Next up for the month is a somewhat recent villain:
Livewire. She was actually created for Superman: The Animated Series. I guess someone
wanted to give Superman a couple of more female villains since he really doesn’t
have that many. She did make her way over to the regular DC universe in Action
Comics #835 (2006). She was known as Leslie Willis, a radio shock jock who
hates Superman. During a thunderstorm, she was shocked and that changed her
skin and gave her abilities over electricity. Since Superman was trying to save
her, she blamed him for it and took to a life of crime.
I was going to look at her first appearance on STAS, but I
thought I’d switch bases a bit. Livewire did briefly appear on Smallville, but really
debuted on the CW’s Supergirl. She appeared in the fifth episode of the first
season and was actually been a recurring villain on that show. Her origin is
pretty much the same but it’s Supergirl instead of Superman.