NEON THE UNKNOWN (Tom Corbett)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by S. M. Iger and Alex Blum

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Tom Corbett
Occupation: guardian of the Neonic Pool
Status: Retired
Marital Status: unknown
Base of Operation: Neonic Pool, Sahara Desert
Group Affiliation(s): Freedom Fighters
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 167 lbs
Eyes: formerly Blue, now red
Hair: formerly Black, now none
Distinguishing Features: green skin, large cranium
First Appearance: Hit Comics #1 (July 1940) [Quality]
Creators: S. M. Iger and Alex Blum

HISTORY

In 1940, Tom Corbett, a member of the French Foreign Legion, was the only survivor of a cruel attack on the savage Mbangi tribe in the middle of the desert. When he had almost died from the heat and thirst, Corbett found a strange pool from which glowing vapors ensued. Drinking from the pool, Corbett immediately gained "neonic" super-powers, including the ability to fly, glow and shoot powerful bolts of energy from his hands. As "Neon the Unknown", Corbett successfully fought crime and Nazis for nearly two years.

On December 7, 1941, he and other heroes joined forces with Uncle Sam and his early version of the "Freedom Fighters" to stop the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Neon was seemingly killed in the battle, but in reality his spirit made its way back to the pool, entering it and reforming a body now totally alien.

Now totally divorced from humanity, Neon would not leave the Pool, even when all life on earth was threatened. The original Ray entered the Pool and acquired abilities similar to Neon's original incarnation.

POWERS AND WEAPONS

Originally, Corbett was granted the powers of flight and could project "neonic energy" from bolts; now his humanity nearly totally gone, he has more power that has yet to be revealed.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Neon the Unknown in chronological order click here