Death Locket

Death Locket
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Avengers Arena #1 (December 2012)
Created by Dennis Hopeless
Kev Walker
In-story information
Alter ego Rebecca Ryker

Death Locket (Rebecca Ryker) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Death Locket first appeared in issue #1 of the Avengers Arena series as part of the Marvel NOW! event, and was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker.

Death Locket appears as one of the main characters in Avengers Undercover beginning in 2014.[1]

Fictional character biography

A female teenage version of Deathlok is one of sixteen teenagers kidnapped by Arcade who forces them to fight each other to the death in his latest version of Murderworld.[2] As the games in Murderworld begin, she faces off against Hazmat and then fights Cammi soon after. Cammi gives her the nickname Death Locket. Throughout the first day, Death Locket remembers the past events that led to her origins. She is revealed to be Rebecca Ryker, the daughter of Harlan Ryker; after being maimed in an explosion that killed her mother and brother, Rebecca was rebuilt using the Deathlok technology that her father developed. She joins the Braddock Academy group (consisting of Apex, Kid Briton, Anachronism, Bloodstone and Nara).[3] Juston is attacked by an unidentified cybernetic creature and the Sentinel he is working on folds around him apparently crushing him.[4]

An earthquake separates Bloodstone and Anachronism from Apex, Nara, Kid Briton, and Death Locket. An injured Reptil wakes up and clears Chase's reputation, saying that Death Locket was the one who attacked him. Meanwhile, Rebecca goes dormant as her Death Locket cybernetics take over and she blasts Nara off a cliff and into the ocean. Kid Briton is enraged by this and tries to kill her until Apex orders him not to.[5] Nara, Anachronism, and Bloodstone manage to survive falling into the chasm and come to the conclusion that Apex is manipulating Death Locket and Kid Briton to her own ends. Nara and Apex later start arguing and Apex confirms that she was the one who ordered Death Locket to attack Nara.[6] Juston Seyfert is revealed to have survived the attack from the cybernetic creature, but is now paralyzed below the waist due to the injuries sustained when the Sentinel crashed. Distraught at the loss of his best friend, Juston salvages the remains of the Sentinel and creates a suit of battle armor which he uses to attack Death Locket.[7] Apex uses Death Locket to help her kill Nico.[8] After the Staff of One resurrects Nico, she disassembles Death Locket's cybernetic arm, and traps her and Apex underground. Death Locket explores the facility she and Apex end up in.[9] Apex's brother Tim repairs Deathlocket's arm, giving her a new cannon, and she unleashes Chris Powell, the original Darkhawk, to attack Arcade.[10] Arcade soon escapes and talks Apex into finishing the game. She regains control of Deathlocket and uses her to blast Chris.[11] Apex unleashes bugs, sentient typhoon, and weaponized sand to attack the remaining teens on Murderworld.[12] Tim soon breaks Deathlocket free, and she becomes enraged enough to attack Apex. Apex soon reverts to Tim and asks Deathlocket to shoot him, thereby stopping the games. She is shocked at first, but soon complies, and everyone is able to escape Murderworld and disperse.[13]

Avengers Undercover

Once news broke about Arcade's kidnappings, Deathlocket and the other Murder World Survivors became infamous. Deathlocket was the subject of SHIELD agents gushing over her actions in the Arena, which was something she didn't appreciate.[14] However, when Anachronism reveals Bloodstone's gone missing, all the survivors team up to head to Bagalia to find him. On their way in, Deathlocket reveals that she really doesn't know how to fight, but Hazmat encourages her to use her gun and then congratulates her on how well it worked. Once they find Bloodstone, he reveals that he enjoys life among the villains, and the others, minus Cammi, start to enjoy it as well. Deathlocket even gets hit on by Excavator of the Wrecking Crew. When Cammi tries to tell the others to leave, Bloodstone instead has Daimon Hellstrom teleport the group to Arcade's latest party so they can kill him.[15]

Powers and abilities

Her left arm can transform into a powerful ray-gun.[16] She is vulnerable to control by Apex's technopathy, and also may generally lack control over her abilities.[17] It is not yet revealed whether she has cybernetic uplink and other Deathlok abilities, but she was able to shut down Arcade's complex computer systems.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "NYCC EXCLUSIVE: HOPELESS IS SEDUCED BY EVIL IN "AVENGERS UNDERCOVER"". Comicbookresources.com. 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  2. ↑ Avengers Arena #1
  3. ↑ Avengers Arena #2
  4. ↑ Avengers Arena #3
  5. ↑ Avengers Arena #5
  6. ↑ Avengers Arena #6
  7. ↑ Avengers Arena #8
  8. ↑ Avengers Arena #10
  9. ↑ Avengers Arena #12
  10. ↑ Avengers Arena #16
  11. ↑ Avengers Arena #17
  12. ↑ Avengers Arena #18
  13. ↑ Avengers Arena #18
  14. ↑ Avengers Undercover #1
  15. ↑ Avengers Undercover #2
  16. ↑ Avengers Arena #5
  17. ↑ Avengers Arena #6
  18. ↑ Avengers Arena #18

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