Dynamo

Real Name: Jim Andrews

First Appearance: Science Comics #1 (February 1940)

Original Publisher: Fox Features

Created by: Robert Webb

Golden Age Origin:

Jim Andrews, a research scientist, is caught between two giant electrodes while conducting an experiment. The accident gives him the power to control electricity, using it to create force fields, shoot bolts of electricity from his hands, or fly through the air. He must recharge occasionally by holding onto an electrical source. Jim puts on a helmet and cape to fight crime, first calling himself Electro and then later changes his name to Dynamo.

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