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The Thunderbolt (Yz) is a fictional character appearing in comics published by DC Comics and the name of other fictional genie variants within the 5th Dimension as well. Yz was originally portrayed as a genie-like character who hosts Johnny Thunder and then later Jakeem Thunder.
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Thunderbolt is a name used by two separate legacies in the DC Universe. Yz is a powerful magic being who grants the wishes of adventurer Johnny Thunder. Originally he was portrayed as a genie from Asia, but he was later revealed as a djinn from the 5th Dimension. Jakeem Thunder later took control of Yz as Johnny's successor. He has been involved with the All-Star Squadron and the Justice Society. There have been other Thunderbolts such as Mzzttexxal working with Jonni Thunder and Zzlrrrzzzm working with Skyman. Yz was created by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier, first appearing in Flash Comics #1. (1940)
is also known as Thunderbolt. He is a vigilante who trained to peak conditioning with Himalayan monks. Peter Cannon was created by Pete Morisi, first appearing in the Charlton Comics publication Thunderbolt #1. (1966)
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Mister America villain
Johnny Thunderbolt
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The Thunderbolts in this universe are members of Captain America's Anti-Registration team who buy time off their sentence with suicide missions from the government, similar to DC's Suicide Squad. This version of the team is led by Steve Rogers and is composed of Spider-Man , Invisible Woman , Goliath , and the Punisher .
Peter Cannon is a super-hero known as Thunderbolt. Raised by Himalayan monks as an orphan, he trained to achieve physical and mental perfection. They entrusted him with the secrets in their ancient scrolls, enabling him to perform incredible feats.
Johnny Thunder is the name of three superheroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. A fourth character has the variant name Jonni Thunder. The character appeared in the second season of Stargirl on The CW network played by Ethan Embry.
Learn all there is to know about Thunderbolts, including history, powers, allies, enemies, strengths, & weaknesses! Current members include Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo), Taskmaster, Fixer (Paul Norbert Ebersol), Moonstone (Karla Sofen), Songbird, Atlas (Erik Josten).
In the DC series, Thunderbolt fought against the criminal terrorists-for-hire known as Scorpio. He later discovers that his girlfriend Cairo DeFrey was actually in charge of the organization.
