Cathy Webster (Earth-616)

Free Spirit
Name	Cathy Webster
Current Alias	Free Spirit
Aliases	Freebie, Spirit, Coachwhip
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America's Hotline/member of Stars and Stripes, protégé of Captain America, Initiative
Relatives	Mr. Webster (father), Mrs. Webster (mother)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′9″ (1.75 m)
Weight	135 lbs (61.23 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human enhanced by a version of the Super-Soldier Serum created by Superia
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Macomb, Illinois
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Hayden College student, Co-Director for Captain America's Hotline
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mark Gruenwald, Dave Hoover
First	Captain America #431 (July, 1994)
First	Captain America #431 (July, 1994)

History

Early Life

Cathy Webster was born and raised in Macomb, Illinois. She attended Hayden College and, as a graduate student, participated in an unsanctioned psychology experiment involving subliminal recordings at the Glasser Institute. She was subliminally programmed to hate all men, and her body subjected to "mutagenic radiation". The radiation enhanced her body to peak human conditioning similar to the Super Soldier Serum that enhanced Captain America. Cathy eventually overcame her brainwashing and discovered the woman in charge of the experiment was the criminal scientist Dr. Deidre Wentworth, alias Superia.

Free Spirit

Free Spirit

After discovering the truth behind her super-powered origin, she opted to teamed up with Captain America and Diamondback. Together, they took on Baron Helmut Zemo and his wife Baroness Zemo: Free Spirit tracked a group of missing children to Castle Zemo in Mexico, and when she arrived, assisted the others in battling the Zemo's robotic army of Plastoids. Baron Zemo hoped to use Superia's process to create further super-soldiers, however, Superia turned against him. The heroes defeated Zemo, but he was accidentally dropped into Adhesive X during the conflict, scarring his face. With the Zemos defeated and the children free, Cap asked Free Spirit to join his Captain America's Hotline team.

Captain America's Hotline

She later met her long term partner when the Serpent Society infiltrated Sandhaven, Arizona. A local named Jack Harrison attempted to inform the local authorities, however, the Serpent Society had paid them all off. As a result, Jack took it upon himself to fight back becoming the costumed vigilante Jack Flag. Jack contacted Captain America's hotline and informed them of the Serpent Society's presence in Sandhaven. Free Spirit and Captain America, showed up to aid Jack and defeat the Society, during which Free Spirit took on and defeated Coachwhip. With the mission concluded, Cap agreed to take both of the fledgeling heroes under his wing and officially train them. The duo also inherited Captain America's network of computer operatives, aiding them against U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., A.I.M., and Madcap. When Captain America believed he was dying, he charged Jack, Free Spirit, Fabian Stankowicz, and Zack Moonhunter with maintaining his hotline.

After the Civil War, Cathy was listed as a potential recruit for the Initiative.

New Team

When Steve Rogers was restored to his natural age, he recruited Free Spirit along with Jack Flag as part of S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to combat the growing threat of Hydra.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Peak Human Physiology: Thanks to the experiments done by Superia, Cathy had strength, endurance, and agility comparable to Captain America.

• Peak Human Strength: Cathy's physical strength equal to the peak of human potential. Her physical strength is above a normal human being.
• Peak Human Durability Cathy's body is more resistant to physical injury, to variable degrees, than that of an ordinary human.She seems capable of taking several gunshot & puncture wounds as well as beatings and still stand on her feet.
• Peak Human Agility: Cathy's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
• Peak Human Healing: She is able to heal broken bones, torn muscles, several gunshot & knife wounds and other severe injuries within of several days and most lesser injuries like cuts, scrapes and burns within hours.
• Peak Human Stamina: Cathy's body eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-producing poisons in her muscles and her musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of an ordinary human being, granting her superhuman levels of stamina in all physical activities.
• Peak Human Aging: Cathy's extensively healthy cells allows her to age at much slower rate.

Abilities

• Martial Arts: She has reached a high level of martial arts prowess, including basic acrobatics and street fighting techniques, from training sessions with Captain America and Jack Flag.

See Also

• 20 appearance(s) of Cathy Webster (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Cathy Webster (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Cathy Webster (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Cathy Webster (Earth-616)
• 12 image(s) of Cathy Webster (Earth-616)