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|character_name = Solarr
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|real_name=Silas King
|real_name     = Silas King
|species=[[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Human Mutant]]
|species       = [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Human mutant]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher     = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''[[Captain America]] #160'' (Apr 1973)
|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]] and [[Sal Buscema]]
|creators       = [[Steve Englehart]]<br>[[Sal Buscema]]
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|alliances     = [[Emissaries of Evil]]
|alliances=[[Emissaries of Evil]]
|aliases       = Bright Gian
|aliases=
|powers         = * Light manipulation, absorption, and projection
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* Heat resistance
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'''Solarr''' is a fictional character in the [[Marvel Universe]].
'''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 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 |quote=First appearing in an issue of Captain America in the early 1970s, this criminal — born Silas King — is a mutant who discovers that he can absorb and redistribute large amounts of solar energy in the form of devastating heat blasts or in flashes that can leave enemies blind.}}</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 ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|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]] |quote=Next, the Panther served valiantly in an immense struggle between the mad god Thanos and Earth's Mightiest Heroes in AVENGERS #125, and then a rematch with his old foe Klaw and the energy-charged Solarr in AVENGERS #126.}}</ref>


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
Silas King was born in [[Carson City, Nevada]]. He was a latent [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Mutant]] who worked as a smuggler of illicit narcotics. On a drug run from New York City to Los Angeles, his van broke down in the [[Mojave Desert]]. Trying to make his way back to civilization, King spent several days out in the desert sun, which catalyzed his latent mutation. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in the hospital, he realized he could discharge the solar energy he had stored as heat blasts.
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. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in a hospital, King realizes that he can absorb and discharge solar energy. He becomes a criminal known as Solarr and joins the [[Emissaries of Evil]].<ref>''[[Alpha Flight (comic book)|Alpha Flight]] Special'' #1 (July 1991)</ref>


Calling himself Solarr, he began a criminal career in New York City by starting with bank robbery. This activity brought him into partnership with [[Klaw (Marvel Comics)|Klaw]], and membership in the [[Emissaries of Evil]] led by [[Egghead (comics)|Egghead]].<ref>''Alpha Flight Special'' #1</ref> He repeatedly met defeat, and was eventually captured and imprisoned at the [[Project Pegasus]] research center in New York State, where scientists studied his powers.{{Issue|date=April 2011}}
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)</ref><ref>''[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]'' #9 (November 1981)</ref> One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus is Bres, an other-dimensional being. One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus was Bres, one of the other-dimensional Fomor. After Solarr kills Project Pegasus guard Harry Winslow, Bres resurrects Winslow and has him kill Solarr.<ref>''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' #113 (January 1985)</ref>


One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus was [[Bres (comics)|Bres]], a member of the other-dimensional [[Fomor (comics)|Fomor]]. 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.{{Issue|date=April 2011}} Bres also freed Solarr from his cell. Solarr hated Winslow, and when he found his corpse he incinerated it.{{Issue|date=April 2011}} Bres used his magic to animate the charred corpse, which killed Solarr.{{Issue|date=April 2011}} It was later revealed that Solarr was one of the possible targets of [[Scourge of the Underworld]], until Scourge found out that Solarr was already dead.{{issue}}
Long after his death, Solarr resurfaces, having presumably been resurrected by [[The Five (comics)|the Five]].<ref>''X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic'' #20 (January 2022)</ref> During the "[[Fall of X]]" storyline, Solarr is among the mutants who 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)</ref>


==Powers and abilities==
==Powers and abilities==
Solarr was a [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Mutant]] with the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight.
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==
==In other media==
===Television===
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 |quote=Another original story, "Secrets, Not Long Buried" finds Cyclops looking for his old pal Taylor only to wind up with a head injury that temporarily stalled his mutant powers. Upon arriving in Skull Mesa he met a group of mutant supremacists calling themselves the Children of the Shadow. The episode allowed for some deep-cut appearances by the likes of Solarr, Tusk, Random, Toad, Senyaka, and Forearm among others!}}</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.
* Solarr appears in the ''[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]'' episode "Secrets, Not Long Buried." This version's identity is of Bill Braddock. He appears as the leader of the mutant-supremacist ''Children of the Shadow'' and ruler of the mutant and human cohabitation community called Skull Mesa founded by Taylor Prescott. He's aided by [[Toad (comics)|Toad]] and an original mutant character Chet (a mutant with phasing powers).


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==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}}
* {{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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Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox comics character Solarr (Silas King) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in Captain America #160 (April 1973). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.[1]

Publication history

Template:Expand section Solarr debuted in Captain America #160 (April 1973) and was created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema. He appeared in the 1963 Avengers series.[2]

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. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in a hospital, King realizes that he can absorb and discharge solar energy. He becomes a criminal known as Solarr and joins the Emissaries of Evil.[3]

Solarr is eventually captured and imprisoned at Project Pegasus, where scientists study his powers.[4][5] One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus is Bres, an other-dimensional being. One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus was Bres, one of the other-dimensional Fomor. After Solarr kills Project Pegasus guard Harry Winslow, Bres resurrects Winslow and has him kill Solarr.[6]

Long after his death, Solarr resurfaces, having presumably been resurrected by the Five.[7] During the "Fall of X" storyline, Solarr is among the mutants who take refuge at the Limbo embassy. He is later killed by an alternate version of Madelyne Pryor.[8]

Powers and abilities

Solarr is a 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.[9] 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

  1. ↑ Wiese, Jason (March 30, 2023). "5 Marvel Characters Brendan Fraser Would Be Perfect To Play" (in en). https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/marvel-cinematic-universe/marvel-characters-brendan-fraser-would-be-perfect-to-play. "First appearing in an issue of Captain America in the early 1970s, this criminal — born Silas King — is a mutant who discovers that he can absorb and redistribute large amounts of solar energy in the form of devastating heat blasts or in flashes that can leave enemies blind." 
  2. ↑ Beard, Jim (February 5, 2018). "The History of the Black Panther: 1973-1974". https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/the-history-of-the-black-panther-1973-1974. "Next, the Panther served valiantly in an immense struggle between the mad god Thanos and Earth's Mightiest Heroes in AVENGERS #125, and then a rematch with his old foe Klaw and the energy-charged Solarr in AVENGERS #126." 
  3. ↑ Alpha Flight Special #1 (July 1991)
  4. ↑ Marvel Two-in-One #57–58 (November - December 1979)
  5. ↑ Dazzler #9 (November 1981)
  6. ↑ Power Man and Iron Fist #113 (January 1985)
  7. ↑ X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #20 (January 2022)
  8. ↑ Dark X-Men #4 (November 2023)
  9. ↑ Dietsch, TJ (March 25, 2020). "Our Comics Guide to X-Men: The Animated Series S4 on Disney+". https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/our-comics-guide-to-x-men-the-animated-series-s4-on-disney. "Another original story, "Secrets, Not Long Buried" finds Cyclops looking for his old pal Taylor only to wind up with a head injury that temporarily stalled his mutant powers. Upon arriving in Skull Mesa he met a group of mutant supremacists calling themselves the Children of the Shadow. The episode allowed for some deep-cut appearances by the likes of Solarr, Tusk, Random, Toad, Senyaka, and Forearm among others!" 

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