Deathbird

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Deathbird in Uncanny X-Men v1 #485.

Deathbird is a female comic extraterrestrial supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Cal'syee Neramani in Avengers v1 #346.

During her time as Regent, she learnt of Shi’ar shipping lanes being attacked by Brood raiders. Thus, she was dispatched with a detachment of the Imperial Guard to investigate the attackers. In their mission, their scoutcraft came under attack from Skrulls but they were saved by a Kree vessel under the command of Zen-Pram. Deathbird was saved by the actions of legendary Kree warrior Captain Mar-Vell. She was returned to her ship and departed though in reality she was looking for missing Kee Grand Admiral Devros in the hope of capturing him and extracting information from his mind. (Untold Legend of Captain Marvel v1 #2) Sometime afterwards, Deathbird’s ship recovered the last survivors of the ‘Pama’ who had narrowly escaped the Brood. At first, the Shi’ar Regent was tempted with capturing the few surviving Kree for interrogations but Deathbird was impressed at the actions of Mar-Vell with her deciding to return them to Kree-Lar. (Untold Legend of Captain Marvel v1 #3)

Though first born of the Aerie, her fury caused her to commit the gravest of sins where she killed one of her sisters. (Ms. Marvel v1 #10)

Whilst in service to M.O.D.O.K., she was dispatched by him to deal with the superhero known as Ms. Marvel. (Ms. Marvel v1 #9)

She came to lead a rebellion against Majestor Gladiator's rule and came to learn that her sister Lilandra had a daughter with Charles Xavier with the unhatched offspring pledged to the royal line. Thus, she sought to claim the egg in order to legitimise her own rule against Gladiator with her facing opposition from the X-Men Rogue and Gambit. (Mr. and Mrs. X v1 #3)

Overview

Personality and attributes

She claimed she was born cursed with a berserker fury leading to her only living to kill others. This resulted in her being torn apart by the pain caused by the fury. A common feature was her unleashing a scream when attacking that was like a hunting cry of a hawk or eagle. (Ms. Marvel v1 #10)

Powers and abilities

As such, she had wings allowing her to fly alongside her increased strength and durability that could match a super-powered being or Kree warrior. (Ms. Marvel v1 #9) Her wings were a living part of her yet a blow from them was like being hit by tempered steel. The spurs on her pinions could be flexed and made as deadly as her talons. (Ms. Marvel v1 #10) Her wings could be used in close-quarter combat as she could flex them to send her opponents flying away from her. (Ms. Marvel v1 #9) In closed surroundings, she said that her fighting power was halved but out in the open she had room to manoeuvre and strike with her power unhindered. (Ms. Marvel v1 #10) She also possessed fiery sharp razor sharp claws that she could savage her foes and easily slice through chimneys. (Ms. Marvel v1 #9)

By her wrist, there were a number of small cylinders that she could activate where they enlarged to become spears which she could throw with precision. Alternatively, she could hold two of these energy javelins whose points when connected could unleash an energy beam against her target and was able to kill some foes. (Ms. Marvel v1 #9)

Notes

• Deathbird was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum where she made her first appearance in Ms. Marvel v1 #9 (September, 1977).

Alternate Versions

• In X-Men: The End v1 #1 (2004), an alternate version of Deathbird was shown to exist on the world designated as Earth-41001. On this world, she and Bishop had a daughter together who was named Aliyah Bishop who was named after her paternal grandmother.

In other media

Television

Video games

Appearances

• Ms. Marvel:
• Uncanny X-Men v1:
• Avengers v1:
• Untold Legend of Captain Marvel v1:
• X-Men:
• Mr. and Mrs. X v1:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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