Henry King, Jr. (New Earth)

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Brainwave

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Real Name

Henry King, Jr.

Current Alias

Brainwave

Aliases

Brainwave Jr.

Identity

Public

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Infinity, Inc., Justice Society of America (reserve)

Relatives

Henry King, Sr. (Brainwave, father); Merry Pemberton (Gimmick Girl, mother); Jacqueline Pemberton (Gimmix, half-sister?); Sylvester Pemberton (Star-Spangled Kid, uncle)

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Formerly Earth-Two

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

165 lbs (75 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Strawberry Blond

Unusual Features

No unusual features, but does (like his father) sometimes enhance his appearance with his illusion-casting abilities.

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Origin

Origin

Place of Birth

Poughkeepsie, New York

Creators

Roy Thomas

First appearance

All-Star Squadron #24 (February, 1983)

History

Pre-Crisis

Originally born on Earth-Two as the son of the criminal Brainwave and Gimmick Girl (who was originally written as being tricked into the relation but later openly acceptant of her husband) Hank Jr. was revealed to have inherted his father's superhuman mental abilities.

Hank Jr. would remain mostly hidden from the condemnation of his famous parents until he attained early adulthood and sought to actively pursue an active crime-fighting career in some measure to atone for his father's past deeds in his uncle, Sylvester Pemberton, Jr., the original Star-Spangled Kid who was forming a new superhero group called Infinity, Inc.

Infinity, Inc. consisted of many of the direct children and successors of the Justice Society members. Despite their youth the team proved their effectiveness when they defeated their elder heroes when the Justice Society was possessed by the Stream of Ruthlessness. While a member of Infinity, Inc., Hank met and became romantically attached to Jade the daughter of Alan Scott. Despite his best attempts the relationship ended badly.

Post-Crisis

After the disbanding of the original Infinity Inc. Hank drops the Jr from his name and began on a series of events that finally resulted in him finally joining the JSA. It was revealed during this time that he was being controlled by the parasitic wormlike Mr. Mind who was using him as a source of food and development and causing him to run amok acting villainous.

Hank was saved from Mr. Mind by his fellow JSA members and turned over to the care of his mother, Merry Pemberton.

His current situation and power ability is undetermined.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Superhuman mental abilities including but not limited to:

• Illusion-Casting
• Telepathy
• Telekinesis
  

Abilities

None known.

Weaknesses

Brainwave is somewhat mentally unstable. Early in the development of his powers he had a tendency to create illusions subconsciously that could fool even himself.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-Two era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Trivia

• Brainwave dated Jade.

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• at Wikipedia.org
  
• None.
  

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