Who Is Chris King? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Chris King is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Christopher King, with over 64 comic issue appearances. A user of the legendary H Dial who was once part of a team with Vicki Grant, but now is solo.

Who is Chris King?

Origin Chris King is quite literally the hero of a thousand faces. Each time he goes into action, he has a new and completely different identity and powers, conjured up entirely at random in a pattern that never repeats itself. The origins of Chris's powers stretch back over ten years, to the day a teenager named Robby Reed accidentally fell into a subterranean cavern. There, Robby discovered a strange device shaped like a old telephone dial and inscribed with an extraterrestrial language. The dial had ten spaces; each labeled with an alien letter. Robby, a child prodigy, deciphered enough of the inscriptions to be able to dial the alien equivalent of the letters H-E-R-O, which instantly transformed him into a superhero called Giantboy. The change wore off when he dialed O-R-E-H, and each time thereafter that Robby used the dial to fight crime, he became a completely different costumed character, each with his own strange and marvelous power. Robby's career ended abruptly when he was forced into dialing S-P-L-I-T during a case and became two people, the benevolent Wizard and the evil Master, who hid the H-dial and began creating an army of supervillains with which to rule the world.

Key facts

Chris King is of human origin and first appeared in "The Secret Origin of Blok!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 64 recorded issue appearances, Chris King ranks among the most featured characters in comics.