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Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt

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374:, where his parents had sacrificed their lives combating the dreaded Black Plague! After attaining the highest degree of mental and physical perfection, he was entrusted with the knowledge of the ancient scrolls that bore the secret writings of past generations of wise men! From them he learned concentration, mind over matter, the art of activating and then harnessing the unused portions of the brain, that made seemingly fantastic feats possible! Then he returned to America with his faithful friend, Tabu, and sought out a new life, in a new land, that required the emergence of Peter Cannon... Thunderbolt. 258: 378:
His costume is his training outfit from the lamasery, with an added mask. A recurring villain is the "Hooded One", another monk from the lamasery who resented the fact an outsider like Peter was given access to the sacred scrolls.
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The series ran for 12 issues before cancellation (September 1992 – August 1993). During the series' short run, his recurring foils were the criminal terrorists-for-hire known as
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officer and time-pressed with police duties, left the title, which was canceled along with the rest of Charlton's "Action Heroes" comics line.
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with art by Caspar Wijngaard, Mary Jo Safro and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. In this series, it is revealed that Peter Cannon and Tabu were lovers.
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crossover series (April 1985 – March 1986, Thunderbolt appearing in #6, 7, and 10) when he joined the heroes of the
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After Charlton sold its superhero properties to DC in 1983, Thunderbolt reappeared after almost two decades in the
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published a ten issue series between September 2012 and July 2013. The series was co-written by Steve Darnall and
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in the early 1960s. Gleason gave him his okay, but the character's primary writer-artist,
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Mind over matter (the art of activating and harnessing that unused portion of the brain)
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The character later appeared in a new series published since February 2019, written by
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Peter Cannon, orphaned son of an American medical team, was raised in a
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Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Peter Cannon...Thunderbolt
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International Catalogue of Superheroes: Thunderbolt
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Prankster (Charlton)

Publisher
Charlton Comics
DC Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
First appearance
Pete Morisi
Justice League
Justice League Task Force
telekinesis
superhero
Charlton Comics
Pete Morisi
Dick Giordano
Son of Vulcan
New York City Police Department
Gary Friedrich
Sam Grainger
Prankster
Dennis O'Neil
Jim Aparo
Lev Gleason Publications
Comic Book Artist
Daredevil
Charles Biro

Mike Collins
Jose Marzan Jr.
Crisis on Infinite Earths

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