| Solarr Silas King | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain America #160 (April 1973)[1] |
| 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 Solarr |
| Abilities |
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Solarr (Silas King) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writerSteve Englehart and artistSal Buscema, the characterfirst appeared inCaptain America #160 (April 1973). He belongs to the subspecies of humans calledmutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.[2][3]
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Solarr debuted inCaptain America #160 (April 1973), created bySteve Englehart andSal Buscema. He appeared in the 1963Avengers series.[4]
Silas King was born inCarson City, Nevada. King was a latent mutant and drug runner whose mutation was catalyzed when he spent several days out in the desert sun after his truck broke down. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in the hospital, he realized he could discharge the solar energy he had stored as heat blasts.
Calling himself Solarr, he began a criminal career in New York City, starting with bank robbery. He partnered withKlaw and became a member of theEmissaries of Evil.[5]
Solarr later battledDaredevil andSpider-Man when he was hired to kill a hitman. The duo defeated Solarr, though the hitman went insane.[6]
He repeatedly met defeat and was eventually captured and imprisoned at theProject Pegasus research center in New York State, where scientists studied his powers.[7][8]
One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus wasBres, one of the other-dimensionalFomor. Bres began to use his powers to manipulate the staff at the facility, and caused a guard named Harry Winslow to die of heart failure. Bres also freed Solarr from his cell. Solarr hated Winslow, and when he found his corpse, he incinerated it. Bres used his magic to animate the charred corpse, which killed Solarr.[9]
It was later revealed that Solarr was one of the possible targets ofScourge of the Underworld, until Scourge found out that Solarr was already dead.[10]
Solarr was later seen among the revived mutants onKrakoa at the time when the X-Men, Juggernaut, and Deadpool dealt with the Human-Adaptoid.[11]
Solarr is amutant who possesses the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight.
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