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"In the aftermath of the ill-fated demonstration of the giant robot known as Jet Alone, the robot's parent company Japan Heavy Chemical Industries was beset with scandal and ended up going bankrupt. The incident sowed the seeds for the eventual emergence of the gamma-powered superwoman dubbed She-Hulk (secretly NERV tactical operations director Misato Katsuragi), but in truth, she wasn't the only gamma mutate to emerge from the Jet Alone fallout. While surveying the decommissioning operation of Jet Alone--specifically, the supposed safe removal of the gamma material from the robot's core--Shiro Tokita, the head of development for the project, was accidentally sprayed with the gamma-irradiated liquid waste when a barrel containing the material unexpectedly burst open. Showing no ill effects at first, over the next few days Tokita suddenly found himself growing smarter than before, while his skin turned green and his cranium became enlarged. Using his newfound genius, Tokita built a specialized antigravity harness to keep himself balanced. In addition to his intellect, his ego and bitterness over Jet Alone's failure grew, culminating in Tokita 'disappearing' from regular society for a time, as he sought to fine-tune his plans and ambitions.

Eventually, following the end of the Angel War, and with it the emergence of the superwomen of Tokyo-3 who united as the Avengers, Tokita reappeared, now going by the moniker of "the Leader". He announced his plans to get revenge on NERV--especially its lead scientist Ritsuko Akagi (secretly the hero Spider-Woman), after figuring out her part in the sabotage of Jet Alone. The Leader led an army of specially-built combat droids and gamma-mutated thugs into the Geofront (still in the process of being decommissioned), only to come face-to-face with a group of Avengers who were already on the scene. The Leader, anticipating She-Hulk being among their number, revealed how much he'd come prepared when he unleashed his top 'lieutenant' among the gamma mutates, who leaped to the front of the army to the surprise of the Avengers. It was She-Hulk and Spider-Woman who grew especially shocked at the sight of said lieutenant, with good reason.

In the background of the Angel War, the Leader used means both electronic and human to funnel certain secrets from NERV's laboratories to his own hidden base within a mountain on the outskirts of Tokyo-3. Among these secrets were the data comprising Ritsuko's abandoned 'Project: Titania', which included research on Misato's gamma-based transformation and altered genetics. With the aid of a renegade American geneticist named Miles Warren, the Leader combined certain elements of this research with a clone created from Ritsuko's (pre-mutated spider bite) DNA; an intentional touch of irony on his part, given his rivalry with Ritsuko going back to their college days. The result was a gamma-powered superwoman who, as Ghost Rider (Asuka Langley Sohryu) put it, looked like the love-child of Ritsuko and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Leader, however, dubbed his creation "Abominatrix".

Unlike Ritsuko, Abominatrix may have the same intellect, but exhibits more of the scientist's oft-ignored 'wild side', reveling in the power and strength at her command, something She-Hulk found out the hard way when the two duked it out on one of the Geofront's lawns, while the rest of the Avengers battled with the rest of the Leader's forces. The tide of the battle was eventually turned when the remainder of the Avengers joined their teammates in beating the Leader and his army back, while She-Hulk and Spider-Woman double-teamed Abominatrix, forcing her into a retreat with her creator. The two groups would clash on a number of occasions since then, whenever the Avengers would be apprised of a new plot by the Leader.

In-between battles, the gamma-powered Tokita himself usually took his frustrations out on Abominatrix, both verbally and physically; due to the submissive subliminal programming blended in with her implanted memories, Abominatrix, for all her abilities, never fought back. Eventually, a clash with the Avengers would finally see the Leader apprehended by SHIELD, while Abominatrix went into hiding. She was eventually found by someone even worse than the Leader that she wound up serving next: Alkhema, a super-powerful gynoid whose mind was based on the brain engrams of the late Naoko Akagi, Ritsuko's own mother. Alkhema was able to sway Abominatrix to her side by claiming to be Naoko 'reincarnated' as an android, appealing to the part of Abominatrix's mind that wished to have had a better relationship with her mother before her untimely demise. Alkhema utilized Abominatrix well, though behaved just as coldly towards her erstwhile 'daughter' as she did towards the real Ritsuko, with her particularly abusive actions resulting in two significant scars on Abominatrix's face.

