42 Facts About Lady Deathstrike

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Lady Deathstrike, occasionally spelled "Deathstryke", is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Lady Deathstrike is a foe of the X-Men, especially Wolverine.

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Lady Deathstrike has since worked as a mercenary and assassin and feels a need to prove herself by killing Wolverine.

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Mutant version of Lady Deathstrike, played by Kelly Hu and without any of Deathstrike's backstory, appeared as a brainwashed henchman of William Stryker in the 2003 film X2.

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In 2009, Lady Deathstrike was ranked as IGN's 78th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

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Lady Deathstrike's father was Lord Dark Wind, a Japanese crime lord and criminal scientist who created the process by which adamantium can be bonded to bone.

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7.

Lady Deathstrike guided Daredevil to Lord Dark Wind's private island in search of Bullseye.

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Lady Deathstrike attempted to find Bullseye with an adamantium tracking device, intending to get revenge on him for betraying her father and retrieve the adamantium in his bones for study.

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Lady Deathstrike then went to the Mojoverse and sought Spiral's "body shoppe" where she received extensive cybernetic enhancements including adamantium bones and talons.

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10.

Lady Deathstrike was accidentally teleported along with Wolverine and Puck to 1937 Spain.

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11.

Lady Deathstrike later battled Wolverine and Sabretooth in Times Square.

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12.

Lady Deathstrike was responsible for mutilating and nearly killing Sunfire, whose legs she severed in battle.

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13.

Lady Deathstrike participates in the final battle of the Civil War in Times Square, New York City, before being sent to the Negative Zone Prison.

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Lady Deathstrike appears again in pursuit of Cable and the mutant newborn where she battled X-Force and X-23 again and X-23 nearly kills her.

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Lady Deathstrike is apparently saved from death due to the actions of Spiral, as she is later seen under repair in Spiral's Body Shoppe when Madelyne Pryor approaches Spiral with an invitation of membership in her Sisterhood of Mutants.

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16.

Lady Deathstrike kept Wolverine busy while the Sisterhood raided his room for one of his most treasured possessions: a lock of Jean Grey's hair.

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17.

Lady Deathstrike's consciousness was later uploaded in the body of Ana Cortes, establishing a symbiotic relationship with Ana's consciousness.

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18.

Lady Deathstrike then traveled to the Jean Grey Academy alongside her friend Reiko to find Karima Shapandar and retrieve the Omega Sentinel technology.

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19.

Lady Deathstrike then learns of Arkea, and has hired Typhoid Mary to help her achieve this goal.

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20.

Mary knocks Sublime unconscious and she and Lady Deathstrike manages to escape before Psylocke comes to check on Sublime.

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21.

Lady Deathstrike says it was not just a partnership, but the formation of a new Sisterhood of Mutants.

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22.

Lady Deathstrike notified the X-Men of the Sisterhood's location, after she became increasingly concerned about Arkea's bold moves such as having Amora resurrect Selene Gallio, the Black Queen.

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23.

Lady Deathstrike recovers and continues her fight with her father until Lord Dark Wind cuts off her left hand.

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24.

Lady Deathstrike was transformed into a cyborg by Spiral and the "Body Shop" using alien technology of Mojo's dimension, with later modifications by Donald Pierce.

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Lady Deathstrike has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, and agility.

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26.

Lady Deathstrike's skeleton has been artificially laced with molecules of adamantium, rendering her skeletal structure physically unbreakable.

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27.

Lady Deathstrike's fingers have been replaced by five 12-inch long adamantium claws replacing each finger of each hand.

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28.

Lady Deathstrike is capable of telescoping these claws to twice their usual length.

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29.

Lady Deathstrike had the ability to interface with computers, allowing direct data access to her brain's memory centers.

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30.

Lady Deathstrike is a trained assassin and is skilled in a variety of Asian martial arts.

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31.

Lady Deathstrike is especially skilled with swords, and while she prefers stealth and subtlety in her killings, she is emotionally disturbed and this interferes with her effectiveness.

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32.

Lady Deathstrike suffers from mental instability; she is an unbalanced fanatic, a condition worsened by her transformation into a cyborg.

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33.

Lady Deathstrike has used shuriken, nunchakus, a high-powered long-range blaster which fires armor-piercing explosive bullets, and wrist-bands containing adamantium detectors.

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34.

Lady Deathstrike wore a modified traditional Japanese battle-armor which could withstand even superhuman blows.

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35.

Lady Deathstrike's items were constructed by weapon-smiths of Lord Dark Wind's organization.

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36.

Lady Deathstrike later received an upgrade that provides her with a kind of "cybernetic healing factor" that functions similarly, although not as efficiently, to Wolverine's.

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37.

Lady Deathstrike is fluent in both English and Japanese, and an accomplished pilot of various air and sea-craft.

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38.

Lady Deathstrike was downloaded into Ana Cortes, who became her host and the new Lady Deathstrike until Ana killed herself.

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39.

Lady Deathstrike was the lover of Logan Wayne aka Dark Claw, but swore revenge when Dark Claw murdered her father, Ra's Al-Pocalypse, to prevent him from unleashing a deadly chemical on the world.

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40.

Lady Deathstrike became cybernetically enhanced and ambushed Dark Claw in his cave after tying up his sidekick, the Sparrow.

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41.

Lady Deathstrike has appeared in Ultimate Marvel's Ultimate X-Men line.

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42.

Lady Deathstrike has previously survived being struck by lightning and smashed by a falling tree.

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