Name: Amazon Val Char Cost 43 STR 33 18 DEX 24 23 CON 26 20 BODY 20 13 INT 3 11 EGO 2 20 PRE 10 16 COM 3 13 PD 4 13 ED 8 4 SPD 12 14 REC 0 46 END 0 54 STUN 0 Characteristic Rolls: STR: 18-, DEX: 13-, CON: 14-, INT: 12-, EGO: 11-, PER: 12- Run: 6/12", Swim: 2", Jump: 9", Lift: 9½ ton Cost Powers END/Roll 15 Armor (5 PD/5 ED) 12 Running (+6", 12", NC: 24"); Non-Combat Multiplier: ×2, +0; Non-Combat (MPH): 18 2 Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll 3 Acting 13- 3 Climbing 13- 2 Contact: Mob contacts.; Usefulness: Normal, +0 11- 4 Crush (OCV +0, DCV +0, 12½d6) 4 Fast Strike (OCV +2, DCV +0, 10½d6) 3 Interrogation 13- 4 Martial Disarm (OCV -1, DCV +1) 2 Professional Skill: Bartender 11- 3 Streetwise 13- 100+ Disadvantages 5 Distinctive Features: Amazon build.; Concealability: Easily, 5; Reaction: Noticed and Recognizable, +0 10 Berserk: If she is betrayed. (14-, 11-, Enraged Only); Circumstances: Uncommon, +5 15 Hunted: by authorities. (8-); Capabilities: As Powerful, 10; Non-combat Influence: Extensive, +5; Geographical Area: Unlimited, -0; Actions: Hunting, ×1; Punishment: Harsh, 0 5 Phys. Lim.: Occasionally overuses her STR in normal use. (Infrequently, Slightly) 15 Psych. Lim.: Becomes angry at men at the drop of a hat. (Common, Strong) 15 Psych. Lim.: Overconfident (Very Common, Moderate) 10 Reputation: Minor villain strong woman. (8-, Extreme) 15 Secret Identity: Katina Luisa Von Horn 10 2d6 Unluck OCV: 6; DCV: 6; ECV: 4; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 PD/rPD: 18/5; ED/rED: 18/5 Costs: Char.: 145 Disad.: 100 Powers: + 55 Base: + 100 Total: = 200 Total: = 200 Real name: Katina Luisa Von Horn Other known aliases: Wilma, Man-Killer Occupation: Criminal mastermind. Current group affiliation: Thunderbolts Past group affiliations: Masters of Evil VI Major enemies: The Masters of Evil, formerly the Thunderbolts First appearance: Marvel Team-Up #8 Origin: Description: Amazon II is an attractive woman with an incredibly muscular physique and red hair. Explanation of the conversion: Little is known about Amazon II's strength level or the origin of her superpowers, so I decided to write her as if she had received the Power Broker augmentation. History: Katrina Luisa Van Horn grew up to be a champion skier for an unnamed Eastern European country. When competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time, Van Horn overheard a male rival, Karl Lubbings, denigrate women athletes. Van Horn challenged Lubbings to a race that night, but in the course of the competition Lubbings abruptly cut Van Horn off as they skied down the mountain. In the resultant fall, Lubbings was killed and Van Horn was crippled. [Marvel Team-Up #8] Van Horn was driven nearly insane by bitterness and anger, and her plight was soon discovered by agents of the subversive scientific organization called Advanced Idea Mechanics. Operating covertly, AIM financed a militant feminist group that recruited Van Horn, and the organization also secretly funded her lengthy rehabilitation process. Moreover, Van Horn, who adopted the code name Man-Killer, was outfitted with a powerful exoskeleton that granted her superhuman strength. As the Man-Killer, Van Horn embarked on a campaign of terrorism that began with the assassination of a strongly anti-feminist Chicago mayoral candidate. In the course of this attack, Van Horn encountered Greer Nelson in her original costumed identity as the Cat, but swiftly subdued her and escaped. Journeying to New York City, the Man-Killer carried out a plan to steal fissionable radioactive material from a Harlem power plant, only to be opposed by both Spider-Man and the Cat, who had followed her to New York. The Man-Killer ultimately surrendered after the Cat confronted her with the fact that her AIM benefactors had been men (Marvel Team-Up #8). Van Horn was soon freed under the auspices of a splinter group of the terrorist organization HYDRA. This cell had come under the leadership of the Maggia crime lord Silvermane, who filled the section chief positions with costumed criminals. Van Horn was herself appointed the head of HYDRA's assassination division. However, Silvermane was ultimately out of his depth running HYDRA, and his organization's headquarters was soon