Silas Stone is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the father of Cyborg and the creator of Titans Tower. Silas Stone first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
Silas Stone has been featured in several adaptations, first appearing in several animated series. Actor Joe Morton portrayed the character in the DC Extended Universe films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, and its director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League. Phil Morris portrays the character in the Doom Patrol television series on DC Universe and HBO Max.
Fictional character biography
Silas Stone is a scientist who formerly worked at S.T.A.R. Labs and is the father of Victor Stone. After Silas' research inadvertently summons an interdimensional creature who kills his wife Elinore and mutilates Victor, he is forced to transform Victor into a cyborg to save his life. As Victor blames Silas for the accident, he attempts to reconcile with him by building Titans Tower for the Teen Titans.
Years later, Silas is mortally wounded by radiation from a dimensional transmitter and reconciles with Victor before dying.
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Silas Stone studies a mysterious box that interacts with the box in the Justice League's possession, summoning Parademons who mutilate Victor. In Forever Evil, Silas repairs Victor when Grid removes his cybernetic support system.
In Dawn of DC, Silas dies and becomes a digital consciousness before sacrificing himself to help Cyborg stop the robot Solace.
Powers and abilities
Silas Stone has genius-level intellect.
In other media
Television
- Silas Stone appears in Young Justice, voiced by Khary Payton. This version was previously entrusted with studying a Father Box, which he uses to save Victor after he is mortally wounded by a Reach failsafe device. Subsequently, Victor blames Silas for ruining his life before they eventually reconcile.
- Silas Stone appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Phil Morris. This version was convinced by the Chief to save his son Victor over his wife.
- Silas Stone appears in My Adventures with Superman, voiced by Byron Marc Newsome. This version is a scientist at AmerTek Industries until he and John Henry Irons were fired by Thomas Weston for speaking out against the company's fusion reactor.
Film
- Silas Stone appears in the DC Animated Movie Universe films Justice League: War and The Death of Superman, voiced by Rocky Carroll.
- An alternate reality version of Silas Stone appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Carl Lumbly. This version is a member of Lex Luthor's Project Fair Play, a weapons contingency program meant to counter their universe's Justice League if necessary. Silas is enlisted by Superman to unlock data from the latter's spaceship before he and his son Victor are attacked and killed by a Metal Man designed to frame Superman.
- Silas Stone appears in Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, voiced by Cedric Yarbrough.
- Silas Stone appears in the films set in the DC Extended Universe, portrayed by Joe Morton.
- Silas first appears in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in which he experiments on and converts his son Victor Stone into Cyborg using a Mother Box.
- Silas also appears in Justice League, in which he and other scientists are captured by Steppenwolf due to their connection to a Mother Box. After the Justice League rescue him, Silas bonds with Victor while upgrading his body. In the director's cut, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Silas is killed while remotely activating a Mother Box.
Video games
Silas Stone appears in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
References
External links
- Silas Stone at DC Comics Wiki
- Silas Stone at Comic Vine
