Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)

Dragoness
Name	Tamara Kurtz
Current Alias	Dragoness
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly MLF
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′7″ (1.7 m)
Weight	111 lbs (50.35 kg)
Hair	Auburn
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant; Uses unknown-originated bionic wings
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Madripoor
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Madripoorian
Occupation	Refugee, formerly terrorist
Base of Operations	Utopia
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld
First	New Mutants #93 (July, 1990)
First	New Mutants #93 (July, 1990)

History

Tamara Kurtz was born a mutant following her parents exposure to fallout from the nuclear detonation over Hiroshima. She was recruited by Stryfe into the Mutant Liberation Front. On one mission, she and her teammates Sumo and Kamikaze were sent to Madripoor in order to oversee the distribution of a drug designed to contaminate the world's water supply. She was opposed in this mission by the New Mutants led by Cable, Sunfire and Wolverine.

When the X-Men and X-Factor teamed up to bring down the MLF, they fought in Dust Bowl, Arkansas. Dragoness managed to lure Cannonball in close and disable him, but she fell when confronted by Storm, Polaris, and Rogue together.

Following the apparent death of Stryfe, the MLF continued under various leaders without Dragoness. She reappeared when the MLF came under the leadership of Wildside, with whom Kurtz had a romantic involvement. She was eventually captured while opposing Operation: Zero Tolerance and placed in the custody of S.H.I.E.L.D..

After M-Day

After the M-Day, Dragoness was one of the few mutants to retain their powers.

She later relocated to Los Angeles, and was seen helping to escape Toad and Trance during the riots.

With Dragoness, Litterbug and Bliss, Toad tried to seize control of the Utopia water supply but they were all stopped by Iceman.

Attributes

Powers

Dragoness is a mutant who was deemed a General Threat' by the O*N*E, and is possibly an Alpha Class mutant.

As far, she has displayed the following powers:

• Bio-Electricity Generation: Able to generate and store bio-electricity, which can either be released as:
  • Electric Blasts
  • Pyrotechnic flares

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Formerly possessed a pair of bionic wings.

Transportation

Flight using her bionic wings, teleportation by Zero, various MLF vehicles.

Notes

In House of M, Dragoness apparently had organic wings.

See Also

• 29 appearance(s) of Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)
• 14 image(s) of Tamara Kurtz (Earth-616)

Links and References

• uncannyxmen.net Character Profiles: Dragoness