Sunburst

Sunburst

Takeo Sato gained the ability to turn solar energy into light or heat after inhaling volcanic vapors as a child. He accidentally discovers his powers when working as a stuntman on the low-budget television series "Sunburst." When the cables used to make him appear to fly break, he finds out that he can actually fly. At first keeping his powers a secret, he is forced to use them to commit robberies after his parents are kidnapped by gang of crooks. Sato frees them with the help of Superboy, who uses a form of hypnosis on Takeo at the end of their encounter so that he would forget how to access and use his Sunburst powers, seemingly for good (NSB No. 45, Sept. 1983: "Sunburst, Public Enemy #1!").