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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Equipment 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Recommended Reading 8 Links and References 8.1 Footnotes

History

Live Wire, Garth Ranzz is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes with electrical abilities.

Born on Winath, Garth and the rest of his family gained superpowers during a crash-landing on the planet Korbal, where they were electrically charged by the resident Lightning Beasts. Later, when his intervention, along with that of Rokk Krinn and Imra Ardeen helped save the life of billionaire industrialist R.J. Brande, he was asked to join Brande's new Legion of Super-Heroes, a government-sponsored team of superpowered teenagers from across the galaxy.^[1]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Electrokinesis: Ability to generate electricity and use it as destructive energy blasts.

• Molecular Reconstruction: After Live Wire's mind entered the body of Jan Arrah, he gained the ability to transmute elements.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Legion Flight Ring

Notes

• Before his mind entered Progenitor, Live Wire's eyes were blue, and his hair was red.

Trivia

• Other incarnations of Garth Ranzz have more commonly gone by the name Lightning Lad. Originally, Live Wire was supposed to be called Lightning Lad, but R.J. Brande claimed that his marketing department determined that Live Wire would be a "fresher and more noticeable" codename.^[2]
• Live Wire has lost and regained his right arm several times. It was originally severed from his body during a battle with Lightning Lord.^[3]

See Also

• Discuss Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour) on the forums
• Appearances of Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• Character Gallery: Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• Images featuring Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)

Recommended Reading

• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
• Legionnaires (Volume 1)
• The Legion (Volume 1)

Links and References

• Live Wire at Wikipedia
• Live Wire entry on Legion Wiki
  

Footnotes

This character is exclusive to the continuity of the Legion of Super-Heroes universe between Zero Hour and Teen Titans/Legion Special #1.

Any official designation for the home universe for this character has not been given, and thus this page may have to be moved in the future. In the meantime, it's designated as "Post-Zero Hour".

Legion of Super-Heroes member This character is or was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th/31st Century, in any one of their various continuities. Including but not limited to, the Original Continuity, the Post-Zero Hour Legion, and the "Threeboot" Continuity. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Legion of Super-Heroes members" category.