Killer-Volt

Killer-Volt is a supervillain with an infamous reputation both in his native USA and around the globe. He was given the name Killer-Volt by the press due to his electricity manipulation powers and his propensity to murder people that get in his way. The villain quickly embraced the name and developed a flashy persona to aid in his criminal enterprises.

## History

### Secret Origin

Nobody quite understands how the man who would become Killer-Volt got his powers. He's given dozens of conflicting stories to UNISON agents, his fellow villains and courageous (if extremely foolhardy) members of the press. To wit he has claimed:

* He was struck by lightning one hundred times and on the hundredth strike he developed his powers
* He ate the fallen god Thor's heart
* He drank a Japanese energy drink called **THUNDAH**
* A wizard gave him the power of storms after being bested in a drinking contest
* He fell into a tank of electric eels

Conclusions have been drawn that he's from the east coast, likely grew up in the tri-state area and it's demonstrable that he has mob connections

### What's in a Name

Killer-Volt's first appearance was as a bank robber- during this time several guards were killed and many more left injured. Criminal supervillains at the time had begun to refrain from killing as it tended to incur a large reaction from the superheroes of the Alliance but Killer-Volt believed wholly in his superiority. During the crime spree that followed his first huge success he killed a young hero who called herself Lynx and later defeated the speedster Lightspeed, leaving him hospitalised for days (Lightspeed recovered from his severe injuries quickly thanks to his enhanced metabolism). At the end of his spree he was nearly captured by the combined forces of Osprey and Ultiman but he managed to escape through transmission cables and disappeared from New York

### Resurgence

Almost a year after his initial spree, Killer-Volt reappeared in Las Vegas robbing casinos and attacking rich tourists. The California based Spectacular Squad headed east to deal with the threat as Mr Spectacular was able to create a device that could contain Killer-Volt indefinitely and Mirage devised a trap. Working together the four members of the Spectacular Squad were able to bait Killer-Volt into attacking them at their hotel room which they'd cleverly prepared with traps. Still, even with their preparation Killer-Volt proved to be a powerful adversary- almost melting Captain Alloy and dispersing Deep Dive into mist for a time. Ultimately, the squad was able to trap him when Killer-Volt tried to escape through the mains

### Cell to Cell

Despite the container theoretically being able to contain Killer-Volt in his energy form indefinitely, the squad decided by three votes to one that it was inhumane to imprison a human being as energy in what was essentially a battery. He was transferred into a specially insulated cell in a prison under UNISON custody. In his human form the man was a complete mystery- his face hit no matches on any existing database and he refused to offer up more than the names "Ace Edeeci" and "John"

### Escape and Revenge

A prison riot in a UNISON facility lead to Killer-Volt's escape along with several other villains. Killer-Volt lead a group of villains to assault the Bennett Building as revenge against the Spectacular Squad. The squad was off-world at the time and the villains were thwarted by the combined forces of Ultiman, Lightspeed, Inca Princess, Professor Phantom and King Khoral who had all been alerted by the building's automated defense matrix

## Trivia

* Has never actually shown up in campaign- though he has been mentioned since the very beginning.
* An out of control Kid Thunder was mistaken for Killer-Volt in the first season of Hero High