Who Is Dyna-Mite? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dyna-Mite is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Daniel Dunbar, with over 101 comic issue appearances. Former sidekick to TNT and a member of both the All-Star Squadron and the Young All-Stars. Dan Dunbar could generate an explosive blast by joining together the two "Dyna-rings".

Who is Dyna-Mite?

Character History Pre-Crisis In the 1940s Daniel Dunbar was once the star pupil of his high school chemistry and physical education teacher, Thomas N. Thomas . Dan shared Thomas' passion for chemistry and the two often worked on experiments after school. It was on one evening, during an experiment, that Thomas and Dunbar accidentally touched. When this occurred the two found themselves feeling extremely energized. Thomas had deduced that both of them had absorbed the chemicals that they were working with from the experiment. By touching each other, Thomas and Dunbar became charged with an unknown source of energy which gave them superhuman abilities for a brief period. The two decided to keep their discovery a secret and become costume heroes.

Key facts

Dyna-Mite is of human origin and first appeared in "The Case of the Flying Castle; The Man Who Stole a Bank; Murder in Three Acts; The Case of the Crime Clown; Wings for America; Gems of Jeopardy; Rubies for Ransom; The Adventure of the Good-Hearted Gangster; Crime Takes a Holiday". The character is published by DC Comics. With 101 recorded issue appearances, Dyna-Mite ranks among the most featured characters in comics.