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| RealName = Reno Bryce
 
| RealName = Reno Bryce
| CurrentAlias = Warblade
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| MainAlias = Warblade
 
| Aliases =
 
| Aliases =
 
| Identity = Secret
 
| Identity = Secret
| Affiliation = [[WildC.A.T.s]]
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| Alignment = Good
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| Affiliation = [[Wildcats (Wildstorm Universe)|WildC.A.T.s]]
 
| Relatives =
 
| Relatives =
| Universe = Earth-50
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| Universe = Wildstorm Universe
| BaseOfOperations = [[Halo Corporation]], New York City, New York
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| BaseOfOperations = [[Halo Corporation]], [[New York City]]
   
 
| Gender = Male
 
| Gender = Male
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| Eyes = Blue
 
| Eyes = Blue
 
| Hair = Green
 
| Hair = Green
| UnusualFeatures = None
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| UnusualFeatures =
   
 
| Citizenship = American
 
| Citizenship = American
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| Citizenship2 = <ref>{{c|WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook Vol 1 1}}</ref>
 
| MaritalStatus = Single
 
| MaritalStatus = Single
| Occupation = Freelance Artist, Martial Artist
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| Occupation = Artist
| Education = Unknown
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| Origin =
 
| Origin = Born half-Human/half-Kherubim.
 
| PlaceOfBirth = Hong Kong
 
 
| Creators = Jim Lee; Brandon Choi
 
| Creators = Jim Lee; Brandon Choi
 
| First = WildC.A.T.s #1
 
| First = WildC.A.T.s #1
   
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| Overview = '''Warblade''' is '''Reno Bryce''', a green-haired artist and member of the [[Wildcats (Wildstorm Universe)|WildC.A.T.s]] He is a [[Khera]]n Shaper who can turn body parts into a liquid metal, forming them into blades.
 
| HistoryText =
 
| HistoryText =
Warblade is Reno Bryce, a green-haired artist. In his youth, Reno's parents were killed by the alien [[Daemonites]]. Reno survived and swore vengeance, dedicating his life to the martial arts to avenge them.
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In his youth, Reno's parents were killed by the alien [[Daemonites]] and left orphaned in Hong Kong. Reno swore vengeance to rid the Daemonites from Earth, dedicating his life to the martial arts to avenge his parents.
   
He was kidnapped by the organization known as Cyberdata, brain-washed and transformed in a member of their strike team, the S.H.O.C.s. His teammate Misery used her powers to make him think that he was in love with her and quickly changed the focus of her manipulations to [[Ripclaw]]. She was revealed to be a traitor and Warblade killed her. After this, Ripclaw attacked Reno, thinking that he was the traitor and almost killed him.
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He was kidnapped by the organization known as Cyberdata, brain-washed and transformed in a member of their strike team, the S.H.O.C.s. His teammate Misery used her powers to make him think that he was in love with her and quickly changed the focus of her manipulations to [[Robert Bearclaw (Wildstorm Universe)|Ripclaw]]. She was revealed to be a traitor and Warblade killed her. After this, Ripclaw attacked Reno, thinking that he was the traitor and almost killed him.
   
Reno was found bleeding in Gamorra by Jacob Marlowe. He was saved by Jacob, and joined his Daemonite hunting team, the [[WildC.A.T.s]]. Like many of the WildC.A.T.s, Reno turned out to be half human and half [[Kherubim]], a race of aliens that had fought the Daemonites for millennia.
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Reno was found bleeding in [[Gamorra Island|Gamorra]] by [[Jacob Marlowe]]. He was saved by Jacob, and joined his Daemonite hunting team, the [[WildC.A.T.s]]. Like many of the WildC.A.T.s, Reno turned out to be half human and half [[Kherubim]], a race of aliens that had fought the Daemonites for millennia.
   
Warblade met Ripclaw (at this time a member of the Cyberforce) again and after some fighting between their teams and Ripclaw's realization that Misery was a traitor, they became friends.
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Warblade met Ripclaw (at this time a member of the Cyberforce) again and after some fighting between their teams and Ripclaw's realization that Misery was a traitor, they amend their previous hostility and became friends.
   
