Bee was created by Bob Rozakis and premiered in 1976, though only as Karen, the Bumblebee moniker coming a few issues later in 1977. Karen Beecher-Duncan is known in comics for being a staple of the Teen Titans comics as well being featured in the animated series.
13 BUMBLEBEEĬredited as DC comics' first African American female superhero, Bumble Bee, a.k.a. Goliath was sadly killed in the events of "Civil War" at the hands of Ragnarok, though his consciousness would later be uploaded into a computer, a project that he and Pym were working on. This wouldn't last long as he would eventually regain his powers and take on a simplified version of his original identity, dropping the "black" and going with just "Goliath" (another title both he and Pym carried).
Foster later became the second Giant-Man at the suggestion of Ben Grimm (The Thing).Īfter returning the Giant-Man title back to Hank Pym, Bill's powers were disrupted and taken away during a battle with the West Coast Avengers. With the help of Pym Particles, Foster can grow to a height of 15 feet, increasing his strength and durability. In 1975, George Tuska and Tony Isabella gave Bill Foster his own superhero identity as Black Goliath. Foster, a Stan Lee and Don Heck creation who was a laboratory assistant to Hank Pym. Bill Foster has gone through quite a few superhero identities. The character was once again rebooted in 2004 as a member of a race of giants who could "shrink" down to six feet tall, thus taking on the name "Micro Lad." These reboots were cleared away after "Infinite Crisis" and his status as "Colossal Boy" was restored. In 1994, the character was rebooted as Leviathan, a science police officer from Mars who got his powers yet again from a meteorite. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney and was known for having a crush on his fellow size-changing Legionnaire, shrinking violet. He took on the name Colossal Boy and with his parent's permission (how very '60s) he joined the Legion of Super-Heroes.
There's definitely something to love bout the Legion's love of the word "lad," isn't there? Anyways, Gim got his powers from a radioactive meterorite, gaining the ability to increase his size. While his name is just a "future-y" version of Jim Allen, this Legion of Super-Heroes member has gone through some pretty freaking awesome superhero names Colossal Boy, Leviathan and Micro Lad.