Thom Kallor
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Thom Kallor is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. The character has also been known as Star Boy and Starman.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kallor as Star Boy has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is voiced by Bumper Robinson in Legion of Super Heroes (2006) and Elyes Gabel in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five.
Publication historyEdit
Thom Kallor first appeared in Adventure Comics #282 and was created by Otto Binder and George Papp.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
Fictional character biographyEdit
Legion of Super-HeroesEdit
Star Boy is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, a group of young heroes living a millennium in the future.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He is born to astronomer parents on a satellite orbiting the planet Xanthu, and can temporarily increase the mass of an object, up to the mass of a star.<ref>Adventure Comics #282 (March 1961)</ref>
Star Boy is expelled from the Legion for killing his girlfriend Dream Girl's ex-boyfriend Kenz Nuhor in self-defense. After this, he and Dream Girl join the Legion of Substitute Heroes before returning to the Legion.<ref name=":0" />
Following Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, which reboots the Legion's continuity, Thom Kallor discovers that he is destined to travel back to the 21st century, assume the mantle of Starman, and die.
2005 rebootEdit
Mark Waid's 2005 Legion reboot, also known as the "Threeboot", depicts Star Boy as black and Cosmic Boy's right-hand man.<ref name="L3W 5">Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 (September 2009)</ref>
In Justice Society of America, Thom Kallor is depicted as having schizophrenia before Gog restores his sanity.<ref>Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #6 (July 2007)</ref><ref>Action Comics #864 (June 2008)</ref><ref>Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #17 (August 2008)</ref><ref>Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom one-shot (January 2009)</ref> It is also revealed that his suit is a map of the multiverse and was created by Brainiac 5.<ref name=":1">Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #22 (February 2009)</ref>
In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, it is revealed that Starman was sent to the 21st century to resurrect Superboy and carry out R. J. Brande's will.<ref name="L3W 5" />
The New 52Edit
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Thom Kallor is killed in an attack by the Fatal Five before being resurrected.<ref>Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 7) #18 (May 2013)</ref><ref>Justice League United #6–10 (December 2014–May 2015)</ref> In Doomsday Clock, Doctor Manhattan alters the timeline and erases Kallor and the Legion from existence before Superman convinces him to restore them.<ref>Doomsday Clock #12 (December 2019)</ref>
Powers and abilitiesEdit
Thom Kallor can temporarily increase the mass and density of any object or person. The version of Thom Kallor working with the Justice Society of America can travel between universes using a combination of his mass-controlling powers and his uniform, a map of the multiverse created by Brainiac 5.<ref name=":1" />
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Thom utilizes a Legion Flight Ring, which enables him to fly and survive in space and other dangerous environments.
In other mediaEdit
- Thom Kallor as Star Boy, based on the "Threeboot" incarnation, appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Bumper Robinson.<ref name="btva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thomas Kallor / Star Boy, based on the post-Infinite Crisis incarnation, appears in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, voiced by Elyes Gabel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thom Kallor as Star Boy appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thom Kallor as Star Boy appears in the one-shot comic Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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