelt) and raised there.
Posted by Spellbinder on :
I think Power Girl's boobs had a baby and it was Power Boy Posted by Joe-Boy Harvestar on :
found this somewhere...
"Although the history of the super-powered teen called Power Boy has not yet been chronicled, he was allegedly a child from ancient Atlantis who was sent through space by his parents, to be spared from the sinking of the continent. Millennia later, he was found on the asteroid Juno by the scientist Vorne, who named the boy Zarl. As a teen, Zarl Vorne developed super-powers and adopted the alias of Power Boy."
maybe he's like...I dont know....Earth 1 Powergirls' Son Equinox? earth 1 kara having the atlantean origin.
Posted by Joe-Boy Harvestar on :
yeah yeah i know he's a new God but I like this idea better
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I tend to think they've swept that whole Kara's baby plotline unde the rug for good, but you never know.
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