Avengelyne is a

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character created by

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, Cathy Christian and Tony Lobito. Avengelyne is an

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who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters.

Publication history

The original character design for Avengelyne was based on the likeness of former ''

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'' model Cathy Christian. Originally published in 1995 by

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, she was also inspired by Ben Dunn's comic '' Warrior Nun Areala'' from Antarctic Press, the characters then featuring in two crossover series in 1996. By the end of the 1990s, Avengelyne had been used in comics by Awesome Entertainment (only one issue published) and

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. Avengelyne returned to comics in the Arcana Studio one-shot ''Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves'' in February 2010. In July 2011, a new ongoing ''Avengelyne'' series debuted at

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under the creative team of Mark Poulton and Owen Gieni.

Character biography

As described in an article in ''

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'':

In other media

By July 2013, co-creator Rob Liefeld and

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were working on a big-screen adaptation of the series in which Carano was to star as Avengelyne. In November 2016,

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purchased the film rights for Avengelyne with

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as the intended producer. In April 2024, it was announced Margot Robbie's

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and

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were producing a feature film adaptation of the character set to be directed by

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. '' Deadline'' then reported

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was pre-emptively nearing a seven figure deal to acquire the project, with Robbie set to play the titular character, despite initial reports denying this, and Tony McNamara set to write the screenplay.

Bibliography

* ''Avengelyne'' #1–3 (mini-series, Maximum Press) * ''Avengelyne'' vol. 2, #1–14 (Maximum Press) * ''Avengelyne'' vol. 3, #1 (unfinished series, Awesome Entertainment) * ''Avengelyne: Armageddon'' #1–3 (mini-series, Maximum Press) * ''Avengelyne: Bible'' (one-shot special, Maximum Press) * ''Avengelyne: Deadly Sins'' #1–2 (mini-series, Maximum Press) * ''Avengelyne: Power'' #1–3 (mini-series, Maximum Press) Avengelyne also appears through various issues of '' Asylum''.

put out a version of Avengelyne commonly considered in different continuity: * ''Avengelyne: Bad Blood'' #1–2 * ''Avengelyne: Dark Depths'' #1–2 * ''Avengelyne: Dragon Realm'' #1–2 * ''Avengelyne: Revelation'' * ''Avengelyne: Seraphicide'' #½, 1

began releasing an Avengelyne series in 2011 that followed the

continuity: * ''Avengelyne'' vol. 4 #1–8 (July 2011 – May 2012)

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, Vol. 44, p. 450 (unfinished series) ; Crossovers * ''Avengelyne/Demonslayer'' * ''Avengelyne/ Glory'' * ''Avengelyne/Glory II: The Godyssey'' * ''Avengelyne/Warrior Nun Areala'' * ''Avengelyne/Pandora'' * ''Avengelyne/Prophet'' #1–2 * ''Avengelyne/ Shi'' * ''Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves'' * ''Glory/Avengelyne'' * ''Warrior Nun Areala and Avengelyne 1996''

References

External links

Avengelyne serialization at KeenSpot

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