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Guillotine (comics)

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Publisher
  
Marvel Comics

Creator
  
Al Ewing

Alter ego
  
Jeannine Sauvage

First appearance
  
Marvel Contest of Champions (mobile game) Contest of Champions (vol 2) #1 (December 2015)

Created by
  
Al Ewing and Paco Medina

Abilities
  
Holder of mystic Fleur du Mal sword Expert swordsman

Similar
  
Maestro, Brother Voodoo, Gwenpool, Kang the Conqueror, Hyperion

Guillotine or Jeannine Sauvage is a fictional mystic character appearing in American comic books and related media produced by Marvel Comics. She was born of a mixed French-Algerian heritage and is the latest in her bloodline to inherit "La Fleur du Mal", a mystical sword with dark supernatural powers.

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Publication history

The character was first developed by Al Ewing and Paco Medina. Her first appearance in any Marvel property was in the Contest of Champions mobile game. She later appeared in print in the first issue of volume 2 of the accompanying comic book to the game that was published in December 2015.

Fictional character biography

In 1793, an ancestor of Sauvage, Jean Desmarais, found the mythical Fleur du Mal sword in the Paris catacombs when escaping the authorities as being a revolutionary. Since then, it was passed on to his descendants with the most recent one being Jeannine Sauvage.

Other versions

  • Guillotine is a playable character in the online game Marvel: Contest of Champions. The game marked her first appearance in any Marvel property.
  • References

    Guillotine (comics) Wikipedia