Copycat (Marvel)
Copycat is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle was a female human Mutant born as the daughter of Dorothy Carlysle and Burt Carlysle of New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Deadpool: The Circle Chase v1 #2)
The young Mutant shape-shifter was kicked out of her home where she fell into a life of prostitution in Boston where she met and fell in love with a mercenary named Wade Wilson. Carlysle was soon saved from Wilson's vengeful employers by Zoe Culloden, a time-traveling agent of Landau, Luckman & Lake who had journeyed into the past to prevent Wilson's eventual self-destruction. That night, Wilson broke up with Carlysle after learning he had terminal illness, leaving her heartbroken. Carlysle became a mercenary herself, eventually employed by arms-dealer Tolliver.
Under his orders, Copycat infiltrated X-Force in the shape of Domino while the real Domino was a prisoner. Her mission was to blow up X-Force's headquarters in order to kill Cable, but she became attached to the team members, fell in love with Cable and didn't go through with her mission. Tolliver sent Deadpool to force her to set the bomb. Deadpool would be put in her place, if she refused. Deadpool revealed Copycat's cover to X-Force, and left them for dead by blowing up the complex.
Vanessa briefly hid herself under the false identity (as a twin) of one of her friends; Tina Valentino. Deadpool and his associate, Sluggo, believing they killed her, killed Tina instead. She then moved in with Garrison Kane in San Francisco, until Cable found them.[5] She was subsequently captured by the emotion-manipulating Psycho-Man, who sought Kane's advanced technology, but was rescued from the Microverse by Kane, Cable, Domino and the Microverse's resident heroes, the Microns. Later, she broke up with Kane and came back to live with Deadpool. Deadpool's feelings towards Siryn grew, so she left him after having taken his appearance to attack her, in hopes of souring their potential relationship.
Some time later, Copycat was captured by Weapon X whose treatments destroyed her memory and she forgot her mission. Recruited by Sabretooth, Deadpool received an order to kill her. He tried to warn her, so Weapon X sent Kane to kill the both of them. The fight took them to a local zoo where Deadpool left her in a shapechanged-gorilla form among other gorillas to fight against Kane. When he returned, the other gorillas were dead and Copycat was dying from wounds inflicted by Sabretooth. She died shortly after in Deadpool's arms.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Copycat was created by Fabian Nicieza and Greg Capullo where she made her first appearance in X-Force v1 #19 (February, 1993).
- Her character was retconned into taking the identity of Domino in New Mutants v1 #98 (February, 1991) before revealing her true identity in X-Force.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Films
- In Deadpool, Vanessa Carlysle appeared in the live-action film where she was portrayed by actor Morena Baccarin.
- In Deadpool 2, Vanessa Carlysle appeared in the live-action film sequel where she was portrayed once again by actor Morena Baccarin.
Appearances
- New Mutants v1: (1991)
- X-Force v1: (1993)
- Deadpool: The Circle Chase v1: (1993)
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