Kaizen Gamorra

KAIZEN GAMORRA

Real Name: Kaizen Gamorra

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Ruler, terrorist

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Rumiko Gamorra (wife, deceased), Sum Gamorra (brother, deceased), Wai Gamorra (brother, deceased), Yumiko Gamorra (Cybernary, daughter), unnamed father (deceased), unnamed mother (deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gamorra Island, Earth-50

First Appearance: Stormwatch I (Wildstorm) #40 (October, 1996)

Powers: Gamorra was a masterful leader and genius scientist, having expertise in genetic engineering. The island of Gamorra was under a force field that Gamorra controlled.

History: (The Authority I #1 (fb, BTS)) - The brothers Gamorra, Kaizen, Sum, and Wai were born on the island of Parousia. At the age of ten they ran their neighborhood, by sixteen the entire country, and at eighteen they renamed the island Gamorra and converted it into a terrorist factory. At age 20 Kaizen killed his brothers.

(The Authority I #1-4) - Gamorra created hundreds of superpowered clones of his deceased brothers, calling them the Children of Gamorra, and sent them to brand the world with the Gamorra trademark, three knots in a circle, representing the bond of the brothers Gamorra. Gamorra was emboldened by the fact that Stormwatch had dissolved. Their first attack was on Moscow, causing untold loss of life, and leaving a smoking crater behind where the city was. He sent another force to London, and they caused havoc, but Jenny Sparks' new team the Authority responded, killing a number of the Children, and forcing the rest to flee. Gamorra was not thrilled with the turn of events, and raised his island's force field so he could have time to think before dealing with the new superteam. Gamorra had no love for his people, but knew it was his responsibility to keep them safe. Jackson King, Christine Trelane and Shinya Hoshino of the UN superhuman negotiation team contacted Gamorra asking him to explain his acts of terrorism. Gamorra still wanted revenge for Stormwatch killing a number of his countrymen when they were under the control of the insane Henry Bendix. He was not looking to negotiate, and mad eit clear that UN sanctions meant nothing to him. He carved the Gamorra trademark onto a geisha's face while explaining that his terror had no political ideology, but it was his lifeblood and what his nation stood for. Gamorra sent his Children to hit L.A. and the Authority battled them while Midnighter infiltrated Gamorra Tower. He realized the bioreactor Gamorra was using to create his superhuman army had to be destroyed, so he boarded the Authority's spaceship the Carrier, and crashed it into Gamorra Tower. Kaizen's last words before the explosion were that he only wanted to have a little fun.

Comments: Created by Warren Ellis & Tom Raney.

Kaizen Gamorra was originally published by Wildstorm Comics, which DC acquired the rights to in January, 1999.