Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
First appearance	A Lesson in Electricity
In-story stats
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 obeyed the principles of conservation of charge. 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.

External Links

• Benjamin Franklin -- Wikipedia