Reep Daggle as Chameleon Boy, as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #4 (June 1985). Art by Keith Giffen and Karl Kesel.
Reep Daggle is from the planet Durla, whose inhabitants, the Durlans, developed shapeshifting abilities to adapt to an environment destroyed by nuclear war.[3] In pre-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity, he is the son of Zhay Daggle and Ren Daggle / R. J. Brande, a businessman and the Legion's financier who was trapped in human form after contracting Yorggian fever.[4][5][6] Reep does not learn that Brande was his father for many years, as he and his twin sibling Liggt are raised by their maternal aunt Ji. Due to the Durlans' negative reputation, Reep applies for membership in the Legion to set a positive example to counter prejudice.[7] Due to his exceptional deductive skills, he becomes the leader of the Legion's Espionage Squad.
Chameleon Boy is imprisoned on the planet Takron-Galtos for his espionage activities against the Khunds, but released after his heroics in The Great Darkness Saga.
Zero Hour reboot
Post-Zero Hour, Reep is known simply as 'Chameleon' and is unrelated to R. J. Brande. He is the son of Durla's spiritual leader and heir to the title, though he refuses to accept the role, believing that he serves his people better as part of the Legion.[8]
2005 "Threeboot"
In the 2005 reboot of the Legion, the character is still referred to as Chameleon, but is now an androgynous humanoid who lacks antennae.
Post-Infinite Crisis
In Infinite Crisis, Chameleon Boy is included in the Legion, but is considered "missing"; Superman #696 reveals that he has been posing as Control, an assistant of the Science Police in the 21st century.[9] As revealed in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #8, Chameleon Boy is part of a secret team who R.J. Brande sends to the 21st century to save the future.
As a Durlan, Chameleon Boy possesses innate shapeshifting abilities and the ability to transform into forms both larger and smaller than he is, creating or disregarding mass. He can additionally elongate his body and rearrange his internal anatomy without entirely transforming.
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Chameleon Boy is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly and protects him from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments.
Reep Daggle as Chameleon Boy appears in the one-shot comic Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes.[16]
Cultural impact
Chameleon Boy's design served as inspiration for the eponymous character of Resident Alien.[17]
References
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 63. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
^Conway, Gerry (w), Janes, Jimmy (p), Hunt, Dave (i). "Day of Judgment" Legion of Super-Heroes, vol. 2, no. 263 (May 1980).
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 182. ISBN978-1-4654-8578-6.
^Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (January 1981)
^ abcde"Chameleon Boy Voices (Legion of Super Heroes)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
