Leslie Willis

"Livewire"
Biological Information
Status	Alive
General Information
Occupation	Shock jock (formerly)
Affiliation	CatCo Worldwide Media (formerly)
Family	Unknown
Alter ego	Livewire
Actor	Brit Morgan

Leslie Willis is a former employee of CatCo Worldwide Media. After a fatal helicopter accident, Leslie was turned into the supervillain Livewire.

Biography

Becoming Livewire

Leslie Willis was once a famous, well-known radio shock jock presenter, working in the basement of CatCo Worldwide Media, until her shocking rants about Supergirl started to annoy everyone, including her boss Cat Grant. Furious, Cat ordered Leslie to no longer speak her opinions about Supergirl, to which she refused. Since she couldn't fire her, because Leslie had another two years left on her contract, Cat had her transferred to the traffic chopper, much to Leslie's fury. On her first evening on traffic chopper, a lightning storm moves in over the city. Despite the pilot's concerns about the dangerous weather, Leslie refused to return to HQ. When lightning struck the chopper and started to spin out of control, Supergirl came to the rescue. Whereas she managed to return the pilot to safety, when she took Leslie's hands, a bolt of lighting hit both of them.

Leslie was in a coma after being hospitalized, and after Kara and Cat paid her a visit she regained consciousness as electronics around her began to flicker and short circuit. After being discharged from the hospital, Leslie was walking around town as she began to notice her hands were charging with electricity. When a man accosted her in an alley, she inadvertently gave him a powerful electric shock, killing him instantly, but she got a rush from it. She then transformed her whole body into electrical energy and disappeared into an electrical light particle in the alley.

Going after Cat Grant

After cutting off all power at CatCo as well as putting a blackout over national city, Leslie, now calling herself "Livewire", paid Cat a visit and attempted to use her new powers to kill her. However, Supergirl showed up in time to intervene. She offered to help Livewire but easily refused. During the fight, Livewire fed off Supergirl's heat vision, which she actually using the power source to give her more energy. She then caused the elevator, that Cat was in to try to escape, to fall out of control before fleeing and promising she'd return. During the DEO's investigation, Hank Henshaw revealed to Kara when that lighting went through her body it passed onto Leslie, turning her into pure energy.

In a attempt to capture Livewire, Cat and Kara (as Supergirl) broadcast an invitation in Leslie's old office to meet her on the street where Cat and Leslie first met. Livewire showed up and despite Cat's best effort to reason with her, Livewire opting to electrifying her former boss, only to be stopped by Supergirl. The two women engaged in a fight, and it was clear Livewire quickly overpowered Supergirl, making it impossible to use the DEO's trap. Supergirl then found an underground water pipe on the street and drenched her with water, knocking her electric powers out of use as well as her unconscious. Afterwards, she was soon imprisoned and later taken into custody by the DEO and contained for experimentation. She is last seen at the end of the episode inside her cell, presumably unconscious.

Powers and Abilities

• Electrokinesis: Leslie is able to control and syphon to electricity. She can transform into living electricity and travel through anything that will conduct an electric current. She can also conjure lightning blasts of various intensities and lengths. While she was syphoning the entire city, her electricity became powerful enough to potentially kill Supergirl herself, though she could also simply fight her off with lesser amounts. She could even form intense electricity on her skin which could shock someone to death if they touch her, and she could even charge her physical attacks to fight Supergirl on equal grounds. In her electrical state, Leslie can possess and control any device that conducts electricity, even cause a blackout through an entire city. How powerful Leslie is depends on the amount of energy she possesses, and like a battery her powers are not indefinite. To re-power herself she must absorb a vast amount of electricity from an available power source. Even the energy from Kryptonian heat vision is a suitable power source. If Leslie is completely drained of her power, she reverts to her solid form and cannot use most of her abilities or transform into living electricity.
• Super durability: Leslie possesses inhuman resilience, as she could take hits from Supergirl and could fight her off with the help of her electrical abilities.
• Super strength: Leslie could divert electricity into her physical attacks, allowing her to fight Supergirl on equal grounds.

Weaknesses

• Water: Leslie's main weakness is water, and even small amount can harm her. To suffer a major power loss Leslie has to be completely drenched in water, then she will start to short-circuit.
• Charging: Leslie does not conduct her own electricity and her power is not indefinite. She needs a source of electricity to use it.

Appearances

Season 1

• "Livewire"

Notes

• Leslie Willis first appeared in Superman Adventures #5 (March 1997), and was created by Bruce Timm. Six months later she appeared as a recurring villain in Superman: The Animated Series, voiced by Lori Petty. She made her debut in the mainstream comic books in Action Comics #835 (2006).