Silhouette (comics)

Silhouette
Silhouette, artist Mark Bagley
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Warriors (vol. 1) #2 (August 1990)
Created by	Fabian Nicieza (writer) Mark Bagley (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Silhouette Chord (Silhouette is the English translation of her Cambodian name Roubpheap Sramol)
Species	Human Mutate
Team affiliations	Secret Avengers (Civil War) Folding Circle New Warriors Concrete Dragons The Concrete Carrion Gang
Abilities	Superb hand to hand combatant Expert martial artist Enhanced strength, speed and agility Shadow teleportation Darkforce energy manipulation Ability to become a living shadow

Silhouette (Silhouette Chord) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics Universe. She first appeared in New Warriors (vol. 1) #2, (August 1990), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Silhouette and her brother Aaron Chord (Midnight's Fire) are mutants.

In 1966 during the Vietnam War, an American recon patrol in Cambodia stumbled upon an ancient hidden temple of a cult known as the Dragon's Breath, which had remained hidden for centuries. It had been built upon a well-spring of raw, primal energy called the "Well of All Things." The inhabitants decided to breed a superior race that would one day unite with the ways of the west. They believed that this union would produce children capable of harnessing the power of the Well. The members of the recon patrol were to be the fathers of these children; one of these men was Andrew Chord, the man who would become Silhouette's father.

Silhouette and her brother Aaron (Midnight's Fire) are the only children of Andrew Chord, the former guardian of Dwayne Taylor (Night Thrasher) and his wife Miyami (Tai's only daughter), and were born in New York City. Silhouette and Midnight's Fire were operating as independent vigilantes in the streets of New York, when they met Dwayne (before he had become Night Thrasher), and the three began an organized effort to take down various New York City criminal street gangs. She began a romance with Night Thrasher during this time.

This partnership ended when Silhouette was shot by police gunfire and paralyzed from the legs down in a sting gone wrong. Midnight's Fire blamed Dwayne, becoming a cop killer and druglord in order to lure Dwayne into a physical confrontation he could not possibly win, and Silhouette ultimately turned away from Midnight's Fire. Later the partially paralyzed Silhouette reunited with Dwayne, distancing herself from her brother's evil actions.