Thunder Girl
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Thunder Girl is a superheroine in Big Bang Comics
Big Bang Comics
Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994, with five issue mini-series , published by Caliber Comics. Their second series was published by Image Comics. Currently their titles are self-published.-Publication history:...

 who first appeared in Big Bang Comics #2 (Summer 1994), she was created by Chris Ecker and Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon Moldoff
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. Thunder Girl is a pastiche of Mary Marvel
Mary Marvel
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 of DC Comics
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Fictional character biography

Molly Wilson is a young Librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...

 who is transformed into Thunder Girl by shouting the magic word, "Alakazam!" loudly. She returns to normal by shouting this again. As Thunder Girl, Molly has the power to lift skyscrapers and fly at subsonic
Speed of sound
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 speeds. Sometimes, Thunder Girl refers to Molly in third person, suggesting that they are two different personalities.

The Criss-Cross Crisis

During the Criss-Cross Crisis, Thunder Girl discovered that her arch-foe, Dr. Hy Q. Binana (a super-intelligent monkey) was behind the clash of two worlds, but when the Crisis was over, Thunder Girl was trapped on the Silver Age
Silver age
A silver age is a name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a golden age, the metal silver generally being valuable, but less so than gold.-Greek myth:...

 Earth-A, unable to return home to the Golden Age
Golden Age
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology and legend and refers to the first in a sequence of four or five Ages of Man, in which the Golden Age is first, followed in sequence, by the Silver, Bronze, and Iron Ages, and then the present, a period of decline...

Earth-B. Instead, she stayed on Earth-A as a member of the Roundtable of America.

Modern Age

In the Modern Age, Molly had upgraded her costume, and used her magic to keep herself young and beautiful. Her language had grown stronger, and she was dating Overdrive (previously Cyclone).

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