Solarr

Solarr
Solarr
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America #160; (April 1973)
Created by	Steve Englehart; Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego	Silas King
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Emissaries of Evil
Notable aliases	Bright Gian
Abilities	Light manipulation, absorption, and projection; Heat resistance;

Solarr (Silas King) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in Captain America #160 (April 1973). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.^[2]^[3]

Publication history

Solarr debuted in Captain America #160 (April 1973) and was created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema. He appeared in the 1963 Avengers series.^[4]

Fictional character biography

Silas King was born in Carson City, Nevada. King is a latent mutant and drug runner whose mutant gene activates when he spends several days out in the desert sun after his truck breaks down. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in a hospital, King realizes that he can absorb and discharge solar energy. He becomes a criminal known as Solarr and joins the Emissaries of Evil.^[5]

Solarr is eventually captured and imprisoned at Project Pegasus, where scientists study his powers.^[6]^[7] One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus is Bres, an other-dimensional being. One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus was Bres, one of the other-dimensional Fomor. After Solarr kills Project Pegasus guard Harry Winslow, Bres resurrects Winslow and has him kill Solarr.^[8]

Many years after his death, Solarr is resurrected by the Five.^[9] During the "Fall of X" storyline, Solarr is among the mutants who take refuge at the Limbo embassy. He is later killed by an alternate version of Madelyne Pryor.^[10]

Powers and abilities

Solarr is a mutant who possesses the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight.

In other media

Solarr appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Secrets, Not Long Buried", voiced by Lorne Kennedy.^[11] This version is Bill Braddock, the leader of the Children of the Shadow and ruler of the human and mutant community of Skull Mesa.

References

^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 322-323. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
^ Wiese, Jason (March 30, 2023). "5 Marvel Characters Brendan Fraser Would Be Perfect To Play". CinemaBlend. Retrieved March 11, 2024. First appearing in an issue of Captain America in the early 1970s, this criminal — born Silas King — is a mutant who discovers that he can absorb and redistribute large amounts of solar energy in the form of devastating heat blasts or in flashes that can leave enemies blind.
^ "Lorendiac's Lists: Character Aliases that Marvel and DC Have Both Used (5th Draft)". Comic Book Resources. December 2, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2024. "Solarr" was Silas King, villain; dead.
^ Beard, Jim (February 5, 2018). "The History of the Black Panther: 1973-1974". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024. Next, the Panther served valiantly in an immense struggle between the mad god Thanos and Earth's Mightiest Heroes in AVENGERS #125, and then a rematch with his old foe Klaw and the energy-charged Solarr in AVENGERS #126.
^ Alpha Flight Special #1 (July 1991)
^ Marvel Two-in-One #57–58 (November - December 1979)
^ Dazzler #9 (November 1981)
^ Power Man and Iron Fist #113 (January 1985)
^ X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #20 (January 2022)
^ Dark X-Men #4 (November 2023)
^ Dietsch, TJ (March 25, 2020). "Our Comics Guide to X-Men: The Animated Series S4 on Disney+". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024. Another original story, "Secrets, Not Long Buried" finds Cyclops looking for his old pal Taylor only to wind up with a head injury that temporarily stalled his mutant powers. Upon arriving in Skull Mesa he met a group of mutant supremacists calling themselves the Children of the Shadow. The episode allowed for some deep-cut appearances by the likes of Solarr, Tusk, Random, Toad, Senyaka, and Forearm among others!

External links

Solarr at Marvel.com
Solarr at Marvel Wiki
Solarr at Comic Vine
Solarr at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Solarr at Comic Book Realm

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[1] Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 322-323. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]

[2] Wiese, Jason (March 30, 2023). "5 Marvel Characters Brendan Fraser Would Be Perfect To Play". CinemaBlend. Retrieved March 11, 2024. First appearing in an issue of Captain America in the early 1970s, this criminal — born Silas King — is a mutant who discovers that he can absorb and redistribute large amounts of solar energy in the form of devastating heat blasts or in flashes that can leave enemies blind.

[3] "Lorendiac's Lists: Character Aliases that Marvel and DC Have Both Used (5th Draft)". Comic Book Resources. December 2, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2024. "Solarr" was Silas King, villain; dead.

[4] Beard, Jim (February 5, 2018). "The History of the Black Panther: 1973-1974". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024. Next, the Panther served valiantly in an immense struggle between the mad god Thanos and Earth's Mightiest Heroes in AVENGERS #125, and then a rematch with his old foe Klaw and the energy-charged Solarr in AVENGERS #126.

[5] Alpha Flight Special #1 (July 1991)

[6] Marvel Two-in-One #57–58 (November - December 1979)

[7] Dazzler #9 (November 1981)

[8] Power Man and Iron Fist #113 (January 1985)

[9] X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #20 (January 2022)

[10] Dark X-Men #4 (November 2023)

[11] Dietsch, TJ (March 25, 2020). "Our Comics Guide to X-Men: The Animated Series S4 on Disney+". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024. Another original story, "Secrets, Not Long Buried" finds Cyclops looking for his old pal Taylor only to wind up with a head injury that temporarily stalled his mutant powers. Upon arriving in Skull Mesa he met a group of mutant supremacists calling themselves the Children of the Shadow. The episode allowed for some deep-cut appearances by the likes of Solarr, Tusk, Random, Toad, Senyaka, and Forearm among others!

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