Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)

Live Wire
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Real Name	Garth Ranzz
Main Alias	Live Wire
Relatives	Kirth Ranzz (father), Dalya Ranzz (mother), Mekt Ranzz (brother), Ayla Ranzz (twin sister), Vaz Ranzz (father's twin brother), Lilya (mother's twin sister), Ryth (aunt)
Affiliation	Legion of Super-Heroes · Workforce
Base Of Operations	Legion Headquarters
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Race	Winathian
Citizenship	United Planets Citizen
Marital Status	Married
Occupation	Legionnaire
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 10"
Weight	145 lbs (66 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Red
Origin
Universe	Post-Zero Hour
Creators	Mark Waid · Tom McCraw · Stuart Immonen
First Appearance	Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 4 #0 (October, 1994)

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

History

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.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Electrokinesis: Ability to generate electricity and use it as destructive energy blasts.
  • Energy Absorption
  • Electro-Blast
• 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: All Legionnaires were presented with a flight ring that enabled them to defy gravity and sustain movement through the air by aerodynamically generating force.

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.
• Live Wire has lost and regained his right arm several times. It was originally severed from his body during a battle with Lightning Lord.
  

Recommended Reading

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

Related

• 121 Appearances of Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• 14 Images featuring Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• 1 Quotations by or about Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)
• Character Gallery: Garth Ranzz (Post-Zero Hour)

External Links

• 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/The 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, Original Legion, the Reboot Legion, Prime Legion and the Post-Rebirth Legion. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Legion of Super-Heroes members" category.