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Kid Amazo

Kid Amazo is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kid Amazo rather than just read about it. In short: Kid Amazo is the name of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics. Both are related to Amazo, with the first being a cyborg and the second being a human who wields Amazo armor.

Key takeaways

Kid Amazo belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kid Amazo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kid Amazo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kid Amazo is the name of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics. Both are related to Amazo, with the first being a cyborg and the second being a human who wields Amazo armor.

Fictional character biography

Android Kid Amazo is an android created by Professor Ivo, who is pursuing vengeance against the Justice League of America. Believing that the original Amazo failed due to being entirely mechanical, Ivo makes Kid Amazo a cyborg, combining material from Amazo's body with human DNA. Ivo sends Kid Amazo away to live with other humans and complete his instruction and programming. Kid Amazo is given the secret identity of Frank Halloran, a 21-year-old college student, student of existentialism and follower of the Übermensch concept. Frank forms a close relationship with Sara Shapiro, who, unbeknownst to him, is his "mother" (the donor of the human ova needed for his creation) and Ivo's daughter. As Frank is ignorant of his true past, he merely sees Sara as a confidant and believes he cannot pursue a relationship with her because her parents would disapprove of Frank's atheism. Upon witnessing a battle between Amazo and the Justice League, Frank is forced to reconsider his assumptions when Amazo saves Sara's life. He becomes increasingly fascinated by superheroes and their ideals, where Sara responds only with cold detachment. Frank, still shaken up, is later confronted by Amazo itself. Amazo reveals to Frank the truth about his nature, and Frank convinces himself to join Amazo, whereupon he assumes the alias "Kid Amazo". Eventually, Kid Amazo has a change of heart and decides to become a superhero, leaving Professor Ivo to wonder which will be stronger — Frank's human upbringing or his mechanical origins. However, all of Frank's attempts to be a hero backfire. Martian Manhunter performs a psychological evaluation on Frank and judges the boy to be on the brink of insanity. The Justice League decides to closely monitor Frank's further attempts to better himself by exploring both sides of his heritage. He fights minor villainy as "The Kid", but winds up the target of Amazo, the League, and Sara herself. This, added to his inability to cope with his isolation and loneliness, leads him to explore his villainous side, which again brings him to the attention of the Justice League. His life in shambles and his sanity shattered by the revelations about his past, Kid Amazo embraces his full power. Able to mimic both powers and minds, he truly becomes a one-man Justice League. However, his power becomes his downfall, as Batman and the rest of the Leaguers decide to voluntarily bicker and quarrel among themselves, destabilizing both their team and Kid Amazo's mind. The stress of a single mind mimicking a shattered team is enough to make Kid Amazo explode.

Rebirth A new Kid-Amazo, Reggie Meyer, appears in the DC Rebirth series Super-Sons, and was created by Peter Tomasi and Jorge Jimenez. Reggie Meyer is part of a family who gained superpowers from the Amazo virus and protect their hometown of Providence, Rhode Island as a team. Reggie is more inclined to being a bully than he ever was a good Samaritan, and his particular household is prone to infighting even before they obtained superpowers. An android created by Lex Luthor manipulates Reggie into obtaining Amazo armor, which enhances his powers and enables him to become a supervillain.

Powers and abilities The first Kid Amazo can mimic the abilities and minds of the Justice League's core members. This gives him superhuman strength, speed, invulnerability, flight, infrared vision, heat vision, x-ray vision, and a healing factor. The Rebirth incarnation of Kid Amazo can duplicate himself, gaining increased strength the more clones he creates. His Amazo armor enables him to create clones of others using nanomachines.

References

External links Brady, Matt. "JLA & The Kid: Peter Milligan on Kid Amazo", Newsarama (Feb. 10, 2004) Brady, Matt. "Kid Amazo Postponed", Newsarama (Mar. 16, 2004) Solicitation for the never-published JLA: Kid Amazo, "DC Feature Articles - April 2004:" Toon Zone (Apr. 2004)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kid Amazo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kid Amazo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kid Amazo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kid Amazo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kid Amazo

In research: Kid Amazo appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kid Amazo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kid Amazo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 comics debuts, Characters created by Peter Milligan, Characters created by Peter Tomasi, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kid Amazo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kid Amazo in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kid Amazo means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kid Amazo out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kid Amazo in simple terms?

Kid Amazo is the name of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics. Both are related to Amazo, with the first being a cyborg and the second being a human who wields Amazo armor.

Why does Kid Amazo matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kid Amazo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kid Amazo.