Peter Cannon (Earth-Four)

Peter Cannon, orphaned son of an American medical team, was raised in a Himalayan lamasery, 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 the 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 ^[1]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Mind over matter, the art of activating and the harnessing the unused portions of the brain

Abilities

Martial artist

Strength level

The highest degree of mental and physical perfection

Notes

Mike Collins and Jose Marzan Jr updated the character for the Post-Crisis universe in a series that lasted for 12 issues in 1992. The right later reverted to it's creator, Pete Morisi.

In the 1986 series Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, published by DC Comics, though not set in the DC Universe, many of the characters were based on old Charlton heroes; the character of Ozymandias drew inspiration from the original Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt character.^[2]

Trivia

A Thunderbolt was briefly shown in flashbacks in Alex Ross and Mark Waid's comic Kingdom Come as a member of Magog's Justice Battalion, along with the rest of the Charlton 'Action Heroes'. In them, he is wearing an outfit more reminiscent of the Golden Age Daredevil, wearing a full head mask. He was apparently killed with the other members when Captain Atom was killed.

Links and References

Footnotes

[0] Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt

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