Bolt (DC Comics)

Comics character

Bolt

Publication information
Publisher| DC Comics
First appearance| Larry Boltiansky
Blue Devil #6 (November 1984)
Terry Boltiansky
Teen Titans (vol. 3) #55 (March 2008)
Alinta
DC Connect #6 (October 2020)
Malik White
Black Adam #1 (August 2022)
In-story information
Alter ego| Larry Boltiansky
Terry Boltiansky
Alita
Malik White
Species| Human (Larry, Terry)
Metahuman (Alinta, Malik White)
Abilities| Larry/Terry:
High-tech suit grants powers such as energy blasts, flight, and teleportation
Alinta:
Connection to Speed Force grants several powers including superhuman speed and enhanced physical attributes
Malik White:
Derived powers from Black Adam includes: superhuman strength, speed, stamina, enhanced intelligence and wisdom, flight. invulnerability, magic and spell-casting potential.

Bolt is the name of several unrelated characters appearing in American comic books published DC Comics. Although the characters vary in being both superheroes and supervillains, some versions of the characters are related to one another.

## Publication history

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Bolt first appeared in Blue Devil #6 (November 1984) and was created by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, Paris Cullins, and Ernie Colón.[1]

## Fictional characters biographies

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### Lawrence Boltiansky

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Bolt (right) fighting Blue Devil, from Blue Devil #9, art by Paris Cullins

Larry Boltiansky is a special effects artist and assassin.[2] He designed a special suit that gives him the power to teleport and project energy blasts. Now calling himself Bolt, he has faced the superheroes Blue Devil, Captain Atom,[3] and Starman (Will Payton).[4] Bolt appears in Suicide Squad #63–66 (1992) as part of a more villainous version of the Squad supporting a dictatorship in the island of Diabloverde. Amanda Waller and the Squad take out him and his colleagues while attempting to remove the dictator.

He joins a sub-group of assassins that call themselves the Killer Elite. One of their many battles puts them up against the merc team called the Body Doubles. Bolt is hospitalized in an off-panel battle.[5] He joins the third incarnation of the Suicide Squad and is killed by mutant ants on his first mission.[6] Bolt later turns up alive again in the pages of Identity Crisis #1 and is badly injured by two street kids, suffering a punctured lung and two punctured kidneys.[1] He has since joined the Society.[7]

Bolt is a member of Luthor, Joker and Cheetah's Injustice League Unlimited and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run. He is one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six. Bolt is killed by his son Dreadbolt, who uses his own suit's teleporting ability to send him into a brick wall.[8] During the Blackest Night event, Bolt is temporarily resurrected as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.[9]

Bolt returns following the "Infinite Frontier" relaunch, where he appears as a member of the Suicide Squad under Peacemaker. He is killed by an unstable Talon of the Court of Owls the team was meant to rescue.[10]

### Terry Boltiansky

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Bolt's son Terry Boltiansky appears in Teen Titans #55.[11] He initially attempts to befriend Blue Devil's former sidekick, Kid Devil, before revealing he is following in his father's footsteps as Dreadbolt.[12] He tries to persuade Kid Devil to join his team, the Terror Titans, but when Kid Devil refuses, he joins the rest of the Terror Titans in defeating him. Later, at the request of the new Clock King, he is sent to help defeat Ravager, who already took out Persuader and Copperhead. He threatens to kill Wendy and Marvin, but Ravager calls his bluff and defeats him alone. He regroups with his teammates and attempts to take her down again, but is apparently killed in the ensuing explosion caused by Ravager breaking a gas pipe. He is later revealed to have used the teleportation system in his suit to get himself and his teammates to safety.

In the Terror Titans miniseries, Dreadbolt is tasked by Clock King to kill his father, thereby proving himself worthy to lead his fellow Terror Titans.[13] Clock King then renames him Bolt when he finally does.[8] Disruptor, having lost favor from Clock King to Ravager, tried to manipulate Terry into killing her, but Terry is not fooled.[14] When Clock King sets in motion his plan to destroy Los Angeles with an army of brainwashed metahumans, Ravager sets out to stop him. Bolt and the Terror Titans battled her, only to be outmaneuvered. Miss Martian, who had posed as one of the metahumans, freed the others from their brainwashing, and they came after the Terror Titans. Retreating to Clock King's lair for help, Bolt and the others are aghast to see Clock King kill Disruptor for her failure, and leave them at the mercy of the oncoming metahumans. Bolt offers to hold them off while his teammates get away, but they insist on fighting together and are subdued, with Dreadbolt being defeated by Static. Two weeks later, Bolt and the remaining Terror Titans escape from custody, planning revenge on Clock King.[15]

### Alinta

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Alinta is a metahuman speedster similar to the Flash who lost their legs to pay off her parents' debts. With specialized prosthetic running blades and a connection to the Speed Force, Alinta becomes a student at the Teen Titans Academy. Alinta was introduced in the Future State event and incorporated into the main continuity shortly afterward in Infinite Frontier.[16][17]

### Malik White

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Malik Adam as Bolt

Malik Adam White (sometimes referred to as Malik-Adam) is an African-American man and a descendant of the antihero Black Adam. Throughout his appearances, Malik adopts two different codenames, initially known as White Adam and later settling on Bolt.

