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published by

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. He is the father of

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and

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. Silas Stone has been featured in several adaptations, first appearing in several animated series. Actor

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portrayed the character in the

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films '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', ''

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'', and its director's cut ''

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''. Phil Morris portrays the character in the ''

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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

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. Years later, Silas is mortally wounded by radiation from a dimensional transmitter and reconciles with Victor before dying. Silas Stone is resurrected in ''

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'' continuity reboot. He studies a mysterious box that interacts with the box in the

's possession, summoning Parademons who mutilate Victor. In ''

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'', Silas repairs Victor when

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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 ''

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'', voiced by

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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 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 as a STAR Labs scientist in ''

'', portrayed by Phil Morris. This version was convinced by the Chief to save his son Victor over his wife. * Silas Stone appears in ''

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'', 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

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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

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's Project Fair Play, a weapons contingency program meant to counter their universe's

if necessary. Silas is enlisted by

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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

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. * Silas Stone appears in the films set in the

, portrayed by

. ** 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

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. ** Silas also appears in ''

'', 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, ''

'', Silas is killed while remotely activating a Mother Box.

Video games

Silas Stone appears in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''.

References

External links

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