Devlin O'Ryan

Devlin O'Ryan
Devlin O'Ryan Art by Keith Giffen
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #6 (April 1990)
Created by	Keith Giffen Tom Bierbaum Mary Bierbaum
In-story information
Alter ego	Devlin O'Ryan
Species	Metahuman
Place of origin	Xanthu (30th century)
Team affiliations	Legion of Super-Heroes Daily Planet
Notable aliases	Reflex
Abilities	Ability to reflect virtually any physical or energy attack.

Devlin O'Ryan, occasionally codenamed Reflex, is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He became a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century, during the "Five Years Later" era.

Devlin O'Ryan is a native of the planet Xanthu. His mother was the Xanthu bureau chief of the Daily Planet, and Devlin decided to follow in her footsteps and become a journalist. Obtaining an internship with the Interstellar Press, he soon found himself working out of the Metropolis offices of the Daily Planet, alongside its star reporter Iris West Allen (the widow of Barry Allen, the 20th century superhero known as the Flash). Devlin and Iris were the first reporters to expose the Dominators' covert influence (and effective control) of Earth's government. His investigation led him to Winath as the Legion of Super-Heroes was being reformed by Reep Daggle (Chameleon Boy) and Rokk Krin (Cosmic Boy), and he decided to accompany them.

When the Earth's moon was destroyed by the Dominion's Triple Strike program, detonating powerspheres all over Earth, Devlin was bombarded with null radiation. This triggered his dormant Metagene, granted him the ability to reflect virtually any physical or energy attack. After the teenage Legionnaires of "Batch SW6" were discovered, he formed a budding romance with the young Shrinking Violet. However, Devlin joined the adult Legion, and when the two groups parted ways, so did the young couple.

Devlin was the primary journalist carrying the story when Earth was destroyed, in a disaster reminiscent of the destruction of Krypton over a millennium earlier. Afterward, he remained with the Legion until he was de-aged into childhood by the time mistress Glorith.