Impulse #4

[iamrman]

Writer: Mark Waid

Pencils: Humberto Ramos

Inks: Wayne Faucher

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With a name like White Lightning, you would expect the villain to be a racist. Nope, she just uses teen boys as henchmen.

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Bart Allen’s Day Off?

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

You’d think a character going by “White Lightning” would be Corrupting The Youth with homemade adult beverages.

[iamrman]

Only if it was shitty cheap cider.

[full_metal_ox]

And today I learned a thing!

This is what the term refers to here in Yankistan, and it’s most often grain-based.

[iamrman]

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

[full_metal_ox]

It’s disturbingly easy to imagine White Lightning and Zarana teaming up.

[mister_terrific]

Nope, just cleavage. Of course, with teenage boys, that's 90% of the battle...

[full_metal_ox]

And the remaining 10% is the invitation to act out.

[alan2099]

With a name like White Lighting, I'd expect an alcohol themed redneck villain.

[cainofdreaming]

Well, Marvel had the redneck part down. Link.

[thanekos]

Mark Waid touching on the " a speedster in a vertically moving vehicle can't do anything but experience it slower " concept he did a couple times with Wally.

[blueprintstyles]

The teen boys as henchmen feels pretty problematic on it's own. Feels like she's on the same government list as Deathstroke.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

It makes sense, though. Someone like her showing them any attention, and they're not going to be using their brains to think, you know?

That would apply for older, too, but teens seem particularly susceptible to... hmm, let's call it "endearment."