Cosmic King

Cosmic King is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He debuted in Superman #147 (August 1961), and was created by Jerry Siegel and Curt Swan.

Fictional character biography

Cosmic King was born Laevar Bolto on the planet Venus. He was an alchemist who spent his life trying to invent a ray that could change an object's atomic structure into that of another. He was finally successful when he was able to transform a flower into a sparkling jewel. After accidentally falling in front of the ray himself, he found that he possessed the ray's ability innately, which he projected from his eyes. When he approached the Venus government officials with his discovery he was informed that his power of transmuting chemical elements was considered evil. As such, he was banished from Venus and travelled to the Earth's past where he became part of the Legion of Super-Villains, who broke Lex Luthor out of jail after he made a radio to contact them, before being defeated and captured by the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is sometimes depicted as wearing a breathing device.