Deathcry

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Deathcry
Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Avengers Vol.1 #363 (June, 1993) Created by Bob Harras (writer), Steve Epting (artist)
Characteristics Alter ego Unknown Affiliations Avengers Abilities Super-strength, sharp claws, enhanced sight and smell.

Deathcry is a fictional Marvel Comics character and a former member of the Avengers team.

[edit] Fictional character history

Deathcry is an alien Shi'ar in the Marvel universe. It's assumed, from her name and appearance, that she's Deathbird's daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Deathcry's true name was taken by royal decree for reasons yet unrevealed. (It is presumed that this edict may have something to do an issue with Deathcry's lineage.) When the Earth hero team Avengers defeated the Shi'ar enemies, the Kree, the empress Lilandra Neramani feared for the team's safety should the Kree attempt revenge.

Lilandra then ordered Deathcry, by order of the same decree which took her name, to join the Avengers as their protector. Deathcry served with the Avengers for several months, hiding her youth but she soon softened and revealed her true age as she formed close friendships with her teammates Vision and Hercules.

Later, after the Avengers survived a decimating attack by the villain Immortus, Deathcry decided her services were no longer required. She bade Hercules to return her to the Shi'ar empire, where she still remains.

She will return in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord.

[edit] Trivia

Deathbird is the Shi'ar equivalent of a high school teenager.

Among the various items Deathbird had in her room in the Avengers Mansion is a bamf doll, a chibi plushie version of Nightcrawler from Kitty's Fairy Tale and the Nightcrawler limited series.

[edit] External links

• Her profile in the Appendix to the Marvel Handbook