Julia Koenig (Earth-616)

Warrior Woman
Name	Julia Frieda Koenig Lohmer
Current Alias	Warrior Woman
Aliases	Julia Koenig, Kriegerfrau, Frieda Ratsel, Frau Ratsel (Madame Mystery), Agent Drei, Commander Krieger
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Axis Mundi, Super-Axis, Red Skull, Project: Nietzsche, Überkommandos
Relatives	Wilhelm Lohmer (aka Master Man) (husband, legality disputed, deceased); Max Lohmer (aka Master Man) (great-nephew-in-law, deceased)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	6′4″ (1.93 m), 5′6″ (1.68 m)
Weight	232 lbs (105.23 kg), 130 lbs (58.97 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutate, enhanced by a variant of the Super-Soldier Serum
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Hanover, Germany
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	German
Occupation	Terrorist; former Third Reich operative, spy, scientist
Education	PhDs in chemistry and biology
Base of Operations	Berlin, Germany
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Roy Thomas, Jim Mooney
First	Invaders #16 (February, 1977)
First	Invaders #16 (February, 1977)

 ... You are not worthy to look at me! 

—Warrior Woman

History

Julia's early life has yet to be revealed. She was a spy during the Nazi regime in World War II. She caught and hypnotized an American, Wilhelm Lohmer, who held secrets to the Super-Soldier Formula that transformed Captain America. "Bill Jo" White wrote comics, which noted a super-soldier serum and had received secret and key information from his long-time friend Dr. Anderson, a collaborator on Operation Rebirth. Despite objections from her superiors, Koenig decided to try what she had learned of the formula on herself. An explosion took place during the process, and Julia was transformed into a female version of a Super Soldier.

On one of her first missions, Warrior Woman accompanied the Red Skull and a team of superhuman Nazi operatives to Wakanda to recover a supply of vibranium for the Nazi war effort. She was seemingly killed during the battle by the Black Panther, but she somehow survived.

Adolf Hitler was so impressed with this new "Krieger Frau" that he wanted her to marry his Master Man. Against her better judgement (and standards), she agreed only because it was Hitler's wish. As part of the celebration in Berlin, Hitler wanted to execute the Invaders, who had recently been captured by Warrior Woman and Master Man. The final vows were never spoken, as reserve members of the Invaders rescued their teammates.

Later, against her will, she was among the Axis supervillains who were organized by the mind-controlling Lady Lotus in her Super-Axis. She was taken into custody with the rest of the team after being defeated by the Invaders.

Julia was put into a form of cryonic suspension after the war, not being recovered until after the German reunification. A man who called himself "Herr Nacht" had fallen in love with her image, and had re-created the strength formula and taken it himself, becoming a self-proclaimed new Master Man. Unfortunately, it seems her long freeze had given Warrior Woman some brain damage, complicating her recovery. Herr Nacht attempted to use the blood containing Horton Cells of the original Human Torch to try to heal her, but the involvement of the Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Union Jack, and an elderly Jacqueline Crichton prevented that. However, the original Master Man had also been awakened and, tired of her flirtations with Nacht and her constant berating him, took his revenge by blowing up the building they were in. The original Master Man, Wilhelm Lohmer, was later seen alive although reverted to his true age.

Warrior Woman also later re-appeared as a member of Axis Mundi. She has also acquired the affection and attention of the new Master Man.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Julia possessed various superhuman physical attributes as a result of being exposed to a version of the Super-Soldier Serum created by the Nazis during World War II. The Super Soldier Serum (SSS) metabolized and enhanced all of her' bodily functions beyond the peak of human potential.
  • Superhuman Strength: The effects of the formula, unlike the Super-Soldier Serum, granted Julia superhuman strength. At her peak, she possessed sufficient superhuman strength to lift up to 50 tons. Her strength enabled her to casually and effortlessly overpower and toss away an opponent with enhanced strength like U.S.Agent.
  • Superhuman Stamina: The effects of the Nazi formula also enhanced Julia's stamina to an unknown degree. Her musculature produced less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. At her peak, Julia could physically exert himself at peak capacity for at least several hours before the build up of fatigue toxins began to impair her.
  • Superhuman Durability: The formula fortified Julia's bodily tissues, making them much more resistant to physical injury than the body of an ordinary human. Lohmer could withstand powerful impact forces , falls from great heights, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, high caliber bullets, and high caliber artillery shells without being injured.
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Reflexes