invaded by Daredevil, the Black Widow, and agents of SHIELD. The Man-Killer herself was captured after the Black Widow's ally Ivan Petrovich affixed a device to her exoskeleton that deactivated it. Van Horn was freed from custody months later by Justin Hammer, who financed the reconstruction of the Man-Killer's armor in exchange for a percentage of any profits she might make, as well as her loyalty. Van Horn was part of a small army of supervillains in Hammer's employ who were pitted against Iron Man aboard Hammer's floating villa near Monaco. Like the other criminals present, the Man-Killer was summarily defeated by Iron Man, though she managed to escape European authorities soon afterwards. Van Horn recruited a new gang of militant feminists, and sought to increase her group's credibility by freeing Hildy Dawes, a former underground terrorist leader who had surrendered to the authorities after years as a fugitive. Despite the opposition of Spider-Man and the She-Hulk, the Man-Killer managed to escape with Dawes. However, Dawes had no desire to escape, and, hoping to atone for her own terrorist actions, used an exposed power cable to apparently electrocute both herself and the Man-Killer. Though believed dead for many months, the Man-Killer was apparently alive and in hiding during this time. At some point, she was contacted by Crimson Cowl III and invited to join the Masters of Evil VI. It is unclear whether or not the Cowl was responsible for the Man-Killer's development of actual superhuman strength without apparent artificial aids. The Man-Killer was one of the small core group of the sixth Masters, and acted with other members of the core group in taking mercenary work to raise funds for the Cowl's worldwide blackmail scheme. Acting as security for the so-called Arms Merchant, the Masters battled the Thunderbolts, who were themselves members of the fourth Masters of Evil in heroic guises, and the Black Widow. Though they failed in their assignment, the Masters escaped. Much later, after the Thunderbolts' imposture had been revealed, the Masters attempted to recruit the remaining Thunderbolts who had decided to retain their heroic roles, threatening to turn them over to their other criminal adversaries if they refused. Ultimately, resenting these threats, the Thunderbolts unsuccessfully battled the core group of Masters. Shortly thereafter, the Avenger Hawkeye became the Thunderbolts' leader, and the team decided to capture the Masters of Evil in hopes of establishing for the public their noble intentions. Despite being confronted by the entire 25-member lineup of the sixth Masters, the Thunderbolts succeeded in defeating them all and thwarting their scheme to extort 1 trillion dollars from the governments of the world. Though most of the Masters were captured, the Man-Killer was one of the three criminals who escaped the scene of the battle. Van Horn adopted a cover identity as a bartender in Colorado, but was soon discovered by the alter ego of the Thunderbolt Atlas. Altas remained unsure whether to expose her, but at some point Man-Killer had also deduced Atlas' identity. Altas ultimately confronted her when he was attacked by Wonder Man as part of plan formulated by Count Luchino Nefaria. Van Horn rejected his overtures of friendship and escaped, her cover blown. Man-Killer made her way to France where she worked for the Masters again, alongside Gypsy Moth and Cyclone II. Hawkeye then approached them with proof that Justine Hammer had placed a secret device inside them. He talked the three into joining his new Thunderbolts lineup, and Wilma took the name Amazon II. She accompanied the Thunderbolts to hunt down the Crimson Cowl III. Trivia: The first Amazon was a clone of the She-Hulk created by the Master of the World to help him defeat the Heroes for Hire. Powers: Initially Man-Killer wore an exoskeleton under her costume that increased her strength. She seems to have developed superhuman strength enabling her to lift at least 10 tons. It is possibly she utilized the Power Broker service, but there is no evidence to back this up. Character created by Marvel Comics. Conversion to Champions rules by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net. Last Updated - July, 2002