Who Is Solovar? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Solovar is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 173 comic issue appearances. Solovar was the former ruler of Gorilla City and friend to Barry Allen.

Who is Solovar?

Origin Solovar was the leader of Gorilla City , a hidden city of hyper-intelligent gorillas. Renowned for his wisdom and psychic powers, he was virtually unchallenged, except by the villainous Gorilla Grodd . This rivalry was so great that, after Solovar was captured by humans (playing dumb to keep his identity and origin secret), Grodd followed him to Central City to learn the secrets of Solovar's force-of-mind powers. Character Evolution Black Lantern Solovar Solovar was one of the fifteen heroes chosen by The Monitor to help during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. During this mission he was injured while saving Kamandi so Monitor sends him back to Gorilla City. During Blackest Night , the newly returned Barry Allen seeks Solovar's help in solving the dilemma. Unaware that his friend is dead, Barry arrives only to find Solovar resurrected as a Black Lantern . He then begins to torment Barry, who tries to destroy him by taking his ring and running away.

Key facts

Solovar is of animal origin and first appeared in "Menace of the Super-Gorilla / The Pied Piper of Peril!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 173 recorded issue appearances, Solovar ranks among the most featured characters in comics.