Lyle Norg The first Invisible Kid was Lyle Norg, an early member of the Legion who gained his powers from a chemical serum he invented. His abilities made him a valuable asset to the Legion Espionage Squad, of which he was a permanent member. Lyle also served one term as leader of the Legion. He was killed by Validus in
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #203 (1974). Many years later, during the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the control of the
Dominators and withdraws from the
United Planets. A few years later, "Batch SW6" - temporal clones of the Legionnaires - escape the Dominators' captivity, with a clone of Invisible Kid being among them.
Reboot The original Lyle Norg is resurrected following the
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! event, which rebooted the Legion's continuity. In this version, Lyle is a professional spy who invented his invisibility serum while in Earthgov Intelligence's spy school. Rather than his scientific aptitude resulting in his getting on well with
Brainiac 5, they had more of a rivalry. While Brainiac 5 is more intelligent, Lyle is more imaginative, being quicker to see unexpected applications for discoveries. Lyle is the de facto leader of the Legion Espionage Squad, consisting of himself,
Chameleon,
Apparition,
Triad, and
Shrinking Violet, and was instrumental in bringing down the corrupt administration of United Planets President Chu. According to
The Definitive Guide to The Characters of the DC Universe (2004), he is in a homosexual relationship with
Condo Arlik / Chemical King. This was never stated explicitly in the comic itself and never developed.
"Threeboot" continuity (2004-2009) In the "Threeboot", Lyle Norg is a genius with a skill for xenochemistry who was used by his father to develop an invisibility serum. His father, an officer in the
Science Police, used to bring him alien cell samples to experiment with. By the time Lyle had successfully created a serum, he discovered that his father intended to give his research to the Science Police. In response, Lyle used the serum on himself and lied about it before contacting Brainiac 5, who invited him to join the Legion.
Post-Infinite Crisis The events of the
Infinite Crisis miniseries restore a close analogue of the pre-
Crisis Legion to continuity, as seen in "
The Lightning Saga" story arc in
Justice League of America and
Justice Society of America, and in the "
Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" story arc in
Action Comics. Lyle is depicted as a member of this version of the team in
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #5 (June 2007), and
Action Comics #858 (late December 2007), but this incarnation of the Legion shares roughly the same history as the original Legion up to the events of
Crisis on Infinite Earths. Therefore, this version of Lyle is presumably deceased.
Jacques Foccart The second Invisible Kid, Jacques Foccart, is a teenager from what was once the
Ivory Coast. Jacques' younger sister
Danielle has a life-threatening neurological disorder which appears to be incurable, with Jacques taking her to Brainiac 5 as a last resort. Brainiac 5 decides to utilize a piece of circuitry from
Computo, a supercomputer he had created years earlier. Computo possesses Danielle's body and takes control of
Metropolis. Jacques uses Lyle Norg's invisibility serum to save the Legion and becomes the second Invisible Kid.
"Five Years Later" After the
Dominators take over Earth, Jacques becomes the leader of a resistance against them alongside
Tyroc and the
Legion of Substitute Heroes. The resistance successfully defeats the Dominators, with Invisible Kid and Tyroc respectively becoming president and vice president of Earth. ==Reception==