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'''Benjamin Franklin''' was one of the founding fathers of modern day [[America]]. |
'''Benjamin Franklin''' was one of the founding fathers of modern day [[Wikipedia:United States|America]]. |
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==Character History== |
==Character History== |
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===[[Graphic Novel:A Lesson in Electricity]]=== |
===[[Graphic Novel:A Lesson in Electricity]]=== |
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In [[1752]], Benjamin is sleeping when he is awoken early by his wife, complaining about the bells he had set up to inform him when lightning was in the area. Excited, he quickly awakens his son [[William]]. Several days later, Benjamin and William go out in a storm with a kite to perform an experiment that will show that lightning is actually electricity. Though the kite's metal-blended string is insulated with silk, it gets wet with rainwater. Benjamin is electrocuted and [[electrical absorption|absorbs]] a normally fatal amount of electricity. To remove the dangerous charge in his body, Benjamin pets his cat Tiger, who is safely insulated beneath a coat of fur. |
In [[1752]], Benjamin is sleeping when he is awoken early by his wife, complaining about the bells he had set up to inform him when lightning was in the area. Excited, he quickly awakens his son [[William]]. Several days later, Benjamin and William go out in a storm with a kite to perform an experiment that will show that lightning is actually electricity. Though the kite's metal-blended string is insulated with silk, it gets wet with rainwater. Benjamin is electrocuted and [[electrical absorption|absorbs]] a normally fatal amount of electricity. To remove the dangerous charge in his body, Benjamin pets his cat [[Tiger]], who is safely insulated beneath a coat of fur. |
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==[[Evolved Human]] [[Electrical absorption|Abilities]]== |
==[[Evolved Human]] [[Electrical absorption|Abilities]]== |
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Revision as of 00:52, 5 March 2008
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| First appearance | A Lesson in Electricity |
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| Known ability | Electrical absorption |
| Formal name | Benjamin Franklin |
| Gender | |
| Age | 84 (at time of death) |
| Date of birth | January 17, 1706 |
| Date of death | April 17, 1790 |
| Home | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania |
| Significant other | Deborah Read |
| Child | William Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of modern day America.
Character History
Graphic Novel:A Lesson in Electricity
In 1752, Benjamin is sleeping when he is awoken early by his wife, complaining about the bells he had set up to inform him when lightning was in the area. Excited, he quickly awakens his son William. Several days later, Benjamin and William go out in a storm with a kite to perform an experiment that will show that lightning is actually electricity. Though the kite's metal-blended string is insulated with silk, it gets wet with rainwater. Benjamin is electrocuted and absorbs a normally fatal amount of electricity. To remove the dangerous charge in his body, Benjamin pets his cat Tiger, who is safely insulated beneath a coat of fur.
Evolved Human Abilities
According to John Priestley, Benjamin Franklin told him that during his initial kite experiment, he absorbed enough electricity to kill a normal man from the lightning bolt that struck the kite and traveled down the wet string. He also claimed that afterwards, he released the stored energy by touching his cat.