Eventually, things would come to a head when Alkhema and Abominatrix next clashed with the Avengers. Up till then, throughout every battle involving Abominatrix especially, Ritsuko/Spider-Woman would try and reason with her erstwhile 'sister', trying to get her out from under the thumb of whoever she took orders from. Though she didn't know it, her in-battle arguments had planted a few seeds of doubt in Abominatrix's mind, much in the same way Ritsuko herself developed them while working under Gendo Ikari. When Abominatrix became caught in-between the warring voices of Ritsuko and Alkhema (with the former actually winning and the latter being especially crueller), it became too much for her to bear, causing her to turn on her master and tear Alkhema apart in a great rage. (Alkhema, no doubt, was prepared for such an outcome, already downloading herself into her latest body.) Her rage soon gave way to pained sobs as Abominatrix fell to her knees, leading to Ritsuko embracing her as she helped comfort her gamma-powered twin. Realizing the wrongness of her past actions, Abominatrix willingly surrendered herself into SHIELD custody, with Ritsuko vowing to visit her and get to know her better, to treat her like the sister she could be.

During her incarceration, the penitent Abominatrix reacquainted herself with her scientific side, becoming a frequent borrower of the library at the SHIELD holding facility she resided in. In starting to redefine herself as her own person, she adopted the name 'Ririko Akagi'. Ritsuko kept her word and visited her whenever possible, thanks to her fellow Avenger Mari Makinami/Captain America and her SHIELD clearance; occasionally, Misato would accompany her, as would their mutual friend (and Misato's fiancée as well as newly-minted SHIELD agent) Ryoji Kaji, and sometimes Ritsuko would be joined by her girlfriend (and fellow Avenger as well as former assistant) Maya Ibuki/Ms. Fantastic. In addition, Ririko would undergo therapy sessions with gamma-mutated psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Samson (who previously helped Misato gain control over her own gamma-powered self), both to rebuild her scarred psyche as well as undo the subliminal programming incorporated into her memory implants. (Eventually, the two would fall in love.) Ririko, with his help, would even develop the ability to turn into a more human form at will; while still Ritsuko's twin in spite of the scars, the major difference between them was Ririko retaining her natural brown hair color (something Ritsuko remarked at).

At one point, SHIELD initiated 'Operation: Justice, Like Lightning', which would set up a specialized task force made up of incarcerated powered individuals to handle top secret missions against the gravest threats to the world. As a means to both reduce her sentence and further atone for her mistakes, Ririko/Abominatrix was the first to volunteer for this new team, codenamed: the Thunderbolts."

Among the vastness of Evangelion fan fiction, one of my favorite series of stories is OrionPax09 and Mike 313's Superwomen of EVA tales, where each author takes a major or supporting female character and transforms them into either a certain DC (in the case of Mike313) or Marvel (OrionPax09) hero.

Two years back, I started doing a small series of 'tributes' featuring my own additions to their spins on EVA's and DC's/Marvel's universes. Recently, inspired by the occasional 'guest-appearances' of non-EVA anime characters present in the omakes of the SWOE stories, I decided to experiment with making SWOE versions of iconic (or not as much) DC/Marvel characters who could feasibly appear in those stories, anime stylings and all.

Making up the other half of this wave of 'sending in the clones', we've got my take on a usual gamma-fueled antagonist from the Hulk mythos, with a twist or two. The idea first came to me after seeing this old commission piece (Abominess colored by Orion ) done by OrionPax09 for www.deviantart.com/nescaro , and from there I began figuring out the backstory for this take on Abominatrix.

While the moniker comes from the Marvel villain of the same name (though my version's definitely prettier than Florence Sharples, who debuted in The Sensational She-Hulk #21), her role as muscle to the likes of the Leader or Alkhema definitely is more akin to the more well-known Emil Blonsky/the Abomination (who debuted in Tales to Astonish #90). Her being a clone of Ritsuko also, in a way, makes her the Kaine to her 'sister's' wall-crawler. As for her eventual joining of a SHIELD-formed version of the Thunderbolts, I was inspired by the character of Teen Abomination (who debuted in Superior Iron Man #1) and their membership in the version of the Howling Commandos formed by SHIELD subsidiary STAKE (each of which debuted, respectively, in SHIELD vol. 3 #9 and Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1). In short, overall as a character, she starts out like the Abomination, only to later on become more akin to Beast.

From there, all that was needed was an artistic rendering, which came courtesy of www.deviantart.com/zair-dacoru… , who did a fantastic job if I do say so myself. (Also, this has got to be the longest entry I've written in my Tribute series.)

Abominatrix copyright Marvel Comics.
All Evangelion characters copyright Gainax/Khara.
Above image drawn, inked, and colored by www.deviantart.com/zair-dacoru… .

