40 – CERISE
27 Apr
Subject: Cerise
Real Name: Cerise
Height: 5’11″ Weight: 125 lbs.
Group Affiliation: Excalibur
First Appearance: Excalibur #47, January 1992
Power Ratings:
- Energy Projection: 3/7
- Mental Powers: 1/7
- Strength: 3/7
- Fighting Ability: 6/7
- Intelligence: 2/7
Unlike the other Excalibur characters whose existence annoyed the hell out of me, Cerise is a character who doesn’t even ring a bell for me to resent having to review her card. At most I thought she was a villain, which she apparently was not, though she seemed plenty anti-heroic. Doesn’t help that she’s actually the last character in the “Heroes” category (you can guess who the first villain will be).
Anyway, Cerise seems like a nice enough lady, so to cut her a little bit more slack than the others, I’m gonna do something special for her and just transcribe her character bio:
A daughter of the Subruki, Zarstok, and Kuli Ka tribes and warrior of the Ghrand Jhar, cerise is one of the many extradimensional visitors that have arrived on Earth via the dimensional nexus point that exists in the lighthouse headquarters of Excalibur. Able to wield crimson energy fields in a variety of shapes, from a powerful blast to defensive walls, Cerise has become one of the mightiest new members of that British super hero group!
X-Tra Fact: Cerise travels between dimensions in insect-like battle armor!
Oh, and just as a matter of decorum: art looks fine*, Power Ratings would be commented on if I actually knew the character.
*The front of the card is not only signed by Jim Lee, but also by (what quick googling revealed to be) Paul Mounts, the colorist (?). This is the only card I can recall so far that had more than just Lee’s signature in it.
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I think the art is kind of boring. It doesn’t show her using her forcefield constructs or doing anything interesting. The only reason I have more than a passing knowledge of her was because she was in one of the “X-Men: The End” issues and I think she was in a relationship with Nightcrawler at one point.
Maybe Jim Lee and Paul Mounts signed this card because it was the last one in the Super Heroes category?
I don’t remember ever reading a comic with Cerise in it. For her to deserve a 6/7 fighting ability rating, she would have had to beat somebody pretty badass at least once, in my opinion, so this seems sort of wrong.
She joined Excalibur, so no, she never beat anyone badass.
At 6/7 she is equal to Shatterstar, Bishop, Kylun (that guy), , and behind Wolverine, Cable, and Maverick.
And her energy projection should be way higher. Her power was to energy constructs that were red… basically a red green lantern…