Death Locket
Death Locket is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Rebecca Ryker
Rebecca would be seen again at the helicarrier she had downed back in her Young Masters days. Sometime afterwards, she came to operate on her own where she claimed to had salvaged a number of Life Model Decoys that she fashioned after famous people that she pretended her family. Among these various influential individuals included copies of her father, Dum Dum Dugan and Natasha Romanova as well as several teenagers that kept her company. The last Norn Witch led Balder to her during the War of the Realms which had come to Earth. He had come to seek out warriors who would aid in protecting his newest baby sister, Laussa Odinsdottir, from the forces of Sindr backed by Malekith's invading armies, who were sweeping across Midgard. (War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Harlan Ryker utilized cutting-edge technology that even S.H.I.E.L.D.'s expert describes as 'next level'. (Avengers Arena v1 #2) Her Deathlok cybernetics use nanite antibodies to turn any prosthetic limbs designed by SHIELD into weapons, each version more powerful than the previous. (Avengers Undercover v1 #1)
Death Locket's left arm was replaced with an adaptable weaponized replacement which was capable of performing multiple transformations. (Avengers Arena v1 #2) She was able to transform her left arm into a powerful ray-gun. (Avengers Arena v1 #5) It could transform into a cannon that emits concussive blasts of unknown energy or turn it into a spiked mace. (Avengers Arena v1 #6) She was able to hyperextend her limb over great distances to broaden her reach as well. (War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery v1 #2)
In one case, she was able to shut down Arcade's complex computer systems. (Avengers Arena v1 #18) At first, she was seen struggling to use her cybernetic uplink to take control of the computer systems in Arcade's mansion. (Avengers Undercover v1 #3) After several months, she had gotten better with her uplink and was able to take over a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and pilot it single-handed. (Avengers Undercover v1 #9) In another case, she was able to hack into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s worldwide communication network in a matter of minutes. (Avengers Undercover v1 #10)
Death Locket has grown more proficient in the use of her abilities, able to project holographic images from her right index fingertip as well as remotely sync up with wireless systems in order to control web connected technologies. (War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery v1 #4)
The nanite technology appears capable of responding to perceived threats or increases in stress. When Hazmat made an aggressive stance against Death Locket, her robotic arm automatically transformed and shot at Hazmat. (Avengers Arena v1 #2) Later, Death Locket became extremely agitated with a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist causing her arm to weaponize and blast an energy discharge, though she was able to move her aim. (Avengers Undercover v1 #1)
While she gained some combat experience fighting alongside the Young Masters, she was still inept at combat, and was easily bested by Hazmat. (Avengers Undercover v1 #8)
Death Locket was vulnerable to control by Apex's technopathy, and also may generally lack control over her abilities. (Avengers Arena v1 #6)
Notes
- Death Locket was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker where she made her first appearance in Avengers Arena v1 #1 (December, 2012).
Alternate Versions
- In House of M v2 #1 (2015), an alternate version of Death Locket appeared in the House of M reality on Battleworld that was designated as Earth-58163 in the Multiverse. Rebecca was a guerrilla freedom fighter within the Monarchy of M ruled by King Eric Magnus who brutally enslaves and incarcerates Homo sapiens both innocent and guilty simply for being human. She sought to aid fellow rebels in the Human Resistance Movement Hawkeye, Black Cat and Misty Knight as the three are evading capture by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Red Guard.
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Death Locket appeared in the setting of the Facebook video game. A failed assassination attempt on Rebecca Ryker's father by rebels from the future left Rebecca seriously injured. Using his knowledge of cybernetics, Rebecca's father turned his daughter into a Deathlok in order to save her life. She was one of the many superheroes who joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Alliance against villains after a mysterious Pulse hit the Earth and left a material called Isotope-8, desired by both heroes and villains.
Appearances
- Avengers Arena v1: (2012)
- Avengers Undercover v1:
- War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery v1:
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