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VS Analysis: Aphrodite IX (Top Cow)

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  Background Aphrodite IX Full Designation: Aphrodite Tracker Killer, Generation IX, Model #2473561212 Real Name: April Taylor Aliases: Extramilitary Espionage Unit, The Chairwoman Nicknames: Aph, Green Age: 749 (end of series) Height: 5’7 Weight: 147.7 lbs  Occupation: Assassin (formerly), Leader of New Cythera First appearance: Aphrodite IX #0 (April 2000) Likes: Dr. Mane, Marcus Dragovich, Hephaestus IX, Areas IX, fighting and killing (post reboot), tea Dislikes: killing (pre-reboot), brainwashing, Robert Burch (post reboot), the Chairwoman, senseless murders, resurrection chambers   Backstory When Aphrodite IX woke up, the only thing she remembered was falling 40 stories onto solid concrete and being attacked by guards for a crime she couldn’t remember committing. Her past was a complete blank, and she had no memory of what she’d been doing before, nor how she knew the man that rescued her, Robert Burch. It was only when Burch played some recordings of her past that s...
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Tomb Raider and Witchblade sharing continuity

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Back in the 90s, Top Cow Productions got the rights to Tomb Raider, and to introduce it into their universe, they began with a crossover with its flagship series, Witchblade. Under normal circumstances, you’d think this is just a one and done thing where the two series barely acknowledge each other past that point, but there are plenty of instances where events and items from their crossovers show up in each other’s series. In their first crossover, Lara gives Sara a black catsuit to sneak around in while investigating Lucas Moralto’s mansion.  The catsuit reappears in Witchblade #25 when Sara’s fighting an old enemy, Ian Nottingham. Witchblade/Tomb Raider has the most connections to Witchblade, with the comic ending by saying its story is continued in Tales of the Witchblade. That series then dedicates three issues to Bastet’s (the crossover’s antagonist) backstory, and issue 9 has a text box referencing the crossover. The Endgame story arc spans across Tomb Raider: The Series and...
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