Silas Stone is a scientist who formerly worked at S.T.A.R. Labs and is the father of Victor Stone. When Victor was in high school, he was mauled by an alien creature that emerged from an interdimensional portal at S.T.A.R. Labs, forcing Silas to convert Victor into a cyborg to save his life. Victor comes to resent Silas due to his transformation, which Silas attempts to mend by building Titans Tower for the Teen Titans.[1] Years later, Silas is terminally ill with radiation poisoning caused by energy from the dimensional portal; however, he manages to reconcile with Victor before dying.[2]
The New 52
Silas Stone is resurrected following the 2011 relaunch "The New 52", which rebooted the continuity of the DC universe. This version of Silas is a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs in Detroit. He is studying a mysterious box when he is informed of the arrival of his son Victor, who attempts to tell him about the scholarships that he received. Silas states that Victor does not need a scholarship as he is already paying for his school, which leads to the two arguing. The box in the Justice League's possession and the box at S.T.A.R. Labs are activated, which leads to a horde of Parademons emerging and wounding Victor.[3] Silas takes Victor to a secure room, where he is outfitted with experimental technology and briefly goes into cardiac arrest. Silas realizes that Victor is alive when he starts speaking in binary code, indicating that his repaired body is now online.[4] When Victor awakens, he defends his father from the invading Parademons.[5]
In Dawn of DC, Silas is revealed to have died, with his consciousness being transferred into a robotic body. He later sacrifices himself to help Cyborg stop the robot Solace.[6][7]
Powers and abilities
Silas Stone has genius-level intellect.
In other media
Television
Silas Stone appears in Young Justice, voiced by Khary Payton.[8] Silas 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.[9]
Silas Stone appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Phil Morris.[10] This version was convinced by the Chief to save his son Victor over his wife.
An alternate reality version of Silas Stone appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Carl Lumbly.[8] 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 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.[12]
^Hampton, Morgan (w), Mercer, Travis; Abdias, Bruno (p), Mercer, Travis; Abdias, Bruno (i), Atiyeh, Michael (col). "Stand Tall" Cyborg, vol. 3, no. 6 (February 2024). DC Comics.
^ abcde"Silas Stone Voices (Teen Titans)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 2, 2024. 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.
^Matadeen, Renaldo (September 1, 2019). "Young Justice: Outsiders Gives Cyborg His Final Upgrade". CBR. Retrieved June 3, 2024. Young Justice: Outsiders has put Cyborg through the emotional and physical wringer. Not only did Victor Stone have to contend with his father fusing him to a Father Box following an accident, he has faced serious mental issues as the "living computer" nearly possessed him and transformed him into a killer.
^Byrne, Craig (February 14, 2019). "Smallville Alum Phil Morris Is in Doom Patrol". KSiteTV. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019. One of the cool things to be seen in the new Doom Patrol trailer from DC Universe is that Silas Stone, father of Victor a.k.a. Cyborg, is played by a familiar face to those who love DC TV: Phil Morris, who played "John Jones," the Martian Manhunter, in multiple episodes of Smallville.
^Burlingame, Russ (March 25, 2016). "Batman v Superman Reveals Who Plays Cyborg's Dad". ComicBook.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016. Ironically, it's Morton's Silas — and not Vic himself — who audiences get to hear from directly in the film itself. We also learn that, at least for the purposes of the DC Extended Universe, Silas Stone works for S.T.A.R. Labs, and has custody of an alien artifact which appears to be a Mother Box.
^Jorgensen, Tom (March 15, 2021). "Zack Snyder's Justice League Review". IGN. Retrieved August 25, 2025. Snyder's version of Victor plays up the gothic horror aspect of the college student given a second chance at life through his father Silas' (Joe Morton) experimentations with a Mother Box, and their conflicted relationship is given new dimension in several new scenes together.
