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Tara

Tara

Tara is a gynoid construct that works with the Invaders.

Name:
Tara
Publisher:
Real name:
Invader-1
Aliases:
  • Lady Torch
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
  • Blast Power
  • Fire Control
  • Flight
  • Heat Generation
  • Holographic Projection
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Origin

Invader-1 is a US construct acting as a special agent and/or weapon, placed on the new Invaders team. While on a mission fighting U-Man, one of Tara's programs activated, revealing that she was actually created by Red Skull. A self-distruct initializes, but the Human Torch sacrifices himself absorbing her excess heat and shut her down. Her current status is "deactivated," and it is not known if she can be reactivated.

Creation

Tara was created by Chuck Austen and Scott Kolins, and she first appeared in Avengers #83, August 2004.

Powers and Abilities

Tara can generate and control a high-temp, flame-like plasma, which she can use as a weapon as well as propelling herself in flight. Initially, she did not have control of this "flame" and she was given a skinsuit (designed by the Thin Man) that gave her better control.

Issues

July 2004

August 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

January 2005

February 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

October 2006

February 2008

October 2008

Volumes

1998

2004

2006

2008

Friends

Enemies

Teams

Enemy teams