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Thom Kallor
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Thom Kallor is the name of a comic book character owned by DC Comics, spanning many incarnations, all connected to the various incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes. The character has assumed the names Star Boy and Starman.
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Star Boy (Thom Kallor) is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, a group of young heroes existing 1,000 years in the future. He was born with the superhuman ability to temporarily increase the mass of an object, up to the mass of a star. He was born on an observatory satellite orbiting the planet Xanthu, to astronomer parents. He temporarily gained Kryptonian level powers like those of Superboy when he was caught in the tail of a comet, but in time those faded leaving only his original density power. He was expelled from the Legion for killing in self-defense his girlfriend Dream Girl's ex-boyfriend, Kenz Nuhor, thus breaking the Legion's non-killing rule. After this, he and Dream Girl joined the Legion of Substitute Heroes for a time before returning to the Legion. Star Boy originally wore a purple uniform with a white cape and five-pointed yellow star on his chest, but his best known costume was a full-body starfield suit with white gloves and boots.
Post-Zero Hour, he was still a Legion member, but discovered that his apparent destiny is to travel back in time to the 21st Century to take on the mantle of Starman (under the alias of "Danny Blaine") with the full knowledge that he will lose his life there. It was also suggested that he was the reincarnation of both Opal City police officer Matt O'Dare and the western hero Scalphunter.
The Danny Blaine/Thom Kallor version was inspired by the Kingdom Come depiction of the character, designed by Alex Ross.
Originally, Star Boy was depicted as a caucasian. The 2005 reboot of the Legion by Mark Waid recasts the character as black, making him the third black hero from Xanthu to join the Legion (the others being Kid Quantum 1 and 2).
Star Boy is described as Cosmic Boy's right-hand man, and remains loyal to him throughout the Legion's infighting, and his disappearance at the end of the Dominators storyline.
The Starman presented in the pages of Justice Society of America (vol. 3) is revealed to be a Thom Kallor who appears similar to his original pre-Crisis incarnation, rather than the one in the current Legion revamp, raising questions of co-existing timelines. He travelled from his future to the Kingdom Come universe (recently re-created as Earth-22 at the conclusion of 52), and then to the present day.[1] Kallor claims to hear voices in his head and has been diagnosed as a borderline schizophrenic. When not performing his superheroic duties, he resides at the Sunshine Sanitarium (a mental hospital) and takes medications for his illness (both of which he does voluntarily); his favorite day at the hospital is Wednesday as that is the day sloppy joes are served. It is revealed that his schizophrenia was brought about soon after he accquired his abilities, which resulted in him spending several years in a mental asylum. His condition was brought under control with 31st century technology. However, medication in the present day (which Dream Girl views as barbaric) failed to keep it in check.[1]
- The 2005 reboot version of Star Boy has appeared in the Legion of Super Heroes animated show. He appears in the opening credits, but was made a member of the team in the episode The Substitutes during Legion tryouts alongside Matter-Eater Lad. He has no regular speaking role in "The Substitutes". He is also in the Season One finale, "Sundown,", also in a non-speaking role. He is voiced by Bumper Robinson for season 2 onward. He has not only his super-heaviness power, but has also been grafted with the corresponding opposite (Light Lass's power from the comics).