- Avengelyne
Avengelyne is a
comic book character co-created byRob Liefeld andCathy Christian , and originally published in 1995 byMaximum Press . By the end of the 1990s, Avengelyne had a stint atAwesome Entertainment (one issue published only) and enjoyed a short stint atAvatar Press . It was recently announced that Avengelyne would be returning to comics in theArcana Studio oneshot Avengelyne vs.Koni Waves due for a 2009 release.Avengelyne is an
angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face withdemons ,monsters , and the like. The original character design for Avengelyne was based on the likeness of former "Vampirella " modelCathy Christian .Character biography
Avengelyne was the most feared warrior in
Heaven 's Warhost, having single-handedly broken into Pandemonium, the outer fortress ofHell , to confront theDevil himself. She is afallen angel , banished fromHeaven byGod after being tricked into questioning His love for humans. Avengelyne was stripped of all her angelic abilities, other than her great strength and her blood, which, once extracted from her body, could be used as a weapon or a miracle once empowered by quoting verses from theBible . Although He appeared truly angry,God was trying to prepare Avengelyne for a coming war for which she would need to be strengthened.Keeping her faith in the Lord even on
Earth , Avengelyne began to fight thedemons she found while there. Eventually, one of her enemies, the demon lord B'Liale, sent ademon , Kyle Wagner, to seduce Avengelyne and father a powerful demon child.God sent Passover, the Angel of Death, to kill Avengelyne for her involvement, but the child, Magog, was born prior to the angel's arrival, and so together Passover and Avengelyne drove the demon-spawn away.Seeing her devotion to Him was still strong,
God allowed Avengelyne to live, and she still fightsdemons onEarth . Eventually, whenArmageddon occurs, Avengelyne will leadHeaven 's Warhost, with Passover as her second-in-command.Bibliography
*"Avengelyne (vol 1)" #1-3 (mini-series, Maximum Press)
*"Avengelyne (vol 2)" #1-14 (series, Maximum Press)
*"Avengelyne (vol 3)" #1 (unfinished series,Awesome Entertainment )
*"Avengelyne: Armageddon" #1-3 (mini-series, Maximum Press)
*"Avengelyne: Bible" (one-shot special, Maximum Press)
*"Avengelyne: Deadly Sins" #1-2 (mini-series, Maximum Press)
*"Avengelyne: Power" #1-3 (mini-series, Maximum Press)Avangelyne also appears through various issues of "Asylum".
Avatar Press also put out a version of Avengelyne commonly considered in different continuity:
*"Avengelyne: Bad Blood" #1-2
*"Avengelyne: Dark Depths" #1-2
*"Avengelyne: Dragon Realm" #1-2
*"Avengelyne: Revelation"
*"Avengelyne - Seraphicide" #½, 1Crossovers
*"Avengelyne/Demonslayer"
*"Avengelyne/Glory"
*"Avengelyne/Glory II: The Godyssey"
*"Avengelyne/Warrior Nun Areala"
*"Avengelyne/Pandora"
*"Avengelyne/Prophet" #1-2
*"Avengelyne/Shi"
*"Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves"
*"Glory/Avengelyne"
*"Warrior Nun Areala and Avengelyne 1996"External links
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/avengely.htm An International Catalogue of Superheroes: Avengelyne]
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/doomsday1/new_page_4.htm Avengelyne--The Fallen Angel]
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