Misty Knight
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Misty Knight is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Marvel Premiere #20 (January, 1975).
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[edit] Publication history
Misty Knight first appeared in Marvel Premiere #20 (January, 1975) and was created by writer Tony Isabella. A later retcon in [issue # needed] by Chris Claremont and John Byrne would reveal she had previously appeared as an unnamed character in Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #1 (March, 1972), written by Roy Thomas and pencilled by Ross Andru. Notable comics in which Knight and Colleen Wing have starred include a storyline first printed in Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #32-33 (January -February 1977) and Bizarre Adventures #25 (March, 1981) by writer Chris Claremont and penciller Marshall Rogers. The original depictions of Knight, a bionically enhanced black female detective with martial arts skills, were strongly influenced by the blaxploitation and Kung Fu crazes of the 1970s.
She was a longtime supporting character in comic books such as X-Men and Power Man and Iron Fist; she also had a major role in the Deathlok story arc 'Souls of Cyber-Folk' that ran from issue 2-5 of the first Deathlok series. The character, alongside her partner Colleen Wing, starred in Daughters of the Dragon, a 2005 six issue limited series by writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and penciller Khari Evans.
Misty is one of the stars of the 2006 Heroes for Hire series.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Misty was seriously injured preventing a bomb attack back when she was a member of NYPD. Her right arm was amputated and rather than take a desk job, she resigned from the police force. Tony Stark provided her a bionic arm which endowed her superhuman strength. She then set up a detective agency with her friend Colleen Wing entitled "Knightwing Restorations Ltd."
Misty roomed with X-Men member Jean Grey until Jean returned to her life as an X-Man.
[edit] Relationships with Iron Fist and Power Man
Soon after she first met Iron Fist, the two characters fell in love. Her "Knightwing Restorations Ltd" detective agency would go on to help Power Man and Iron Fist's Heroes for Hire agency on numerous cases. Later, when Iron Fist broke up with her, Misty began a short romance with Power Man. This episode was a source of tension between Power Man and Iron Fist in their shared title for a brief period.
When Iron Fist was presumed dead for an extended period, Misty assisted Namor the Sub-Mariner in finding and saving the hero. She and Danny Rand renewed their relationship.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Misty Knight is highly skilled in martial arts and is a proficient hand-to-hand fighter. She also has near-perfect aim with firearms. Her bionic arm is superhumanly strong, and she can punch a target with incredible force, or crush objects as tough as steel in her vise-like grip. However, since the rest of her body is not cybernetically enhanced, so she cannot lift objects heavier than her back, shoulders, and legs can physically support. Her arm's advantages as a weapon are limited to kinetic crushing and impact forces.
Her new arm was built by Stark Industries and is an alloy of Antarctic vibranium and diamond; at close range it can liquify all known metals including adamantium. It is also now able to generate a wide anti-gravity repulsor field similar to Iron Man's armor. (Daughters of the Dragon #6) It can also apparently release a concentrated beam of cryogenic energy, which can cover a target in a blanket of ice from a distance. This cold also seems to make the target much more fragile, allowing otherwise durable materials to be broken or rended when frozen. (Heroes for Hire #7, 2007)
[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] Ultimate Universe
The Ultimate Marvel Universe version of Misty Knight has appeared in the 2006 limited series Ultimate Extinction which was written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Brandon Peterson. She appears to have the same origin story as before, with an artificial arm created by Tony Stark. While investigating a "Paul Maitreya", a cult leader who resembles the Silver Surfer, she encounters a bald-headed woman who shoots Paul and his cult before escaping Misty. This woman appears to be one of an army of genetic clones of Heather Douglas aka Moondragon.
[edit] MC2
In the alternate future of the MC2 universe, Misty eventually settled down and married Iron Fist. Unfortunately, at some point in the past, she died of cancer. Because of this Iron Fist gave up crimefighting, and began to live as a simple martial arts trainer.
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