I was a big fan of Kurt Busiek's Thunderbolts series for Marvel, with villains disguised as heroes and the effect that had on them. When Jolt was introduced, the series got even better, as she was the first member of the team truly untarnished by a villainous past and made a big impression on the rest of them. She was later killed off, but then got better. I haven't kept much track of what's happened to her since that series ended, but if they ever bring it back, I hope she will be part of the team once again.
jolt vs livewire wouldnt shock me get it or jolt joins titans
ReplyDeleteJolt? As in, Japanese-American like Human Torpedo III? But, heroically bio-electrical (a la Living Lightning)?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: Yes.
ReplyDelete@Ross: nice pairing! Any chance of a sequel featuring the two of them double-temaing Max Dillon? You could call it..."Mourning Becomes Electro."
OOPS That should have read "double-teaming." I must be getting lysdexic.
ReplyDelete@Cary Comic, I call it "Slydexia FTL" but your point is well taken. Or well tanek.
ReplyDeleteI was also a huge fan of Thunderbolts, especially those first few years before the constant yearly events started interrupting it's flow, and Jolt was indeed an excellent addition to the cast, Hallie Takahama was her 'real identity'.
Her origin is that her parents were killed during the onslaught attack and she was eventually caught and experimented on by Arnim Zola.
The whole Onslaught thing lead into the late nineties "Heroes reborn" counter Earth story with the FF and Avengers apparently dieing, [but really just teleported off normal earth and being written in new style by those two Image guys] and of course creating the power vacuum that allowed the Thunderbolts to "arrive on the scene just in time' in the first place. Kurt Busiek wrote a really compelling comic, honestly.
Busiek has written some great comics. Ross, is there am Astro City on Earth-STF?
ReplyDeletePS Great pairing today
ReplyDeleteLoved Thunderbolts, and I loved the changing dynamic Jolt brought to the team.
ReplyDeleteI never warmed up to Stargirl though. I don't care if he gave it to her, that's still Jack Knight's cosmic rod.
Jolt returned during the last Thunderbolts series but she is unknown now since the series ended right before Secret Empire.
ReplyDeleteAnon asking about Astro City: Samaritan has shown up twice. Both have been with Superman, once as the cover partner (#858) and once as a "guest" along with most of the other Universes' Supermen (#359). Astro City was named on 858, which was a Metropolis vs. A. C. throwdown.
ReplyDeleteAFAIK, none of the other denizens of A.C. have shown up, which is a shame, since Alex Ross has done some truly gorgeous covers.
The Alex Ross art is what makes those covers tough to use. I do like Astro City a lot though, and plan to us some more characters from there.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, I can see where trying to mix Alex Ross's art with other styles would be a pain. But he's done most of the DC and Marvel characters too (although mostly in pin-up mode rather than action mode) and I would never turn down an all-Ross cover. Or go with the trick of having not-actually-present characters in a view-screen or something, where the stylistic differences can be a 'camera trick'.
@JJ: Not to mention, being a discrete way to bury a lesser favorite in the background of a big super-group depiction.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous:
ReplyDelete" 'To each their own,' said the lady as she kissed the cow."