#living lightning

[waitingforthet]

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[nitpickrider]

a bit silly, but if you had to fill an Avengers roster, who would you pick?

Wooof, oh me oh my. Let's lay down some ground rules before I do this. 1). Only people who have been Avengers at some previous point in time. Doesn't narrow it down a LOT but this list would be a jigsaw of my favorite Z-Listers otherwise 2). Limiting it to seven people. That's the magic number with superhero teams and it gives me a reason to stop

Steve Rogers, AKA Captain America: Sometimes you just cannot beat a classic and when it comes to Avengers line ups there is no one that I think is more integral than Captain America. The pathos that he brings to the table no matter what character he is interacting with is palpable and reading through his first big volume has given me a deep respect and love for the character. He's our leader for sure, the axis of solid, steady service I can hang my weirder picks on.

Dr. Walter Newell AKA Stingray: You all saw this coming and don't act like you didn't. One of my favorite if not my FAVORITE Marvel Characters of all time. He's a doctor with an interesting specialization. His "I'm only a part time superhero" hangup is even funnier and more interesting if forced into the limelight on THE hero team. Not to mention he comes with his own swanky Hydrobase we can use for an HQ and with his wife and four kids running around underfoot we have the kind of domestic adorability I think any good team needs.

Miguel Santos AKA Living Lightning: The first time I can ever remember reading about a comic book hero being gay, as just like, part of who they are. A tiny detail in their rich inner life. Not to mention the less respect a character gets the more I want to lift them up on my shoulders. He could be the sweetheart with a little chip on his shoulder from not getting the respect his objectively awesome powers objectively deserve.

Angelica Jones AKA Firestar: Something you may not know about me. The first piece of media that really opened my eyes as to the potential and depth and scope of the Marvel Universe was Spiderman and His Amazing Friends. It was cheesy, it was cheap and yet Angelica was the first character that I felt SPECIAL for knowing and caring about. She's happy, she's passionate, her simple classic costume kicks ass and the New Warriors need their goddamn respect. 'Nuff said.

Sersi, Just Sersi: What little I have seen of this character fucking FASCINATES me. This woman is chaos incarnate. It's like she is actively making on the fly decisions with everyone she meets whether she's going to kill them, screw them, turn them into a small mammal or some combination of the three. She's *Instant Plot Complication Just Add Water* because she saw a butterfly and that somehow translates to her blowing the entire team's cover.

Dane Whitman AKA The Black Knight: I love everything about him. I love his vibe, I love the fact that his backstory is built partially around recontextualizing the lore of a mostly forgotten Atlas fantasy comic. I love that he has a wickedly evil cursed blade that comes with the side effect of basically holding him hostage to a heroic moral code. And on top of that he's a dorky intellectual who can't see a social cue if it's blaring at him from oncoming traffic.

Jennifer Walters AKA She-Hulk: ...I do not feel the need to explain or justify this choice. YOU know Jen is awesome. *I* know Jen is awesome. She-Hulk does not need justification. She shows up in stories and makes them better by existing. Also yes this is the bodytype I'd use. Yes, I have an addiction. No, I don't feel the need to explain that either. RESERVISTS: Characters I really like but either don't know enough about or don't think they make good Avengers

Marc Spector and System AKA Moon Knight: One of my favorite dudes but does NOT play well with others. Was interesting for about 10 seconds as a member of the West Coast team but I'd prefer he never touch the ranks again.

Flint Marko AKA Sandman: Marvel did Sandman fucking dirty by never letting him fully reform and be the good guy. I want Sandman to be the good guy dammit

Maria de Guadalupe Santiago AKA Silverclaw: I know literally nothing about her outside of reference books but her powers are dope and I dig her vibe.

[doctorslippery]

All Avengers roll calls, ever should end with Hawkeye yelling "What?!"

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[danieldoodles]

Marvel Pride, because why not?

And piss off with your 'what abouts' and 'why thems'. DRAW YOUR OWN SHIT!

Enjoy! 😁

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

Dazzler, Wiccan, Jessie Drake, Northstar, Tempo, Demolition Man, America Chavez, Nico Minoru, Darkveil, Iceman, Living Lightning

Art Credit to Daniel McNea

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Living Lightning

Not all storms come from the sky.

