Rokk Krinn

**Rokk Krinn** is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes under the code-name **Cosmic Boy**. Rokk is a Braalian and like all of his native race has the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields.

## Character Origins

Rokk Krinn is the child of an impoverished family on the planet known as Braal, which lies in an adjacent system to the star system Vega, in Apokalyptan controlled space. To make ends meet, Rokk's parents sold their son into slavery when he was nine. Rokk's first masters admittedly purchased him due to being a nocturnal species able to function in the dark, he was then promptly resold at a greater profit to an illegal asteroid mining colony ran by Kathoonian pirates. The pirates who ran the place were a bit paranoid and this paranoia led to the colony mistakenly opening fire on what they believed was a Kryptonian patrol. Of course, the ill-informed pirates were not aware that Krypton had been destroyed and had actually picked a fight with Brainiac. The war fleet tore through colony, with Rokk and a few others living due to being locked in an air-tight shipping container by their masters during the incident to prevent them from capitalizing on the distraction to stage a revolt or escape.

The survivors were then captured by Brainiac, but as Brainiac only needed the youngest for its experiments all but Rokk and a Kathoonian girl named Lydda were sent out an airlock. Brainiac made certain to provide Rokk and Lydda the nutrition they needed to regain their health. While they were in recovery, Rokk and Lydda were kept in the same cell and became rather close. When their health was restored, Brainiac realized it could keep them docile by allowing them to remain together. Brainiac would subject them to the same experiments, becoming fascinated by seeing the different effects take place simultaneously on two similar, yet different, alien species. Over the course of his being experimented on, Rokk tried to conceal something from Brainiac. Rokk had developed the power to manipulate magnetic energy. He practiced it in secret and began using it to manipulate his cell's lock to release him to explore the ship, plotting an escape. Ultimately, on the eve of Rokk's planned escape, Brainiac would take Lydda from their cell while Rokk slept. Turns out that Brainiac was aware of Rokk's secret powers all along and had been testing Rokk. When Rokk woke up, Brainiac pumped gas into the cell, causing Rokk to go into shock. Unable to exercise his powers, Rokk was unable to do anything but watch as Brainiac tortured Lydda. Rokk's pleas only exacerbated the gas' effect, causing Rokk to slip into a coma. Months later, Rokk awoke with no clue what happened to Lydda and also had a dome placed over his head, wired to flood with gas when Rokk used his powers.

Shortly after waking from his coma, Brainiac's ship started destroying itself. Another captive short-circuited the dome so Rokk could use his powers to hold the ship together long enough for Rokk and two other captives to escape. Shortly after this escape, Rokk was once again detained, this time by the United States government. Being a detainee was a step up from slave and test subject, so Rokk was fine with this arrangement. When given a chance to earn true freedom, and a chance to search for Lydda, Rokk signed on.

## Powers, Abilities and Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Braalian Physiology**: Cosmic Boy is a Braalian, who have the natural ability to lift and manipulate metal. However, his knowledge and control over magnestism is much greater than the average Braalian. Cosmic Boy's magnetism can produce a number of astounding effects.
	+ **Magnetic Manipulation**: He has the ability repel, attract, and manipulate metal objects of varying sizes, or anything containing metal, even on a microscopic scale. Naturally, the more metal there is in an object, the easier it is for him to affect it magnetically. Cosmic Boy has achieved the feat of pulling large iron meteors and satellites down from space to the surface of the Earth with minimal effort, as well. He once exerted "every bit" of his power to draw thousands of iron chunks upward into space.
	+ **Magnetic Force-Fields**: Cosmic Boy can protect himself from physical harm, can stretch his fields to protect a large group, and can suspend persons or objects in the air using magnetic force fields. His force fields have also been able to withstand nuclear blasts.
	+ **Magnetic Flight**: Cosmic Boy can suspend himself in flight by riding the Earth's magnetic field.
	+ **Electromagnetic Sight**: By concentrating, Cosmic Boy can perceive the world around himself solely as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. He can perceive the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings, as well.
	+ **Magnetic Pulse**: Cosmic Boy can focus his magnetic energy into immensely powerful concussive blasts. He can also overload or short-circuit electrical systems.
	+ **Energy Absorption**: Cosmic Boy has been shown absorbing some forms of energy through his magnetic force fields to temporarily boost his own strengths. Early in his career with the Legion, he absorbed Lightning Lads's lightning blast.
	+ **Geomagnetic Link**: Cosmic Boy is tied very closely to Earth's or what ever planet he is on EM Field. As is it effected, so is he. He knows instinctively all that happens to it.

### Abilities

* **Enhanced Intellect**: Cosmic Boy is from the 30th Century, and as such his intellect is a level 9, compared to the average level 6 intellect of someone from the 21st Century.
* **Leadership**: Cosmic Boy is a charismatic and effective leader, as seen during his successful tenure as the Legion's first leader.

### Weaknesses

* **Non-Metal Materials**: Cosmic Boy's power cannot affect non-metals, such as organic substances like wood.

## Notes and Trivia

### Notes

* In the comics he is also known as Cosmic Boy and Cosmic Man. The alias Magnetic Boy is a nod to another Legion character from the comics, Pol Krinn, who is Rokk's brother.
* His gray and black skin, as well as his violet eyes, are unique traits to Earth-27, as Roy wanted the alien characters to not look so human.
* The four circles on his outfit are a nod to his comics outfit.