LIGHTNING BUG

Real Name: Matt Corbin

Identity/Class:  Presumably human mutant

Occupation: X-Force team tryout

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Anti-Matter, Mant, Sycamore, Wash-Out presumably other X-Force tryouts

 indirectly Spike Freeman, X-Force (Anarchist, Dead Girl, Doop, Orphan, Phat, Vivisector)

Enemies: Wash-Out, presumably other X-Force tryouts

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The Mojave Desert X-Force tryout arena

First Appearance: X-Force I#129 (August, 2002)

Powers/Abilities: Lightning Bug did not necessarily display any superhuman powers, although on the only panel he was seen in, he was in the air, so it was possible that he had some sort of flight ability. Judging by the lightning shapes on his costume, Lightning Bug could have possibly possessed lightning or electric-based mutant powers.

History:  (X-Force I#129) - As X-Force left the Mojave Desert tryout arena where mutants competed for a spot on their team, the mutant water-manipulator Wash-Out blasted Lightning Bug with a rush of water.

Comments: Created by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo.

Lightning Bug's real name and codename were revealed in Anarchist's entry in OHotMU A-Z Hardcover#1.

Profile by Proto-Man

Clarifications:

Lightning Bug has no known connections to

• Lightning, steed of the Masked Raider, @ Marvel Comics#1
• Lightningbolt, Galadorian Spaceknight, killed by mob of Galadorians, @ Rom#73
• Lightningbolt, temporarily alias of the Absorbing Man, @ Amazing Spider-Man I#429
• Lightningbolt, Rand, second Galadorian Spaceknight, killed by Dire Wraiths, @ Spaceknights#2
• Lightning Bug, mutant Morlock girl, spirit attempted to take over Jean Grey, @ Marvel Comics Presents#15
• Lightning Fist, member of the Wicked Brigade, released bursts of electricity, @ Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#16
• Lightning Force, of Earth-597, alternate dimension counterparts of Excalibur, Earth taken over by Nazis, @ Excalibur I#9
• Lightning Lancers (Zambala), agents of Solomon Prey, rode pteradons, @ Black Panther: Panther's Prey#1
• Lightning Legion, also called the Legion of Living Lightning, @ Tales to Astonish I#97
• Lightning Lord, also called the Lord of the Living Lightning, @ Tales to Astonish I#97
• Lightning Machine, weapon of the Legion of Living Lightning, empowered Living Lightning, @ Tales to Astonish I#97
• Lightning Rays, members of the Legion of Living Lightning, @ Tales to Astonish I#98
• Lightning Rods, temporary name change for the Great Lakes Avengers, @ Deadpool II#10
• Lightning Shadow, better known as Yung-Chen Ma, @ Hulk Comics (UK)#8

images: (not counting ads)

X-Force I#129, p12, pan4 (Lightning Bug fullbody)

First Posted: 09/05/2005
Last updated: 09/01/2005

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