THE HUMAN BOMB I (Roy Lincoln)
Created By: Paul Gustavson
First Appearance: Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941)
Role: Golden Age Hero, Exploding Guy
Group Affiliations: The Freedom Fighters, The All-Star Squadron
PL 10 (99)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 4 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Athletics 3 (+5)
Expertise (Science) 4 (+8)
Expertise (History) 4 (+8)
Expertise (Military) 2 (+6)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Perception 2 (+4)
Advantages:
Improved Critical (Explosive Punch), Ranged Attack 2
Powers:
"27-QRX-Given Powers"
"Explosive Blast" Damage 10 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (20) -- [21]
- AE: "Explosive Punch" Damage 10 (Extras: Penetrating 4) (14)
Features 1: May Increase Damage Area to 60 feet ith HP Spent [1]
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Explosive Punch +8 (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Explosive Blast +10 Area (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +6
Complications:
Accident (Explosions)- Roy must always wear "Fibro-Wax" (formerly Asbestos) gloves in order to not cause explosions every time he touches something.
Total: Abilities: 54 / Skills: 19--9.5 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 22.5 / Defenses: 10 (99)
-The Human Bomb shares an issue of origin with both Plastic Man and The Phantom Lady. He's got your typical origin involving Super-Science, Nazi Spies, a dead father (at the hands of said spies) and ingesting a formula to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. The chemical formula ended up giving Roy Lincoln the ability to create explosions from his hands- for which he always needed to be wearing Asbestos Gloves (later "Fibro-Wax"), lest he blow up everything around him. This kind of a side-effect is actually rather Silver/Bronze Agey, though that doesn't prevent Roy from having one of the worst costumes ever- basically a big lead suit. Eventually he was able to resort to just wearing the gloves, no longer needing the entire suit, but his visual look remained. Despite being rather goofy, the Human Bomb lasted for six years and 58 issues of Police Comics, even getting a Comic Relief sidekick in Hustace Throckmorton (who acquired a lesser version of Roy's powers, but centered in his feet, after a blood transfusion from Roy), then by the Bombardiers, a trio of youths.
-The Crisis left him without a home, but he showed up in the 1970s Freedom Fighters book, and reappeared in Damage's book in the '90s as a frail old man. He then showed up with the JSA in the 2000s, largely hidden behind his suit so you couldn't tell how old he was (he helped out in the fight against Imperiex). He was one of the Freedom Fighters killed by the Secret Society, but also got the only "Good Showing" of the crew- when he saw Phantom Lady get impaled upon Deathstroke's sword, Roy went NUTS, tearing off his containment suit and blowing C-league villain Doctor Polaris to smithereens. In response, Bizarro, commenting on the "pretty lights", beat Roy Lincoln to death with his bare hands, smashing him to a pulp. Roy's one of those guys who's just TOO odd for his own good these days; you'd think that he'd wear something other than a 1940s-style lead suit after all those years, but I guess no writer ever cared much about him enough to call for a redesign. Like, no other hero in comics looks THAT plain.
-Roy Lincoln is a lot like Damage, in that he focuses on omnidirectional Power Blasts instead of accuracy or well-roundedness or any of that. He's a plain, simple brawler who can blow up real nice, but lacks versatility or strong defenses.