Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)

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Contents 1 History 2 Notes 3 Appearances in Other Media 4 See Also 5 Recommended Reading 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

Rokk Krinn is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes under the code-name Cosmic Boy, along with Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl He has the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields. Cosmic Boy's brother, Pol, eventually joined the Legion as Magnetic Kid, but died during the "Magic Wars".

Cosmic Boy was romantically involved with Night Girl (Lydda Jath) from the Legion of Substitute Heroes. During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, he lost his powers in the course of a war between the planets of Braal and Imsk (the homeworld of Shrinking Violet), in which the Imskian army used a "dampener" on the magnetic fields within the Braalian soldiers. "Vi" was on the scene when her fellow Legionnaire was crippled by the dampener during the battle of Venado Bay, and harbored deep guilt for years. Now going by plain old "Rokk Krinn", Rokk retired to the slums of a demilitarized Braal with his wife Lydda, who gave birth to their son "Pol" (named for Rokk's brother). When Reep Daggle, the former "Chameleon Boy," reformed the Legion, a powerless Rokk joined up, moving his family to the Legion's new headquarters. The former "Cosmic Boy" continued to serve with honor during the adult Legion's tour of duty, proving that he needed no powers to be a hero. Rokk did however regain his powers shortly before Zero Hour, thanks to a special pair of power gauntlets. He took on the codename "Polestar", only to renounce the power gauntlets after they began to affect his mind. After learning that he was apparently destined to become the Time Trapper, Rokk and the rest of the Legion were erased from history by Zero Hour.

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Notes

• Cosmic Boy is one of the few Legionnaires ever to have his own miniseries, which ran for four issues in the mid-1980s as a spin-off of the Legends cross-over.

Appearances in Other Media

• Legion of Super-Heroes (TV Series)

See Also

• Discuss Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour) on the forums
• Appearances of Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Character Gallery: Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Quotations by Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Images featuring Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)

Recommended Reading

• Legion of Super-Heroes Titles

• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
• Legionnaires (Volume 1)
• The Legion (Volume 1)
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
• Superboy (Volume 1)
• Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds

Links and References

• Cosmic Boy at Wikipedia

Footnotes

Legion of Super-Heroes member This character is or was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th/31st Century, in any one of their various continuities. Including but not limited to, the Original Continuity, the Post-Zero Hour Legion, and the "Threeboot" Continuity. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Legion of Super-Heroes members" category.