Myg (character)

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Karate Kid
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Myg as depicted in Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #3 (July 1988). Art by Greg LaRocque.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #13 (August 1985)
Created by Paul Levitz
Steve Lightle
Larry Mahlstedt
In-story information
Alter egoMyg
Species Human
Place of origin Lythyl (31st century)
Team affiliations Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Substitute Heroes
Abilities
  • Martial arts mastery
  • Superhuman physical abilities

Myg is a superhero in the future of the DC Comics universe. He is a master of every form of martial arts to have been developed by the 30th and 31st centuries. Following in the footsteps of Val Armorr, he became the second individual to assume the identity Karate Kid , and briefly served as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

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Fictional character biography

Myg is a member of the ruling council of the planet Lythyl who Timber Wolf chose to succeed Val Armorr as Karate Kid. [1] [2] He subsequently enrolls in The Legion Academy and joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes. [3]

Post-Infinite Crisis

At some point, Myg joins the Legion of Super-Heroes. [4] [5] He later becomes disillusioned by the discord between the Legionnaires, particularly Shrinking Violet and Chameleon Girl. [6] Years later, he becomes Lythyl's representative in the United Planets before being killed by Legion of Super-Villains member Radiation Roy. [7]

Powers and abilities

Like his predecessor Val Armorr, Myg is a master of every documented form of martial arts to have been developed by the 30th and 31st centuries. He possesses the ability to sense the weakest spot in an object and his skill in hand-to-hand combat is seemingly superhuman, allowing him to simulate super-strength blows. He can severely damage extremely hard and strong materials such as metal and stone with a single blow.

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References

  1. Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #13 (August 1985)
  2. Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #15 (October 1985)
  3. Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) Annual #3 (1987)
  4. Myg’s status as a one-time Legionnaire was confirmed in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1 (October 2008).
  5. During the "Five Years Later" period of the Legion's original continuity, Earth fell under the covert control of the Dominators, and withdrew from the United Planets. At that time, Myg served as a member of the Legion, as noted in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #40 (February 1993).
  6. As revealed in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #304-305 (October–November 1983), Chameleon Girl was once duped into masquerading as Shrinking Violet, who had been kidnapped by Imskian terrorists.
  7. Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #3 (April 2009)