REAL NAME: Mathew Price Jr.
ALIASES: Brain Boy
ALIASES: Brain Boy
AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes
RELATIVES: Mary Price (aka Gloria Travers, mother), Super-Brain (biological father)
MARITAL STATUS: Single
CLASS: Human/extraterrestrial hybrid
LIVING STATUS: Alive
REALITY: Earth-164A
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dell City, Texas
CAUSE OF DEATH: NA
ALIGNMENT: Good
IDENTITY: Secret
CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of USA
OCCUPATION: Adventurer, government agent
EDUCATION: GWU
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, California)
OCCUPATION: Adventurer, government agent
EDUCATION: GWU
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, California)
KNOWN ENEMIES: The Eowin, Ricorta
CREATORS: Herb Castle and Gil Kane
FIRST APPEARANCE: Four Color #1330 (April 1962)
CREATORS: Herb Castle and Gil Kane
FIRST APPEARANCE: Four Color #1330 (April 1962)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 165 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
UNUSUAL FEATURES: NA
Matthew Price Jr. was actually the son of Gloria Travers (Ranger Girl) and the alien villain Super-Brain, who inseminated her as an experiment to obtain a hybrid. Matt 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. He was also able to discover his true origin for himself and that revelation led him to want to right all the wrong caused by his biological father, using his paranormal abilities for the greater good. Matt was contacted by the Organization of Active Anthropologists, actually a front for GOVERNMENT SECRET AGENCY, which made him a kind of double agent within the paranormal community. As Brain Boy he joined other heirs and children of The Crime Busters members to form The Young Heroes.
Matt and his teammate Gale Leary, aka Jill O'Wisp, became romantically involved.
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.