Ivana Baiul (Earth-50)

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Ivana Baiul

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Real Name

Ivana Baiul

Current Alias

Ivana Baiul

Aliases

None

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Civil Defence Administration, Gen¹³, DV8, I.O.

Relatives

Unknown

Universe

Earth-50

Base Of Operations

New York Base, formerly Internal Operations secret base

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 10"

Weight

234

Eyes

brown

Hair

black

Unusual Features

Some parts of her body are actually cybernetic implants

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Head of Civil Defense Administration

Education

Unknown

Origin

Origin

Place of Birth

Unknown

Creators

Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, J Scott Campbell

First appearance

Gen¹³ Volume 1 #1 (1994)

History

Ivana Baiul was the head of Sci-Tech, the scientific division of I.O. There she worked on creating a group of genetically enhanced soldiers for the government, a task previously done 12 times with almost all failures. Determined to do it right, Ivana targeted the children of Gen 12, the last group of genetically manipulated soldiers, believing they would be pre-conditioned to handle the process better.

Her first recruits, dubbed Bliss and Threshold, were taken after Ivana's men killed their parents. Similar techniques were used to gather the rest, many of whom were put into suspended animation, for later use. However some of her targets escaped, aided by John Lynch, and formed the group Gen¹³ for mutual protection. The members of Gen¹³ later broke into Ivana's base, forcing Ivana to flee with some of her creations, Bliss and Threshold included.

Ivana went to New York, where she awoke her frozen troops, now dubbed DV8, in preparation for a coming confrontation with Gen¹³. In the meantime she got her kicks by indulging her curiosity as to how her psychologically scarred operatives would interact with the real world.

After many missions with DV8 outside of government sanction, she was able to blackmail her way back into I.O., gaining the post of the Executive Director. She remained in that position until the combination of fallout from the Divine Right incident and DV8's rebellion forced her out of her position. Two years later, she would turn up in charge of Civil Defense Administration, an organization created as a de-facto replacement of I.O. Following the Authority's takeover of United States, she wound up in the Project Entry universe.

After Worldstorm, Ivana was working for the US government in some capacity once again. In light of the apparent reboot of Gen¹³, her current status, as well the precise details of her history have become uncertain.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Cybernetic Body:Ivana is a cyborg who has replaced much, if not all of her body with synthetic parts. The extent and degree of her cybernetic modification is unknown. Her cybernetic parts give her superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. In Stormwatch: Team Achilles, it was revealed that she no longer stores her brain or consciousness in her head, and cannot be killed by a shot which penetrates her skull.

Aside from these abilities, Ivana's body appears to perfectly mimic a human body in every way. She has no trouble passing for human, and has maintained sexual affairs with some of her subordinates.

Abilities

Extensive knwoledge of Project: Genesis, Black-ops expert.

Strength level

Unknown

Weaknesses

Unknown

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

In the Gen¹³ animated movie Ivana was voiced by Lauren Lane.

See Also

• Discuss Ivana Baiul (Earth-50) on the forums
• Appearances of Ivana Baiul (Earth-50) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Ivana Baiul (Earth-50) (Alphabetical)
• Character Gallery: Ivana Baiul (Earth-50)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Ivana Baiul (Earth-50)
• Quotations by Ivana Baiul (Earth-50)

Links and References

• Ivana Baiul at Wikipedia.org
  
• None.
  

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