-
these are
normal human beings born with a
genetic variant called the "
metagene",
which causes them to gain
powers and
abilities during freak accidents...
-
Metagenes (Gr****: Μεταγένης) was a man in
ancient Crete, son of the
Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an
architect himself. He was co-architect...
-
Metagenes of
Xypete (Ancient Gr****: Μεταγένης ο Ξυπέτιος) was an
ancient Athenian engineer and
architect who
flourished in the 5th
century BC. Metagenes...
-
Metagenes (Ancient Gr****: Μεταγένης) was an
Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy,
contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato. The Suda gives...
- him as
having "internalized" the belt's
powers as a
result of his
latent metagene.
Later retellings of
Black Lightning's
origins simplified his
story by...
- reflexes.
Retcons imply that the
inhalation simply activated a
latent metagene.
After a
brief career as a
college football star, he dons a red
shirt with...
- Ostrander, and Son of
Vulcan (#5), the
genetic potential for a ****ure
metagene was
discovered in
ancient human DNA by the
White Martian race. The White...
-
began around 550 BC,
under Chersiphron, the
Cretan architect, and his son
Metagenes. The
project was
funded by
Croesus of Lydia, and took 10
years to complete...
-
clears his name and
resurfaces as a
legitimate businessman. He
offers a
metagene-based therapy,
called the "Everyman Project", to
regular people to allow...
- Project,
which offers superpowers to
ordinary citizens through artificial metagene treatment. With
several Everyman volunteers (including
Natasha Irons, niece...
