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{{Infobox comics character <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
|character_name = Solarr
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|real_name      = Silas King
|species        = [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Human mutant]]
|publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut          = ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #160<br>(April 1973)<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Rovin |title =[[The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains]] |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |page=322-323}}[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsu0000rovi_h5r9/page/322/mode/2up]</ref>
|creators       = [[Steve Englehart]]<br>[[Sal Buscema]]
|alliances      = [[Emissaries of Evil]]
|aliases        = Bright Gian
|powers         = * Light manipulation, absorption, and projection
* Heat resistance
}}
'''Solarr''' ('''Silas King''') is a character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by writer [[Steve Englehart]] and artist [[Sal Buscema]], the character [[First appearance|first appeared]] in ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #160 (April 1973). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutants]], who are born with superhuman abilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiese |first=Jason |date=March 30, 2023 |title=5 Marvel Characters Brendan Fraser Would Be Perfect To Play |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/marvel-cinematic-universe/marvel-characters-brendan-fraser-would-be-perfect-to-play |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=[[CinemaBlend]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 2, 2010 |title=Lorendiac's Lists: Character Aliases that Marvel and DC Have Both Used (5th Draft) |url=https://www.cbr.com/lorendiacs-lists-character-aliases-that-marvel-and-dc-have-both-used-5th-draft/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Publication history==
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Solarr debuted in ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #160 (April 1973) and was created by [[Steve Englehart]] and [[Sal Buscema]]. He appeared in the 1963 ''Avengers'' series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beard |first=Jim |date=February 5, 2018 |title=The History of the Black Panther: 1973-1974 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/the-history-of-the-black-panther-1973-1974 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
Silas King was born in [[Carson City, Nevada]]. King is a latent mutant and drug runner whose mutant gene activates when he spends several days out in the desert sun after his truck breaks down. Gaining the ability to absorb and project solar energy, King becomes a criminal known as Solarr and joins the [[Emissaries of Evil]].<ref>''[[Alpha Flight (comic book)|Alpha Flight]] Special'' #1 (July 1991). Marvel Comics.</ref>

Solarr is eventually captured and imprisoned at [[Project Pegasus (comics)|Project Pegasus]], where scientists study his powers.<ref>''[[Marvel Two-in-One]]'' #57–58 (November - December 1979). Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]'' #9 (November 1981). Marvel Comics.</ref> One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus is Bres, one of the other-dimensional Fomor, who kills Solarr by reanimating the corpse of deceased security guard Harry Winslow and having Winslow attack him.<ref>''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' #113 (January 1985). Marvel Comics.</ref>

In ''[[X-Men Unlimited]]'' #20 (2022), part of the [[Krakoan Age]], Solarr is revealed to have been resurrected by [[The Five (comics)|the Five]].<ref>''X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic'' #20 (January 2022). Marvel Comics.</ref>

During the "[[Fall of X]]" storyline, Solarr is among the mutants that take refuge at the Limbo Embassy. He is later killed by an [[Madelyne Pryor#Secret Wars (2015)|alternate version of Madelyne Pryor]].<ref>''[[Dark X-Men]]'' #4 (November 2023). Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
Solarr is a [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] who possesses the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight.

==In other media==
Solarr appears in the ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Secrets, Not Long Buried", voiced by Lorne Kennedy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dietsch |first=TJ |date=March 25, 2020 |title=Our Comics Guide to ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' S4 on Disney+ |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/our-comics-guide-to-x-men-the-animated-series-s4-on-disney |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Marvel.com}}</ref> This version is '''Bill Braddock''', the leader of the [[Children of the Shadow]] and ruler of the human and mutant community of Skull Mesa.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516094727/http://marvel.com/universe/Solarr Solarr] at Marvel.com
* [[marveldatabase:Silas_King_(Earth-616)|Solarr]] at Marvel Wiki
* [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/solarr/4005-13849/ Solarr] at Comic Vine
* {{Marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/solarrking.htm|Solarr}}
* [https://comicbookrealm.com/report/character/1362/solarr-silas-king Solarr] at Comic Book Realm

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[[Category:Characters created by Sal Buscema]]
[[Category:Characters created by Steve Englehart]]
[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1973]]
[[Category:Fictional characters from Nevada]]


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