Taboo

Height: 5"6'

Weight: 125 lbs

Origin

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Taboo (Amanda Reed) is a character in the Wildstorm universe created by artist Brett Booth. She first appeared in November of 1994 within the pages of Backlash #1 and quickly became a regular character. She was later attached to the group Wildcore as the co-leader along side Backlash.

Early Life

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Amanda Reed was born in Queens, New York. Before the age of seventeen, her mother died which left her in the hands of a violent and substance abusing father. This pushed her into a life of prostitution until a Daemonite corporation known as The Cabal recruited her to become a test subject. The Cabal grafted an ancient symbiote upon Amanda which took the form of a bio-metallic suit granting her a vast array of powers, most being vampiric in nature. The resulting symbosis turned Amanda Reed into Taboo.

Cabal

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After being bonded to the suit, Amanda was put through several tests and formed a relationship with Cabal member Pike, her final tests was a assassination, but when she discovered the target was Doctor Hoagland, a friend of hers, she couldn't go through with it. She ran away from the Cabal. Pike came in and finished the job and the Cabal were able to pin it on Amanda with their resources. She was later caught and sentenced from 25 to life with no parole at Purgatory Max.

Backlash

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When Backlash is trying to find a way to bring back his girlfriend Diane, whose soul had been taken by a Daemonite, he needs to break Amanda out of Purgatory Max because of her connection to the Cabal who are then connected to the Daemonite. From here they go on many adventures and sparks fly. When Marc eventually did bring back Diane he pronounced to her and she rejected him. Taboo stuck with Marc till the very end. Along the way she meets an alien vampire named Lilitu who explains that her armor is actually an extension of her original master Calobis. She does not believe Amanda is worthy of this power and tries to take it from her through an ancient ritual. When the armor is removed an astral projection of Calobis appears and explain Lilitu will never get the power and he will destroy her, Backlash cuts this short and the armor is returned to Amanda, but for a moment Calobis says his goodbyes and promises Lilitu he will return. Taboo eventually co-finds and joins Wildcore.

Wildcore

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When Backlash joined the government supported team Wildcore, Amanda was right beside him the entire time she even became somewhat of a maternal figure for Backlash's daughter, Jodi, and a leader for the entire team. During her time on the team Lilitu returns with the other armored warrior and attempts to again steal the power of Calobis, he does not like this idea and instead gives Taboo both armors and she becomes remarkably strong. She defeats Lilitu and the team gets out alive but not without knowing a slight change in Amanda. When the team is transported to the medieval world Amanda becomes a kind of fairy and has a love interest named Geist. When she returns Geist follows her and invades the Wildcore compound causing turmoil, Geist is eventually subdued.

The Armor

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The suit that Amanda originally had was only half of the entire armor. Later on the second armor was found and the two fused and gave Amanda a huge power increase. The armor is actually something Helspont formed from the alien vampire Calobis's DNA. The armor digs in to Amanda and absorbs small amounts of blood as a fuel of sorts. This is why Amanda appears pale and her eyes have no pupil. The armor has many abilities: it can grow wings for flight, increases strength, gives the user telepathy and mind control, it also has a tail Amanda has full control over.