Cosmic Boy
Origin -Rokk Krinn, better known as Cosmic Boy is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, and he has the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields. The founding members voted him leader of the Legion. Cosmic Boy's brother, Pol, eventually joined the Legion as Magnetic Kid, but died during the "Magic Wars". Cosmic Boy is one of the few Legionnaires ever to have his own miniseries, which ran for four issues in the mid-1980s as a spin-off of the Legend cross-over. Cosmic Boy was romantically involved with Night Girl (Lydda Jath) from the Legion of Substitute Heroes. He voluntarily stepped down from leadership, feeling that he had served as leader for long enough. When Shrinking Violet fell under the influence of the Emerald Eye of Ekron, Rokk was one of the team members the Eye sent to the 21st Century. During this period, he and Saturn Girl began a relationship, but was then rendered comatose during a battle with Doctor Psycho. During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, he lost his powers in the course of a war between the planets of Braal and Imsk (the homeworld of Shrinking Violet), in which the Imskian army used a "dampener" on the magnetic fields within the Braalian soldiers. "Vi" was on the scene when her fellow Legionnaire was crippled by the dampener during the battle of Venado Bay, and harbored deep guilt for years. Now going by plain old "Rokk Krinn", Rokk retired to the slums of a demilitarized Braal with his wife Lydda, who gave birth to their son "Pol" (named for Rokk's brother). When Reep Daggle reformed the Legion, a powerless Rokk joined up, moving his family to the Legion's new headquarters. The former "Cosmic Boy" continued to serve with honor during the adult Legion's tour of duty, proving that he needed no powers to be a hero. Rokk did however regain his powers shortly before Zero Hour, thanks to a special pair of power gauntlets. He took on the codename "Polestar", only to renounce the power gauntlets after they began to affect his mind. After Zero Hour his powers were returned although never explained how he got them back. It is assumed that because the Legionnaires were effected the most by the Zero Hour storyline that their back-story changed the most. As of today, Rokk is once again a member of the Legion of Super Heroes operating in the 31st century. After the Dominators War ended the Legion held elections for a new leader. Rokk was upset by Supergirl as the new leader. Cosmic Boy never learned of this fact as before the results were read he was contacted by the Knights Tempus (a crime-fighting organization from the 41st century) and asked to join them. He accepted without telling anyone about it, leading to the Legionnaires next mission: finding him.
Powers and Abilities - Like all inhabitants of Braal, utilizing his power of super-magnetism, Cosmic Boy can produce a number of effects. He can manipulate, repel or attract metal objects of varying sizes. His super-magnetism has only a slight effect on the metallic particles of smog. He is able to juggle smaller metal objects. Cosmic Boy has pulled large iron meteors and satellites down from space with minimal effort, as well. He can use his magnetic power on rocks that contain iron ore. He once exerted "every bit" of his power to draw thousands of iron chunks upward into space. Cosmic Boy can also magnetize metal objects so that they become magnets themselves and "stick" to metal objects. After years of practice and great skill, Cosmic Man was able to use his power on the air itself, as its two main components; oxygen and nitrogen are slightly paramagnetic. He magnetized the air away from Echo in order to render his sound-power useless and knock him out. Cosmic Boy can erect electro-magnetic force fields with a high degree of impenetrability, protecting himself or others from almost any psionic, energy, or physical attack. He usually protects himself with a personal forcefield that he can quickly expand to protect large areas. His forcefield has withstood the affects of multiple nuclear weapons, volcanic eruption, and attacks from powerful metahumans. It is possible he is absorbing or rechanneling the energy of these attacks, rather than simply blunting their impact. He can use his own personal magnetic field against that of any planet he happens to be on at the time to be able to fly and take a bunch of other people with him. He has the ability to produce a short-range electromagnetic pulse that's capable of frying magnetic storage devices, disabling any inadequately shielded electronic equipment, disrupting radio communications, and kicking the living crap out of the electrical grid over an area roughly the size of a large nuclear facility.
Weaknesses and Limitations - Cosmic Boy's power cannot affect non-magnetic metals, such as aluminum and gold, or organic substances like wood. Distance affects the limit his magnetic control has over an object, as does the amount of metal in or on that object. For example, he once caught a falling worker who was only a couple of dozen feet away. But considering that Cosmic Boy had to catch the man by focusing his power on the small amount of metal in the man's tools and belt-buckle, "straining every fiber of his being" in the process, he thought the man was "pretty far" away. Sometimes when Cosmic Boy uses his powers (usually on a high degree), he loses control over his own gravity, and might require help from Light Lass or Star Boy to stabilize him.
