DEATHBIRD

 

DEATHBIRD

Real Name: Cal'syee Neramani-(Summers?)

First Appearance: Ms. Marvel (Vol. 1) #9, September 1977

Powers: Deathbird is a member of the extraterrestrial race known as the Shi'ar. The Shi'ar have both avian and mammalian characteristics: Although the Shi'ar are outwardly humanoid and mammalian in form, they have feathers instead of hair. At an earlier point in their evolution, the Shi'ar's had fully developed wings attached to their arms, enabling them to fly. Deathbird herself is actually an evolutionary throwback who possesses these functional wings. Shi'ar females have mammary glands and are viviparous.

As a genetic throwback, Deathbird possesses much more obvious bird-like traits than the rest of her avian people, the human equivalent of a mutant looking like a caveman. She has roughly six times the strength of a normal Shi'ar, in addition to superhuman speed, agility, endurance, reaction time, and durability. She has razor tipped talons on the ends of her fingers, strong enough to slice into steel, and wings which extend underneath her arms and can be flapped with enough force to provide lift and flight. At times in the past, Deathbird used a set of telescopic javelins as her personal weapons. Most of these javelins were held in a brace circling her wrist, but she may have had other hidden on her person. Once removed from their cache, most of her javelins extended to their full 32-inch length. She can use these for close quarters combat or as razor pointed throwing weapons. Certain javelins were designed to explode or release toxic fumes on impact, and some were not designed to extend but instead remained in their shorter form and would discharge high-voltage electrical blasts when two were touched together.