Johnny Bolt

Origin

It is unclear how Johnny got his electrical powers that lead to him being called Johnny Bolt or Sparky but, Johnny has learned over time to rely on his gift of planning for then his super power.

Creation

Johnny Bolt was created by Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu for there series Supercrooks.

Major Story Arcs

Supercrooks

5 years ago, Johnny and his crew of small time criminals are caught by The Gladiator while robbing a jewelery store on the morning of Johnny’s marriage to Kasey. Johnny was sent away to Supermax Prison for the next 5 years.

Now, Johnny gets out of prison but Kasey isn’t there to pick him up, he tracks her down to a small dinner where she has been working. Johnny tries to explain he robbed the store get her a ring she deserved but Kasey won’t listen and kicks him out. While out in the parking lot Johnny finds an injured Carmine.

Carmine explains to Johnny and Kasey how he owes The Salamander a hundred million dollars, and after Carmine is asleep, Johnny tells Kasey he has an idea how to get the money for their friend and mentor. Then when Carmine feels better Johnny and him visit a few of Johnny’s old friends and they form the Supercrooks, and fly to Spain to pull the perfect heist by robbing The Bastard.

While in Spain, Johnny tries to get back with Kasey but he seems to have wreaked things too badly and she tries to leave for the US. Johnny focuses on the heist and gets the Supercrooks into the Bastard’s safe and out safely, although they have a run in with Praetorian but Johnny uses the blackmailed Gladiator to stop that threat. During the heist Kasey reveals that she still loves Johnny and was never really leaving Spain.

After the heist Johnny tells the team to keep a low profile but he doesn’t head his own advise and uses his share to buy Kasey a huge diamond and an over the top wedding proposal.

In Other Media

Netflix

Super Crooks

Johnny Bolt appears in the Netflix adaptation of Mark Millar‘s Super Crooks. The show serves as a spin-off series to Jupiter’s Legacy. It even explores the origin story of Johnny Bolt. When Johnny was a teenager, his powers awakened with ability to control electricity. At first, Johnny wanted to be a superhero and join The Union of Justice. Together with his childhood best friend, Johnny trained to control his newfound super-powers and made a superhero costume. Johnny set out to be a superhero in his hometown and called himself Electro Boy. His debut as a superhero at the community swimming pool backfired when Johnny briefly lost control and his powers caused massive destruction and mayhem as people in the swimming pool were electrocuted. Now horrified that his childhood dream to be a superhero failed, Johnny decided to become a super-villain instead as Johnny Bolt. Over the years Johnny Bolt gained a reputation as a small-time super-villain and has worked alongside other villains such as Frostbite, Kismet, and Transit. At one point he meets the love of his life, Kasey.

Voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese Dub) and Jonah Scott (English Dub)