Deathbolt | |
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![]() Deathbolt as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #6 (August 1985). Art by Jerry Ordway. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | All-Star Squadron #21 (May 1983) |
Created by | Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Jake Simmons |
Species | Metahuman |
Abilities | Electrokinesis; able to generate, project, channel and absorb electrical currents |
Deathbolt is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by the Ultra-Humanite to fight the All-Star Squadron.[1]
Deathbolt appeared in the Arrowverse series Arrow and The Flash, portrayed by Doug Jones.
Wanted for murder, Jake Simmons fled police in a stolen biplane during a heavy storm. He crashed when lightning struck the plane over Meteor Crater, Arizona. The Ultra-Humanite found him and experimented on him until his body became a living electrical battery. Code-named "Deathbolt", he became the Ultra-Humanite's staunch ally until his defeat by the All-Star Squadron.[2]
Deathbolt (or a successor) returned in recent years and tried to kill the late Starman, Ted Knight only to be thwarted by the arrival of Ted's descendant Farris Knight.[3]
Deathbolt can channel the electrical energy in his body into powerful blasts of electricity.[4]
Deathbolt appears in series set in the Arrowverse, portrayed by Doug Jones: