Matter-Eater Lad

History

Matter-Eater Lad is the fifteenth member who join the Legion of Super-Heroes, he came soon after Bouncing Boy joined the team. Matter-Eater Lad explains his origins to the team telling that the natives of his planet Bismoll found that microbes had made all their food inedible, and that the population evolved their ability to eat all matter as a survival mechanism to overcome that problem. Tenzil has a mother named Mitz Kem. while his brother Renkil, tried to take Tenzil's place in the Legion but was unsuccessful. Tenzil has an unadmitted crush on Shrinking Violet in the team.

The Post-Zero Hour version of the character also has the power to also shape shift into any form of any matter that he consumes.

Second History

Tenzil ultimately arrives on Earth and uses his force of will and his sense of humour to free fellow Legion member Polar Boy from prison when Polar Boy is imprisoned unjustly by the Dominator-controlled Earth government for speaking out against the Dominators. Tenzil then rejoins the Legion, and since the team is now operating without the assistance of the United Planets, his political connections and owed favors become very important to the adult Legion. Matter Eater Lad ultimately seduces and marries former villain Saturn Queen as an accomplishment.

Current History

Tenzil Kem is a prosecutor that works for the United Planets. He is in charge of the investigation of Cosmic Boy to determine if he is guilty of war crimes. He is currently trapped on the planet Winath, where his trail of Cosmic Boy has ended, after being led astray by citizens on the planet.

In other media
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He appears in the Legion of Superheroes animated series as a minor character.