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Livewire from Suerman: The animated series.

Leslie Willis was a popular WLXL shock jock who made a habit of ridiculing Suerman. Leslie's outspoken and polarizing style garnered her as many supporters as disputants. People all over Metropolis listened to Leslie. Lex Luthor, in particular, enjoyed her radio show, "Live Wire". Bibbo had called her up to denounce her attitude and pointing out how Superman is a great man, and she proceeded to ridicule Bibbo as well. Leslie Willis explained that she believed that Superman was never around when he was needed, that everything came easy for him, and that he didn’t care about anyone but himself. (Ironically, all of these claims were quickly revealed to be untrue.) Superman had apparently heard her show, but didn't let it bother him as he considered creating controversy simply to be what shock jocks do.
Leslie was interviewed by Lois Lane and Clark Kent about an upcoming party in Centennial Park to celebrate the third anniversary of her show. As part of the celebration, there was going to be a concert.
During the party, there was an thunderstorm, and police tried to stop the festivities because they were concerned for the crowd's safety. Leslie disregarded the police's warnings, and went so far as to incite the crowd against the police. The chaos continued until Superman arrived, but he couldn't convince her to stop the party. In fact, she took Superman's appearance as an opportunity to ridicule him in public.

Leslie gets struck by a chain lightning that bounced off Superman.

While basking in the crowd's reverence, Leslie was moved aside by Superman to protect her from a bolt of lightning, attracted to the stage's metal scaffolding, that hit him instead. Leslie made a run for it, but the electricity arced off Superman and struck her, changing her skin and hair color instantaneously. She was taken to Metropolis Hospital. During her stay, she learned that she could manipulate electricity. Willis escaped into the open to test her powers, also discovering she could ionize air itself, which she did to transform her hospital gown into a leotard and boots. Now looking like a super-being, she renamed herself Livewire. Her ultimate goal was to kill Superman; holding him responsible for her transformation.
Livewire used her new abilities to hijack Metropolis and manipulated every medium, including telephones, televisions and billboards. Livewire made herself known by causing a blackout a heavily populated part of the city, then made herself appear on an outdoor jumbotron television; announcing that she would take control of Metropolis's utilities, and the public would now send her monetary tribute. However, she was forced to terminate her threatening broadcast when she noticed it was browning out. Livewire realized that her powers required recharging in the same manner as electrical appliances. Because of this weakness, Superman was able to track Livewire to a local hydroelectric plant and, in the ensuing battle, she was defeated when exposed to water. After this, she was held under heavy restraint and left in a near catatonic state at Stryker's Island. Her medical care while at Stryker's was financed by Lex Luthor.

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Livewire from Suerman: The animated series.

Leslie Willis was a popular WLXL shock jock who made a habit of ridiculing Suerman. Leslie's outspoken and polarizing style garnered her as many supporters as disputants. People all over Metropolis listened to Leslie. Lex Luthor, in particular, enjoyed her radio show, "Live Wire". Bibbo had called her up to denounce her attitude and pointing out how Superman is a great man, and she proceeded to ridicule Bibbo as well. Leslie Willis explained that she believed that Superman was never around when he was needed, that everything came easy for him, and that he didn’t care about anyone but himself. (Ironically, all of these claims were quickly revealed to be untrue.) Superman had apparently heard her show, but didn't let it bother him as he considered creating controversy simply to be what shock jocks do.
Leslie was interviewed by Lois Lane and Clark Kent about an upcoming party in Centennial Park to celebrate the third anniversary of her show. As part of the celebration, there was going to be a concert.
During the party, there was an thunderstorm, and police tried to stop the festivities because they were concerned for the crowd's safety. Leslie disregarded the police's warnings, and went so far as to incite the crowd against the police. The chaos continued until Superman arrived, but he couldn't convince her to stop the party. In fact, she took Superman's appearance as an opportunity to ridicule him in public.

Leslie gets struck by a chain lightning that bounced off Superman.

While basking in the crowd's reverence, Leslie was moved aside by Superman to protect her from a bolt of lightning, attracted to the stage's metal scaffolding, that hit him instead. Leslie made a run for it, but the electricity arced off Superman and struck her, changing her skin and hair color instantaneously. She was taken to Metropolis Hospital. During her stay, she learned that she could manipulate electricity. Willis escaped into the open to test her powers, also discovering she could ionize air itself, which she did to transform her hospital gown into a leotard and boots. Now looking like a super-being, she renamed herself Livewire. Her ultimate goal was to kill Superman; holding him responsible for her transformation.
Livewire used her new abilities to hijack Metropolis and manipulated every medium, including telephones, televisions and billboards. Livewire made herself known by causing a blackout a heavily populated part of the city, then made herself appear on an outdoor jumbotron television; announcing that she would take control of Metropolis's utilities, and the public would now send her monetary tribute. However, she was forced to terminate her threatening broadcast when she noticed it was browning out. Livewire realized that her powers required recharging in the same manner as electrical appliances. Because of this weakness, Superman was able to track Livewire to a local hydroelectric plant and, in the ensuing battle, she was defeated when exposed to water. After this, she was held under heavy restraint and left in a near catatonic state at Stryker's Island. Her medical care while at Stryker's was financed by Lex Luthor.