- Lagoon Boy
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character_name = Lagoon Boy
publisher =DC Comics
debut = "Aquaman " vol. 5 #50 (December 1998)
creators =Erik Larsen (writer)Eric Battle (artist)
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alliances =Titans East Young Justice
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powers = superhuman strength, control of sea creaturesLagoon Boy is a the name of a
fictional character asuperhero published byDC Comics . He first appeared in "Aquaman " vol. 5 #50 (December 1998), and was created byErik Larsen and Eric Battle.Fictional character biography
No writer has yet provided an origin story for Lagoon Boy. In his first appearance, he is allowed into Atlantis despite the protests of many elitist Atlanteans. This is due to an attempt by Aquaman to make Atlantis more open to citizens living outside the city, by granting them citizenship. Lagoon Boy comes to the citizenship ceremony on the day of King Orin and Queen Mera's marriage. While there he befriends Blubber, a humanoid whale with a genius IQ and his assistant, Sheeva the Mermaid. "Aquaman" #54 reveals that the three characters have begun calling themselves "The Landlubbers". Blubber creates a device which allows Atlanteans to view television from the surface world, and the trio head up to the surface world in order to explore and compare it to the television broadcasts they had seen. Their appearance creates a huge disturbance and the
Coast Guard is quickly called in. Aquaman rescues the Landlubbers from persecution and sends them back to Atlantis.After Eric Larsen's run on Aquaman ended, the Landlubbers did not reappear in Aquaman. Lagoon Boy was used shortly before the end of Larsen's run by writer
Chuck Dixon , who wrote the "Young Justice Special" #1 No Man's Land story. In the story, the male members of Young Justice (Superboy, Robin and Impulse), head forGotham City and meet up with Lagoon Boy. They all team up to stop Kobra. Lagoon Boy reappears in "Young Justice: Sins of Youth", where he is aged to adulthood. He helps Young Justice face off against Klarion the Witchboy andBlack Manta , and assists the JSA, JLA and the Titans in ending the wild mixture of science and magic which had been causing the transformations..Lagoon Boy later displays the ability to command, or at least enlist the aid of,
humpback whale s in order to cause a riptide on the shores of the rogue nation of Zandia, aiding Young Justice in the process. [As seen in "Young Justice" #50] . Robin and Lagoon Boy team up to stop asea monster from damaging "Gotham Harbor" and force its return to the sea. [As seen in "Robin" #83-#84] . Lagoon Boy was last shown in "Infinite Crisis " as The Spectre wreaks havoc on the people of Atlantis. He is shown fighting the Spectre alongside many Atlanteans and their allies. Lagoon Boy is one of the few survivors after the Spectre squashes the city. ["Infinite Crisis" #4] .Lagoon Boy is seriously injured shortly after returning to action in Titans East Special #1 and is now in a coma.
Powers and abilities
Lagoon Boy is an
amphibious boy. He is small in stature, but stronger, quicker and more durable than an ordinary human. His body is covered in green scales and fins, as well as sharp claws and teeth. When excited, Lagoon Boy also has the ability to blow up like apuffer fish , which makes him appear to be much larger and more intimidating, and develops quills that can cause great pain to other opponents who cross his path.Lagoon Boy discovers a conch horn that allows him to call out to his pet Spotty, a monstrous animal from the undersea trench called the "Devil's Deep". Lagoon Boy has also displayed the ability to command
humpback whale s. At this point, it is unclear just how much control he has over them.While not a superpower per se, he also has access to wealth acquired from submerged ships and cities. ["Aquaman" #54] .
Other Version
Lagoon Boy appears in "
Teen Titans Go " #52 as an alternate alias of Robby Reed. Unknown to both Robby and the Titans, his Hero Dial borrows power from any hero who's in close proximity to him, and thus becomes Lagoon Boy whenAqualad is close by.References
External links
* [http://titanstower.com/source/whoswho/lagoonboy.html Titans Tower: Lagoon Boy]
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