Publisher Maximum Press | First appearance Avengelyne #1 (May 1995) | |
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Created by Rob LiefeldCathy Christian Similar Glory, Warrior Nun Areala, Shi, Darkchylde, Prophet | ||
Avengelyne [uh-van-jah-leen] is a fictional comic book character created by Rob Liefeld and Cathy Christian. Originally published in 1995 by Maximum Press, it is inspired by Ben Dunn's comic Warrior Nun Areala from Antarctic Press. By the end of the 1990s, Avengelyne had a stint at Awesome Entertainment (only one issue published) and enjoyed a short stint at Avatar Press. Avengelyne returned to comics in the Arcana Studio one-shot Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves (February 2010). July 2011 saw a new Avengelyne ongoing series debut at Image Comics under the creative team of Mark Poulton and Owen Gieni.
Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. The original character design for Avengelyne was based on the likeness of former Vampirella model Cathy Christian.
Film
In July 2013, co-creator Rob Liefeld and Gina Carano announced they were working on a big-screen adaptation of the series in which Carano would star as Avengelyne. In November 2016, it was announced that Paramount Pictures had purchased the film rights for Avengelyne with Akiva Goldsman as producer.
