Chameleon Boy | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Action Comics #267 (August 1960) |
Created by | Jerry Siegel Jim Mooney |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Reep Daggle |
Species | Durlan |
Place of origin | Durla |
Team affiliations | Legion of Super-Heroes |
Notable aliases | Chameleon, Cham |
Abilities | Shapeshifting Elasticity Enhanced senses |
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle), also known as Chameleon, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. [1]
Chameleon Boy first appeared in Action Comics #267 (August 1960) [2] and was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney.
Reep Daggle is from the planet Durla, whose inhabitants, the Durlans, developed shapeshifting abilities to adapt to an environment destroyed by nuclear war. [3] In pre- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity, he was the son of Zhay Daggle and Ren Daggle / R. J. Brande, a businessman and sponsor of the Legion who was trapped in human form after contracting Yorggian fever. [4] [5] [6] Reep did not learn that Brande was his father for many years; he and his twin sibling Liggt were raised by their maternal aunt Ji. As humans generally viewed Durlans with suspicion, Reep applied for membership in the Legion to set a positive example to counter that prejudice and found that the Legion agreed with his aims on top of his talents to induct him. [7] Thanks in part to his exceptional deductive skills, he became the leader of the Legion's Espionage Squad.
Chameleon Boy was sentenced to incarceration on the prison world Takron-Galtos for his espionage activities against the Khunds, and was released after his heroics in the Great Darkness Saga.
Post-Zero Hour, Reep was known simply as 'Chameleon' and was not related to R. J. Brande. This time, he was the son of Durla's spiritual leader and heir to that title, though he long refused to accept it, believing he served his people better as part of the Legion.
In the 2005 reboot of the Legion, the character was still referred to as Chameleon, but is now an androgynous humanoid who lacks visible antennae.
In the Infinite Crisis , Chameleon Boy is included in the Legion, but is considered "missing"; Superman #696 shows that Chameleon Boy has been posing as Control, a young woman who assists in running the Science Police in the 21st century. [8] As revealed in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #8, Chameleon Boy is part of a secret team sent to the 21st century by the late RJ Brande to save the future in the Last Stand of New Krypton storyline.
In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Chameleon Boy is among the Legion of Super-Heroes members that appear in the present after Doctor Manhattan undid the experiment that erased the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Justice Society of America. [9]
Chameleon Boy has the same shape-shifting ability that is innate among all his people. They can take the form of any object or organism their body can 'scan' with their antennae and morph into it within seconds. Reep is able to shift into forms both larger and smaller than he is, creating or disregarding mass at whim. He can also elongate parts of his body with this excess mass creation, as well as rearrange his internal organs and tissue. He is a skilled voice imitator to go along with his disguises.
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Chameleon Boy is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly and protects him from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments.
As a boy, comic writer Peter Hogan liked the design aesthetic of Chameleon Boy. When he and artist Steve Parkhouse were creating Resident Alien , Hogan specifically requested Parkhouse base the main character's appearance on the DC hero. [16]
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