First Appearance: National Comics #1 (1940)
Original Publisher: Quality /Ajax-Farrell/Elliot
Created by: Toni Blum and John Celardo
Golden Age Origin:
Wonder Boy was the last survivor of the planet Viro. He escaped his home world's explosion on a spaceship, hurling through space and time and crashing into the heart of Chicago. He survived, but when he tried to explain his origin to the local police, they didn't believe him and placed him in an orphanage. He sulked for a while, but when he heard that a Mongol warlord was trying to invade Europe, he left the orphanage and stopped the warlord's forces single-handedly. He decided to continue to use his superhuman abilities to fight Nazis and criminals.
He found a friend in Professor Benson and a potential love interest in professor's daughter, Sally Benson.
Powers and Abilities:
Wonder Boy had "the strength of a thousand men" as well as a degree of super speed. The comic is unclear as to whether his powers were natural Viran abilities or result of Earth's unique conditions. Wonder Boy was one of the few superheroes who never so much as attempted to keep a secret identity.
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