WILL O' THE WISP

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Gale Leary

OCCUPATION: Adventuress, professional singer, model 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Jill O'Wisp 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Key City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Gregg Leary (adoptive father), Martha Leary (deceased adoptive mother), Jack Vale (biological father), Lenore Franklin (biological mother), Bruce King (twin brother) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Key Comics #1 (January, 1944) 

HEIGHT: 5' 3" 

WEIGHT: 123 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blonde  

HISTORY 

Gale's father, Gregory Leary, was a district attorney in Key City. When Gale was just a baby, his mother, Martha, was murdered and his father was permanently crippled when they were attacked by Bob Evans and Red Brandois, criminals who were being investigated by the Attorney's Office. Evans left a willow twig in the girl's crib as a warning to Greg. Over the years, Gale began to develop strange abilities, which allowed her to avenge the crimes committed against her parents. Gale, using her powers, confronted Brandois, who mistaking her for the vengeful spirit of her mother, suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Gale laid a willow twig at the foot of his corpse as a gesture of poetic justice. Later, Gale befriended a young man named King. Together they discovered that they were brothers, biological children of the hero Black Diamond and the villainess Killer Plant. King became Black Zero and Gale adopted the name Jill O'Wisp. The two joined other descendants and protégés of members of the Crime Busters and formed the Young Heroes Alliance, using their powers to fight for justice. She and her teammate Matthew Price Jr. (aka Brain Boy) established a romantic relationship.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Among other things, Gale had the ability to shine in a strange light, much like the Will O'The Wisp. Her aura protected her from bullets and seemed to give Gale the ability to repel attackers (possibly telekenesis). 

KING OF DARKNESS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bruce King 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, engineer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Black Zero 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Centaur City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Jack Vale (biological father), Lenore Franklin (biological mother), Gale Leary (twin sister)

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes Alliance

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Amazing Man Comics #24 (1941) 

HEIGHT: 5' 11" 

WEIGHT: 193 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Bruce King was an engineering student who began to suffer a strange phenomenon: his body seemed to uncontrollably generate a type of wave that produced a series of physical effects: First, the neutralization of heat, resulting in intense cold. Second, a complete and impenetrable darkness, the light totally neutralized. And third, alterations of the gravitational field. Every time his powers were unleashed, chaos took over everything around him. King used his scientific knowledge to create the Black-Zero, a device he used to control his abilities. Looking for the origin of his "affliction" he met Gale O'Leary, a young woman who had also recently discovered his special powers. Together they came to the conclusion that they were brothers, biological children of the hero Black Diamond and the villainess Killer Plant. Bruce designed a suit and became Black-Zero, the King of Darkness, and Gale did the same by assuming the alias of Jill O'Wisp. Together they joined other sons and heirs of members of the Crime Busters to form the Young Heroes Alliance.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

King was able to create an area of ​​cold and total darkness where he was the only one able to see. The cold that he could generate was so intense as to quickly incapacitate anyone who wasn't protected or make steel as brittle as glass. With time and training, Bruce was able to use his power to fly or make objects or other people fly under his command, in a controlled way. 

BRAIN BOY

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Mathew Price Jr. 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human/extra-terrestial hybrid 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Western Dell, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Super-Brain (biological father), Gloria Travers (mother), Mathew Price (deceased stepfather), Harry Travers (uncle) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: DANGER, Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Four Color #1330 (April 1962) 

HEIGHT: 5' 11" 

WEIGHT: 165 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Matthew Price Jr. was actually the son of Gloria Travers (Ranger Girl) and the alien villain Super-Brain, who inseminated her as an experiment to obtain a hybrid. Gloria considered having an abortion, but she was not able to. Instead, she changed her appearance and she walked far away. Calling herself Mary Doolin she met a good man named Matthew Price, who wanted to make her his wife and give his surname to her unborn child. Unfortunately, before the baby was born, the couple was involved in a car accident when they crashed into an electrical tower. Matt Price Sr. died instantly, but Gloria and her son miraculously survived completely unharmed. She would later learn that the baby had unconsciously used his psychic powers to protect her. From his birth, Matt Jr. demonstrated intelligence and learning abilities superior to "normal" children. In addition, over the years, he give new samples of those psychic abilities that had saved his mother and himself when he was still in her womb. Fortunately, the boy was smart enough to hide his powers in public. He was also able to discover his true origin for himself and that revelation led him to want to right all the wrong caused by his biological father, using his paranormal abilities for the greater good. As an adult, Matt Jr. was contacted by the Organization of Active Anthropologists, actually a front for DANGER, which made him a kind of double agent within the paranormal community. As Brain Boy he joined other heirs and children of The Crime Busters members to form The Young Heroes Alliance. 

Matt and his teammate Gale Leary, aka Jill O'Wisp, became romantically involved. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Brain Boy could read minds, use telekinesis to lift objects or fly himself, control minds, alter emotional states and he was also super intelligent. However, using his powers required a lot of mental energy, especially when he confronted another telepath, and he could quickly become exhausted. 

KILLER PLANT

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Lenore Franklin 

OCCUPATION: Laboratory assistant 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Story City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Gale Leary (biological daughter), Bruce King (biological son) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Dark Mysteries #7 (1952)

HEIGHT: 5' 6" 

WEIGHT: 110 lbs 

EYES: Green 

HAIR: Red 

HISTORY

Lenore Franklin was the secretary, laboratory assistant, and girlfriend of Dr. Lewis Parker, a scientist who sought to turn plants into animated beings. There was only one small problem: the only successful specimen the doctor had gotten only fed on human blood... The obsession to carry out his experiments made him recourse to the robbery of graves and the kidnapping of a fugitive criminal named Danny Raphel to feed the specimen. Lenore lashed out at Lewis calling him a murderer, but during the struggle she was accidentally killed. Watching her beloved die, Lewis regained her sanity and to save her life, he took blood from the plant and injected it into Lenore. The injection revived the young woman, however she began to transform into a human-plant hybrid with the same killer instincts as the specimen. Ironically Dr. Parker was assassinated while achieving his goal of creating plant-human hybrid. Lenore was reported missing...

POWERS & WEAPONS

As a human-plant hybrid, Lenore needs water and sunlight to photosynthesize... And blood!!! She is able to mind control plant life around her, animate vines or roots to ensnare or strangle her opponents, and command trees to move and attack. Her bond with plants is symbiotic in nature; she can manipulate them, but she also needs to maintain contact with them for her own mental health and perhaps for her physical existence. Lenore is extremely strong and resistant to physical damage.