Killowat

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Killowat
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Team Titans #1 (September 1992)
Created by Dan Jurgens
In-story information
Alter egoCharlie Watkins
Species Metahuman
Team affiliations Teen Titans
Abilities
  • Electric based powers
  • Flight

Killowat (Charlie Watkins) is a fictional character appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily in association with the Team Titans. Originally a corporal serving the tyrant Lord Chaos, Killowat joined the Team Titans after learning of Chaos' evil intentions. In the storyline Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , Killowat and the Team Titans are revealed to have been sleeper agents working for Monarch. Most of the Titans are erased from existence after their timeline is destroyed and have not appeared since.

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Publication history

Killowat first appeared in Team Titans #1, and was created by Dan Jurgens.

Fictional character biography

Charlie Watkins originates from an alternate timeline ten years in the future, where Lord Chaos reigns and a force known as the Team Titans struggle to overthrow his tyranny. Watkins is originally a member of Lord Chaos' Force Elite who attains the rank of corporal. While serving in the Force Elite, Watkins learns of Chaos' true nature and offers to become a double agent for the Team Titans. On a routine mission, Watkins is exposed as a spy and falls into an energy convertor, which gives him electric superpowers.

Exposed as a traitor to Lord Chaos, Killowat offers to become a member of the Team Titans and is accepted. Shortly thereafter, the Titans travel ten years into the past to stop Chaos from being born. To accomplish this, the Titans are assigned to kill Donna Troy before she can give birth to the child who will become Chaos. Instead, the Titans convince Donna to give up her powers, ensuring that Chaos will not inherit them. The Titans are stranded in the past, unable to return to their future. [1]

During the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! event, it is revealed that the Team Titans are sleeper agents working for Monarch, who was aware of the impending time crisis and wanted a super-powered army at his command. Monarch, now known as Extant, commands the Team Titans to attack the heroes who are trying to unravel the crisis. During the battle, Killowat and most of the Team Titans are killed after their timeline is erased from existence. Terra, Deathwing, and Mirage survive, having originated from the main timeline rather than the future. [2] [3] [4]

Other versions

An alternate universe version of Killowat appears in Team Titans Annual #2. This version is the protector of an alien refugee camp. [5]

In other media

References

  1. ↑ Wolfman, Marv  ( w ), Grummett, Tom ; Erwin, Steve ; Hughes, Adam ; Statema, John ; Costanza, John  ( p ),Vey, Al; Branch, Ken; Hunt, Dave ; Barnett, Charles ( i ), Roy, Adrienne  ( col )."The Titans $ell Out $pecial (or, The Buck Stops Here!)"Titans Sell-Out Special,vol. 1,no. 1(November 1991).DC Comics.
  2. ↑ Jurgens, Dan  ( w ),Jurgens, Dan ( p ), Ordway, Jerry  ( i ), Wright, Gregory  ( col )."Zero Hour (Part III)" Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! ,vol. 1,no. 2(September 1994).DC Comics.
  3. ↑ Ocasio, Joseph (July 23, 2019). "10 Titans Members You Completely Forgot Existed". CBR . Retrieved December 15, 2024. Introduced in the '90s, this group of characters included a doubleganger of Terra, a bird girl name Redwing, a Vampire named Nightrider, an electric man named Killowat, a technomancer named Preston Jon, and some gun-wielding guy name Battalion. .... A majority of the characters were erased from existence thanks to the events of Zero Hour.
  4. ↑ Solis, Jorge (November 15, 2019). "The 10 Messiest Break-Ups In Titans History, Ranked". CBR . Retrieved December 15, 2024. During the Zero Hero crossover event, Killowat, Redwing, Dagon, and Battalion were actually sleeper agents waiting to be activated. When Monarch returned as Extant, only Mirage and Terra went against their programming. Even though they knew Extant's defeat meant their deaths, Terra and Mirage still fought against him. The Team Titans were no more as their false future was being destroyed.
  5. ↑ Jensen, Jeff ; Jimenez, Phil  ( w ), Ross, Luke ; Dutkiewicz, Michael; Kent, A.J. ( p ),Beccari, Maria; Beatty, Terry ; Marzan Jr., José  ( i ),Ferriter, Julianna ( col )."Into the Light" Team Titans Annual,vol. 1,no. 2(April 1994).DC Comics.
  6. ↑ "Killowatt Voice - Teen Titans (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Teen Titans Go! #48 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Issue)". Comic Vine . Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  8. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN . Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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