

Henry King Junior himself used the mental powers inherited from his wicked father Henry King Senior, aka the original Brain Wave. Capable of projecting mental blasts, levitating himself and other objects, and creating realistic illusions. Early in his career, Junior attempted to enlist the membership of the Justice Society of America, with near catastrophic results. Of course, showing up at their headquarters appearing like his father (to earn their respect? attention?) rather than as himself caused an immediate conflict. Regardless, after traveling time Brain Wave Junior recruited other heroes from the 1940's All-Star Squadron, although once more lacking the polish of diplomacy of his fellow heroes.
Adam Blake possessed other abilities beyond those listed above, including a superhuman physique and a photographic memory. After a modest run of forty or so adventures in the 1950's, Captain Comet decided to travel through space for a few decades until returning to Earth and encountering modern day super villains. Mistaking them for friends initially, upon learning of their insidious nature, began attacking this Secret Society instead of heroes like Green Lantern Hal Jordan. Among these was the aforementioned sinister simians, Earth-One's Gorilla Grodd whom Comet had a couple of mental duels with. This paralleled Junior's own war of the wills versus the modern-day Ultra-Humanite, himself an ape at the apex of atypical genius.

Both Captain Comet and Brainwave Junior were outcasts of the worlds they were born into. Each was bequeathed abilities that set them apart from most of their contemporaries, and this also caused them to have difficulty at times reconciling between good and evil despite their own inherent attributes towards justice and fairplay. While seeking out those on the same side of the law, Junior was a brief member of Infinity Inc and Comet an ally of the Justice League, each ended up withdrawing and becoming very much the loners they were. Legends in their own mind.
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