Artist: Caio Monteiro TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Living Lightning by Caio Monteiro

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

August 1st - The Living Lightning

Miguel Santos’ father had been a leader among the sinister group of science terrorists known as the Legion of The Living Lighting.  Miguel’s father had perished in a battle against the Incredible Hulk.  Hoping to redeem his family’s good name, Miguel sought out his father’s old laboratory to see if any of its inventions could be used for good causes.  He turned one of these inventions on and was caught in a blaze of strange energies that transformed him into a being of living electricity.

Confused and unable to initially control his new powers, Miguel ended up battling the West Coast branch of The Avengers.  He was apparently killed in the conflict yet was later re-manifested by the villainous Doctor Demonicus. Demonicus attempted to use Miguel as a pawn to further his schemes yet Miguel was now more able to control his powers and he rebelled, aligning with The Avengers.  Miguel was subsequently offered membership in The Avengers which he accepted.  Now calling himself  ‘The Living Lighting,’ Miguel served alongside The Avengers for a brief time before stepping down to focus on his studies.  

The Living Lightning initially resisted the Super Hero Registration Act at the onset of the first Superhero Civil War, although he ultimately agreed to register and was assigned to a team located in Texas called The Rangers.  

More recently, The Living Lightning became embroiled in a cosmic adventure where he and a number of his fellow Avengers were forced to participate in a conflict arranged by the powerful Elders of The Universe.  Lightning’s quick thinking ended up saving the day when he challenged one of these Elders, The Grandmaster, to a game of poker.  Unable to resist the lure of a game, The Grandmaster accepted.  Lightning was able to beat The Grandmaster by bluffing (a tactic the Elder was unaware of).  The Elder held up his end of the bargain and all was returned to how it had been prior to the Elders’ tinkering.  

The Living Lightning first appeared in the pages of Avengers West Coast Vol. 2 #63 (1990).

[snibbits]

Shameless self-promotion, because I have a new print store and it’s Pride

[age-of-moonknight]

“The Dark Doppelgangers Descend,” Marc Spector: Moon Knight (vol. 1/1989), #41.

Writers: Terry Kavanaugh; Penciler: Gary Kwapisz; Inker: Tom Palmer; Colorist: Mike Thomas; Letterer: Ken Lopez

[comicbooktradingcards]

Upper Deck Marvel 80th Anniversary (2018)

#151 Living Lightning

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“The Second Master (Part Two),” Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2/2012), #8.

Writer: Christopher Yost; Penciler: Khoi Pham; Inker: Tom Palmer; Colorists: Edgar Delgado and Antonio Fabela; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

[promisedenddreams]

Dream 49 pt. 2

The same cat sits on a nearby fence watching me as time slowed down. It speaks into my mind, 'you have lost, it will claim you through the agreement you made at the beginning.'

The cat has always been around saving me from the anger of the thing within the earth that wants me, but at a cost. A cost I can no longer pay.

Then I realize something. 'Wait can I give up all my memories of being with you up to this point for more time, one last time?'

The cat looks up with genuine amusement, 'Sure'.

Time continues again.

I jumped into a nearby car and hotwired it, driving with one destination in mind. The Airport.

The cat ran alongside me, watching this play out.

The lightning started up again, beginning to gain on me because of the country roads, but once I hit the highway I could speed off into the distance leaving it following at a steady pace.

'Good, I thought I would need a lead'.

I make it into the airport, which is in scrambles from an emergency evacuation order, sneaking past security in the turmoil and making my way to the end of the terminal. I got on a plane and walled up to the captain. 'This is a life or death situation for both of us, please can you fly the plane away from here?'

He responded with a firm no.

Before he could turn away though, the cat beside me stood up on its hind legs, its eyes glowing white, 'I am the father of Jesus of Nazareth, you will fly this plane away from here' it lied.

It was effective though and the pilot dashed into the cockpit and started up the plane, through the window I could see the lightning making its way over here through the planes on the side of the terminal, the planes exploding along the way.

We made it to the runway, with the control tower already exploded, and took off without guidance with the lightning hot on our tail. Once we made it up into the sky, the lightning couldn't keep up but we could still see it in the distance.

I asked the cat 'how long must we fly for?'.

'Till neither it not I can see each other,' the cat responded.

After an hour plane flight, the cat said it was good now.

We landed in a corn field and when I tried to remember the name of the town we had left, neither the pilot nor I could. It was as if it was wiped off the map. I sat there for a bit before asking, 'what now?'

The cat simply replied, 'now you can live.'

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[obsessedwithceleste]

Pleaseee they’re so funny💀