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Garth Ranzz
Garth Ranzz, also known as Live Wire and Lightning Lad, is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, usually those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes, a 30th and 31st century group of which he is a founding member. He has the superhuman ability to generate electricity, usually in the form of lightning bolts.
Garth Ranzz as Lightning Lad has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is voiced by Andy Milder in Legion of Super Heroes (2006) and portrayed by Calum Worthy in Smallville.
The character first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.
Lightning Lad is a Winathian and founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes along with Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy. He is the older twin brother of fellow Legionnaire Ayla Ranzz (Lightning Lass), the younger brother of the supervillain Mekt Ranzz (Lightning Lord), and the father of two sets of twins; sons Garridan and Graym and daughters Dacey and Dorrit. The Ranzz siblings gained electrical superpowers after being attacked by Lightning Beasts on the planetoid Korbal. When they attacked the siblings, the Beasts inadvertently transferred their electricity into them, an effect which Mekt likens to an infectious disease.
Early in the Legion's history, Garth is killed battling Zaryan the Conqueror and resurrected following the sacrifice of Proty, Chameleon Boy's shapeshifting pet. A later retcon revealed that Proty's mind had taken over Lightning Lad's body, but this has since been eliminated from continuity.
At one point, Lightning Lad loses his right arm to a monster dubbed the "Moby Dick of space", replacing it with a bionic appendage. He eventually has his arm regrown; in the interim, scientist Lars Hanscom hypnotizes Lightning Lad into becoming the criminal Starfinger under the pretense of developing an organic prosthetic arm for him. Following the events of The Great Darkness Saga, Garth's son Garridan is abducted by Darkseid and transformed into Validus.
During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the control of the Dominators and withdraws from the United Planets. A few years later, the Dominators' "Batch SW6", temporal clones of the Legionnaires, escape captivity. After Earth is destroyed, a few dozen surviving cities and their inhabitants reconstitute their world as New Earth, and the SW6 Lightning Lad assumes the code name Live Wire.
After the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! miniseries, Legion history was rebooted. In this version of events, the Ranzz siblings gained their electric powers after being stranded on the barren planetoid Korbal and attempting to use the Lightning Beasts to recharge their cruiser. After being attacked by the Beasts, the Ranzzes were rendered comatose for several months.
Garth Ranzz
Garth Ranzz, also known as Live Wire and Lightning Lad, is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, usually those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes, a 30th and 31st century group of which he is a founding member. He has the superhuman ability to generate electricity, usually in the form of lightning bolts.
Garth Ranzz as Lightning Lad has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is voiced by Andy Milder in Legion of Super Heroes (2006) and portrayed by Calum Worthy in Smallville.
The character first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.
Lightning Lad is a Winathian and founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes along with Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy. He is the older twin brother of fellow Legionnaire Ayla Ranzz (Lightning Lass), the younger brother of the supervillain Mekt Ranzz (Lightning Lord), and the father of two sets of twins; sons Garridan and Graym and daughters Dacey and Dorrit. The Ranzz siblings gained electrical superpowers after being attacked by Lightning Beasts on the planetoid Korbal. When they attacked the siblings, the Beasts inadvertently transferred their electricity into them, an effect which Mekt likens to an infectious disease.
Early in the Legion's history, Garth is killed battling Zaryan the Conqueror and resurrected following the sacrifice of Proty, Chameleon Boy's shapeshifting pet. A later retcon revealed that Proty's mind had taken over Lightning Lad's body, but this has since been eliminated from continuity.
At one point, Lightning Lad loses his right arm to a monster dubbed the "Moby Dick of space", replacing it with a bionic appendage. He eventually has his arm regrown; in the interim, scientist Lars Hanscom hypnotizes Lightning Lad into becoming the criminal Starfinger under the pretense of developing an organic prosthetic arm for him. Following the events of The Great Darkness Saga, Garth's son Garridan is abducted by Darkseid and transformed into Validus.
During the "Five Year Gap" following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the control of the Dominators and withdraws from the United Planets. A few years later, the Dominators' "Batch SW6", temporal clones of the Legionnaires, escape captivity. After Earth is destroyed, a few dozen surviving cities and their inhabitants reconstitute their world as New Earth, and the SW6 Lightning Lad assumes the code name Live Wire.
After the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! miniseries, Legion history was rebooted. In this version of events, the Ranzz siblings gained their electric powers after being stranded on the barren planetoid Korbal and attempting to use the Lightning Beasts to recharge their cruiser. After being attacked by the Beasts, the Ranzzes were rendered comatose for several months.