Who Is Uranian? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Uranian is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Robert "Bob" Grayson, with over 173 comic issue appearances. A classic 1950 hero, Robert Grayson, using bands given to him by rogue Eternals, would find a never ending battle against the forces of evil. Years later, he returned to aid the Agents of Atlas.

Who is Uranian?

Origin Robert Grayson was the son of astrophycisist Dr. Horace Grayson, a German Jew who fled from Germany when Hitler began his rise to power in Germany. Seeking to flee the Nazi powers before a world war would take place, he begun work on a private spacecraft for both him and his infant son (his wife died in child birth). Originally, Horace Grayson had planned simply to circle the moon until the crisis had passed, but after he was denied a loan from the bank, he started to search for an extra-terrestrial race by monitoring radio broadcasts. He found one such race of Eternals , a genetic off-shoot of humanity who left Earth thousands of years before and had found a home on Uranus in an ancient Kree city. They gave Grayson the knowledge to build his space ship, thus Grayson left the Earth just weeks after his loan application was rejection and before the war broke out. Creation Robert Grayson was created by Stan Lee and Russ Heath . His debut was in Marvel Boy #1 in December of 1950.

Key facts

Uranian is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "The Lost World / Eyes of Death". The character is published by Marvel. With 173 recorded issue appearances, Uranian ranks among the most featured characters in comics.