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Quiz about Legion of Super Heroes Sun Boy
Quiz about Legion of Super Heroes Sun Boy

Legion of Super Heroes: Sun Boy Quiz

Welcome to another quiz about DC Comics' futuristic super team, the Legion of Super Heroes. This quiz focuses on member Sun Boy.

A multiple-choice quiz by eggman404. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
eggman404
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
397,741
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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101
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is Sun Boy's home planet? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Sun Boy originally appeared in 1961. What is his real name? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Unlike most Legionnaires, Sun Boy has his own personal arch nemesis. Who is it? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. Early on in his Legion career, he is mission leader but begins to use his powers against his fellow Legionnaires and undergoes a complete personality change. What was the cause of this behavior? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Sun Boy was the Legion's Lothario. He had no reservations in cashing in his Legion credentials for the opportunity to score a date (or more). Only once in the original continuity did he have an ongoing relationship of any sort. Who was this relationship with? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. During the '5 Year Later (5YL)' continuity, readers found out the Sun Boy left the Legion and was then hired by Earthgov to handle public relations. Sadly, Earthgov turned out to be under the control of what foreign entity? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. In the '5 Year Later' continuity, there is a younger group of Legionnaires, believed to be clones of the original Legion members. Referred to as the Batch SW6 Legion, most of these younger versions of older Legion members would take on updated code names. What code name did Batch SW6 Sun Boy adopt? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. In the post Zero Hour reboot continuity, Dirk Morgna once again is imbued with the powers of heat and light. The Legion helps in assisting him get control of these powers, but he never becomes Sun Boy, or join the Legion of Super Heroes. In this continuity a girl name Sandy Anderson fills his 'position' within the group. What is her code name? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. In the Legion 'threeboot' continuity, Sun Boy is an early member of the group. However, wanting to spread his wings and be a leader, he resigns from the LSH in order to assist a group of heroes previously misguided by the villain called Lemnos. What was the name of this team? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Original continuity, 5 Year Later continuity, Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Threeboot continuity, and Retroboot/New 52 continuity; through them all, how many times has the character of Sun Boy been killed? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is Sun Boy's home planet?

Answer: Earth

 Sun Boy's mother died in childbirth, and he was raised by his father, who was quite distant and spent the majority of his time running a nuclear power plant.
2. Sun Boy originally appeared in 1961. What is his real name?

Answer: Dirk Morgna

 The character of Sun Boy appeared as an occasional background character on the WB animated series, "The Legion of Super Heroes".
3. Unlike most Legionnaires, Sun Boy has his own personal arch nemesis. Who is it?

Answer: Dr. Regulas

 Dr. (Zaxton) Regulas worked at Sun Boy's fathers nuclear power plant. Regulas was blamed for the death of a co-worker. He blamed Dirk for this incident (and his dismissal) and attempted revenge by locking Dirk in an atomic reactor. It was this incident that, instead of killing Dirk, imbued him with his powers.
4. Early on in his Legion career, he is mission leader but begins to use his powers against his fellow Legionnaires and undergoes a complete personality change. What was the cause of this behavior?

Answer: Space Fatigue

 Because of this incident in "Adventure Comics" #318, an amendment to the Legion Constitution was created. No Legionnaire could participate in more than five space missions without adequate time to rest and recoup.
5. Sun Boy was the Legion's Lothario. He had no reservations in cashing in his Legion credentials for the opportunity to score a date (or more). Only once in the original continuity did he have an ongoing relationship of any sort. Who was this relationship with?

Answer: Gigi Cusimano

 Gigi Cusimano was a Science Police officer and liaison with the Legion. She was a long time friend of fellow Legionnaire, Colossal Boy.
6. During the '5 Year Later (5YL)' continuity, readers found out the Sun Boy left the Legion and was then hired by Earthgov to handle public relations. Sadly, Earthgov turned out to be under the control of what foreign entity?

Answer: The Dominators

 When the facts of the treason within Earthgov were learned by the public, Sun Boy was then branded a traitor.
7. In the '5 Year Later' continuity, there is a younger group of Legionnaires, believed to be clones of the original Legion members. Referred to as the Batch SW6 Legion, most of these younger versions of older Legion members would take on updated code names. What code name did Batch SW6 Sun Boy adopt?

Answer: Inferno

 The 5 Year Later Legion members, and the Batch SW6 Legionnaires would join together in the last issue of the series, in order to assist with the universe resetting itself. They would all be wiped from existence and a new singular Legion and timeline would begin... commonly referred to as "reboot Legion" or "Post Zero Hour Legion".
8. In the post Zero Hour reboot continuity, Dirk Morgna once again is imbued with the powers of heat and light. The Legion helps in assisting him get control of these powers, but he never becomes Sun Boy, or join the Legion of Super Heroes. In this continuity a girl name Sandy Anderson fills his 'position' within the group. What is her code name?

Answer: Inferno

 Sandy would be the second Legion character to use this code name. She was originally a member of Work Force, then joined the Legion of Super Heroes. During one particular battle where several Legionnaires were sent to the past, Sandy elected to stay there when the others returned to the 30th century.
9. In the Legion 'threeboot' continuity, Sun Boy is an early member of the group. However, wanting to spread his wings and be a leader, he resigns from the LSH in order to assist a group of heroes previously misguided by the villain called Lemnos. What was the name of this team?

Answer: Terra Firma

 Eventually this version of Sun Boy would admit defeat in being unable to rehabilitate the members of Terra Firma and he would request the Legion put him up for a vote to be readmitted to the Legion.
10. Original continuity, 5 Year Later continuity, Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Threeboot continuity, and Retroboot/New 52 continuity; through them all, how many times has the character of Sun Boy been killed?

Answer: Three

 The original version of the character was first killed in the '5 Year Later' continuity by his occasional lover, Circe, in what can only be called an act of mercy (1992). The 'threeboot' version of Sun Boy is killed by Superboy-Prime in "Legion of Three Worlds" #3 (2008).

The 'retroboot' version of Sun Boy was killed in a starcruiser crash on a foreign planet... where the sentient race subsequently cooked and ate him (2013). Yup, you read that correctly.
Source: Author eggman404

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