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| Warrior Woman | |
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.jpg) Julia Koenig as Warrior Woman on the cover ofInvaders Now! #3 (January 2011). Art byAlex Ross. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Invaders #16 (May 1977) (Julia Koenig) The Invaders #17 (June 1977) (Warrior Woman) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas (Writer) Frank Robbins (Artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Julia Frieda Koenig Lohmer |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Super-Axis |
| Abilities | Longevity, Marksmanship, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master |
Warrior Woman is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
The character was created as an homage to theDC Comics characterWonder Woman.[1]
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Warrior Woman first appears inThe Invaders #16 (May 1977), in a story titled "The Short Happy Life of Major Victory", and was created byRoy Thomas andFrank Robbins. She is brought back later inNamor the Sub-Mariner.
Julia Koenig[2] first appears in a multi-issue storyline in the titleInvaders, posing as aservicewoman dating anAmericansoldier inLondon duringWorld War II. Koenig is revealed to be aNazispy, code-named Madame Rätsel (Madame Mystery),[3] who is sent to obtain information from a soldier, who was also acartoonist and is suspected of knowing the secret of the Super-Soldier Serum, which originally empowered heroCaptain America. The soldier is captured andinterrogated by Koenig, who attempts to replicate the experiment in alaboratory. The materials used are unstable, and when a superior officer intervenes, trying to stop Koenig from using the formula on herself, she whips him, accidentally throwing him into the machinery, causing an explosion that transforms Koenig into a female version of fellow Nazi agentMaster Man (although, courtesy of a higher level of exposure to the Serum, Master Man is physically superior). Koenig dubs herselfWarrior Woman.
To celebrate the capture ofsuperhero team theInvaders (in a prison inBerlin), Hitler insists Koenig and Master Man marry, his logic being that they are the progenitors of a new race. The ceremony, however, is interrupted when the priest is killed by rubble from a building damaged during a battle between the Invaders andGerman troops. Warrior Woman and Master Man retreat when confronted by theHuman Torch, who becomes enraged when his ward,Toro, is wounded by gunfire.[4] The character reappears in the final issue of theInvaders as part of a team formed by theJapanesespyLady Lotus to battle the heroes - theSuper-Axis.[5]
It is revealed in aflashback fromNamor the Sub-Mariner, that near the end of World War II,Baron Strucker placed Warrior Woman and Master Man insuspended animation in a hidden laboratory, thereby "preserving" the Nazi dream for use at a later time. Master Man is revived by Axl Nacht's scientists, and at Nacht's direction, the character abducts the original Human Torch and Ann Raymond (Toro'swidow) - theirblood being necessary for reviving Warrior Woman, who had sufferedbrain damage. Nacht betrays Master Man when it is revealed that his father first cared for the two superbeings while in suspended animation, and unknowingly instilled in the younger Nacht an obsession with Warrior Woman.
In another flashback, Warrior Woman assisted Master Man andArmless Tiger Man into partaking in the invasion ofWakanda where they fought Captain America,T'Chaka, andSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos.[6]
When Namor the Sub-Mariner, former founding member of the Invaders, finds the laboratory, he battles Master Man until the Nazi loses his abilities and reverts to Wilhelm Lohmer. Nacht steals Master Man's abilities for himself, and has apparently also won the affections of the revived, but unstable, Warrior Woman. Namor rescues the prisoners as Lohmer destroys the laboratory, though no bodies are found in the wreckage.[7]
Later, she resurfaces alongside Nacht (now wearing armor) as one of the leaders of Axis Mundi, a resurgent fascist terrorist organization who was opposed by the New Invaders. Other members of Axis Mundi included U-Man, Baroness Blood (female heir toBaron Blood) and the Pterrorists, an army of clonedinsectoid warriors whose mind and DNA were derived fromAgent Axis.[volume & issue needed]
Sometime later, she killsPower Princess and assumes her identity, then joins the Squadron Supreme and is taken toWeirdworld, where she reveals her true colors and betrays the team, but is defeated.[8]
Julia Koenig was a normal human who excelled atespionage andhypnotism, and when exposed to a variant of the Super-Soldier Serum receives enhanced strength and stamina.
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