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Feb 8, 2011

Superheroes You've Never Heard of: Part 2

Aquababy
Real Name: Arthur Curry Jr.
Backstory: The son of Aquaman and his wife. Guess your born with gills when your parents live in atlantis.
- Really wondering how he was born underwater.
Fun Fact: He's dead. Suffocated by Aquamans enemies (haha, suffocated?) which led to the divorce of Aquaman and his wife.



Atom
Real Name: Albert Pratt
Backstory: Decided to give up his career in boxing to become a superhero and was exposed to radioactive waves that gave him super strength and eternal youth.
- Interesting career path he chose. Personally I would have gone with interior decorator when I gave up boxing.
Fun Fact: He is only the first of many superheroes named Atom. About 4 or 5 are listed on the website I've been reading



Red Arrow
Real Name: Roy William Harper
Backstory: Grew up on his own since his parents both died while he was at a young age. Developed a strength in archery, and began to stalk the green arrow, or something like that. Eventually became his sidekick and so on so forth.
- Seen this guy on many DC Comics cartoons, including Teen Titans and the newer Young Justice. Has many aliases including Arsenal and Red Arrow
Fun Fact: He suffered a major Heroine addiction in his early teen years and his adopted dad kicked him out. He then became an anti-drug talker to teenagers. Keep your eyes open, he might just be in the next above the influence assembly at your school.



Elongated Man
Real Name: Ralph Dibny
Backstory: For years he studied contortionists and realized that they all had tasted Gingo, a rare fruit. After studying chemistry, he extracted a sample of Gingo and enhanced it chemically to give himself super elasticy.
- Basically the DC comics version of Mr. Fantastic. But his name is much lamer.
Fun Fact: He had a happy, trouble free marriage which is uncommon in Superheroes (after reading about 20 hero bios i can vouch that that is totally true) all the way until his wifes death, which probably wasn't so happy.



Silverclaw
Real Name: Maria de Guadalupe Santiago
Backstory: Was found in a small South American village where they worshipped the Incan Gods. They found this infant one day who had multiple special abilities and was neglected by most of the community. Grew up and went to college where she met the Avengers who asked her to aid them in their quests to defeat bad guys. She still attends college and is an Avenger.
- I found this one very boring. Just not a lot of sense in her bio, and not a lot to care about.
Fun Fact: Her abilities are to mimic animals personalities and traits, and when she is using her powers her skin turns silver. It's like the silver surfer met Pocahontas and got all smooshed together with a box of dismissed ideas, but I'm sure she's got a fan somewhere. Or not.

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