Who Is White Lightning? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

White Lightning is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 19 comic issue appearances. An attention seeking criminal that has had many run-ins with Impulse. White Lightning recruits teenagers into her gang to commit crimes, usually robberies.

Who is White Lightning?

As a child of a broken marriage, White Lightning developed a camaraderie with her mother and an utter contempt for fathers, police, and all other authority figures. She is a thrill-seeker as an adult, committing spectacular crimes just to make the authorities look incompetent. Her father's nickname for her, "Princess", incites her wrath and invites immediate retribution against any who use it to address her. She became a legend, traveling from town to town across the American South with support from her truck driver (and sometime smuggler) mother. White Lightning would announce her intent to arrive in a town on the Internet, then charm local teenage boys into working as her gang for the heist. Attracted by her fame, charisma, and sex appeal, they would be all too happy to help. This is what brought her into conflict with Impulse! Encounters with Impulse Her first caper in the Manchester, Alabama area turned into a complete fiasco, when Impulse infiltrated her gang and apprehended them, but White Lightning escaped capture herself. She returned later, allied with the Trickster and successfully stole an artifact from the local university.

Key facts

White Lightning is of human origin and first appeared in "Bad influence". The character is published by DC Comics. With 19 recorded issue appearances, White Lightning ranks among the most featured characters in comics.