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| Contrary | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Malibu Comics |
| First appearance | Freex #1 (July, 1993) |
| Created by | Gerard Jones Martin England |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | possibly Mary |
| Team affiliations | Academy of the New Elite Ultraforce |
| Notable aliases | Wetware Mary |
| Abilities | Ability to stimulate the pleasure/pain centers of the brain |
Contrary was a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse. She was created by Gerard Jones and Martin Egeland and first appeared in the series Freex , though she was better known as the founder of Ultraforce.
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles under the Malibu label included The Men in Black, Ultraforce, The Night Man and Exiles.
The Ultraverse was a comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse was a shared universe in which a variety of characters—known within the comics as "Ultras"—acquired super-human abilities.
Gerard Jones is an American writer, known primarily for his non-fiction work about American culture and media, and his comic book scripting for various publishers. He was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in 2018 for possession of child pornography.
Contents
- Fictional character biography
- Black September
- Powers and abilities
- Appearances in Other Media
- References
Though it has never been truly confirmed, it is heavily implied in Freex that the nurse nicknamed "Wetware Mary" (the one responsible for creating the Freex and other superhuman Ultras by injecting babies with nanotechnology) was the same woman who would eventually become Contrary. Both were humans who had access to the advanced technology of the Fire People, and both manipulated people in various ways for their own agendas.
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