Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-241978-20140409012745

In his first appearance Darkstar states his father was a plumber, which would seem to indicate that his powers come from being an alien/human hybrid. Yet, he is classified as a human "mutant." Mutants are never mentioned in the series itself and from just watching the series a regular viewer would get the impression that any humans with superpowers are alien hybrids, not mutants.

According to his trading cards Michael is a "vladite" (in his ugly state a "zombified vladite"). "Vladite" is a mispelling of Vladat, but Michael's powers, aside from levitation, are not those of a Vladat and it is impossible for him to be related to them unless there were Vladat refugees living on Earth for the past several centuries (if true, this might explain the existence of the vampire myth). Michael doesn't appear to be an Osmosian either due to the obvious difference in how his powers work.

On one hand, Michael might have both Osmosian and Vladat ancestry and his unique powers are a result of the "hybrid vigor" phenomenon. On the other hand, his father might be of a third alien race that absorbs energy like Osmosians and Vladats do. On the third hand, he is just a mutant. We don't have any information either way. 