Blitz (comics)
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Blitz is Big Bang Comics
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Jimmy Travis was a lady man-race car driver. One day, he was pushed off road by a fellow racer, Helmut Schletman. He discover an abandoned former-Nazi lab containing a suit label "Ubermensch" and a chemical labeled "Blitz-Geschidigkeit". Gamblers from the race caught up with Jimmy and tried to shoot him. He managed to dodge them, but spilled the chemical on himself in the process. This caused his suit to melt away, however he was unaffected. He then put on the "Unbermensch-suit
", before managing to defeat the Gambler with super speed. He figured he got his speed superpower from the chemical and the label meant "Lightning
-Speed". He then used his super speed to wreck Helmut's car and win the race. He called himself "Blitz" because the car was called "Der Blitz". Later got a sidekick named Cyclone and became a founding member of the Round Table of America. He died in an explosion in the 1980s.
Earth B
Mack Snelling was reporter going to Europe in WW II, but he was kidnapped by Nazis. He was the victim to terrible experiments. However, one of these experiments ironically gave him super speed, which he used his power to escape. Donning a green and yellow suit with red googles, Mack became an anti-Nazi superhero. To mock them, he took the German
word for lightning. He became a founding member of the Knights of Justice. When he gave his fiance a much-needed blood transfusion
, she gained his powers and became the heroine "Speed Queen".
Big Bang Comics
Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994, with five issue mini-series , published by Caliber Comics. Their second series was published by Image Comics. Currently their titles are self-published.-Publication history:...
' homage to Flash
Flash (comics)
The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 ....
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Fictional character history
Earth AJimmy Travis was a lady man-race car driver. One day, he was pushed off road by a fellow racer, Helmut Schletman. He discover an abandoned former-Nazi lab containing a suit label "Ubermensch" and a chemical labeled "Blitz-Geschidigkeit". Gamblers from the race caught up with Jimmy and tried to shoot him. He managed to dodge them, but spilled the chemical on himself in the process. This caused his suit to melt away, however he was unaffected. He then put on the "Unbermensch-suit
Suit (clothing)
In clothing, a suit is a set of garments made from the same cloth, consisting of at least a jacket and trousers. Lounge suits are the most common style of Western suit, originating in the United Kingdom as country wear...
", before managing to defeat the Gambler with super speed. He figured he got his speed superpower from the chemical and the label meant "Lightning
Lightning
Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...
-Speed". He then used his super speed to wreck Helmut's car and win the race. He called himself "Blitz" because the car was called "Der Blitz". Later got a sidekick named Cyclone and became a founding member of the Round Table of America. He died in an explosion in the 1980s.
Earth B
Mack Snelling was reporter going to Europe in WW II, but he was kidnapped by Nazis. He was the victim to terrible experiments. However, one of these experiments ironically gave him super speed, which he used his power to escape. Donning a green and yellow suit with red googles, Mack became an anti-Nazi superhero. To mock them, he took the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word for lightning. He became a founding member of the Knights of Justice. When he gave his fiance a much-needed blood transfusion
Blood transfusion
Blood transfusion is the process of receiving blood products into one's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used in a variety of medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood...
, she gained his powers and became the heroine "Speed Queen".