Who Is Son of Vulcan? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Son of Vulcan is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Jonathan Mann, with over 43 comic issue appearances. Johnny Mann is a reporter that is able to transform into his hero identity by saying, "Vulcan, help me now!"

Who is Son of Vulcan?

Background Son of Vulcan was originally one of the character from Charlton line of action heroes, along with other characters like Captain Atom and Blue Beetle. When DC acquired the Charlton propierties, Son of Vulcan was among them. In DC the chracter made a few cameos. His bigger role was in the event book War of the Gods (1991) , started in the Wonder Woman book, where the character died. The name would be recover for a new interpretation of the character in 2005 for the series Son of Vulcan, but with a different origin and name and more based in science fiction concepts than a metaphysical origin. Origin Reporter Johnny Mann was covering a civil war on the Greek island of Cyprete, when he visited the ruins of the Hall of Jupiter. After pondering why the "gods" allowed so much war and killing, he suddenly found himself transported via thunderbolt to Mount Olympus . Johnny was in the presence of Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Vulcan and so he boldly let them know what he had been thinking about the evils of war.

Key facts

Son of Vulcan is of god/eternal origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 43 recorded issue appearances, Son of Vulcan ranks among the most featured characters in comics.