REAL NAME: Mathew Price Jr.
OCCUPATION: Adventurer, government agent
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Human/extra-terrestial hybrid
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: NA
PLACE OF BIRTH: Western Dell, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: Super-Brain (biological father), Mary Jane Jackson-Price (mother), Mathew Price (deceased stepfather), Harry Jackson (uncle)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: DANGER, Young Heroes Alliance
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA)
FIRST APPEARANCE: Four Color #1330 (April 1962)
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 165 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
Matthew Price Jr. was actually the son of Mary Jane Jackson (Spitfire Jane) and the alien villain Super-Brain, who inseminated her as an experiment to obtain a hybrid. Mary Jane suffered a mental breakdown and was locked up in a mental institution. There she met Matthew Price Sr., her therapist, with whom she established an extra-professional relationship. Janie decided to continue the pregnancy and shortly after leaving the mental hospital, she and Matt get married. Sadly, before the baby was born, the couple suffered a car accident, crashing into an electrical tower. Matt Price Sr. died instantly, but Mary Jane and her son miraculously survived completely unscathed. She would later know that the baby had unconsciously used his psychic powers to protect her. From his birth, Matt Jr. demonstrated intelligence and learning abilities superior to "normal" children. In addition, over the years, he give new samples of those psychic abilities that had saved his mother and himself when he was still in her womb. Fortunately, the boy was smart enough to hide his powers in public, while in private he was trained (to his mother's displeasure) by his uncle Harry, the adventurer known as Dandy. Harry told the boy the truth about his origin and encouraged him to use his special abilities for the greater good as Brain Boy. On the other hand, in secret, Matt Jr. was contacted by the Organization of Active Anthropologists, actually a front for DANGER, which turned him into a kind of double agent / informant within the superhuman community.
Brain Boy joined other heirs and children of The Crime Smashers members to form The Young Heroes Alliance. Matt and his teammate Gale Leary, aka Jill O'Wisp, became romantically involved.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Brain Boy could read minds, use telekinesis to lift objects or fly himself, control minds, alter emotional states and he was also super intelligent. However, using his powers required a lot of mental energy, especially when he confronted another telepath, and he could quickly become exhausted.
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