Bolt (DC Comics)

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caption = Bolt (right) fighting Blue Devil, from Blue Devil #9. Art by Paris Cullins.
character_name = Bolt
publisher = DC Comics
debut = Blue Devil #6 (November 1984)
creators = Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin (script)
Paris Cullins, Ernie Colon (art)
alter_ego = Larry Bolatinsky
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alliances =Injustice League Suicide Squad Killer Elite Secret Society of Super Villains
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powers = Hi-tech suits gives the power of teleportation and energy blasts.

Bolt is a fictional character and supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. His first appearance was in "Blue Devil" #6 (November 1984).Citation | last = Jimenez | first = Phil | author-link = Phil Jimenez | contribution = Bolt | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 58 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5]

Fictional character biography

Larry Bolatinsky is a special effects artist and assassin. 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 ["Captain Atom" #9 (November 1987)] , and the Will Payton version of Starman ['Starman" vol 1, #2 (November 1988) and #3 (December 1988)] .

Bolt appears in "Suicide Squad" vol. 1, #63-66 (March through June 1992) as part of a more villainous version of the Squad propping up the dictatorship in the Bermuda Triangle island of Diabloverde. Amanda Waller and her 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. ["New Years Evil Body Doubles" one shot]

He joins the third incarnation of the Suicide Squad and apparently dies on his first mission alongside Killer Frost, Putty, Eliza and Larvanaut. He falls through a shaft, breaks his leg and is attacked by killer ants. He is seen dead in the hands of Killer Frost. ["Suicide Squad" vol. 2, #3 (January 2002)] He 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. He has since joined The Society ["Villains United" #5 (November 2005)] . His seemingly miraculous resurrections have been noted by other characters, mostly notably during his recovery from his gunfire related injuries [Teen Titans Vol. 2 #20, noted by Electrocutioner] .

Bolt is member of Luthor, Joker and Cheetah's Injustice League Unlimited and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run.

Legacy

Bolt's son, Terry Bolatinsky, appears in "Teen Titans" #56. He initially attempts to befriend Blue Devil's former sidekick, Kid Devil, before revealing he is following in his father's footsteps as Dreadbolt. 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's he is sent to help to 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 pursuing 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. ["Terror Titans" #1]

Powers and abilities

Larry Boltanisky is a skilled special effects technician and assassin. Thanks to a special suit he designed, he is able to teleport short distances instantaneously. The suit also contains an energy blaster that can be used as a weapon.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=bolt Bolt at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]
* [http://bluedevil.uatu.net/enemies/bolt.html Bolt Character Biography at Justin's Blue Devil Page]