Melee (comics)

Melee
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Avengers: The Initiative #8 (February 2008)
Created by	Dan Slott Christos N. Gage Stefano Caselli
In-story information
Team affiliations	Avengers: The Initiative
Abilities	Mastery of every form of martial arts

Melee^[1] is the code name of a fictional comic book character within Marvel Comics' shared universe the Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #8 and was created by Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage and Stefano Caselli.

Fictional character biography

A Latino-American girl with previous whereabouts unknown, Melee was recruited into the Fifty State Initiative and sent to its training facility Camp Hammond where she is joined by other new recruits Ant-Man, Crusader, Proton, Dragon Lord, Geiger, Red 9, and Diamondback^[1]. During a combat training exercise she was involved with, MVP clone KIA attacks and kills fellow recruit Dragon Lord^[2]; in the wake of this assault, she presented Dragon Lord's ashes to his family.^[3]

After the Skrull invasion, Melee was assigned to further training at Camp Hammond, in order to become a martial arts instructor.^[4]

Heroic Age

Melee appears at a meeting held by Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth.^[5]

Powers and abilities

Melee possesses mastery of every form of martial arts; whether this is due to an actual superhuman ability or is the result of intense training has yet to be explained.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Avengers: The Initiative #8
2. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #9
3. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #12
4. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #21
5. ^ Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt #1