The one made of electricity, he's on edge. Not a lot of experience, I'm guessing. That means he's got something to prove. 
History
Miguel's father, Carlos, was a member of an extremist group called Legion of Living Lightning. In a misguided attempt by the Legion to gain control of the Hulk, Carlos was killed. Hoping to salvage his father's name, Miguel broke into the Legion's headquarters to learn more about their work. While exploring, Miguel unwittingly turned on one of the Legion's machines and was transformed into a being of living energy.
Initially, a confused Miguel clashed with the West Coast Avengers and was apparently killed during the conflict. Later, he turned up alive and under the control of a villain, Doctor Demonicus. After a brief, unwilling foray into crime, Miguel joined the Avengers. While he occasionally serves with the team, Miguel gave up active membership to concentrate on his studies.
For a time, Miguel manned the Avengers Deep-Space Monitoring Station with his fellow Avenger Quasar, as their respective powers enabled them to travel back and forth to Earth with ease, and Miguel could take advantage of the isolation to study. [1]
Miguel was invited to attend a meeting of the Great Lakes Avengers or GLA, as they wanted to recruit him to join the team. However, Miguel turned them down, explaining that he'd attended thinking GLA referred to the Gay/Lesbian Alliance.[2]
Civil War/Initiative
After death of Goliath, Miguel joined the Anti-Registration side, but after the main battle he registered. Miguel recently joined the Rangers; the official super-team of Texas in the Fifty-State Initiative. Since joining the Rangers, Miguel has fought both HYDRA, Skrulls and the Scarlet Spider along with his fellow Rangers.
He was part of the security for Striker's mother safety.[3]Attributes
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Powers
Sentient Electrical Form: In his true form, Living Lightning is just that, a sentient electrical plasma force with no mass.
While in this form, he is capable of;
- Flight: Miguel can fly, and is capable of reaching sub-light speeds.
- Semi-Invulnerability: While in energy form, Santos cannot be harmed by Physical attacks, or most energy attacks. He can be harmed by magic, psionic or plasma based attacks. He is also able to withstand the the vacuum of space.
- Electrokinesis: He also possesses the ability to fire and manipulate bursts of electricity and electrical fields of varying intensities.
- Electricity Projection: Living Lightning is able to bodily generate up to 15,000,000 volts of electrical power.
- Force Field: When focused, Miguel can create protective force fields of electrical energy.
- Concussive Electric Plasma Blasts: He can bodily generate, conduct and release staggering plasma blasts from his body.
- Electronic Manipulation: He is capable of manipulating electronic devices.
- Body Manipulation: He has the ability to control his body while composed of electrical plasma.
- Astral Projection: While in his energy form, his mind resides in an Astral form.
Abilities
- Bilingual: Miguel is bilingual in Spanish and English.
- Experienced Fighting Ability: He has some knowledge of street-fighting techniques.
Weaknesses
- Electrical Form: Miguel must wear a special containment suit to retain a solid form.
- Extremely powerful electrokinetics like Thor can restrain him using their own electrokinetic powers.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Transportation
See Also
- 127 appearance(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 11 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 8 minor appearance(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 45 image(s) of Miguel Santos (Earth-616)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Miguel Santos (Earth-616)