Val Seong is the former corrupt lawyer of the late Tobias Whale.
Biography[]
Tobias Whale's Lawyer[]
A secret plan[]
Val made an appointment with Lynn Stewart at her research facility to be examined. However, when she arrived at the appointed time, Val interrupted the analysis of "JJ Stewart" with Lynn. Lynn nervously introduced "JJ" as her niece, causing Val to frown. Later, Val informed Tobias that there is a new Pierce, intriguing him about her identity.[1]
As the Pierce house was being raided, Val brought a laptop to Tobias that showed him camera footage from one of the FBI agents, pleasing Tobias that the Pierce family was caught off-guard. Val listened as Red asked if he could force Monovista to move faster with their creation, which Tobias liked as it sped up the plan. This caused Val to ask about Lynn and why she had not provided a progress report. Tobias answered that he trusts that Lynn's thoroughness is her undoing, and she is working even harder at it since she does not know she is part of the plan.
Meanwhile, Lynn took the sample of Val's powers[2] that she had gotten during the medical exam[1] and injected it into Peter Gambi, granting him Val's power of negation, instead of taking the sample for herself.[2]
Days later, after FBI Agent Kevin Mason raided Lynn's laboratory at the Center for Gene Therapy and Genetic Research, he brought to Val the samples of her negation power that Lynn had collected. Val then reported to Tobias that Lynn had completed her part of the plan. Tobias expressed that he was done with Lynn, so Val placed the order to Kevin to have her arrested. Later, Val and Red watched as Tobias genuflected to a stained glass painting of Tori before he used Val's samples in a power-dampener created by Monovista International to negate the powers of everyone on Black Lightning's team.[3]
Personality[]
Powers[]
- Meta-human physiology: As a result of unknown means, Val has acquired meta-human powers.
- Power negation: Val can nullify the powers of other metahumans.
Appearances[]
Black Lightning[]
Trivia[]
- Val suffers from ALS.[1]
- In Tobias Whale's payroll ledgers, Val is listed under the code "V-303//01."[4]