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Comics - Ongoning Series - Birds Of Prey - Issue #126

BIRDS OF PREY #126
COVER TAGLINE: Faces of Evil: Calculator
TITLE: Silicon Avatar
STORY ARC: None

RELEASE DATE: January, 2009
COVER DATE: March, 2009

WRITER: Tony Bedard
PENCILER(s): Claude St. Aubin
INKER(s): John Floyd
COLORS: Hi-Fi Design
LETTERS: Steve Wands
EDITOR(s): Mike Carlin; Rachel Gluckstern
COVER: Stephane Roux

PRICE: $2.99 U.S. Canada

CHARACTERS: Oracle (Barbara Gordon); Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance); Huntress (Helena Bertinelli); Manhunter (Kate Spencer); Calculator (Noah Kuttler); Gizmo (Mikron O'Jeneus); Kilg%re; Matchmaker; Visionary

COVER ART:

PLOT:
His physical body comprised mostly out of whatever suitable electronics happen to be nearby, Kilg%re is in essence just a sentient program beamed to Earth from outer space. Living out his existence in Networks across the globe, the release of the Anti-Life Equation and the subsequent crippling of the internet forces Kilg%re to seek refuge in the top-secret villain net known as the Ünternet. When the Birds inexplicably arrive just in time to stop one of Matchmaker's evil schemes, Kilg%re reveals that they had also been using the Ünternet to plot their counterattack.

The rest of the Syndicate is obviously not too thrilled to learn of Calculator's recent truce with the Oracle so in order to prove his allegiance to the villain society, they task him with killing Oracle. Troubled with how Kilg%re was able to learn and travel so quickly, Calculator deduces that the core A.I. must be maintained somewhere most likely in an off-site server. By convincing the others in the Syndicate that Oracle had somehow managed to hack Kilg%re's source code and manipulate him to do her bidding, Calculator rallies the others around the unified purpose of finding some way to keep the murderous program in check.

After uncovering the location of Kilg%re's code, Calculator sends Matchmaker in to make a duplicate copy. Although he is successful in retrieving a copy of Kilg%re and transferring it to Calculator, Matchmaker unfortunately pays with his life when he is discovered. Using a discarded Motherbox left behind from the fallen New Gods as a makeshift remote control, Calculator is able to modify Kilg%re's code and force him to do his bidding. Seizing control right at the moment that Kilg%re stabs him through the heart, he is able to turn what would have normally been a fatal wound into an advantageous situation.

Calculator has Kilg%re's exoskeleton excrete nanites that quickly filter through his body, not only healing the wound but enhancing his body and forming a mental connection with Kilg%re's programming. Inarguably now the most powerful member of the Syndicate, Calculator seizes control of the group. His leadership role secured, he then sets his sights on destroying the Birds!

Knowing that the crimefighters would be using the Ünternet, he sends Kilg%re through the network and tracks down the Bird's location. Using his new abilities, Calculator spawns Kilg%re in the middle of command central at Clocktower Systems and starts to attack the Birds head on!

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING:
Final Crisis

 

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