Name: Viking Prince
Universe: Earth-1
Alter Ego: Jon
Occupation: Adventurer
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Scandinavia in the 10th Century A.D.
Known Relatives: King Rikk (father according to one legend), Ailsa (twin sister; deceased)
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Weight: 171 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Blue
First Appearance: Brave and the Bold #1

History:
There are various legends about the life of the great hero of medieval Scandinavia known as Jon, the Viking Prince. According to one legend, in the year 964 A.D. the Viking captain Olaf found a youth afflicted by amnesia. The people of Olaf's village called the heroic youth Jon, the Viking Prince, after Jon the Shining, a great prince of the past. The Viking baron Thorwald (known in some accounts as Torgunn) recognized Jon as the rightful heir to his throne and sought to kill him but failed.

Eventually Jon regained his memory, but in order to claim his throne, he had to perform "the Twelve Tasks of Thor". It is not known if Jon ever succeeded in completing these tasks.

Another legend makes no reference to Jon having amnesia or to Thorwald. In this legend Prince Jon is the son of King Rikk the Storm Cloud, a mighty Scandinavian monarch who was still alive when Jon was a young man. Jon was betrothed to Princess Asa, the daughter of another monarch. A sea dragon left a scar on Jon's right shoulder which caused Jon to lose strength in his swordarm under the "dragon's moon".

In yet another legend, perhaps connected to the second, Prince Jon loved the maiden Illan and had a twin sister, Ailsa the Fair. Ailsa was captured by Krogg the Red and, when Krogg threatened to kill her if Jon did not surrender, bravely leapt from a tower to her death. Jon killed Krogg and began a period of wandering, pledging to battle evil wherever he found it.

In yet another account Jon was nearly killed in battle and was brought by a Valkyrie to Valhalla, home of worshippers of the Norse gods who bravely died in combat. Odin, ruler of the gods, was furious to learn that Jon was not truly dead and that he loved one of the Valkyries. Making Jon invulnerable to harm from metal, wood, fire, and water, Odin sent Jon back to Earth, but said he could return to Valhalla and wed his Valkyrie if he could still die heroically in battle despite his invulnerability. The Valkyrie cast Jon into suspended animation in a wall of ice. Jon revived during World War II and aided Sgt. Rock against the Nazis. Finally killed by an explosion, Jon was taken to Valhalla, but Rock suspected Jon would someday return to Earth.

Powers:
The Viking Prince was a mighty hand-to-hand combatant, a superb athlete, and an extraordinary swordsman.