The Unofficial biography of...

The Human Bomb

Alter Ego: Roy Lincoln
Occupation: "chemist", later adventurer, government agent
Marital Status: single, through 1948
Known Relatives: B. Lincoln ( father, deceased )
Group Affiliation: All-Star Squadron, Freedom Fighters
Base of Operations: mobile, later Washington, D.C., now Florida coast
Current Status: retired
Height:5'10" ( later 5'8" ) Weight: 165 lbs. ( later 195 lbs. )
Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black, later Grey
First Appearance: Police Comics# 1, August, 1941.

History

......Some time in the early Summer of 1941, young Roy Lincoln aided his father, explosives expert Professor Lincoln, in perfecting an accidental discovery of a powerful explosive, QRX-27. Little did they know, the two were under the watchful eye of Nazi spies. Coveting the powerful regenetive explosive, Roy and his father were attacked while hard at work on purifying and quantifying their discovery. Roy's father died at the hads of the spies, unwilling to divulge the secrets of its creation. cornered, Roy did, what at the time, seemed like the best way to dispose of the formula, he swallowed it!

.....Amazed that he did not instantly die, young Roy was astonished to discover that he was now able to cause things to explode, simply by touching them. If he increased the kinetic force by hitting the object harder, the power of the explosion was increased. The only problem was that he could not turn this off. Wrapping his hands ( where the effect was the strongest ) in a "fibro-wax" that had been used to store the compound, he found that it stifled the explosive effects. Wearing a suit and helmet eliminated all chance of an accidental explosion.

,,,,,Using his new found powers, he destroyed the spy ring and set out to fight crime and Nazi sabatours. Contacting the government to help in the control or elimination of the explosive effects, he was directed to join the ALL-STAR SQUADRON. Later, The Human Bomb joined an offshoot of the group headed by Uncle Sam,THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS.

.....As time wore on, The Human Bomb either learned to control the explosive blasts or their strength weakened enough so that he only had to wear the gloves. After retiring, it's not known whether he now commands full control or if his powers faded all together.

.....After the end of the Second World War, Lincoln began working for the US government, whether as a member of Argent, or some other branch concerned with meta-human activity is unknown. Roy Lincoln is retired and spends time with Arn Munro on his friends' yacht "Gladiator", somewhere off the Florida Keys.

........Recently, The Human Bomb was seen fighting in the recent Imperiax Invasion, and even though gravely injured, he has recovered enough to aid the Justice Society again during the Princes of Darkness crisis.

Powers and Abilities

....The Human Bomb's main offensive weapon is, well, blowing things up. After injesting the QRX-27 ( possibly standing for: Quantive Regenerative eXpolsive # 27? ) compound, his skin and muscle tissue became imbedded with the formula which reacts with the slightest effort with any sort of matter producing an explosive effect, which Roy has immunity to. It is not known whether he would be immune to a blast that he had not generated.

.....The Human Bomb's uniform is made of "fibro-wax" , a material that dampens the explosive reaction. At the beginning of his career, he was forced to wear the entire costume all the time, but in later adventures, he was able to wear just the gloves.

.....Roy is, at best, a fair hand-to hand combatant, relying on his ablility to knock out or destroy his opponents. His knowledge of chemistry is nowhere at a genius level, but seems to be able to navigate the bureaucracy of government with ease.

Listing of Comic Book Appearances

Police Comics #1-10
All-Star Squadron #31-35 February 22-23, '42
Police Comics #11-12
All-Star Squadron #50, 60 thru April 15, '42
Young All-Stars #3, 9
Police Comics #13-14
Young All-Stars #27( cameo )
Police Comics #15-29
JSA(v3) #42 April '44
Police #30-58
JLA:YO #11(BTS), 12
JLA(v1) #107-108 no longer in continuity
Freedom Fighters #1-15 no longer in continuity
DCCP #62 no longer in continuity
Crisis #
Damage #3, 0, 11, 18
Superboy(v2) #91
JSA (v3) #49-51

Before The White Wall...Pre-Crisis Commentary

....Crisis served to wipe out most of The Human Bomb's history, much of it retconned anyway. His Golden Age appearances stay pretty intact, with the existience of The Bombadeers, his sidekicks, in doubt. In the late 1950's, National ( now known as DC )Comics bought the rights to the Quality characters, but with a few exceptions, nearly all of their heroes stayed dormant until revived on an "alternate Earth" in one of the yearly JLA/JSA crossovers. It was then revealed that the Quality characters inhabited Earth-X, where Germany had won WWII. With the aid of the aforementioned teams, the Earth-X Freedom Fighters defeated the Nazis and freed their world.

.....The Freedom Fighters won their own series, travelling to "our" world and interacting with people such as Batgirl and Batwoman. After that series ended, they returned to Earth-X, to appear in a crossover with Superman in DCCP and finally in Crisis.
It was revealed in All-Star Squadron, that originally the Quality characters had migrated to Earth-X, since that world had no native super-heroes. After Crisis, it was shown that the Freedom Fighters ( actually, the second group to go by that name ) were based geographically distant from much of the All-Star Squadron activity.
It has recently been shown that Roy Lincoln survived WWII and is now working for the government, specifically for agencies that deal with metahumans. It is not known if this is the DEO or some other agency.

This Page was Created... a long time ago...
This Page was last Updated September 12, 2003.
Thanks to "Tiberius" for issue info!