In the eponymous Black Adam series, Malik is introduced as a medical student and aspiring surgeon who sometimes works as a doctor illegally and is flunking medical school. When Adam contracts a dangerous disease, he seeks out his descendant to grant him his powers and pass on a legacy in an attempt for atone for his crimes, making Malik his heir and successor.[18] Malik resolves to understand the plague infecting Adam, but ends up catching it himself, later learning that he and Adam are allergic to Nth Metal and suffering from metal toxicity.[19] Malik also navigates his normal life possessing superhuman powers and works alongside Adam in battling the Akkad pantheon resurrected through alien bacteria assuming their forms, Ibac, and the Oni Grace, who has connections with the old Circle of Crow and seeks to usurp Teth's rulership. Malik assists Mary Marvel in the Lazarus Planet event, with the pair learning of Shazam's dilemma with the Rock of Eternity becoming one with him and resolving the problem.[20]

## Powers and abilities

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### Larry and Terry Boltiansky

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Larry Boltiansky is a skilled electrical engineer and thief. Thanks to a special suit that he designed, Bolt can teleport or fly short distances instantaneously. The suit contains an energy blaster, which can also be used as a weapon.[21] Terry's suit has all of the same abilities.

### Malik White

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Knowledgeable in medicine to act as an unlicensed physician prior to his empowerment, Malik possess the same powers as Black Adam in which he derives his power from, which includes:[22]

S | Stamina of Shu | The equivalent to the "Stamina of Atlas", the stamina attribute from Shu enables Malik to maintain his empowered state for an extended period without any time limitations. Additionally, the empowerment provides Amon with substance, eliminating the need for eating, sleeping, and even breathing. As a result, Adam can operate at peak efficiency, unaffected by the physiological requirements that typically apply to ordinary individuals.[23]

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H | Speed of Horus | The equivalent to the "Speed of Mercury", the Speed of Horus grants Malik super speed, enhanced reflexes, motor skills, and flight, enabling them to move at incredible speeds, react swiftly, and perform precise maneuvers.[24]
A | Strength of Amon | The equivalent of the "Strength of Hercules", this bestows Malik an exceptional level of superhuman strength. He gains the ability to exert immense physical power, surpassing the capabilities of ordinary individuals. With this heightened strength, they can effortlessly lift and manipulate objects of tremendous weight, overpower adversaries with ease, and deliver devastating blows in combat.[23]
Z | Wisdom of Zeuheti | Similar to the "Wisdom of Solomon", the Wisdom of Zehuti grants slightly different powers; the wisdom enhanced Malik's mind, granting him near eidetic memory, a greater understanding of mathematics, combat strategy, languages, sciences, and can also sense mystical forces.[25] Similar to the Wisdom of Solomon, the power is considered an active one a champion must channel to activate.[23]
A | Power of Aten | The equivalent to the "Power of Zeus", this attributes fasciliates the transformation that grants Malik access to the full range of his powers, including the ability to shoot bursts of electricity and lightning. He also possesses limited teleportation, allowing him to effortlessly travel to and from the Rock of Eternity with a single thought. Notably, the Power of Aten empowers him with the potential to use magic and cast spells. This power is considered the most difficult, requiring the most study, focus and discipline.[23]
M | Courage of Mehen | The equivalent to the "Courage of Achilles", the Courage of Mehen grants Malik peak physical defenses, rendering her nearly invulnerable. This heightened level of invulnerability provides significant protection against physical harm. Additionally, the empowerment grants Adam resistance to various elements, including heat, force, disease, and the effects of aging. This attribute allow Malik to withstand extreme conditions and maintain his health and vitality against formidable challenges.[23]
Living Lightning  | Malik possesses the Living Lightning derived from his empowerment by Black Adam. Malik potentially possesses the same powers as Adam, with magical abilities including lightning control and amplification of spells.[25]

## References

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1. ^ a b Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Bolt", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 58, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
2. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 53\. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
3. ^ Captain Atom #9 (November 1987)
4. ^ Starman #2-3 (November–December 1988)
5. ^ New Year's Evil: Body Doubles one-shot (February 1998)
6. ^ Suicide Squad (vol. 2) #3 (January 2002)
7. ^ Villains United #5 (November 2005)
8. ^ a b Terror Titans #3 (February 2009)
9. ^ Blackest Night #6 (February 2010)
10. ^ Suicide Squad (vol. 7) #1 (May 2021)
11. ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #55 (March 2008)
12. ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56 (April 2008)
13. ^ Terror Titans #1 (December 2008)
14. ^ Terror Titans #5 (April 2009)
15. ^ Terror Titans #6 (May 2009)
16. ^ Future State: Teen Titans #1 (March 2021)
17. ^ Infinite Frontier #0 (May 2021)
18. ^ Black Adam #2 (September 2022)
19. ^ Black Adam #5 (December 2022)
20. ^ Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods one-shot (March 2023)
21. ^ Who's Who in the DC Universe #3 (May 1985)
22. ^ Priest, Christopher (May 16, 2023). Black Adam Vol. 1. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1-77952-009-8.
23. ^ a b c d e Jaffe, Alex (October 5, 2021). "Shazam!: What's in a Name?". DC Comics. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
24. ^ Bulmer, Darren; Ciechanowski, Walt; Huff, Chris; Johnson, Sean; Kenson, Steve; McFarland, Matthew (October 25, 2011). DC Adventures Heroes & Villains, Volume 1: Allies and Enemies from the DC Universe. Diamond Comic Distributors. ISBN 978-1-934547-38-0.
25. ^ a b "DC Universe Infinite Encyclopedia: Black Adam". May 8, 2021. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

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