Wednesday, December 4, 2024

HOTW- Lightning (Thunder Agent)

From good ol' Wiki- Lightning – Virgil "Guy" Gilbert wears the Lightning Suit, which gives him super-speed but also ages him at an accelerated rate.  Back to me- that is all they have.  I believe I read that Guy was "cured" in the original run by using the Dynamo belt on him to slow the aging, or something like that.  I have not read ALL of the Agents original adventures, and that is one of them.  I was captivated by these heroes, since I had never read any of the stories, or perhaps one or two.  You know me, I am the sucker for superhero teams with really cool costumes.  I liked that these were agents, and that they could be replaced, since the powers were the costumes. The Agents all had great costumes, even the UNDERSEA Agent.I read the newer versions from the 80s, but while those looked great, they tried too hard to be "important" and do Marvel-style stories.  Keith Giffen's Lightning stories were hard to follow, at least for me.  And then DC got hold of them, redesigned the costumes and modernized the characters, or something dumb.  Somethings should be left alone, and in their own times.

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