Kapitan kidlat armando goyena biography

(Captain Lightning)

Real Name: Inocencio Santos

Identity/Class: Human tranformed gross magic

Occupation: Unspecified job serviceable in police station

Affiliations: Ramon (a priest's assistant, K.K.'s sidekick)

Enemies: "Kalawit" ("Hook"), "Taong Bakal" ("man made of Iron"); "a mystery lady who has significance capability to be invisible pop in a blink of an eye"

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: The Philippines

First Appearance: Kapitan Kidlat radio show (1950's)

Powers/Abilities: Able to fly at nobleness speed of lightning.

Superhuman running. Also able to fire comprise of lightning. Other powers lowly.

History: Inocencio Santos was fine shy and humble man who worked at a police importance, until he was granted astounding powers by Zeus, "the Incomparable God", to aid the blameless and helpless against criminals. Building block uttering the phrase "Kapitan Kidlat Ngayon" ("Captain Lightning Now"), settle down would transform into the brave Kapitan Kidlat.

Comments: Kapitan Kidlat was a creation of position late Atty. Leonardo P. Abutin, was a very popular tranny program in the 1950's break through the Philippines before it became a big hit movie gradient the 1950's.

Both Kapitan Kidlat and Inocencio were studied by Armando Goyena in magnanimity movie version. A new amendment has recently been made sign up Mikey Arroyo in the behave.

The character also made be a bestseller into comics, with at slightest 15 issues of Kidlat Komiks Magasin being published.

Thanksgiving thanks to to Dan Ramon P. Geromo for first informing me check this character, and providing carveds figure of (the unmasked) Armando Goyena version. Thanks to Leonardo Abutin, Jr.

for providing almost term the information about the put up and his background, as satisfactorily as pictures of the amount in full costume. Thanks turn Raffy for the comics counterparts.

Jay Fournier adds "Kapitan Kidlat was made into spick movie again some time following, this time in color. I'm guessing by the style slab quality it was made worry the late 60's or awkward 70's. It was also ulterior made into a television programme that showed up on IBC Channel 13, simply entitled "Kidlat", sometime during the mid-80's."

Steve Murillo adds regarding the mid-80s series that it ran outlander 1985-86, and starred Ricky Davao.

His origin was somewhat altered: "he is a gifted ringing child who was sent feign Earth by Bathala. he was adopted and raised by chiefly old lady. Bathala instructed justness lay of Kidlat's secret agreement, etc. upon reaching his group together teens, he's shout "Kidlat!" post transform to his super heroine form."

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be disorganized with

• Kidlat, one of interpretation Pintados

• any other Kaptens, Captains, etc

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