Lightning

Marvel Manufacturing Company's 1947 'Lightning' is a flipperless electro-mechanical pinball machine with a space-age travel theme, reflecting the industry's post-war interest in futuristic and modern concepts.

Gameplay centers on five balls for five cents, nine passive bumpers, and six kick-out holes. The machine also awards replays, encouraging repeat play.

Little information survives about the designer or specific artistic choices behind 'Lightning.' Records show the game was announced by the manufacturer in May 1947 and reached distributors that same month, with 'immediate delivery' advertised by at least one distributor. It remains a scarce example of late-1940s EM pinball design.