Inertia (Marvel Comics)
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Inertia is the name of two separate but related fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Various incarnations of Inertia
The first Inertia was a character from
Inertia (Squadron Supreme)
Fictional character biography
Edith Freiberg had the power to absorb and redirect kinetic energy (motion). After being recruited by
Alongside the Squadron Supreme, Professor Imam, and
Powers and abilities
Inertia had the ability to transfer "inertia" (actually momentum) from one person or object to another.
Inertia (Supreme Power)
Edith Freiberg is a lesbian Army private, first introduced in
Edith's father was the head of an ultra-conservative church and a highly prejudiced and abusive man. Her powers manifested at a young age when a nurse trying to give her a vaccination could not get the needle through her skin. Her father believed this was a sign of demonic power and, unable to hurt 'Eddy', would beat her mother for any of Edith's perceived transgressions.[volume & issue needed]
In high school, she was attacked by three boys from her school. While she could easily have defended herself, Edith was aware that this would only result in her mother receiving a beating and so she did not attempt to defend herself. The stress of this event and her inability to use her powers when she most needed to left her in a catatonic state for some time. Despite this, her father refused to believe she had been beaten (citing the lack of injury), instead accusing her of being promiscuous.[volume & issue needed]
Edith's mother soon discovered that her husband was having an affair and confronted him. Edith's father accidentally caused a car accident that killed Edith's mother and attempted to cover up the event to save his reputation. Edith recovered after hearing the news, finding and killing her father—then killing the boys who had raped her.[volume & issue needed]
During 'Operation Long Walk' (the Squadron's mission in the Middle East), Edith finds a young girl whose mother and older sister were beaten and then stoned to death by four male relatives on the pretext of erasing the shame of the rape ("honor killing"). The girl had apparently been hiding to avoid a similar fate. Using Emil Burbank as a translator, Edith finds the relatives and buries them up to their necks. She then tears a steel bar off a nearby railing, gives it to the girl, and walks away. The girl apparently kills them.[volume & issue needed]
So far, her behavior has been shown to be erratic and possibly psychotic. Stanley Stewart (
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