Velocity (character)
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Velocity (real name Carin Taylor) is an
Publication history
After Cyberforce, Velocity was one of two winning
Fictional character biography
Like the rest of the Cyberforce team, Velocity was cybernetically enhanced by Cyberdata, a global corporation which created advanced cybernetics technology and employed it to create "Special Hazardous Operations Cyborgs", or SHOCs. Velocity's induction into the SHOCs program endowed her with supersonic speed and movement, much like
Velocity's memories were apparently suppressed rather than fully erased. Under duress, she began to recover fragments of her memories. She has vignettes of her life as a child, playing ball with her sister and father, and already beginning to display her power. Another vignette reveals that her father left, or died, and her mother entered into a relationship with an unnamed abusive man. Her sister later kills this abusive man, while Velocity runs at super-speed to find a police officer.
At her introduction, Velocity is sixteen years of age and a runaway from the Cyberdata forces. Initially, it was not revealed that Cassie Lane (a.k.a.
Velocity had her own limited series in 1995; she is assisted in part by Savage Dragon.[6]
Shattered Image
Around this time Velocity is one of the few superheroes actively aware that reality was breaking down into six different sub-Earths. She works with the few others aware of this, such as
Cyberforce
In the first series of Cyberforce, in issue #30, Carin hints in her journal of an attraction to Heatwave (a.k.a. Dylan Cruise), although this was construed as a mere crush as Carin was underage at the time. Later in the series, affections begin to manifest between Ripclaw (a.k.a. Robert Bearclaw/Berresford) and Carin, although this was never realised because the comic's first series ended shortly after. The second volume closed with Ripclaw and Velocity heading towards Antarctica in search of the alien technology usurped by Cyberdata which eventually led to the development of Cyberforce and the other SHOCs.
Cyberforce Volume 3: Rising From the Ashes
In the third volume of Cyberforce, released in June, 2006, Cyberdata is finally destroyed. However, the company releases a
Carin then undergoes a transformation in the ruins of the alien ship which removes the tattoo scar from over her eye and gives her a different, older look. The previously established relationship between herself and Ripclaw is tentatively explored during the first story arc, where the two are seen holding hands and embracing one another.
First Born
In the First Born limited series, Velocity was briefly taken over by the Angelus until it was driven out by Cyblade.[8]
Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer
Carin was the first to become alerted when Cyberforce's base on Mikquit Island was attacked by a Hunter-Killer squad. She took point and grabbed
Powers and abilities
Carin can run at speeds in excess of 10,000 miles per hour (16,000 km/h), but has yet to max-out her speed for fear that she could rip the world to pieces. She has been shown to sustain speeds in excess of Mach 3, as when she destroyed a warship from within while saving Cyberforce from an updated killer robot. Cyberdata cybernetically implanted layers of Kevlar under her skin to avoid friction burns. Her speed also grants her super-fast reflexes. In issue #31, when she spends a day with her sister Cassie, Carin also demonstrates that her eyes can move at an incredible pace as well, allowing her to follow the path of a card while playing a game of three-card monte.[13] The Brain Box also enhances her reaction time and ability to process sensory input, so she will be able to control herself and understand what she sees and hears when moving at high speed.
Lately she has gained
Limited series
- Velocity, Vol. I, #1–3 (November 1995 – January 1996)
- Velocity, Vol. II, #1–4 (June 2010 – April 2011)
References
- ^ "FIRST LOOK: Velocity: Pilot Season #1". Comic Book Resources. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ "Joe Casey Hits Terminal Velocity". Comic Book Resources. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ "Victory Lap: Joe Casey on Top Cow's Velocity". Newsarama.com. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ "WW Chicago: Right Cross - ChrisCross talks Velocity". Comic Book Resources. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ Cyberforce Annual #1, Image Comics
- ^ Velocity #1–3 (November 1995 – January 1996)
- ^ Shattered Image #1–4 (September–December 1996)
- ^ First Born #2 (August 2007)
- ^ Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #1 (July 2009)
- ^ Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #2 (September 2009)
- ^ Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #4 (January 2010)
- ^ a b Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #5 (March 2010)
- ^ "Velocity". Internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
External links
- Velocity at the Big Comic Book DataBase
- Velocity at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)