Solarr

Solarr (Silas King) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in Captain America #160 (April 1973). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.^[2][3]

Solarr
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America #160 (April 1973)[1]
Created by	Steve Englehart Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego	Silas King
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Emissaries of Evil
Notable aliases	Bright Gian
Abilities	Light manipulation, absorption, and projection Heat resistance

Publication history

Solarr debuted in Captain America #160 (April 1973) and was created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema. He appeared in the 1963 Avengers series.^[4]

Fictional character biography

Silas King was born in Carson City, Nevada. King is a latent mutant and drug runner whose mutant gene activates when he spends several days out in the desert sun after his truck breaks down. Gaining the ability to absorb and project solar energy, King becomes a criminal known as Solarr and joins the Emissaries of Evil.^[5]

Solarr is eventually captured and imprisoned at Project Pegasus, where scientists study his powers.^[6][7] One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus is Bres, one of the other-dimensional Fomor, who kills Solarr by reanimating the corpse of deceased security guard Harry Winslow and having Winslow attack him.^[8]

In X-Men Unlimited #20 (2022), part of the Krakoan Age, Solarr is revealed to have been resurrected by the Five.^[9]

During the "Fall of X" storyline, Solarr is among the mutants that take refuge at the Limbo Embassy. He is later killed by an alternate version of Madelyne Pryor.^[10]

Powers and abilities

Solarr is a mutant who possesses the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight.

In other media

Solarr appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Secrets, Not Long Buried", voiced by Lorne Kennedy.^[11] This version is Bill Braddock, the leader of the Children of the Shadow and ruler of the human and mutant community of Skull Mesa.