Origin -Rokk Krinn, better known as Cosmic Boy is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, and he has the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields. The founding members voted him leader of the Legion. Cosmic Boy's brother, Pol, eventually joined the Legion as Magnetic Kid, but died during the "Magic Wars". Cosmic Boy is one of the few Legionnaires ever to have his own miniseries, which ran for four issues in the mid-1980s as a spin-off of the Legend cross-over. Cosmic Boy was romantically involved with Night Girl (Lydda Jath) from the Legion of Substitute Heroes. He voluntarily stepped down from leadership, feeling that he had served as leader for long enough. When Shrinking Violet fell under the influence of the Emerald Eye of Ekron, Rokk was one of the team members the Eye sent to the 21st Century. During this period, he and Saturn Girl began a relationship, but was then rendered comatose during a battle with Doctor Psycho. During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, he lost his powers in the course of a war between the planets of Braal and Imsk (the homeworld of Shrinking Violet), in which the Imskian army used a "dampener" on the magnetic fields within the Braalian soldiers. "Vi" was on the scene when her fellow Legionnaire was crippled by the dampener during the battle of Venado Bay, and harbored deep guilt for years. Now going by plain old "Rokk Krinn", Rokk retired to the slums of a demilitarized Braal with his wife Lydda, who gave birth to their son "Pol" (named for Rokk's brother). When Reep Daggle reformed the Legion, a powerless Rokk joined up, moving his family to the Legion's new headquarters. The former "Cosmic Boy" continued to serve with honor during the adult Legion's tour of duty, proving that he needed no powers to be a hero. Rokk did however regain his powers shortly before Zero Hour, thanks to a special pair of power gauntlets. He took on the codename "Polestar", only to renounce the power gauntlets after they began to affect his mind. After Zero Hour his powers were returned although never explained how he got them back. It is assumed that because the Legionnaires were effected the most by the Zero Hour storyline that their back-story changed the most. As of today, Rokk is once again a member of the Legion of Super Heroes operating in the 31st century. After the Dominators War ended the Legion held elections for a new leader. Rokk was upset by Supergirl as the new leader. Cosmic Boy never learned of this fact as before the results were read he was contacted by the Knights Tempus (a crime-fighting organization from the 41st century) and asked to join them. He accepted without telling anyone about it, leading to the Legionnaires next mission: finding him.
Powers and Abilities - Like all inhabitants of Braal, utilizing his power of super-magnetism, Cosmic Boy can produce a number of effects. He can manipulate, repel or attract metal objects of varying sizes. His super-magnetism has only a slight effect on the metallic particles of smog. He is able to juggle smaller metal objects. Cosmic Boy has pulled large iron meteors and satellites down from space with minimal effort, as well. He can use his magnetic power on rocks that contain iron ore. He once exerted "every bit" of his power to draw thousands of iron chunks upward into space. Cosmic Boy can also magnetize metal objects so that they become magnets themselves and "stick" to metal objects. After years of practice and great skill, Cosmic Man was able to use his power on the air itself, as its two main components; oxygen and nitrogen are slightly paramagnetic. He magnetized the air away from Echo in order to render his sound-power useless and knock him out. Cosmic Boy can erect electro-magnetic force fields with a high degree of impenetrability, protecting himself or others from almost any psionic, energy, or physical attack. He usually protects himself with a personal forcefield that he can quickly expand to protect large areas. His forcefield has withstood the affects of multiple nuclear weapons, volcanic eruption, and attacks from powerful metahumans. It is possible he is absorbing or rechanneling the energy of these attacks, rather than simply blunting their impact. He can use his own personal magnetic field against that of any planet he happens to be on at the time to be able to fly and take a bunch of other people with him. He has the ability to produce a short-range electromagnetic pulse that's capable of frying magnetic storage devices, disabling any inadequately shielded electronic equipment, disrupting radio communications, and kicking the living crap out of the electrical grid over an area roughly the size of a large nuclear facility.
Weaknesses and Limitations - Cosmic Boy's power cannot affect non-magnetic metals, such as aluminum and gold, or organic substances like wood. Distance affects the limit his magnetic control has over an object, as does the amount of metal in or on that object. For example, he once caught a falling worker who was only a couple of dozen feet away. But considering that Cosmic Boy had to catch the man by focusing his power on the small amount of metal in the man's tools and belt-buckle, "straining every fiber of his being" in the process, he thought the man was "pretty far" away. Sometimes when Cosmic Boy uses his powers (usually on a high degree), he loses control over his own gravity, and might require help from Light Lass or Star Boy to stabilize him.
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