ORIGIN

The woman who would go by the name Shrike was a mental patient who escaped her incarceration at her Asylum. She would quickly be observed and picked up by the intergalactic and powerful entity the Overmaster. He than used bizarre alien technology and transformed her into an orange skinned, prehensile tailed, winged meta-human. Naming her the Shriek he had her join his group of genetically created meta-humans, the original Cadre.

Shrike was assigned to use her ability to fly at super-sonic speeds and her powerfully deafening shriek in battle against Aqua-Man's Detroit based Justice League of America. Since Shriek's mental illness caused her to act in a childlike way, her personality made her easy prey for becoming manipulated both by those that desired to use her power or her body. Because of her lack of understanding for her own strength, it made her a lethal individual to those unfortunate many which she meant no harm.

Mysteriously losing her wings and tail she would find religion and embarked on a insanely crafted "spiritual quest" that left a trail of thirty-three men dead, Shrike was quickly captured and assigned to the Suicide Squad. In a sad turn of events during her first mission with the Squad, Shriek would be gunned down and died in battle against the Ogaden Military.

Most recently an apparent successor calling herself Starshrike joined the newest incarnation of the Cadre in her place. The new Starshrike looks almost the same in appearance to Shriek and has similar powers, she has fought the power Company.