Cybernary
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| Cybernary | |
 Cover by Nick Manabat |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Wildstorm |
| First appearance | Deathblow #1 (1993) |
| Created by | Nick Manabat (artist) Steve Gerber (writer) |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Katrina Cupertino, Yamiko Gamorra |
| Team affiliations | Savant Garde |
| Abilities | Super-human strength, telepathy, street smarts |
Cybernary is a comic book series created by comic book artist Nick Manabat with writer Steve Gerber and published by Wildstorm Productions in 1995. It tells about the story of a cybernetic anti-heroine, Katrina Cupertino, who carries the conciousness of Yamiko Gamorra.
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[edit] Publication history
Cybernary began as a backup story to Jim Lee's hugely successful run on Deathblow,[1] but Manabat's work on the series was cut short with his untimely demise due to a longtime illness. Gerber continued the storyline through a 1995 mini-series with art by Jeff Rebner and Richard Friend. On this post-Manabat series, Gerber remarked, "The artist, unfortunately, had no feel for the kind of cyber-civilization we were trying to portray. I admit, I lost interest a couple of issues into the series." [2]
A second Cybernary, based on Yamiko Gamorra, herself, was created in a short story written by Tommy Yune for the Wildstorm Thunderbook that overlapped with some of the events of The Authority. The story was continued by Joe Harris for a six-part Cybernary 2.0 limited series that started in 2001.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Katrina's story takes place in the Wildstorm Universe on the fictional post-apocalyptic island of Gamorra. She is a member of the American colony. Her parents die in a suspicous accident and Katrina opts for a life on the street. With her 'street smarts' and low-level telepathy, she prospered in the criminal circles. She teams up with a male partner named Cisco. During one mission, there were mistakes and Vandalla, one of Gamorra's main scientists, ends up with custody of Cisco. Her rescue attempt seemingly works, but Cisco is not truly freed and Katrina herself is vastly altered. While her outside looks like a very carefully made nympho-droid, her insides are built for killing. Not only that, her mind also contains the consciousness of Kaizen Gamorra's lost daughter Yamiko. Intended as a present for Kaizen himself, she instead escapes and helps overthrow him.
Cybernary spends some time dimension-hopping with Savant's unofficial super-hero team called Savant Garde. There she fought side by side with Savant herself, Mr. Majestic, the cat-girl Sheba, and many other heroes, some of who resembled Cybernary herself. Cicsco becomes part of the team, but he is now the large cyborg known as Met-L. Also joining the team is the murderous mercenary Innuendo, who helps out the heroes despite his own dark nature.
[edit] References
- ^ Deathblow #1, 1993
- ^ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/howard_the_duck/message/2106 (for members only)
[edit] References
- Cybernary at the Comic Book DB
- Cybernary at the Comic Book DB
- Cybernary 2.0 at the Comic Book DB
