Garth Ranzz

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Garth Ranzz
Family	Unnamed sister
Occupation	Super-Hero
Powers and Abilities	Electricity Generation, Manipulation
Played By	Calum Worthy
Status	Alive (31st Century)
Appeared In	Legion

"Ready for techno exorcism." - Garth Ranzz, Legion

Garth Ranzz, also known by his code name Lightning Lad, is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st Century originating from the planet Winath.

Contents 1 Physical Appearance 2 Powers and Abilities 3 Season Eight 4 In the Comics 5 Notes

[edit] Physical Appearance

"Kal, I may have the smoldering good looks of a human, but I'm actually from a hunk of mud called Winath." - Garth Ranzz to Clark Kent

Garth is tall and has flowing ginger hair. He is mostly seen wearing his Legion of Super-Heroes outfit which is mainly blue with yellow lightning bolts around his neck collar representing his power to generate and manipulate electric forces with his body. He is also seen wearing his Legion ring.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Garth has the ability to generate electricity within his body and then manipulate it creating powerful external forces. He was able to knock the Persuader through Clark's barn and knocking him out with a simple shock attack. He was able to fuse his abilities together with those of Rokk Krinn to create a electro magnetic pulse to put Brainiac offline temporarily and was also able to keep Brainiac offline while he was trying to reboot using electricity in his own "techno exorcism".

[edit] Season Eight

"You may be known as Clark Kent now, but one day you will be known as Sup..."

Along with fellow founding Legion members Rokk Krinn and Imra Ardeen, Garth traveled through time back to the 21st century to stop the Persuader from killing Superman aka Clark Kent. They found him to be at Clark's barn where he had just returned from seeing Jimmy off to Star City. After he had cut open his abdomen, Rokk took away his Atomic Axe and Imra distracted him enough so that Garth could knock him out using his electricity before Rokk took away his stolen Legion ring sending him back to the 31st century. Rokk, Garth and Imra then introduced themselves to Clark before Garth asked Clark where his cape was, with Clark unaware of what he meant. The three explained to Clark what he is truly destined to become which is a model to all the galaxy for aliens to come to earth and live among humans.The three Legion members decided to help Clark defeat Brainiac, even if they had to kill its human host: Chloe Sullivan, although he had refused their help. The Legion attacked Brainiac, stunning it to prevent its plan to steal knowledge. Working together with Clark, finally, Imra and Clark managed to connect with Chloe from within as Garth used his powers to short circuit Brainiac. Before returning to the future with what was left of Brainiac, Garth asked to keep one of Clark's baseballs as a souvenier, claiming it was for his sister (a hint at his twin, Ayla, AKA Lightning Lass).

[edit] In the Comics

Over the years there have been three primary versions of the Legion of Superheroes, but in all three Garth Ranzz, Rokk Krinn and Imra Ardeen are the founding members. Garth was one of the three original Legion of Superheroes members to recruit young Clark Kent (Superboy) to join their futuristic superhero team. Garth is a quick to act and sometimes humorous member of the Legion in all three primary Legion histories but in all three he has endured tragedies and hardships. He was maimed (original and second histories), his son was turned into Legion villain Validus (original history) and was reborn in another Legion members' body (Element Lad). Garth is from the planet Winath, where most people have twins. Garth is no exception; he has a twin sister who he is close with named Ayla (another Legion member). He also has a brother (who has no twin), a psychotic villain named Mekt who in all three versions of the Legion is an enemy to him and the Legion of Superheroes. Garth's primary relationship throughout the years is with Imra and the two share a love that despite it's hardships continues to endure. Garth even had children with Imra in the original Legion history named Garridan (Validus), Graym, Dacey and Dorrit. Garth considers Rokk one of his best friends in the Legion and is close with his sister as well. In the original and current continuities Garth is one of Superman's best friends from his youth. Although Garth is primarily known as Lightning Lad, his original name is Lightning Boy and he has also used the name Live Wire. Garth and his siblings powers came from a childhood accident that left them with electrical generation and manipulation abilities.

[edit] Notes

• Garth is the first character of the series to almost (before was he cut off by Cosmic Boy) intentionally and knowingly call Clark by his official adult hero name "Superman".
• Garth always calls Clark "Kal" obviously referencing his Kryptonian name Kal-El meaning it as a nickname. So far Clark has only gone by this name when under the influence of Red kryptonite.
• Garth also asked "Kal" where his cape was, referencing his iconic cape when fully accepted his destiny as Superman.
• Garth told Clark that the ball he wanted him to sign was for his sister. In the comics, Garth has a sister named Ayla Ranzz who also possesses the power of electricity.