Guillotine (comics)
| Guillotine | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Marvel Contest of Champions (mobile game) Contest of Champions (vol 2) #1 (December 2015) |
| Created by | Al Ewing and Paco Medina |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Jeannine Sauvage [1] |
| Abilities |
Holder of mystic Fleur du Mal sword Expert swordsman |
Guillotine or Jeannine Sauvage is a fictional mystic character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was born of a mixed French-Algerian heritage and is the latest in her bloodline to inherit "La Fleur du Mal", a mystical sword with dark supernatural powers.
Publication history
The character was first developed by Al Ewing and Paco Medina. Her first appearance in any Marvel property was in the Contest of Champions mobile game. She later appeared in print in the first issue of volume 2 of the accompanying comic book to the game that was published in December 2015.
Fictional character biography
In 1793, an ancestor of Sauvage, Jean Desmarais, found the mythical Fleur du Mal sword in the Paris catacombs when escaping the authorities as being a revolutionary. Since then, it was passed on to his descendants with the most recent one being Jeannine Sauvage.
Other versions
- Guillotine is a playable character in the online game Marvel Contest of Champions. The game marked her first appearance in any Marvel property [2]
References
- ↑ Contest of Champions (vol 2) #1, December 2015
- ↑ http://marvel.com/news/video_games/25323/entering_marvel_contest_of_champions_guillotine