Livewire (Valiant Comics)
| Livewire | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Valiant Comics |
| First appearance | Harbinger #14 (1993) |
| Created by |
Joe St. Pierre Bob Layton |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Amanda Mckee |
| Team affiliations | Unity |
| Partnerships |
Eternal Warrior Ninjak Stronghold X-O Manowar |
| Abilities |
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Livewire is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Valiant Comics. Created by Bob Layton and Joe St. Pierre. Bob came up with the name Livewire and assigned her the electromagnetic harbinger abilities. Joe did everything else, designed the character, named her Amanda McKee, filled in her personal history where he could. Livewire first appeared in Harbinger #14 (1993). She later played a major role in the Secret Weapons (1993) limited series. Valiant Entertainment is the current owner of Livewire and the rest of the original Valiant Comics characters.
In the relaunched Valiant Universe, Livewire first appears in Harbinger's first arc. Livewire has been featured in Unity as a founding member since 2013.
A psionic teletechnopath, able to control machines with force of will alone, Amanda McKee was orphaned at a young age, and sent to live in a group home. It was there that billionaire visionary and founder of the Harbinger Foundation, Toyo Harada, discovered her and took her into his care, rescuing her from the abusive environments of her early life. For this Amanda became unfailingly devoted to Harada and his mission. Assuming the name Livewire, Amanda became a star pupil of the Harbinger Foundation, eventually becoming one of Harada's most trusted aides.
All that changed, however, when Peter Stanchek joined the Harbinger Foundation. Faced with a power that nearly equaled his own, Harada's facade of control began to fray and his domineering tendencies became clearer and clearer to Livewire. Still faithful to Harada's vision, but believing that Peter could help balance his immense power, Livewire aided Harada's wayward student in his escape from the Harbinger Foundation and sent herself into exile following her betrayal.
Months later, when Aric of Dacia returned from space as the leader of a freed legion of Vine slaves and claimed Romania as the homeland of his new people, Harada reactivated Livewire and asked her to join his elite strike team, Unity. Utilizing her power to control machines, Livewire was able to strip the X-O Manowar armor from Aric and don it herself - with the intent of handing it over to Harada in turn. With the most powerful weapon in the universe at her command, Livewire easily subdued Aric's people and quickly defused a nuclear strike by rival nations bent on annihilating X-O Manowar.
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