Deathbolt
Deathbolt is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Jake Simmons
He came to be on U.S. Most Wanted List for murder. In the spring of that year, he was fleeing the police in northern Arizona when the plane he was flying was caught in a storm. Struck by multiple bolts of lightning, the plane's engine failed and crashed into the side of a volcanic crater. Believing their quarry dead and fearful of the storm, the police broke off the pursuit. Unknown to them, the crater was service as a base of operations for the Ultra-Humanite, who has carved out the depths with the help of a heretofore race of Sub-Men. Seeking to build herself a team of ruthless henchmen, the Ultra-Humanite heard the crash and pulled Simmons from the wreckage, barely alive. Using advanced scientific techniques, Simmon's body was charged like a battery, likely preconditioned by the lightning strikes that crashed his plane. Equipped with a new uniform, Simmons assumed the identity of Deathbolt.
Deathbolt's first encounter with superman law enforcement occurred when he and the Ultra-Humanite invaded Superman's Fortress of Solitude, hidden in the mountains outside of Metropolis. There he held his own against the combined power of Superman and Green Lantern until the reason that invaded - The Powerstone - was found and given to the Ultra-Humanite. With the arrival of Cyclotron bearing the Hammer of Thor shortly thereafter, the three staged a strategic retreat taking Firebrand as a hostage, Superman for purposes of vengeance and Robotman as a possible vessel for the Ultra-Humanite with them.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Deathbolt's primary ability was to generate electrical fields. Manifestations of this include generating electric bolts of lightning and electromagnetic fields that could repel even Kryptonian levels of force and magical forms of energy. A ruthless murderer, Deadbolt was unencumbered by reticence on any of his actions, allowing him to act decisively and without mercy. He also possessed at least some ability as a pilot allowing him to fly an airplane but not at a level of mastery that would have allowed him to dodge the storm that eventually led to his acquisition of super-powers.
Notes
- Deathbolt was created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway where he made his first appearance in All-Star Squadron v1 #21 (May, 1983).
In other media
Television
Appearances
- All-Star Squadron v1: (1983)
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