Death Locket

Death Locket (Rebecca Ryker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Death Locket
Death Locket as depicted in Avengers Arena #2 (December 2012). Art by Kev Walker (penciller), Frank Martin Jr. (inker), and Jean-François Beaulieu (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Avengers Arena #1 (December 2012)
Created by	Dennis Hopeless Kev Walker
In-story information
Alter ego	Rebecca Ryker
Team affiliations	Babysitters Club Young Masters, Avengers Undercover (Formerly)
Abilities	Nanobionic augmentation Superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes, sense and stamina Technoforming Body part elongation Holographic display-projection

Publication history

Death Locket first appeared in issue #1 of the Avengers Arena series as part of the Marvel NOW! event, and was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker.

Death Locket appears as one of the main characters in Avengers Undercover beginning in 2014.^[1]

Fictional character biography

Rebecca Ryker is one of sixteen teenagers kidnapped by Arcade, who forces them to fight to the death in his latest version of Murderworld.^[2] Cammi gives Rebecca the nickname "Deathlok-ette", which she mishears as "Death Locket" and adopts as a codename. Throughout the first day, Death Locket remembers the past events that led to her origins. She is revealed to be Rebecca Ryker, the daughter of Harlan Ryker. After being maimed in an explosion that killed her mother and brother, Rebecca was rebuilt using the Deathlok technology that her father developed.^[3]

An earthquake separates Cullen Bloodstone and Anachronism from Apex, Nara, Kid Briton, and Death Locket. Death Locket goes dormant as her cybernetics take over and she blasts Nara off a cliff and into the ocean. Kid Briton is enraged by this and tries to kill her until Apex orders him not to.^[4] Nara, Anachronism, and Cullen conclude that Apex is manipulating Death Locket and Kid Briton to her own ends, which Apex confirms.^[5] Juston Seyfert, previously thought to have been crushed to death by his Sentinel, is revealed to have survived, but has been injured and rendered paraplegic. Distraught at the loss of his Sentinel, Juston salvages its remains and creates armor which he uses to attack Death Locket.^[6] Nico Minoru disassembles Death Locket's cybernetic arm and traps her and Apex underground.^[7] Tim, Apex's brother, asks Death Locket to shoot him, thereby stopping the games. She is shocked at first, but soon complies, and everyone is able to escape Murderworld.^[8]

Avengers Undercover

After escaping Murderworld, the survivors head to Bagalia, a country primarily inhabited by villains, to rescue Cullen Bloodstone, who has gone missing. Once they find Cullen, he reveals that he enjoys life among the villains, and the others, minus Cammi, start to enjoy it as well.^[9] While at a party held by Arcade, Death Locket escorts Cullen and Nico to take down Arcade's computers so the group can fight him. They succeed and beat up Arcade before Hazmat kills him with a radiation blast.^[10] After escaping the mansion, the group is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., but are soon "rescued" by Daimon Hellstrom.^[11] As Excavator and Chase Stein battle, they tell Death Locket to pick a side. In a state of panic, she shoots Chase in the chest, leaving him comatose.^[12][13] Over the span of three months, Death Locket embraces being part of the Young Masters and the Masters of Evil.^[14]

War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery

During the storyline The War of the Realms, Balder the Brave seeks out allies to protect his baby sister, Laussa Odinsdottir, from the forces of Sindr and Malekith's army.^[15] Daeth Locket and her new crew, called the Babysitter's Club, trek across northern America in an effort to elude Ares, who has been hired to dispose of Laussa.^[16] The heroic cadre does not realize Laussa is a receptacle for Surtur's power.^[17] Ares kidnaps Laussa, but is convinced to stand down and help the group stop the War of Realms with the army they had inadvertently gathered.^[18]

Powers and abilities

Death Locket is a cyborg with various technological abilities. She can interface with technology, enabling her to merge with and control it.^[10][8][4] Death Locket's cybernetic arm is able to elongate at will, transform into various weapons, and take the appearance of a regular arm.^[4][10]

Other versions

An alternate universe version of Death Locket appears in the "Secret Wars" tie-in "House of M". This version is a guerrilla freedom fighter against the Monarchy of M, ruled by Eric Magnus.^[19]

In other media

• Death Locket appears in Marvel Avengers Alliance.^[20]
• Death Locket appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.^[21]