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"In the aftermath of the ill-fated demonstration of the giant robot known as Jet Alone, the robot's parent company Japan Heavy Chemical Industries was beset with scandal and ended up going bankrupt. The incident sowed the seeds for the eventual emergence of the gamma-powered superwoman dubbed She-Hulk (secretly NERV tactical operations director Misato Katsuragi), but in truth, she wasn't the only gamma mutate to emerge from the Jet Alone fallout. While surveying the decommissioning operation of Jet Alone--specifically, the supposed safe removal of the gamma material from the robot's core--Shiro Tokita, the head of development for the project, was accidentally sprayed with the gamma-irradiated liquid waste when a barrel containing the material unexpectedly burst open. Showing no ill effects at first, over the next few days Tokita suddenly found himself growing smarter than before, while his skin turned green and his cranium became enlarged. Using his newfound genius, Tokita built a specialized antigravity harness to keep himself balanced. In addition to his intellect, his ego and bitterness over Jet Alone's failure grew, culminating in Tokita 'disappearing' from regular society for a time, as he sought to fine-tune his plans and ambitions.

Eventually, following the end of the Angel War, and with it the emergence of the superwomen of Tokyo-3 who united as the Avengers, Tokita reappeared, now going by the moniker of "the Leader". He announced his plans to get revenge on NERV--especially its lead scientist Ritsuko Akagi (secretly the hero Spider-Woman), after figuring out her part in the sabotage of Jet Alone. The Leader led an army of specially-built combat droids and gamma-mutated thugs into the Geofront (still in the process of being decommissioned), only to come face-to-face with a group of Avengers who were already on the scene. The Leader, anticipating She-Hulk being among their number, revealed how much he'd come prepared when he unleashed his top 'lieutenant' among the gamma mutates, who leaped to the front of the army to the surprise of the Avengers. It was She-Hulk and Spider-Woman who grew especially shocked at the sight of said lieutenant, with good reason.

In the background of the Angel War, the Leader used means both electronic and human to funnel certain secrets from NERV's laboratories to his own hidden base within a mountain on the outskirts of Tokyo-3. Among these secrets were the data comprising Ritsuko's abandoned 'Project: Titania', which included research on Misato's gamma-based transformation and altered genetics. With the aid of a renegade American geneticist named Miles Warren, the Leader combined certain elements of this research with a clone created from Ritsuko's (pre-mutated spider bite) DNA; an intentional touch of irony on his part, given his rivalry with Ritsuko going back to their college days. The result was a gamma-powered superwoman who, as Ghost Rider (Asuka Langley Sohryu) put it, looked like the love-child of Ritsuko and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Leader, however, dubbed his creation "Abominatrix".

Unlike Ritsuko, Abominatrix may have the same intellect, but exhibits more of the scientist's oft-ignored 'wild side', reveling in the power and strength at her command, something She-Hulk found out the hard way when the two duked it out on one of the Geofront's lawns, while the rest of the Avengers battled with the rest of the Leader's forces. The tide of the battle was eventually turned when the remainder of the Avengers joined their teammates in beating the Leader and his army back, while She-Hulk and Spider-Woman double-teamed Abominatrix, forcing her into a retreat with her creator. The two groups would clash on a number of occasions since then, whenever the Avengers would be apprised of a new plot by the Leader.

In-between battles, the gamma-powered Tokita himself usually took his frustrations out on Abominatrix, both verbally and physically; due to the submissive subliminal programming blended in with her implanted memories, Abominatrix, for all her abilities, never fought back. Eventually, a clash with the Avengers would finally see the Leader apprehended by SHIELD, while Abominatrix went into hiding. She was eventually found by someone even worse than the Leader that she wound up serving next: Alkhema, a super-powerful gynoid whose mind was based on the brain engrams of the late Naoko Akagi, Ritsuko's own mother. Alkhema was able to sway Abominatrix to her side by claiming to be Naoko 'reincarnated' as an android, appealing to the part of Abominatrix's mind that wished to have had a better relationship with her mother before her untimely demise. Alkhema utilized Abominatrix well, though behaved just as coldly towards her erstwhile 'daughter' as she did towards the real Ritsuko, with her particularly abusive actions resulting in two significant scars on Abominatrix's face.

