Deathblow
Real Name: Micheal Cray
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Bio: Michael Cray was a Navy SEAL prior to being transferred to I.O.'s newly formed Team 7. Like all members of that group, he was a highly experienced Special Forces operative, and had the potential for psionic powers. The team had been sent on a mission (or so they believed) when in reality they were sent to be exposed to the Gen Factor by Miles Craven (head of I.O.). Unlike the other surviving members of Team 7 (not everyone survived the exposure to the gen factor treatment), Michael's powers did not manifest until many years later. When the majority of Team 7 went underground (with their families), Cray continued to serve I.O. (as did Lynch, Dane & Backlash).
Michael Cray left I.O. when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He wanted to atone himself for all the innocent men and women he killed during his missions. He got his chance when the Black Angel awoke, a demonic entity bent on killing a young boy with miraculous abilities. It turned out that Cray's cancer was in fact a result of the Gen Factor, giving him regenerative abilities. Cray defeated the Black Angel with the help of Sister Mary, a former police officer turned nun, Gabrielle D'Angelo, his ex-wife who had become a vessel for the archangel Gabriel, and several of his Team 7 colleagues. After the death of the Black Angel, the young child restored the damage he had done by rewriting reality, but in the new reality, Gabrielle had died during their honeymoon.
Deathblow died during the Fire From Heaven event, sacrificing himself in order to kill Damocles, the villain from said crossover (see Deathblow #29).
Notes: The father of Sublime of DV8.
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First Appearance: Darker Image (1993) #1 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Alan Moore: Wild Worlds (2007)
TPB - 'Alan Moore: Wild Worlds' Alan Moore's The Complete WildC.A.T.s (2007)
TPB - 'Alan Moore's The Complete WildC.A.T.s' Avengers (1996)
#13 - 'World War 3, Part 2: Winning and Losing' Backlash (1994)
#8 - 'Wildstorm Rising Part 8' Batman/Deathblow: After The Fire (2002)
HC - 'After the Fire: Deluxe Edition' TPB - 'After the Fire' #1#2#3 Captain America (1996)
#13 - 'World War 3, Part 4: War Without End...' Captain America (1999)
#13 - 'Dritter Weltkrieg (4/4): Krieg ohne Ende...' Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005)
TPB - 'Captain Atom: Armageddon' #9 - 'The End' Coup D'Etat: Afterword (2004)
Crossover Classics (1991)
Darker Image (1993)
DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008)
#3 - 'Mettle!' #4 - 'Resurrection' #5 - 'Bad To The Bone' Deathblow (1993)
Deathblow (2006)
Deathblow/Wolverine (1996)
Die Fantastischen Vier (1999)
#13 - 'Dritter Weltkrieg (1/4): Leben im Krieg' Die Rächer (1999)
#13 - 'Dritter Weltkrieg (2/4): Sieger und Verlierer' DV8 (1996)
Annual 1999 - 'Slipstream, Part Four: Second Time Around' Fantastic Four (1996)
#13 - 'World War 3, Part 1: Life in Wartime' Fire From Heaven (1996)
#1 - 'Chapter One: Gamorra Rising' Gen13 (1995)
Annual 1999 - 'Slipstream, Part Three: Slightly Off Course...Hopelessly Lost' Annual 2000 - 'Return of the Demon' #10 - 'Rumble in Gamorra' #11 - 'Swim Out Past the Breakers, Watch the World Die' Grifter (1995)
#1 - 'Wildstorm Rising, Chapter Five' Hero Illustrated Special Edition (1993)
Homage Studios Swimsuit Special (1993)
Iron Man (1996)
#13 - 'World War 3, Part 3: No Time to Mourn!' Iron Man (1999)
#13 - 'Dritter Weltkrieg (3/4): Keine Zeit zu trauern!' James Robinson's The Complete WildC.A.T.s (2009)
TPB - 'James Robinson's The Complete WildC.A.T.s' Number of the Beast (2008)
TPB#8 - 'Verse Eight: The Late Great Planet Earth' Shattered Image (1996)
Sleeper (2003)
Sleeper: Season Two (2004)
TPB - 'Season Two' #9 - 'Deja Vu All Over Again' Stormwatch: P.H.D. (2007)
Team 7 (1994)
TPB#1 - 'Gone Animal' #2 - 'The Damned Don't Die' #3 - 'Loyalties' #4 - 'The Furious' Team 7: Dead Reckoning (1996)
#1 - 'Part One: Don't Look Back' #2 - 'Part Two: Accidentally Like a Martyr' #3 - 'Park Three: The Deadly Breed' #4 - 'Part Four: The Fifth Corner of the World' Team 7: Objective: Hell (1995)
#1 - 'Part One: The Wolves' #2 - 'Part Two: Deadlands' #3 - 'Part Three: House of Fire' Team X/Team 7 (1996)
Team Zero (2006)
TPB#1 - 'Part One' #2 - 'Part Two' #3 - 'Part Three' #4 - 'Part Four' #5 - 'Part Five' The Authority (2008)
TPB vol. 01 - 'World's End: Book 1' #6#7#10#11#18 - 'Homecoming, Part 1' #19 - 'Destination Unknown' #20 - 'Disorder' #21 - 'Adrift' #22 - 'Infestation' #23 - 'Mondregon' #24 - 'Mondregon Part 2' #25 - 'This is Gonna Suck' #26 - 'Genociety' #27 - 'Slaughter Moon' #28 - 'Fight And Flight' #29 - 'Change, Not Die' The Kindred (1994)
The Monarchy (2001)
#11 - 'Book 11: The Idiot's Guide to the Death of the World, Part 2 of 3: Bellerophon' Wetworks (1994)
Wetworks (2006)
Wild Times: Deathblow (1999)
#1 - 'Death Rides a Horse!' Wild Times: WildC.A.T.s (1999)
WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992)
TPB - 'Homecoming' #19#25 - 'On Earth.....As It Is In Heaven' WildCats (2008)
#6#10#11#13 - 'Returns' #14 - 'In Max We Trust' #15 - 'Left Behind' #16 - 'Family Meeting' #17 - 'Pantheon' #18 - 'The Truth Hurts' #30 - 'Bad Medicine Part 4 of 4: In Practice' Wildstorm (2000)
Wildstorm Presents (2011)
Wildstorm Revelations (2008)
#4 - 'Part Four: Generation Gap' Wildstorm Rising (1995)
Wildstorm Swimsuit Special (1994)
WildStorm Universe (2009)
Wildstorm Universe 97 (1996)
Wildstorm Universe Sourcebook (1995)
Wildstorm Winter Special (2005)
Wildstorm: After the Fall (2010)
TPB - 'WildStorm: After the Fall' Wildstorm! (1995)
Worldstorm (2006)
Group Affiliation(s): Stormwatch (Wildstorm) Team 7 Team Zero Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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