Lightning Lad/Threeboot

Lightning Lad Legion of Super-Heroes member Threeboot » Earth-Prime Lightning Lad. Art by Kevin Sharpe. Real name Garth Ranzz First appearance Teen Titans/Legion Special #1 Joined Prior to Teen Titans/Legion Special #1 Stats Status Alive Home planet / Species Winath Relatives Mekt (brother), and Ayla (twin sister) Powers Electricity manipulation Other versions Preboot versions Lightning Lad Reboot versions Live Wire Televisual versions Lightning Lad Lightning Lad

Biography

Origin

Garth, Ayla and Mekt Ranzz crashlanded on the planet Korbal. Ayla suggested that they would trick the local lightning beasts to charge their ship, but they were charged themselves with electrical powers.

Encounter with Terror Firma

Not much is known about the Legion's early history, except that Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, and Cosmic Boy were the founders.
Some time after the Zero-Some encounter (an undocumented case) he and Saturn Girl took a break to Rimworld. There, they were among the first to encounter the Terror Firma (together with Brin Londo).

Powers and abilities

Lightning Lad is able to generate electricity which can be channeled through energy blasts.