Eventually, things would come to a head when Alkhema and Abominatrix next clashed with the Avengers. Up till then, throughout every battle involving Abominatrix especially, Ritsuko/Spider-Woman would try and reason with her erstwhile 'sister', trying to get her out from under the thumb of whoever she took orders from. Though she didn't know it, her in-battle arguments had planted a few seeds of doubt in Abominatrix's mind, much in the same way Ritsuko herself developed them while working under Gendo Ikari. When Abominatrix became caught in-between the warring voices of Ritsuko and Alkhema (with the former actually winning and the latter being especially crueller), it became too much for her to bear, causing her to turn on her master and tear Alkhema apart in a great rage. (Alkhema, no doubt, was prepared for such an outcome, already downloading herself into her latest body.) Her rage soon gave way to pained sobs as Abominatrix fell to her knees, leading to Ritsuko embracing her as she helped comfort her gamma-powered twin. Realizing the wrongness of her past actions, Abominatrix willingly surrendered herself into SHIELD custody, with Ritsuko vowing to visit her and get to know her better, to treat her like the sister she could be.

During her incarceration, the penitent Abominatrix reacquainted herself with her scientific side, becoming a frequent borrower of the library at the SHIELD holding facility she resided in. In starting to redefine herself as her own person, she adopted the name 'Ririko Akagi'. Ritsuko kept her word and visited her whenever possible, thanks to her fellow Avenger Mari Makinami/Captain America and her SHIELD clearance; occasionally, Misato would accompany her, as would their mutual friend (and Misato's fiancée as well as newly-minted SHIELD agent) Ryoji Kaji, and sometimes Ritsuko would be joined by her girlfriend (and fellow Avenger as well as former assistant) Maya Ibuki/Ms. Fantastic. In addition, Ririko would undergo therapy sessions with gamma-mutated psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Samson (who previously helped Misato gain control over her own gamma-powered self), both to rebuild her scarred psyche as well as undo the subliminal programming incorporated into her memory implants. (Eventually, the two would fall in love.) Ririko, with his help, would even develop the ability to turn into a more human form at will; while still Ritsuko's twin in spite of the scars, the major difference between them was Ririko retaining her natural brown hair color (something Ritsuko remarked at).

At one point, SHIELD initiated 'Operation: Justice, Like Lightning', which would set up a specialized task force made up of incarcerated powered individuals to handle top secret missions against the gravest threats to the world. As a means to both reduce her sentence and further atone for her mistakes, Ririko/Abominatrix was the first to volunteer for this new team, codenamed: the Thunderbolts."

Among the vastness of Evangelion fan fiction, one of my favorite series of stories is OrionPax09 and Mike 313's Superwomen of EVA tales, where each author takes a major or supporting female character and transforms them into either a certain DC (in the case of Mike313) or Marvel (OrionPax09) hero.

Two years back, I started doing a small series of 'tributes' featuring my own additions to their spins on EVA's and DC's/Marvel's universes. Recently, inspired by the occasional 'guest-appearances' of non-EVA anime characters present in the omakes of the SWOE stories, I decided to experiment with making SWOE versions of iconic (or not as much) DC/Marvel characters who could feasibly appear in those stories, anime stylings and all.

Making up the other half of this wave of 'sending in the clones', we've got my take on a usual gamma-fueled antagonist from the Hulk mythos, with a twist or two. The idea first came to me after seeing this old commission piece (Abominess colored by Orion ) done by OrionPax09 for www.deviantart.com/nescaro , and from there I began figuring out the backstory for this take on Abominatrix.

While the moniker comes from the Marvel villain of the same name (though my version's definitely prettier than Florence Sharples, who debuted in The Sensational She-Hulk #21), her role as muscle to the likes of the Leader or Alkhema definitely is more akin to the more well-known Emil Blonsky/the Abomination (who debuted in Tales to Astonish #90). Her being a clone of Ritsuko also, in a way, makes her the Kaine to her 'sister's' wall-crawler. As for her eventual joining of a SHIELD-formed version of the Thunderbolts, I was inspired by the character of Teen Abomination (who debuted in Superior Iron Man #1) and their membership in the version of the Howling Commandos formed by SHIELD subsidiary STAKE (each of which debuted, respectively, in SHIELD vol. 3 #9 and Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1). In short, overall as a character, she starts out like the Abomination, only to later on become more akin to Beast.

From there, all that was needed was an artistic rendering, which came courtesy of www.deviantart.com/zair-dacoru… , who did a fantastic job if I do say so myself. (Also, this has got to be the longest entry I've written in my Tribute series.)

Abominatrix copyright Marvel Comics.
All Evangelion characters copyright Gainax/Khara.
Above image drawn, inked, and colored by www.deviantart.com/zair-dacoru… .