Livewire (DC Comics)

Livewire
Livewire on the cover art of Action Comics #835, art by Kalman Andrasofszky.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceSuperman: The Animated Series
"Livewire"
First comic appearanceSuperman Adventures #5 (1997)
Action Comics #835 (March 2006)
Created byEvan Dorkin
Sarah Dyer
Bruce Timm
In-story information
Alter egoLeslie Willis
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsSuperman Revenge Squad
Supermen of America
Legion of Doom
Secret Society of Super Villains
Abilities
  • Electrokinesis
  • Electron reconstruction
  • Energy absorption
  • Electro-blast
  • Intangibility and phasing
  • Superhuman strength when fully charged

Livewire is a supervillain appearing in multimedia produced by DC Entertainment, and American comic books published by DC Comics. Created for Superman: The Animated Series, the character appeared in March 1997 in Superman Adventures #5 (based on the animated series). Her first mainstream comic book appearance was in DC Comics' Action Comics #835 (March 2006).

In animation, the character was voiced by Lori Petty in Superman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, and by Maria Canals-Barrera in Justice League. In live-action, she has been portrayed by Anna Mae Routledge in Smallville and Brit Morgan in the Arrowverse series Supergirl.