Alabama, but the project was scrapped at the last minute by the county transportation commissioner, Clifton Burdett. Having lost the lucrative contract, Technodyne faced bankruptcy, and CEO Leo Nordstrom fired Girdler. Burdett later ran for mayor, and Girdler decided to sabotage his election by donning the guise of Gridlock, equipped with technology able to steal the kinetic energy from people and objects, leaving them in stasis for about an hour. Gridlock kidnapped Nordstrom and froze most of Manchester, but was eventually defeated by Impulse. Gridlock II He first appears in Bat-Mite #2 (September 2015) and was created by Dan Jurgens and Corin Howell. He is a villain who is stuck in the past and out to stop the future from coming. He also despises youth and youth culture in general. Gridlock in other media Gridlock appears in The Flash episode "Nora", portrayed by Daniel Cudmore. This version is William Lang, a kinetic energy-absorbing metahuman. After attacking an airplane, he is defeated by the Flash, Kid Flash, and XS. However, the Central City Police Department convoy transporting him to prison is intercepted by Cicada, who uses a meta-tech dagger to kill him. Griffin Guardian References DC Comics characters: G, List of