During his time with the WildC.A.T.s, Reno fought Pike, a half human, half Kherubim assassin. During a Native American ritual, Pike had taken the drug peyote and had a vision of himself killing a WildC.A.T.s member, a goal he would dedicate the rest of his life to. Their first fight ended indecisive.
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During his time with the WildC.A.T.s, Reno fought [[Pike (Wildstorm Universe)|Pike]], a half human, half Kherubim assassin. During a Native American ritual, Pike had taken the drug peyote and had a vision of himself killing a WildC.A.T.s member, a goal he would dedicate the rest of his life to. Their first fight ended indecisive.
   
Reno went with the WildC.A.T.s to [[Khera]], home of the Kherubim, where he met other shapeshifters like himself. He became an apprentice to the ancient shapeshifter Lord Proteus at the Shaper's Guild and learned many new ways to use his powers. Great was his disappointment when fellow WildC.A.T.s members [[Voodoo]] and [[Spartan]] uncovered the darker side of Kheran society. The WildC.A.T.s left Khera soon afterwards and returned home.
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Reno went with the WildC.A.T.s to [[Khera]], home of the Kherubim, where he met other shapeshifters like himself. He became an apprentice to the ancient shapeshifter Lord Proteus at the Shaper's Guild and learned many new ways to use his powers. Great was his disappointment when fellow WildC.A.T.s members [[Priscilla Kitaen (Wildstorm Universe)|Voodoo]] and [[Yohn Kohl (Wildstorm Universe)|Spartan]] uncovered the darker side of Kheran society. The WildC.A.T.s left Khera soon afterwards and returned home.
   
Back home, Reno stayed with the team and began a relationship with Jules, [[Emp]]'s assistant. Soon afterwards the team disbanded following the apparent death of their teammate [[Zealot]].
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Back home, Reno stayed with the team and began a relationship with Jules, [[Emp of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)|Emp]]'s assistant. Soon afterwards the team disbanded following the apparent death of their teammate [[Zannah of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)|Zealot]].
   
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===Retirement===
Reno retired and focused on his art. Pike hadn't forgotten his vision though. He attempted to kill Warblade and managed to disperse Warblade's molecules with an explosion that killed also Reno's girlfriend. Reno was able to literally pull himself back together and wanted revenge. He tracked Pike to Sarajevo, where they fought again. This time Warblade won and he killed Pike and added the final insult to the dying Pike: even if Pike had killed Warblade, he would have failed his quest, because the WildC.A.T.s had been disbanded for months.
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Reno retired and focused on his art. Pike hadn't forgotten his vision though. He attempted to kill Warblade and managed to disperse Warblade's molecules with an explosion that killed also Reno's girlfriend. Reno was able to literally pull himself back together and wanted revenge. He tracked Pike to Sarajevo, where they fought again. This time Warblade won and he killed Pike and added the final insult to the dying Pike: even if Pike had killed Warblade, he would have failed his quest, because the WildC.A.T.s had been disbanded for months.<ref>{{c|Wildcats Vol 1 7}}</ref>
   
 
Afterwards he fell into a state of depression, that eventually led to the loss of his powers and his hands. After a little soul searching, some violent confrontations that almost led to his death, and an experimental drug given to him by the scientist responsible for suppressing his alien genes, he regained his powers.
 
Afterwards he fell into a state of depression, that eventually led to the loss of his powers and his hands. After a little soul searching, some violent confrontations that almost led to his death, and an experimental drug given to him by the scientist responsible for suppressing his alien genes, he regained his powers.
   
===Nemesis===
 
 
Reno returned to New York City and retired as a superhero. He became a full-time artist again, though he still met up with his teammate Grifter from time to time. He was forced to use his powers again during one of his expositions, when the Kherubim Brotherhood of the Blade turned a large part of New York's population into bloodthirsty creatures.
 
Reno returned to New York City and retired as a superhero. He became a full-time artist again, though he still met up with his teammate Grifter from time to time. He was forced to use his powers again during one of his expositions, when the Kherubim Brotherhood of the Blade turned a large part of New York's population into bloodthirsty creatures.
   
