Silversword (character)
fictional supervillain
Silversword (Arnold Kaua) is a supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Superboy (vol. 3) #5 (June 1994).
Fictional character biography
Arnold Kaua is the curator of the Hawaiian Historical Museum and a proponent of Hawaiian rights. One day he discovers a container with a mysterious alien metal he dubs "animetal". The container explodes and some of the animetal embeds itself in Kaua's chest in the shape of a sword. After discovering the animetal gives him superpowers, Kaua takes the name Silversword (from the plant of the same name) and declares himself the defender of Hawaiian tradition and culture.
After the US Navy uses Kahoʻolawe, a remote and uninhabited part of Hawaii, for target practice, Silversword begins attacking Navy ships. Superboy is able to stop Silversword despite suffering from a virus at the time.
Silversword returns in Superboy #24, where he attacks Superboy and his new partner, Knockout, due to disapproving of Knockout's methods of crimefighting.
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