Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985) |
| Created by |
Marv Wolfman George Pérez (based upon the Arthur Light character by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kimiyo Hoshi |
| Team affiliations |
Justice League Doom Patrol Kord Enterprises Birds of Prey S.T.A.R. Labs |
| Abilities |
Light manipulation, Light transformation, Flight |
Doctor Light is a fictional superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Kimiyo Hoshi is a distinct character from the DC villain of the same name. She has, however, crossed paths with the villainous Doctor Light on several occasions.
Doctor Light first appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
Kimiyo Tazu Hoshi, a brilliant but overly-driven scientist, was the supervising astronomer at an observatory in Japan, overseeing a group of astronomers charting the unnatural effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. (She is also a medical doctor, as shown in Justice League Annual #3 (1989) and Justice League America #55 (October 1991).)
As the Crisis continued, Hoshi's fascination with the phenomenon grew into an obsession while the men grew concerned for their safety. Disgusted by their mounting fear, Hoshi arrogantly insulted them and ordered an evacuation, leaving her to study the Crisis alone through her telescope.
Meanwhile, the Monitor, a being linked with all positive matter, senses his enemy, the Anti-Monitor, absorbing yet another positive-matter Earth with his antimatter cloud. In order to tip the scales for the heroes of the positive universe, the Monitor activates one last warrior.
He sends a devastating beam of energy from the star Vega to Earth, which strikes the observing Hoshi, leaving massive destruction in its wake. Granted the power of photonics and the name Doctor Light, Hoshi is assigned by the Monitor to guard one of the vibrational forks needed to save the Earth.Teen Titans member Starfire and Outsiders member Halo set out to destroy the machine. Since Doctor Light can't speak to them in English, she resorts to blasting them away from the machine. Superman is the first to communicate with her, given his knowledge of most of Earth's languages.
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