Talk:Lady Deathstrike

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Question: I'm reading William Gibson's Neuromancer and noticed a character toward the beginning who struck me as very similar to Lady Deathstrike. The book appears to predate, if not the creation of the character, the addition of her claws and abilities. Is there any evidence the book was inspiration for the comic book character?

I removed the following from the article because I really don't think RPG stats belong in Wikipedia. Since large numbers of these "vital stats" sections have been added to various articles, I'm using Talk:Strength level (comics) to discuss this issue in general. Bryan 07:50, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Detailed Description

• Name: Yuriko Darkwind
• Group Affiliations: The Reavers (disbanded)
• Hieght: 5'10"
• Wieght: 150 lbs.
• Sex: Female
• First Appearance: Alpha Flight #133, 1986
• Origin of powers: Cybernetice implants. Adamantium laced skeleton and claws.
  • Intelligence: Above Normal (possibly greater due to artificial CPU}
  • Strength: Enhanced Human (Can military press 2 tons)
  • Durability: Superhuman Regenerative
  • Reflexes: Enhanced Human
  • Speed: Enhanced Human
  • Agility: Enhanced Human
  • Stamina: Superhuman
  • Other powers: Lady Deathstrike is an advanced cyborg designed to be several times stronger, faster, and more agile than is humanly possible. As she still has some biological parts that do not seem to be affected by the adamantium bonding process which would be lethal to any ordinary human, it has been speculated that she may be mutant with similar powers to Wolverine. However, there is so little left of the original biological article that is difficult to say. She is an expertly trained assassin; master of weapons, marksmanship, stealth, and both armed and un-armed combat.

[edit] Pursuit of Bullseye

My edit mentioning that Bullseye was also pursued by Lady Deathstrike due to him possessing an admantium laced skeleton was removed a few edits ago by , within a large change of text. Was this removal intentional or accidental? I do know that Bullseye had an admantium-laced skeleton, as referenced in one of the books (Predator's Smile?). There's a mention at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2855/deathstrike.html of her having thought she was pursuing Bullseye but instead finding Wolverine. It's stated at http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=2456&si=126 that Lady Deathstrike's father observed the process of using the admantium to heal Bullseye's shattered spine, this after he'd re-developed the procedure after it was stolen. Also mentioned at http://www.classicmarvel.com/cast/lady_deathstrike.htm or a number of other places found by typing Bullseye "Lady Deathstrike" into Google.

Bullseye's skeleton is not laced with Adamantium. After he was paralized in the fall fighting with Daredevil, Lady DeathStrike's father, Lord DarkWind (the creator of the Adamantium/Skeletal Bonding Process) only replaced the damaged bone in his spine with Adamantium. Lady DeathStrike, to avenge Bullseye's dishonor towards her father, then hoped to track Bullseye via his Adamantium implants, but the tracking equipment she used lead her to Wolverine instead. To my knowledge she never resumed her vendetta against Bullseye. Now she is even apparently his teammate in The Thunderbolts. Her quest for vengeance against those who stole from her father, namely his original Adamantium/Skeletal Bonding Formulas, should be focused squarely on Bullseye (who technically never repaid Lord DarkWind for saving his life), as well as those who supplied his stolen formulas to the scientists involved with the Weapon X Project. I don't think those avenues were ever written about, yet vendetta was the core of her character from the start. 74.244.63.126 03:46, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Bullseye's (non-spinal) bones, while not precicely laced or bonded with Adamantium, are reinforced with strips of it (Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe et al.), so it isn't clear where he falls on Deathstrike's hit list. Noclevername 21:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

If in fact Bullseye's entire skeleton is reinforced with Adamantium, then I stand corrected (as I don't follow Daredevil or Bullseye stories), but the procedure was not performed by Lord DarkWind. As stated earlier, he only replaced the damaged bone in Bullseye's spine with Adamantium, giving Bullseye a 50/50 chance of surviving the process. In return, DarkWind demanded the assassination of a Japanese Foreign Minister, which Bullseye implied he would carry out. After he recovered and left DarkWind's island, he welched on his end of the deal, as he was not actually "paid" by DarkWind. Bullseye recieved some Adamantium replaced vertebrae in return for an assassination he never carried out (Daredevil #197-199). Technically, he stole from DarkWind, as was Lady DeathStrike's notion when she began tracking him (Alpha Flight #33). I'd be interested to read the story about Bullseye receiving Adamantium reinforcing strips on his skeleton, if it was actually written about... the instances in "Bios" and "Handbooks" where the writers clearly have no idea what they are talking about, or are just fabricating previously unknown "facts", are pretty numerous. 74.244.63.126 03:46, 9 February 2007 (UTC)