Abilities

• Master Martial Artist: Julia is a master in hand-to-hand combat being highly skilled in multiple combat styles. Julia seems to have mixed savate, san soo, judo, wrestling, and jujutsu into her personal style. Matching her personality, her fighting style is highly calculating and ruthless in nature. Unlike Master Man, Julia is shown to be a very methodical and technical fighter; she uses complex grappling moves and can strike at precise spots to systemically wear down her opponent. Julia's fighting skills have proven so exceptional she was able to easily defeat Captain America numerous times.
• Master Whipfighter: Julia is highly skilled in the use of a bullwhip. She can use it with unmatched precision and speed. She developed a style of fighting in which she can quickly switch between lashing from a distance to close fighting. At close range she is able to use the whip to strangle her opponents or uses the whip to tie up arms or legs to immobilize and capture them.
• Expert Chemist and Biologist: Julia is immensely knowledgeable about the human body. She possesses a PhD in both biology and chemistry. 
• Master Spy: Julia is highly skilled in spycraft. She is able to use her knowledge to spy on her enemies but uses it also to counter enemy spies.
• Master Tactician and Strategist: Julia is an accomplished strategist. She is able to formulate battle strategies and her brilliant tactical sense allows her to alter any strategy to fit the changing need of the situation. Her tactical brilliance allowed her to outwit her enemies on multiple occasions.
• Advanced Military Operator: Julia is well-versed in all armed forces disciplines including intelligence gathering, escape arts, assassination, demolition, survival tactics, hunting, swimming, mountaineering, march/drill skills, map making and reading, decoding cipher and other secret code messages, disguising, interrogation, computers, explosives, communication systems, vehicles and electronic appliances used in armed forces.
• Master Acrobat: Her years of training and experience have made Julia an expert acrobat, gymnast, and aerialist. She often utilizes these skills in combat.
• Indomitable Will: Julia is a very strong-willed person. She is able to overcome most forms of temptation and resist the effects of extreme pain, drugs, and toxins to a great extent.
• Expert Hypnotist: Julia has great skill in hypnosis. She is able to make men reveal the truth and can force them to perform actions without them being aware. She also used this to make persons relive certain memories.
• Expert Markswoman: She can throw most projectile weaponry with perfect aim. Julia is highly skilled with any firearm, ranging from short range guns to sniper rifles.
• Expert Swordswoman: Julia is proficient with the sabre, cutlass, and rapier.
• Weapons Proficiency: Julia is proficient in wielding swords, garrote, axes, daggers, throwing knifes, staffs, sticks, tonfa, axes and maces. Julia is also highly skilled in improvised weapons. She is able to use almost any object available to her as a weapon, from a pencil and glass to a deck of cards. 
• Multi-lingual: Julia is fluent in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese and at least some Chinese.
• Expert Vehicular driver: Julia is proficient in driving cars, motorcycles, trucks, jets, tankers, helicopters, motorboats, submarines, and some types of trains and utility vehicles.

Notes

• Warrior Woman was occasionally referred to as "Krieger Frau" as the German translation of her codename. While the German word "Frau" can mean woman, wife, lady, madam, or Mrs. depending on context, the most natural translation for the compound word "Kriegerfrau" would be "Warrior's Wife." Better translations for "Warrior Woman" into German would be either "Kriegerin", which is the feminine variant of 'warrior' in German, or "Frau Kriegerin," which could be translated as "Lady Warrior" or "Woman Warrior."

See Also

• 36 appearance(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 19 image(s) of Julia Koenig (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Julia Koenig (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Warrior Woman on Wikipedia