Thunder (comics)
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Thunder is the name of at least two superheros, one in the DC Universe and another in the Marvel universe.
The Outsiders' Thunder
Template:Superherobox Anita Pierce is superhumanly-strong medical student and the daughter of Jefferson Pierce, the former superhero Black Lightning. Like him, she a member of the Outsiders.
Her father didn't want her following his footsteps, and he struck a bargain with her: she would graduate from college before considering a career in crimefighting. She did, and the same night of her graduation she donned a costume and became Thunder.
She has the ability to increase her body's mass while preserving volume, which effectively increases her density. In this state she is near-immovable, and can create massive shockwaves just by stomping the ground. She is not completely invulnerabe, as was recently shown during a fight with the reformed Fearsome Five. The matter transmuter Shimmer converted the air in her lungs to water, which flash-fried her respiratory system and almost drowned her from the inside out.
The Marvels' Thunder
The other Thunder is Cece Beck (or just Beck), a far-future recipient of the Shazam power (bestowed upon her not by Shazam himself, but by Captain Marvel, who had by that point become an antiquated greybeard much like his mentor). As the result of an accident with time-travel, Cece Beck found herself trapped in the 30th century (to her, the distant past), in which context she joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. Her name is a reference to Captain Marvel creator C.C. Beck.