| Knockout | |
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 Knockout on the cover ofBirds of Prey #106, art byStephane Roux. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Superboy (vol. 4) #1 (February 1994) |
| Created by | Karl Kesel (writer) Tom Grummett (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | New God |
| Team affiliations | Secret Six The Society Suicide Squad Female Furies |
| Notable aliases | Kay Fury |
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Knockout is asupervillain in theDC Comicsuniverse. She first appeared inSuperboy (vol. 4) #1 (February 1994), and was created byKarl Kesel andTom Grummett.[1]
A formerFemale Fury warrior from the hellish planetApokolips likeBig Barda, Knockout also escaped to Earth. Though while Barda became a superheroine, Knockout became a supervillainess. She later joined theSecret Six team, which committed actions more asantiheroes.
Knockout is originally fromApokolips, where she was a member ofGranny Goodness'sFemale Furies. AfterBig Barda escaped Apokolips withMister Miracle, Knockout decided to leave the Furies as well. At one point when she was chained to a wall in the Fire Pits as punishment, she broke her chains and leapt into the fires. As she did so, a Boom Tube opened and took her to Hawaii.[2]
Knockout first battlesSuperboy shortly after he moved to Hawaii.[3][4] Later, she is recruited to joinAmanda Waller'sSuicide Squad for an attack against the international crime cartel Silicon Dragons. Knockout is supposedly killed when the Squad leave her and King Shark in the exploding base.[5] She later appears alive and assists Superboy in a battle againstValor, although she and Superboy did spar.[6]
The Female Furies arrive on Hawaii to reclaim Knockout, battling her, Superboy, and a small group of police officers. One police officer died during the battle, but the Furies are driven off whenDubbilex uses his mental abilities to convince them that Knockout had died. Dubbilex investigates the murder of the police officer, using his mental powers to scan the memories of most of the survivors.[7] He realizes that Knockout had killed the officer simply because he was in her way.
The police attempt to bring Knockout in, but Superboy refuses to believe she is guilty, forcing the two to briefly hide from the law. The two encounter an explorer named Victor Volcanum, whom Knockout hopes Superboy will kill as a sign of deference to her. Superboy refuses, with Knockout killing Volcanum instead. Upon seeing Knockout's true colors, Superboy defeats her and brings her into custody.[8]
She later escapes and joins theSecret Society of Super Villains as amole at the request of her lover,Scandal Savage.[9]
Knockout joins theSecret Six mercenary team alongside Scandal.[10] A mission that brings the Secret Six into conflict against theBirds of Prey has Knockout challenge her former inspiration, Barda, in single combat.[11] During theFinal Crisis event, along with most of theNew Gods, she is killed byInfinity-Man.[12]
Scandal is shown to have kept the "Get out of Hell Free" card the Six had been tasked with capturing and had falsely reported lost or destroyed.[13] WhenRag Doll is discovered to have stolen the card, Scandal murders him.Black Alice teleports the rest of the team toHell to retrieve the card, where Scandal discovers that Knockout has been brainwashed and betrothed to Rag Doll. A violent fight breaks out, which ends with the team escaping with Knockout in tow.
Following her resurrection and a period of mental recovery, she rejoins the Secret Six and accompanies the team on a mission to Gotham to kill several ofBatman's allies.[14] While in Gotham, Scandal proposes apolygamous marriage between Knockout, herself, and Liana Kerzner, a stripper who she dated while Knockout was dead. Knockout accepts the proposal just before the team is ambushed by Batman and several other superheroes.[15] InThe New 52, Scandal and Knockout are shown to have survived the battle and are living with Liana. The three make plans to have a child together, and Scandal has even chosenCatman as asperm donor.[16]
InGenerations,Dominus pulls Knockout and a group of supervillains from various timelines to stop a group of heroes from thwarting his plot to change history. However, the villains later defect to the heroes to help them defeat Dominus.
InCatwoman (vol. 5), following DC'sInfinite Frontier relaunch, Knockout appears as one of several supervillains gathered byClayface to helpCatwoman defend her neighborhood fromGotham City's new fascistic mayor and paramilitaristic enforcement militia.[17]
Knockout then turns up working forIntergang inMetropolis.[18]
Knockout is a highly trained warrior and master of unarmed combat. Like most other New Gods of the planet Apokolips, she has immense strength, stamina, and durability, as well as ahealing factor.[19]
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