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When [[Nathaniel Adam (New Earth)|Captain Atom]] was brought to Warblade's universe and his presence threatened its very existence, Warblade along with the other WildC.A.T.s was summoned by Grifter to confront Captain Atom. The end result was that Captain Atom and the new Void entity [[Nikola Hanssen (Wildstorm Universe)|Nikola Hanssen]] saved and rebooted the Wildstorm Universe.
===WorldStorm===
 
Reno appeared again briefly during [[Nathaniel Adam (New Earth)|Captain Atom]]'s presence in the Wildstorm Universe, before the new Void entity [[Nikola Hanssen (Earth-50)|Nikola Hanssen]] rebooted the Wildstorm Universe into the WorldStorm.
 
   
 
In this new reality, Warblade was one of the several WildCats that Hadrian has managed to recruit; under the black-ops codename of "Cutlery Kid," he is deep in [[Kaizen Gamorra (Wildstorm Universe)|Kaizen Gamorra]]'s extraterrestrial colony, providing intelligence back to Spartan on Earth.
===Post-Worldstorm===
 
Warblade is one of the several WildCats that Hadrian has managed to recruit; under the black-ops codename of "Cutlery Kid," he is deep in [[Kaizen Gamorra]]'s extraterrestrial colony, providing intelligence back to Spartan on Earth.
 
   
 
===World's End===
 
===World's End===
After the world was destroyed by the clones of the [[John Cumberland (Earth-50)|High]], the Halo building located in Los Angeles became the only location that still had power due to it's batteries that last forever. After the building was attacked by Majestic he asked a few of the team if they wanted to come with him to Hawaii. Warblade was asked but he refused Majestic's offer.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 2|''Wildcats: World's End'' #2]]</ref> After the team came back from a failed attempt at creating oasis's all over the planet they found that [[Defile (Earth-50)|Defile]] and the Daemonites had come to L.A. and wanted to take it over. The team fought back, but Warblade was badly injured by Defile during the fight. However, he turned himself into a sword that Maul used to stab Defile and the team struck up a treaty with the Daemonites.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 7|''Wildcats: World's End'' #7]]</ref>
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After the world was greatly devastated by the [[Reaper Initiative|clones]] of the [[John Cumberland (Wildstorm Universe)|High]], Warblade was among the Wildcats living in Los Angeles and helping survivors and their situation whatever they can. After the Wildcats was attacked by Majestic he offered a few members of the team, including Warblade, if they wanted to come with him to his paradise in Hawaii. Warblade along his teammates refused Majestic's offer.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 2|''Wildcats: World's End'' #2]]</ref> The Wildcats later came into conflict with [[Defile (Wildstorm Universe)|Defile]] and his Daemonites, in which Warblade was badly injured by Defile during the fight. However, he turned himself into a sword that Maul used to stab Defile and the team struck up a tentative treaty with the Daemonites.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 7|''Wildcats: World's End'' #7]]</ref>
   
Reno later participated in helping [[Team-7]] against former Wildcats member-turned villain [[Tao]]. Following Tao's defeat, Reno was granted by [[Max Faraday (Earth-50)|Max Faraday]] a new and improve version of his costume based on his original attire.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 18|''Wildcats: World's End'' #18]]</ref> He and the Wildcats were later summoned to [[London|UnLondon]] by the [[Authority]] and offered the chance to leave Earth on the [[Carrier]]. Though Reno stayed on Earth and fought in Earth's war against the [[Knights of Khera]], which he battle against and serious wounded by his counterpart Sabre.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 19|''Wildcats: World's End'' #19]]</ref> Reno was hospitalized on [[Stormwatch]]'s satellite Skywatch.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 22|''Wildcats: World's End'' #22]]</ref>
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Reno later participated in helping [[Team 7 (Wildstorm Universe)|Team-7]] against former Wildcats member-turned villain [[Tactical Augmented Organism (Wildstorm Universe)|Tao]]. Following Tao's defeat, Reno was granted by [[Max Faraday (Wildstorm Universe)|Max Faraday]] a new and improve version of his costume based on his original attire.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 18|''Wildcats: World's End'' #18]]</ref> He and the Wildcats were later summoned to [[London|UnLondon]] by the [[Authority (Wildstorm Universe)|Authority]] and offered the chance to leave Earth on the [[Carrier]]. Though Reno stayed on Earth and fought in Earth's war against the [[Knights of Khera]], which he battled against and was seriously wounded by his counterpart Sabre.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 19|''Wildcats: World's End'' #19]]</ref>
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Reno was hospitalized on [[Stormwatch (Wildstorm Universe)|Stormwatch]]'s satellite Skywatch in which he suffered with severe spinal damage resulted from his battle with Sabre.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 22|''Wildcats: World's End'' #22]]</ref> After the three month period of Earth's restoration, Reno's injuries were partially healed through physical therapy with help from StormWatch personnel nurse [[Luisa Biondi (Wildstorm Universe)|Luisa Biondi]] in which the two shared a intimate bond despite the latter being already married.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 23|''Wildcats: World's End'' #23]]</ref> Reno later helped Luisa in finding her family, who were separated during the advent of Armageddon, in the ruins of Phoenix, Arizona. The couple tracked their way to a shelter where Luisa's family was supposed to go to if anything happened, but only to find everyone dead inside. At this moment, Reno tried to reassure Luisa but to be emotionally lashed back by her for giving her hope and making her come down to Earth to look for her family.<ref>[[Wildcats: World's End Vol 1 26|''Wildcats: World's End'' #26]]</ref>
   
