thumb|leftPolice Constable Mick Riley was not particularly highly regarded by his colleagues, but he lived a double life as the superheroic Thunderbolt the Avenger after gave him a special wristwatch containing 'Thermo-Clyodine-Phostium', a mysterious substance which gave Riley a variety of powers when he used the watch to send an electrical current into his body. Riley thus became one of a very exclusive club of superheroes who effectively needed to electrocute themselves in order to go into action.