Dr Laevar Bolto, alias Cosmic King was once a brilliant scientist living on the planet Venus in the 31st Century. He was working to solve his world`s environmental problems, Laevar Bolto invented a transmutation ray that would allow him to transform one object into another but accidentally stumbled into the path of his own device and found himself imbued with its abilities.
He was informed that his power of transmuting chemical elements was considered evil. As such, he was banished from Venus and travelled to Earth where he took on the name Cosmic King and joined the Legion of Super-Villains.
