Cleopatra (Sarah Brandeis)

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© Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Real Name: Sarah Brandeis Origin: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1 Affiliation: Honor Guard; formerly with the Omega Rangers Base of Operations: Astro City Range of Operations: Global, Intergalactic, Interdimensional Personal Data InfoDump Headlines: December 12, 1995: Cleopatra vs Gnomicron Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #1, 6 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1, 6, 7, 9, 19, 20, 22 Astro City: Local Heroes #1, 3 Astro City Special:Beautie Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 4 Event Timeline 1982     Current Omega Rangers Join the Battle Against Kerresh the Devaster. 1996/01     Current Samaritan Goes On a Prearranged Blind Date With Winged Victory. 1996/01     Dialog Tornado Threatening Topeka. 1996/09     Current Heroes of Astro City battle Thunderhead. 1996/09     Current Thunderhead has a Tantrum in Astro City, Cleopatra saves an old man from falling to his death. 1997/07     Current Honor Guard battle an alien scout ship(assumed to be Enelsian) orbiting Earth. 2003     Current East Coast Crime Families Meet With Demolitia and Slamburger. 2004/10     Current Omnius Rex/Danielle Battles Honor Guard. 2013/06     Current Heroes of Astro City Attempt to Open the Doors En Masse. 2013/??/??     Current Honor Guard Stops Lord Volcanus' Plot to Conquer the Surface World. 2014/11     Current Eth Confesses to Honor Guard His Role and Guilt in Luring Krigari to Battle Them. 2014/11     Current Honor Guard's Meeting Room hosts Red Cake Day. 2014/11     Current Eth reveals the true reason Krigari the Ironhanded threatens earth. Cleopatra (Sarah Brandeis) A current member of Honor Guard, Cleopatra protects Astro City and the rest of the world from various magic-based menaces. She is the successor (of sorts) to the original Cleopatra, History How It All Began Sarah Brandeis was a regular working woman, assisting the archaeologist Dr. McGillicuddy. During his work, he found the Gem of Thebis, an item of great magic power. The sinister Hellsignor came seeking it, clashing with various superheroes in the process. To prevent the necklaced gem from falling into his hands, the Point Man, member of the Omega Rangers, tossed the artifact around Sarah's neck. In that moment, for better or worse, she found the power and responsibility of Cleopatra irrevocably thrust upon her. The Omega Rangers helped her adjust to what she had become, and her high-intellegence and powerful skills, quickly earned her membership with them. Her Early Years With Honor Guard Current Honor Guard Activities Mr. Smartie Notes: For now, let's use a demarcation point of the start of the current Astro Cities(2013) series as a line between current and past activities and the start of the very first Astro City comic (Aug1995) as the dividing point for early and middle periods of past activities. We can discuss and adjust... In the present day, she continues to serve with Honor Guard, as both a fighting member, and—it appears—part of the management team, guiding employees of Honor Guard's Emergency Call Center, a complex and highly sophisticated organization for gathering intelligence information, screening incoming emergency calls and monitoring world crisis situations. Powers Cleopatra carries the Sun-Staff of Ra which the first Cleopatra also wielded in a somewhat different form. This mystic weapon can generate a pyramid-shaped force field called a "Power-Pyramid." By controlling their size, she uses them to bind adversaries. She or her staff also possess a weather-shaping ability, and many are the foes who've been harried by storm and struck by lightning. She can survive in space without artificial protective gear, and she can fly. Some of these powers may be natural, while others might be dependent upon magical forces within her staff. Cleopatra has significant super-strength, categorizing here with the very top level super-powered entities--like Samaritan and the Gentleman. Observations She is the second superhero to bear the name Cleopatra. Sarah's regular, casual speech is noticeably different from Cleopatra's grand, formal elocution. She sometimes talks about herself in the third person. In the Astro City: Beautie Special, following an adventure with Honor Guard, she casually mentions an "afternoon lecture" in her schedule for the day. Considering her connection to Dr. McGillicuddy, this might indicate her position as a professor of archeology at an area University. She switches between her Sarah Brandeis and Cleopatra IDs via transformation. Speculations, Theories Based on her being in her early 20s at the time of her origin(1982), her age should range between the late 40s to early 50s. Her powers also seem to preserve her age, and her beauty. Other Timelines Cleopatra (Sarah Brandeis)