| Gim Allon | |
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.png) Gim Allon as Leviathan, as depicted inLegionnaires #31 (November 1995). Art by Jeff Moy. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #267 (August 1960) |
| Created by | Jerry Siegel Jim Mooney |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Gim Allon |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Place of origin | Earth (31st century) |
| Team affiliations | Legion of Super-Heroes Science Police |
| Notable aliases | Leviathan Micro Lad |
| Abilities | (As Colossal Boy and Leviathan):
(As Micro Lad):
(All):
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Gim Allon, also known asColossal Boy,Leviathan, andMicro Lad, is a superhero appearing in books published byDC Comics, primarily as a member of theLegion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. Created by writerJerry Siegel and artistJim Mooney, the character first appeared inAction Comics #267 (August 1960).
He has gone by a variety ofsuperhero names over the past several decades, although Colossal Boy is the first and most common. After realizing that Gim Allon's surnameAllon was of Israeli origin, writerPaul Levitz identified the character asJewish in 1980.[1][2]
In the 1990s, the entirety of the Legion of Super-Heroes were changed in what is referred to as a "reboot" of those characters' continuity, including Allon. Later on, these superheroes were again rebooted in what has been referred to as the "Threeboot".
Gim Allon is an officer of theScience Police who was mutated by a radioactivemeteorite, gaining thesuperhuman ability to increase his size. With his parents' blessing, he joins the Legion of Super-Heroes as Colossal Boy.[3]
Gim has an unreciprocated crush on fellow LegionnaireShrinking Violet. This crush is only returned when Violet is replaced by theDurlan imposter namedYera, who he ends up marrying.[4][5][6] For a time, Colossal Boy's mother Marte Allon was the President of Earth.
During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the covert control of theDominators and withdraws from theUnited Planets. A few years later, the members of the Dominators' Batch SW6 escape captivity.[7] Initially assumed to be genetic clones of the Legionnaires, the SW6 Legionnaires are later revealed to be temporal clones who were displaced from their time.
In 1994, following the events of theZero Hour crossover, the original continuity of the Legion ended and their story was restarted from the beginning. In this continuity, Gim Allon is known as Leviathan and originates from a human colony onMars rather than Earth. He is the first official leader of the Legion, but resigns after one mission and passes leadership toCosmic Boy.[8]
Leviathan is killed after theEmerald Eye of Ekron fulfills his wish to have a heroic death, causing him to die in battle with Doctor Regulus.[9] Shrinking Violet gains Leviathan's power of growth and assumes his codename.
In the 2004 relaunch, Gim Allon is part of a race of giants created byBizarro Brainiac 200 years prior to the start of the 31st century. Allon considers his superpower to be the ability to shrink to six feet tall and prefers the code nameMicro Lad. Still, all Legionnaires, as well as the public in general, know him as Colossal Boy.
The events ofInfinite Crisis restore an analogue of Colossal Boy and the pre-Crisis Legion to continuity. Colossal Boy makes further appearances inDoomsday Clock andThe New Golden Age, whereDoctor Manhattan erases him and the Legion from existence beforeSuperman convinces him to restore them.[10][11]
As Colossal Boy or Leviathan, Gim Allon can increase his size into many times normal height, with strength proportionate inmass. He additionally possesses expertise in law enforcement. In the 2004 and 2019 reboots of the Legion of Super-Heroes, he is normally giant-sized and can shrink down to six feet tall.[12]
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Gim Allon is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly and survive in the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments.Brainiac 5 modified his ring so it would enlarge with him, supporting the additional mass.
Gim Allon as Colossal Boy appears as a character summon inScribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[13]
