Charles Smith

Charles Smith was born on November 27, 1917. He joined the United States Army in 1940, just before the United States joined World War II. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1943. When, in 1944, he was sent to inspect the crash site of a strange flying vehicle, he was shot with an alien laser beam weapon. The weapon destroyed his leg, but also gave him super strength. He was given a robotic leg and later fought against a rogue Soviet agent known as "The Melter" who wanted to steal Lieutenant Smith's power. In 1947, Lieutenant Smith was launched into space on an experimental rocket which crashed on an undiscovered planet far from Earth. He is also sometimes called James Smith.