Cybernary
Cybernary | |
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Wildstorm | |
First appearance | Deathblow #1 (April 1993) |
Created by | Nick Manabat (artist) Steve Gerber (writer) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Katrina Cupertino/Yamiko Gamorra |
Team affiliations | Savant Garde |
Abilities | Katrina/Yumiko is a cybernetically augmented human
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Cybernary is a
Publication history
Cybernary began as a backup story to Jim Lee's run on Deathblow,[1] but Manabat's work on the series was cut short with his untimely demise due to a longtime illness. Gerber continued the storyline through a 1995 mini-series with art by Jeff Rebner and Richard Friend. On this post-Manabat series, Gerber remarked, "The artist, unfortunately, had no feel for the kind of cyber-civilization we were trying to portray. I admit, I lost interest a couple of issues into the series."[2]
A second Cybernary, based on Yamiko Gamorra herself, was created in a short story written by
Fictional character biography
Katrina's story takes place in the Wildstorm Universe on the fictional post-apocalyptic island of Gamorra. She is a member of the American colony. Her parents die in a suspicious accident and Katrina opts for a life on the street. With her 'street smarts' and low-level telepathy, she prospered in the criminal circles. She teams up with a male partner named Cisco. During one mission, there were mistakes and Vandalla, one of Gamorra's main scientists, ends up with custody of Cisco. Her rescue attempt seemingly works, but Cisco is not truly freed and Katrina herself is vastly altered. While her outside looks like a very carefully made nympho-droid, her insides are built for killing. Not only that, her mind also contains the consciousness of Kaizen Gamorra's lost daughter Yamiko. Intended as a present for Kaizen himself, she instead escapes and helps overthrow him.
Cybernary spends some time dimension-hopping with Savant's unofficial super-hero team called Savant Garde. There she fought side by side with Savant herself, Mr. Majestic, the cat-girl Sheba, and many other heroes, some of whom resembled Cybernary herself. Cicsco becomes part of the team, but he is now the large cyborg known as Met-L. Also joining the team is the murderous mercenary Innuendo, who helps out the heroes despite his own dark nature.
After the
Some time after an invasion by the Knights of Khera, Katrina somehow regained her cyborg additions, as noted by the antlers and outfit she sported as Cybernary. She served under
References
- Sources
- Cybernary at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Cybernary at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Cybernary 2.0 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)