 
| Powers =
 
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*{{Alien Physiology|Shaper}}: Shapers are a subspecies of Kherans. They are shapeshifters born with a special genome who are able to change their bodies into a mercury-like substance.
'''Bio-Morphic Liquid Metal''': He is essentially a bio-morphic being possessing the ability to assume the properties of a type of bio-molecular, high-tensile metal that he can manipulate into objects of various sizes, shapes, and density for a variety of uses. Primarily, as per his name sake, he forms bladed weapons out of his fingers and arms yet is quite capable of forming shields, hammers, and other basic shapes and properties.
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** {{Unique Physiology|Bio-Morphic Liquid Metal}}: He is essentially a bio-morphic being possessing the ability to assume the properties of a type of biomolecular, high-tensile metal that he can manipulate into objects of various sizes, shapes, and density for a variety of uses. Primarily, as per his namesake, he forms bladed weapons out of his fingers and arms yet is quite capable of forming shields, hammers, and other basic shapes and properties.
 
*** {{Energy Negation|Radio Block}}: Warblade is capable of manipulating his bio-molecular metals in such a way to create a negative zone immediately around him that renders him immune to most sensory capabilities. Essentially, granting him limited stealth aspects that enable him to get through most security systems undetected.
 
*** {{Superhuman Durability|Enhanced Durability}}: Warblade can fight, and fight, and fight. His Kheribum blood grants him a high resistance to pain and damage, even beyond those of most other cross-breeds. He's taken a sword to the gut and lived through a lengthy fall when he should have very well died. Taken high end energy assaults. Been stabbed repeatedly, lost lots of blood and still kept going. If you want Warblade down only death will stop him. Knocking him out temporarily, doing haphazard damage just doesn't work. His malleable and bio-metallic body might be the reason behind this as on top of his high endurance he's resistant to injury far more then it may appear he is. While not 'bullet proof' or invulnerable, it takes a lot to hurt him and slow him down.
 
*** {{Superhuman Stamina|Enhanced Stamina}}: His high willpower and refusal to give up, grant him the endurance that he needs to continue to push through. Almost as bad as Zealot.
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*** {{Regeneration}}: Warblade has an incredibly powerful healing factor, he can regenerate parts of his body mere seconds after destruction, he was once able to reform his body after [[Pike (Wildstorm Universe)|Pike]] dispersed his molecules with an explosion, although this took him months.
   
 
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In order for Warblade to do what he does, he seems to transform the part of his body that he intends to shape or warp, fully into the bio-molecular metal that creates his weapons and from there, shape them. Almost his entire body, barring his face, can transform into this metal, yet he cannot become an amorphic blob, or completely change his entire shape beyond the forming of basic shapes, forms and weapons. The Shapers Guild taught him how to best make use of this beyond simply forming weapons out of his hands. Capable of doing various feats such as spraying a miniature fountain of darts about his body, forming metallic and bladed wings out of his back, shaping a variety of weapons beyond simply blades, extending blades upward and out like a tree in almost all directions in an aptly named form called 'The Murder Tree' and so on.
 
