Razor

Origin

Nicole is the oldest daughter of an LAPD detective who is murdered when she is a child. Her younger sister Jacklyn was abducted during this incident by the crime lord Roman Von Drake. Nicole grows up to become a stealth fighter by night who protects the defenseless on the lawless streets of Chinatown, whilst helping disaffected teens during the day. Eventually she comes to the attention of Von Drake after disrupting his organization for quite some time.

Creation

Created by maverick artist and story teller Everette Hartsoe ; Razor was his vision for an ultra violent revenge comic, in the vain of stories like The Crow , with strong female leads. With such an endeavor not finding an outlet in the main-stream comic book world He founded London Night Studios to self publish his creations.

He had many supporters in the self publishing community including J.M. Linsner who created many high quality covers for Razor and other LNS productions.

Character Evolution

Nicholle Mitchell has developed in the classic style of the victim turned avenger. Interestingly she was so badly traumatized by the things she does she becomes mentally unstable and positively suicidal in her actions. As the series progresses she makes and loses friends as she starts to become more formal in her vigilantism with a weapon smith and outfit.

In some of the more darker arc Razor dies and is reborn with her razors embedded inside her body that painfully tear out of her when she needs to fight and the tortured soul aspect of her character becomes even more central to the plot where she can never find peace.

Major Story Arcs

In her origin story she seeks revenge on Von Drake the crime boss that murdered her father and kidnapped and apparently killed her sister. In reality her sister is raised as a highly skilled assassin trained by Von Drake as his ultimate weapon named Stryke.

He sends Stryke to eliminate Razor, the two not realizing they are siblings. It is Jacklyn that first realizes that Razor is her older sister Nicole and turns on her lover (Von Drake) only to be left behind by Razor who still does not know that Stryke is her sister. This angers Jacklyn and she decides to revenge herself upon Razor by killing her (which she eventually does).

Razor is restored to life by Poizon, her decendant, and Razor, Stryke and Poizon battle a resurrected Von Drake.

Weaponry

Nicole is a skilled martial artist and gymnast and utilizes a pair of wrist guantlets that mount various blades upon them (depending on the artist). After being restored to life by Poizon, Razor's blades are inside her arms and they painfully extend from beneath her flesh.

Super Name:	Razor
Real Name:	Nicole Mitchell
Aliases:	Nicole Mitchell Darque Razor
Publisher:	London Night Studios
Gender:	Female
Character Type:	Human
1st Appearance:	Razor #1
Appears in:	149 issues
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