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|character_name = Solarr

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|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 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==

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>

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>

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>

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>

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.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516094727/http://marvel.com/universe/Solarr Solarr] at ''Marvel.com''