Knockout

History

Origin

After Big Barda escaped the Furies, Knockout was also inspired to leave. During yet more punishment for her disrespect, Knockout freed herself and traveled via boom tube to Hawaii, Earth.

Earth and Superboy

She used her beauty to become a stripper. Later she relied on her brawn to battle Superboy as a costumed villainous. Enamored by her, Superboy attempted to reform her. However, she was imprisoned for killing a police officer while fighting the Female Furies with Superboy and Dubbilex. She soon escaped, of course, and enjoyed complicating Superboy's life, calling him "pup". Eventually, Superboy managed to bring her into custody.

A knockout

Secret Six

To help her lover Scandal, Knockout joined the Secret Society of Super-Villains as a double agent in service of the newly formed Secret Six. When the Secret Society stormed the Secret Six's base of operations and all looked to be lost, she abandoned her cover to protect Scandal. She would become a full member of the group after this, replacing Parademon who had died in the assault.

A year later, Knockout was one of the members of the Secret Six targeted by assassins in an agenda of Vandal Savage's. She was shot with an explosive round from a Thanagarian sniper rifle and nearly killed. Though her entire body was badly burned by the explosion, she was eventually able to completely regenerate and look like her old self again as if never being harmed at all. She was then able to join the group's efforts in finding who was sending the assassins. After a battle with the Doom Patrol, she engaged in sex with Deadshot while Scandal was asleep. It meant nothing to her. It was merely what was often done between surviving warriors on Apokolips. So when Scandal walked in on them and became enraged, she didn't understand why her love was so angry with her. She begged forgiveness, but Scandal left them and the Secret Six.

Knockout quickly realized Scandal's behavior was not entirely genuine. Her lover had left to face the one who had been trying to kill them all. Thanks to the Mad Hatter, she and the others were able to track where Scandal had gone, and Knockout stormed his home. The two lovers were reunited in the aftermath and all was forgiven.

On a job in Azerbaijani, the Secret Six came into conflict with the Birds of Prey. It began when Knockout recognize Big Barda at a party the Birds of Prey were infiltrating. This led to Knockout finally getting the chance to face in battle the one who inspired her to escape from Apokolips. Big Barda seemed to have the upper hand, but Knockout refused to yield, insisting that she was winning. They continued to fight even after the two groups called a truce and the Rocket Red Brigade attacked. Their fight went on inside a frozen lake until the two dragged themselves out of it, battered and exhausted. Big Barda compliment Knockout on a battle well fought and called her sister before the two parted ways with their respective parties.

The fall of Knockout

Death of the New Gods

The Secret Six fell apart shortly after Azerbaijani, and Knockout and Scandal made time with each other in a cheap Metropolis motel. It was there that Scandal made a comment about Barda beating Knockout in jest, but it angered Knockout enough for her to storm out of the motel. Having her lover even suggest that Big Barda was her equal was intolerable, so she sought Barda out elsewhere in Metropolis. However, she also found someone else stalking Barda and challenged that person over the right to kill the woman. This other person was the one responsible for stalking and killing the New Gods, and Knockout recognized in fear who she faced. She attempted to flee but was quickly caught. All she asked was a moment to say goodbye to Scandal on her cellphone before accepting her death like a Fury.

Her killer denied her this, and Knockout's already dead body was dropped to the street.