Warrior Woman (Marvel Comics)

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Warrior Woman
Super-Axis
AbilitiesLongevity, Marksmanship, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master

Warrior Woman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Creation

The character was created as an homage to the DC Comics character Wonder Woman.[1]

Publication history

Julia Koenig as Warrior Woman on the cover of Invaders #17 (June 1977). Art by Gil Kane.

Warrior Woman first appears in Invaders #16 (May 1977), in a story titled "The Short Happy Life of Major Victory", and was created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins. She is brought back later in Squadron Supreme.

Fictional character biography

Julia Koenig

spy, code-named Madame Rätsel (Madame Mystery),[3] who is sent to obtain information from a soldier, who was also a cartoonist and is suspected of knowing the secret of the Super-Soldier Serum, which originally empowered hero Captain America. The soldier is captured and interrogated by Koenig, who attempts to replicate the experiment in a laboratory. The materials used are unstable, and when a superior officer intervenes, trying to stop Koenig from using the formula on herself, she whips him, accidentally throwing him into the machinery, causing an explosion that transforms Koenig into a female version of fellow Nazi agent Master Man
(although, courtesy of a higher level of exposure to the Serum, Master Man is physically superior). Koenig dubs herself Warrior Woman.

To celebrate the capture of

Super-Axis.[5]

It is revealed in a

brain damage
. Nacht betrays Master Man when it is revealed that his father first cared for the two superbeings while in suspended animation, and unknowingly instilled in the younger Nacht an obsession with Warrior Woman.

In another flashback, Warrior Woman assisted Master Man and

Armless Tiger Man into partaking in the invasion of Wakanda where they fought Captain America, T'Chaka, and Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos.[6]

When Namor the Sub-Mariner, former founding member of the Invaders, finds the laboratory, he battles Master Man until the Nazi loses his abilities and reverts to Wilhelm Lohmer. Nacht steals Master Man's abilities for himself, and has apparently also won the affections of the revived, but unstable, Warrior Woman. Namor rescues the prisoners as Lohmer destroys the laboratory, though no bodies are found in the wreckage.[7]

Later, she resurfaces alongside Nacht (now wearing armor) as one of the leaders of Axis Mundi, a resurgent fascist terrorist organization who was opposed by the New Invaders. Other members of Axis Mundi included U-Man, Baroness Blood (female heir to

Agent Axis.[volume & issue needed
]

Sometime later, she kills Power Princess and assumes her identity, then joins the Squadron Supreme and is taken to Weirdworld, where she reveals her true colors and betrays the team, but is defeated.[8]

Powers and abilities

Julia Koenig was a normal human who excelled at

hypnotism
, and when exposed to a variant of the Super-Soldier Serum receives enhanced strength and stamina.

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Roy (2003). "Alter Ego" (20). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Captain America: America's Avenger entry for Warrior Woman
  3. ^ "Comixfan Forums - View Single Post - Things people keep getting wrong". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  4. ^ Invaders #16 - 21 (May - Oct. 1977)
  5. ^ Invaders #41 (Sep. 1979)
  6. ^ Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #3
  7. ^ Namor the Sub-Mariner #9 – 12 (Dec. 1990 – Mar. 1991)
  8. ^ Squadron Supreme #5

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