Marvel Boy
| Marvel Boy | |
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Atlas Comics' Marvel Boy #1 (Dec. 1950): Cover artist uncertain; possibly Sol Brodsky
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | (Burns I) Daring Mystery Comics #6 (June 1940) (Burns II) USA Comics #7 (Feb. 1943) (Grayson) Marvel Boy #1 (Dec. 1950) (Vaughn) Captain America #217 (Jan. 1978) |
| Created by |
(Burns I): Joe Simon & Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego |
(I) Martin "Marty" Simon Burns (II) Martin Oksner Burns (III) Robert Grayson (IV) Wendell Vaughn (V) Vance Astrovik (VI) David Bank (VII) Noh-Varr |
| Abilities |
Telepathy, Light blasts |
(Burns I): Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
(Burns II): Bob Oksner
Marvel Boy is the name of several fictional comic book characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics, including predecessor companies Timely Comics and Atlas Comics.
Martin Burns is the 1940s Marvel Boy. After a mysterious shadow revealed to him that he possessed the power of Hercules, he became a superhero. The character made only two appearances: Daring Mystery Comics #6 (June 1940), by the writer-artist collaborators Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, and USA Comics #7 (Feb. 1943), by writer-artist Bob Oksner. Each featured a wildly disparate version of his origin, with the first positing him as the reincarnation of the Greek mythological demigod, while the second had him accidentally scratched by Hercules' mummified remains in a museum and "infected' with his superhuman strength, although both versions shared the basics noted above. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age 2004 reconciles these different origins by stating that there were two Marvel Boys named Martin Burns active in the 1940s.
Robert Grayson is the 1950s Marvel Boy, debuting in Marvel Boy #1 (Dec. 1950), from Marvel 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics. He continued to appear when the series title was changed to Astonishing with issue #3. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Russ Heath, with writer-artist Bill Everett taking over with issue #2, this Marvel Boy is the son of Dr. Horace Grabshield (later Anglicized as Grayson), a scientist who fled Earth to Uranus with his infant son during the rise of Nazi Germany. His final story during this period was in Astonishing #7 (Dec. 1951). He returned in Fantastic Four #165 (Dec. 1975) under the name "The Crusader", and appeared in the 12-issue ensemble miniseries Marvel: The Lost Generation (March 2000 - Feb. 2001) and elsewhere, eventually joining the superhero group Agents of Atlas.
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