Wonder Boy (comics)

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caption=Quality Comics' Wonder Boy
comic_color=background:#8080ff
character_name=Wonder Boy
real_name=unknown
publisher=Quality Comics
now DC Comics
debut=I: "National Comics" #1 (1940)
II: "Team Titans" #19
creators=I: Jerry Maxwell
II: Jeff Jensen, Phil Jiminez
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances='II: Team Titans
powers=superhuman strength & stamina

Wonder Boy is the name of two fictional characters who have appeared as superheroes in comics published by Quality Comics and DC Comics. The original was an alien who appeared in "National Comics". The second was a time-traveler from an alternate future who appeared in "Team Titans".

Quality Comics

Wonder Boy was a fictional Quality Comics character and superhero who first appeared in "National Comics" #1 (July 1940): "The Boy From the Meteor". The character lapsed into public domain prior to DC Comics's purchase of Quality Comics.

Wonder Boy was an alien who came from "the depths of outer space" to Earth in the form of a young boy. He decided to use his superhuman abilities to fight the Nazis and crime in general. He had "the strength of a thousand men" and a girlfriend named Sally Benson.

In 1942, Wonder Boy appeared in "National Comics" #26 (November): "...The long bloody hands of America’s enemies...", but was later sold to Elliot Publishing Co.. He last appeared in Elliot's BomberComics, and his subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

DC Comics

The second Wonder Boy debuted in "Team Titans" #19 (April 1994) published by DC Comics.

He appeared in the past along with several other Titans from an alternate future. They assisted the Team Titans on a mission, and afterwards the group decided to remain in the past. Shortly after the mission, Donna Troy addressed the Justice League assembly (led by Wonder Woman) and announced the United States government made a deal to allow the future Titans to remain in the past and act as paranormal operatives led by a government-appointed supervisor.

During his next mission with the Titans, Wonder Boy teamed with Aqualad, Terra, Mirage, and other Titans for an undersea mission. ["Team Titans" #19-22, 24]

During the 1994 "Zero Hour" storyline, the alternate future where the Team Titans originated from is erased from continuity, and all the characters from the alternate future are erased from existence.

In "Wonder Woman" #188, writer Phil Jiminez introduces a character named Bobby Barnes (nephew of Princess Diana's then-love interest Trevor Barnes). In the story, Bobby meets Wonder Woman and follows her for a day. At the end of the story, Wonder Woman presents him with a "Wonder Boy" t-shirt and invites him to Themyscira for a celebration.

References

External links

* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/wondboy.htm International Superhero entry]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=wonderboy The Unofficial Wonder Boy Biogropahy]
* [http://www.prismcomics.org/display.php?id=54 Prism Comics: Wonder Boys]