Cinnamon (comics)
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| Cinnamon | |
 Cover to Cinnamon: El Ciclo #1 (October 2003). Art by Howard Chaykin |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Weird Western Tales #48 (September-October 1978) |
| Created by | Roger McKenzie (script) Dick Ayers (pencils) Danny Bulanadi (inks) |
| In story information | |
| Full name | Katherine "Kate" Manser |
| Abilities | None |
Cinnamon is a fictional Western character in DC Comics. The character first appeared in Weird Western Tales #48 (September-October 1978). The script was written by Roger McKenzie, with artwork by Dick Ayers (pencils) and Danny Bulanadi (inks).
[edit] Fictional character biography
Cinnamon is really Katherine "Kate" Manser, the daughter of a sheriff in a small Western town. After he is shot by bank robbers, she is sent to an orphanage, where she secretly trains herself in gunfighting. Upon leaving the orphange, she becomes a bounty hunter in order to search for her father's killers. As well as being a crack shot, Cinnamon uses her father's sheriff badge as a shuriken.
In the third series of Hawkman, it is revealed that Cinnamon is a reincarnation of the Egyptian princess Chay-Ara. As such, she becomes the lover of Prince Kha-Tar's reincarnation, the hero Nighthawk. When Cinnamon is assaulted by the burglar "Gentleman Jim" Craddock, Nighthawk hangs him up, thereby tying his destiny to theirs. Cinnamon, along with Nighthawk, is killed by Matilda Dunney Roderic, presumably the latest incarnation of their eternal enemy Hath-Set.
A billboard in Wonder Woman #175 (which featured as many of DC's heroines as possible) advertises a musical entitled Cinnamon Get Your Gun, parodying Annie Get Your Gun.
[edit] Modern Cinnamon
A modern-day version of the character is introduced in the miniseries Cinnamon: El Ciclo (2003). Like the original, her father is a sheriff who is shot by bank robbers, leading her to seek revenge on the killers and become a bounty hunter.
She is last seen in the Infinite Crisis special Villains United being contacted by J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter. One page later, she is seen lying on the ground, unconscious, with a cut on her forehead.
Cinnamon does not appear again until Checkmate #24, where she is revealed as one of the organizations "Rooks."
