Louis during the day to pay for the equipment she needed to maintain and repair Argo dishes. At the suggestion of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who identified with her because of her background as a pilot, she decided to continue fighting crime as the superhero Skyrocket.Ĭelia worked at a fast food store in her hometown of St. Celia survived the blast that killed her parents for wearing the Argo harness, and she later used it to trap some of the Scorpio activists who had caused her death. They attempted to steal the Argo dishes, but a premature explosion killed the Forrestals during their attack. Scorpio was a well-resourced organization always on the lookout for advanced technology that could be easily armed. This invention, called the Argo Harness, drew unwanted attention from a mercenary group of terrorists called Scorpio. The Forrestals conceived the harness as a tool for peace, but it also had great potential as a weapon of mass destruction. Forrestal, had developed a personal harness that could absorb, convert, and redirect energy. While considering leaving the service, she sought prospect and visited her parents, scientists, and Argo Technologies owners. Her career as an instructor had stalled because of her gender and race. Navy and served as a highly skilled naval aviator. During the Second American Civil War, her mother and brother died when Chicago is destroyed by a nuclear weapon. She fought in many battles during the Second American Civil War.

She later joins the PAX Peace Force, where her heroic story begins. This facility is closed due to budget cuts and Martha is left homeless. Martha thinks one of them resembles the Raggedy Ann doll she played with as a kid. Their heads are covered with wires plugged into their brains. Martha is later taken to a mental hospital.Īt the facility, she discovers that experiments are secretly being carried out on children to genetically change their minds and effectively convert them into human computers. The Iceman chases her through school to a locker room, but before he can kill her he dies of blood loss.

This distraction enabled Martha to grab his weapon, a dockworker’s hook, and stick it in his shoulder. One night, Martha shows up in Donald’s classroom and finds that he was murdered by the Iceman, a big thug who works for a local gang named Pope.īefore he died, Donald managed to stab the Iceman in the wrist. Her teacher Donald encourages her to be a better student and brings her contraband because he lives out of the green. She’s an average student, but one who shows a gift for computer programming and hacking. She grew up in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago (called “The Green”) with her mother and two brothers in abject poverty caused by the economic policies of President Erwin Rexall. Martha Washington was born on Maand died on March 11, 2095. 15 Best Black Female Superheroines 15 Best Black Female Superheroines 15.

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