Bolt (DC Comics)
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 Bolt (right) fighting Blue Devil, from Blue Devil #9. Art by Paris Cullins. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Blue Devil #6 (November 1984) |
| Created by | Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin (script) Paris Cullins, Ernie Colon (art) |
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| Alter ego | Larry Bolatinsky |
| Team affiliations | Injustice League Suicide Squad Secret Society of Super Villains |
| Abilities | 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).
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[edit] 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[1], and the Will Payton version of Starman[2].
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. <tef>"New Years Evil Body Doubles" one shot</ref>
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.[3] 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[4]. His seemingly miraculous ressurrections have been noted by other characters, mostly notably during his recovery from his gunfire related injuries[5].
Bolt is member of Luthor, Joker and Cheetah's Injustice League Unlimited and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
