Impala (Marvel Comics)

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character_name = Impala
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "Captain America" #388 (July 1991)
creators = Mark Gruenwald and Rik Levins
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alliances = Femizons
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powers =Skilled athlete
Proficient in thrown weaponry

Impala is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe.

Fictional character biography

Impala (real name unknown) is female, and was apparently born in Zambia, West Africa. She is a mercenary and professional criminal, but follows a strict honor code. A non-powered athlete and fighter, she carries various throwing weapons, particularly a set of extensible javelins. She was said to have previously battled members of the Supremacists, a team of superhumans based in South Africa.

Impala, with other female costumed criminals, was invited aboard Superia's cruise ship as part of her Femizons. There, she befriended fellow female supervillains Asp and Black Mamba. Impala helped Black Mamba battle Captain America and Paladin when they invaded the ship. ["Captain America" #388-391]

With Black Mamba, Impala later learned that fellow Femizon Snapdragon was responsible for the attempted murder of Diamondback. Impala helped Asp and Black Mamba battle Battleaxe, Steel Wind, and Golddigger at one of the "Bar With No Name" locations. Impala and her friends broke into a former Serpent Society headquarters, battled Sersi, and took an abandoned Serpent Saucer. ["Captain America" #395-397]

Impala was later seen among the various superhumans attending AIM's Weapons Exposition. ["Captain America" #411]

Powers and abilities

Impala is an athletic woman, and a highly adept hand-to-hand combatant. She is an Olympic-level javelin thrower with unerring aim. Impala carries a number of interlocking javelins varying in length from 1.5' to 2', some with sharpening points, carried in a miniature quiver on her back. These javelins can be used as throwing weapons or locked together to form vaulting poles.

ee also

* African characters in comics

References

External links

*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/impalabg.htm