Cyborg Comic

Cyborg is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, and first appears in DC Comics in (October 1980). Victor Stone is the son of Silas and Elinore Stone, a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. However, Victor grew to resent this treatment and struck up a friendship with Ron Evers, a young miscreant who led him into trouble with the law.

When he visited his parents at work at S.T.A.R. Labs, an experiment in dimensional travel went horribly awry when a massive gelatinous monster crossed over an experimental portal and killed Elinore. The creature then turned on Victor and severely mutilated him before Silas managed to force the creature back through the portal.

To save his son, Silas outfitted him with experimental prosthetics of his own design. However, the equipment could not be worn inconspicuously, and thus Victor was horrified to see much of his body, including part of his face, replaced with sheer metallic limbs and implants. Although Victor wanted to die at this shock, he eventually adjusted enough through his resulting physical therapy to control his implants with suitable skill.

However, upon release from medical care, he found his life was seriously inconvenienced with the fearful reactions of the public at his implants; even his girlfriend Marcy Reynolds rejected him.

The character has moved from the comic books into the TV series Smallville In this version, Victor (Lee Thompson Young), is a former Metropolis High School football star. He is involved in a car accident that kills him, supposedly, and the rest of his family. However, he is secretly rebuilt by Cyntechnics scientists, who experimented on a group of test subjects which Victor was the only test subject to survive. (1)



I think that its very interesting how the concept of the cyborg has progress through time, from its conception during the 1980’s right the way through to today. What I have noticed is with a lot of these cyborg cases, it’s always a sense of tragedy that leads a person to become a cyborg. A Human, never opts to become part man part machine, its is always a result of something going horribly wrong that their only chance of survival, it to be fused with a machine.

Sources used within this post

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(comics)