Skyman

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This article is about the DC Comics characters named Skyman. For the Columbia Comics character with the same name, see Skyman (Columbia Comics)

Skyman is the name of two fictional superheroes from the DC Comics Universe.

[edit] Sylvester Pemberton

Main article: Sylvester Pemberton

DC Comics' Skyman was the original Star-Spangled Kid, Sylvester Pemberton, a Golden Age character. He became the Star-Spangled Kid in order to battle Nazism during World War II. He was unique in that he was a kid superhero who had an adult sidekick, Stripesy a.k.a. Pat Dugan. Both he and Dugan were superb acrobats along with having sufficient training in hand-to-hand combat.

Decades later, Pemberton eventually changed his name to Skyman and led Infinity Inc..

[edit] Jacob Colby

52 presents Jacob Colby as one of the first official subjects for Lex Luthor's "Everyman Project". Luthor's project grants super-powers to Colby, who is given the codename Skyman after Luthor buys the rights to Infinity Inc. from the Pemberton Estate. Colby later becomes romantically involved with his teammate Starlight.

52 - Week 38 reveals that Colby has been killed by his teammate, Everyman, who has been cutting off parts of Colby's body to sate a growing cannibalistic desire. After consuming a sample from his victim, Everyman has gained the ability to assume his form and has been posing as Colby for some time (fooling even Starlight with his deception).