Doctor Light (Arthur Light)

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This article is about the supervillain. For the superhero, see Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi).
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Doctor Light
Injustice League
Black Lantern Corps
A.R.G.U.S.
Justice League
Abilities
  • Genius-level intellect
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
  • Photokinesis
    • Flight
    • Invisibility
    • Energy blasts
    • Hard light constructs
    • Force field generation
    • Bio-light manipulation

Doctor Light is the name of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics: supervillain Arthur Light and superhero Jacob Finlay.[1]

Light's stint as Doctor Light is concurrent with that of a superheroine using the same name and a nearly identical costume, Kimiyo Hoshi.[2] In 2009, Doctor Light was ranked as IGN's 84th-greatest comic book villain of all time.[3]

He made his live-adaptation debut in one episode of the series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, played by David Bowe. He also appeared in the second season of the DC Universe series Titans, played by Michael Mosley. Additionally, Rodger Bumpass voices Light in the animated series Teen Titans (2003) and Teen Titans Go! (2013).

Publication history

Doctor Light first appeared in Justice League of America #12 and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.[4]

During the 1980s Doctor Light was transitioned from a serious menace to a comedic villain, a transformation which culminated in the DC Comics Bonus Book appearing in The Flash (vol. 2) #12 (May 1988).[5]

Fictional character biography

Origin

Criminal physicist Doctor Arthur Light captures the League with light rays after first drawing them in by capturing Aquaman, then sending the League to different planets based on their weaknesses.[6] He then orders Snapper Carr to write this down before imprisoning him in a light field. He has not realized Superman and Batman impersonated each other, allowing Superman to escape the world he was sent to and rescue the other members. Light fools the League with three duplicates of himself that are apparently committing robberies of light-associated objects, though they are actually placing devices around the world. Green Lantern realizes this trick and fakes his death to track Doctor Light, finally stopping him before he pulls the lever that would have set off the light impulses allowing him to take over the world.

S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Jacob Finlay, who created a light-manipulating suit and became a superhero before Light accidentally killed him and took the suit and codename.[1]

Through the Silver and Bronze Ages, Doctor Light is a minor but persistent foe for a number of heroes, including the Justice League's former sidekicks, the Teen Titans.[7] Light founds the supervillain team the Fearsome Five, but they are defeated by the Titans and Light is expelled from the group.[8][9]

Suicide Squad

Driven by self-doubt and guilt, as well as Finlay's ghost haunting him, Light joins the

Injustice Gang
.

Identity Crisis onwards

Black Lantern before Kimiyo Hoshi, the second Doctor Light, kills him.[11][12]

The New 52

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Arthur Light is a scientist working with A.R.G.U.S. and the Justice League who gains light-based powers after his communicator explodes.[13] Light joins the Justice League before being killed by Atomica and resurrected as a light entity.[14]

Powers and abilities

Doctor Light can control light for a variety of purposes. He can bend the light around him to become invisible, generate blasts of energy, create force fields, and fly. By mentally repulsing photons, Light can create areas of complete darkness. Teen Titans #23 implied that Light could "power up" by draining the ambient light in the area.

The limits of his powers are unclear, but he seems to be able to wrest control of anything that emits light.[1] Such things have included Green Lantern constructs, Superboy's heat vision, and magic lightning from Wonder Girl's lasso. He is also able to take the "internal" light away from light powered characters, the heroic Doctor Light and the Ray, leaving them temporarily powerless. He also has the ability to create holographic images.

Arthur Light is mentally brilliant, a genius in the field of physics. However, his mind-wipe by the Justice League reduces his intelligence substantially, along with his skills for creative use of his powers. Light's recovery of his memories seems to have brought his intellect back with them and also his paraphilia.[1] As a result, he becomes a much deadlier opponent.

Other versions

  • An unrelated Doctor Light who is an enemy of Doctor Mid-Nite appears in All-American #82 (February 1947).
  • Doctor Light makes a cameo appearance in JLA/Avengers as a minion of Krona.
  • An alternate universe variant of Doctor Light appears in Tiny Titans. This version is a science teacher at Sidekick City Elementary School.
  • An alternate universe variant of Doctor Light from Earth-21 makes a cameo appearance in DC: The New Frontier.
  • An alternate universe variant of Doctor Light appears in Nightwing: The New Order.

In other media

Television

Doctor Light as he appears in Teen Titans.
Doctor Light as he appears in Teen Titans Go!.

Film

Video games

Miscellaneous

  • A
    Justice League Adventures
    , and DC Comics Presents: Wonder Woman Adventures #1.
  • The Teen Titans (2003) incarnation of Doctor Light appears in Teen Titans Go! (2004).[19]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 213309017
    .
  2. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X
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  3. ^ "Doctor Light is number 84". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  4. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9
    . In a tale written by Gardner Fox, with art by Mike Sekowsky, Doctor Light's first [adventure] was almost the JLA's last.
  5. ^ Greenberger, Robert (April 2014). "New Talent and Bonus Babies". Back Issue! (#71): 73.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
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  7. ISBN 978-1605490458
    .
  8. OCLC 213309017
  9. ^ The Flash #12 (May 1988)
  10. ^
    • Teen Titans (vol. 3) #21-23 (April - June 2005)
    • Green Arrow (vol. 3) #54 (November 2005)
    • Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006)
    • Justice League of America (vol. 2) #15 (December 2007)
    • Justice League of America (vol. 2) #27 - #30 (November 2008 - February 2009)
  11. ^ Blackest Night #1 - 3 (July - September 2009)
  12. ^ Justice League of America (vol. 2) #39 - 40 (November - December 2009)
  13. ^ Justice League of America (vol. 3) #4 - 5 (July - August 2013)
  14. ^
    • Justice League (vol. 2) #22 (July 2013)
    • Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger #11 (October 2013)
    • Justice League (vol. 2) #23 (October 2013)
    • Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S. #1 - #6 (October 2013 - May 2014))
    • Deathstroke (vol. 4) #22 (October 2017)
  15. ^ a b c d e "Doctor Light Voices (Teen Titans)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 20, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  16. ^ Campbell, Jacob (August 19, 2019). "Ozark Star Michael Mosley Reportedly Playing Dr. Light on Titans Season 2". Full Circle Cinema.
  17. ^ Martin, Michelle (September 16, 2019). "Easter Eggs You Missed In Titans Season 2". Looper.
  18. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "Teen Titans Go! #43 - The Fearsome Five (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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