Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a female comic character who features in Hellboy.
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Biography
Elizabeth Anne Sherman was a female human born in Kansas City, Kansas, on April 15, 1962. Liz had a normal childhood until her pyrokinetic abilities began to manifest themselves when she was 10 years old. Raised Catholic, Liz felt that the fires were a result of her sins, and for a short time managed to keep the fires under control by a combination of prayer and sheer force of will. Her parents occasionally found evidence of the fires, but seem to have been unsure how to approach it or didn't believe it was pyrokinesis. On July 1973, Liz thought the problem had gone away. But at a neighborhood birthday party, a boy pulled hard on her ponytails, surprising the young girl. In the ensuing fire, an entire city block was destroyed. Thirty-two people were killed in the flames, including Liz's entire family and home. Firefighters discovered Liz, miraculously unharmed, standing in the middle of the smoldering rubble among the bodies. The B.P.R.D. was called to the scene and wanted to take custody of Liz immediately, but the request was denied by Liz's family, who refused to believe that she was the cause. They soon learned otherwise as small fires began to flare up out of her control. Over the next ten months, Liz grew increasingly depressed as she was passed from relative to relative; her extended family became understandably afraid of her destructive powers, and finally rescinded custody to the Bureau in May 1974. At B.P.R.D. headquarters, Liz was kept in a flame-proof room while the Bureau scientists studied her power. With no real comfort or physical contact—only doctors and scientists in bulky fire-proof suits were allowed into the room—Liz withdrew further and further into depression, believing herself to be a danger even to those in suits.
Her isolation was broken by Hellboy, who came into the room with a lollipop as a way to break the ice. The large red demon eventually became her closest friend and older brother figure for most of her life. Hellboy helped Liz to come out of her shell and adjust to life at the Bureau. For the next six years, Liz and Hellboy remained extremely close; he traveled frequently on assignment but made sure to check on her regularly as she trained with the B.P.R.D. and slowly developed tenuous control of her abilities.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
She is also an expert hand-to-hand combatant, having been a ward of the B.P.R.D. since age eleven and most likely began her physical training as an agent at a young age. She has been shown to be able to take down a single man with one kick.
Notes
- Liz Sherman was created by Mike Mignola where she made her first appearance in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #1 (1994).
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Appearances
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1: (1994)
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