Armory (
Violet Lightner) is a
fictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its...
in the
Marvel UniverseThe Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles published by Marvel Comics take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America....
. Armory was one of the new
InitiativeAvengers: The Initiative is a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series deals with the aftermath of Marvel's Civil War crossover...
recruits that arrived at
Camp HammondCamp Hammond is a training camp in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, Marvel Universe to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative...
with
Cloud 9Cloud 9 is a fictional teenage comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli, and first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #1 ....
, Hardball,
Komodo-New Men:The first Komodo is one of the New Men, creatures evolved by the High Evolutionary from a lizard. He accompanied the Ani-Men on their clean-up mission at the Jackal's laboratory and fought the Scarlet Spider...
, MVP,
TraumaTrauma is a fictional comic book character. He is a teenage superhero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe...
and others.
Two aliens of unknown origin suddenly appeared above Earth in a struggle to the death. They both died as they entered the atmosphere and their weapons were scattered about on the planet's surface. The US government tracked and obtained the weapons of one of the aliens, creating the superhero
GauntletThe Gauntlet , is a comic book superhero in the . Created by Dan Slott, he first appeared in She-Hulk #100.-Publication history:...
.
Armory (
Violet Lightner) is a
fictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its...
in the
Marvel UniverseThe Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles published by Marvel Comics take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America....
. Armory was one of the new
InitiativeAvengers: The Initiative is a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series deals with the aftermath of Marvel's Civil War crossover...
recruits that arrived at
Camp HammondCamp Hammond is a training camp in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, Marvel Universe to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative...
with
Cloud 9Cloud 9 is a fictional teenage comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli, and first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #1 ....
, Hardball,
Komodo-New Men:The first Komodo is one of the New Men, creatures evolved by the High Evolutionary from a lizard. He accompanied the Ani-Men on their clean-up mission at the Jackal's laboratory and fought the Scarlet Spider...
, MVP,
TraumaTrauma is a fictional comic book character. He is a teenage superhero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe...
and others.
Fictional character biography
Two aliens of unknown origin suddenly appeared above Earth in a struggle to the death. They both died as they entered the atmosphere and their weapons were scattered about on the planet's surface. The US government tracked and obtained the weapons of one of the aliens, creating the superhero
GauntletThe Gauntlet , is a comic book superhero in the . Created by Dan Slott, he first appeared in She-Hulk #100.-Publication history:...
. The other weapon was presumed to be lost.
Violet, a troubled teen in San Francisco, decides to commit suicide by jumping off of the
Golden Gate bridgeThe Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S...
. As recalled later, she feels empty inside as she falls. The weapon of the other alien, which had come to rest on the bottom of the San Francisco Bay, reacts to her emptiness and shoots out of the water, attaching itself to her arm and suddenly turning into the one item she needed, a grappling hook. The weapon gave her a new reason to live and she began to use it as a hero, saving multiple people in many different situations. Eventually, she gains the attention of the
Mighty AvengersThe Mighty Avengers is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of New Avengers, the title features an Avengers team of registered superheroes that is part of Fifty State Initiative, residing in New York. The first incarnation of...
by destroying the latest incarnation of
UltimoUltimo is a fictional giant robot in the Marvel Comics universe. It was once controlled by the Mandarin and used against Iron Man, but has fought Iron Man several times even when not under the Mandarin's control. While having been dismantled by S.H.I.E.L.D...
in a single blast. Shortly afterward, she was recruited into the Initiative and sent to
Camp HammondCamp Hammond is a training camp in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, Marvel Universe to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative...
for training.
During a training exercise with the new heroes,
TraumaTrauma is a fictional comic book character. He is a teenage superhero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe...
's powers cause him to morph into a giant spider to exploit Armory's
arachnophobiaArachnophobia or arachnephobia is a specific phobia, the irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids. It is a manifestation of zoophobia, among the most common of all phobias. The reactions of arachnophobics often seem irrational to others...
. Armory panics and begins firing blindly. She blasts off
Komodo-New Men:The first Komodo is one of the New Men, creatures evolved by the High Evolutionary from a lizard. He accompanied the Ani-Men on their clean-up mission at the Jackal's laboratory and fought the Scarlet Spider...
's arm and shoots MVP in the head while he attempts to protect
Cloud 9Cloud 9 is a fictional teenage comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli, and first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #1 ....
from harm.
HardballHardball is a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli, and first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #1 ....
creates an energy ball to deflect the lethal blasts from Armory's Tactigon. Komodo regrows her arm due to the nature of her powers but MVP is apparently irrevocably dead. Armory is subsequently grounded from superhero activity and has her weapon surgically removed before being expelled from Camp Hammond.
Violet is seen talking to her therapist who wants the young woman to reveal the reasons why she was rejected from the Initiative Program, but Violet refuses. Scars on Armory's arm are commented upon, but she reassures the therapist it was not self-inflicted. Notes elsewhere in the story reveal that the alien device had been surgically removed, so it subsequently does not work for anyone else.
The therapist decides to place her as an in-patient, explaining she believes Armory is still a danger to herself and others. It is revealed that the doctor is working with
Henry Peter GyrichHenry Peter Gyrich is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Avengers Vol. 1 #165 and was created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez.-Fictional character biography:...
, in order to be certain that Violet is able to keep MVP's death a secret.
The Tactigon is then placed on the arm of a clone of MVP. After interfacing with his mind, the machine causes the clone to remember his "death", and he sets out to kill all those he deems responsible for it.
Powers and abilities
Armory possesses a multi-dimensional device that is able shift into an infinite number of weapons. Armory calls it the
Tactigon, and says that it has a built in safety that lets her only get the weapons and power she needs to get the job done. When Armory lost control of her powers, surgeons detached the weapon when she was kicked out of the program.
Though the government's first attempts to utilize the weapon have been unsuccessful, an MVP clone is later seen using the weapon.
External links
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix5/armoryinitiative.htm
- http://en.marveldatabase.com/Violet_Lightner_%28Earth-616%29