 
* {{Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)}}: Warblade is a skilled hand to hand combatant. Well versed in many forms of fighting. He maintains some degree of skill at bladed weapons, obviously, and is highly skilled in Kung Fu and other martial arts. When not using his blades, Reno is still a noteworthy foe.
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* {{Artistry}}: Reno is a skilled artist.
   
Warblade's primary focus and use of his power is to form blade shaped objects out of his fingers, hands, arms and other portions of his body. These blades are bio-molecular in nature and density and as such have a high cutting property to them. There are few things that Warblade cannot cut or that given time he cannot eventually cut through. He could potentially damage Maul if given enough time to hack and slash at the brute. Even the strongest of metals must eventually give way to Warblade's attacks.
 
 
In addition to the numerous shapes he can take on, Warblade also may cause his body to become slightly malleable and as such, stretch his limbs in virtually any direction for a certain number of feet. Granting him increased range when he is attacking. He can strike full force with this. Throwing a powerful punch behind it, or forming pincher's to grab and hold someone from afar. To simply be away from him, is not to be safe from him as he need not be up close to someone to do damage to them.
 
 
*''''''Radar Block'''''': Warblade is capable of manipulating his bio-molecular metals in such a way to create a negative zone immediately around him that renders him immune to most sensory capabilities. Essentially, granting him limited stealth aspects that enable him to get through most security systems undetected.
 
 
'''Enhanced Durability''': Warblade can fight, and fight, and fight. His Kheribum blood grants him a high resistance to pain and damage, even beyond those of most other crossbreeds. He's taken a sword to the gut and lived through a lengthy fall when he should have very well died. Taken high end energy assaults. Been stabbed repeatedly, lost lots of blood and still kept going. If you want Warblade down only death will stop him. Knocking him out temporarily, doing haphazard damage just doesn't work. His malleable and bio-metallic body might be the reason behind this as on top of his high endurance he's resistant to injury far more then it may appear he is. While not 'bullet proof' or invulnerable, it takes alot to hurt him and slow him down.
 
 
'''Enhanced Stamina''': His high willpower and refusal to give up, grant him the endurance that he needs to continue to push through. Almost as bad as Zealot.
 
 
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'''Master Combatant''': Warblade is a skilled hand to hand combatant. Well versed in many forms of fighting. He maintains some degree of skill at bladed weapons, obviously, and is highly skilled in Kung Fu and other martial arts. When not using his blades, Reno is still a noteworthy foe.
 
 
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| Trivia = Warblade has appeared in the following non-WildStorm Image publications: Savage Dragon #[https://wiki.savagedragon.com/Savage_Dragon_13.html 13 (Erik Larsen version)] and [https://wiki.savagedragon.com/Savage_Dragon_41.html 41]; [https://wiki.savagedragon.com/Vanguard_Strange_Visitors_4.html Vanguard: Strange Visitors #4]; [https://wiki.savagedragon.com/Savage_Dragon_Red_Horizon_1.html Savage Dragon: Red Horizon #1].
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Warblade is Reno Bryce, a green-haired artist and member of the WildC.A.T.s He is a Kheran Shaper who can turn body parts into a liquid metal, forming them into blades.

In his youth, Reno's parents were killed by the alien Daemonites and left orphaned in Hong Kong. Reno swore vengeance to rid the Daemonites from Earth, dedicating his life to the martial arts to avenge his parents.

He was kidnapped by the organization known as Cyberdata, brain-washed and transformed in a member of their strike team, the S.H.O.C.s. His teammate Misery used her powers to make him think that he was in love with her and quickly changed the focus of her manipulations to Ripclaw. She was revealed to be a traitor and Warblade killed her. After this, Ripclaw attacked Reno, thinking that he was the traitor and almost killed him.

Reno was found bleeding in Gamorra by Jacob Marlowe. He was saved by Jacob, and joined his Daemonite hunting team, the WildC.A.T.s. Like many of the WildC.A.T.s, Reno turned out to be half human and half Kherubim, a race of aliens that had fought the Daemonites for millennia.

Warblade met Ripclaw (at this time a member of the Cyberforce) again and after some fighting between their teams and Ripclaw's realization that Misery was a traitor, they amend their previous hostility and became friends.

During his time with the WildC.A.T.s, Reno fought Pike, a half human, half Kherubim assassin. During a Native American ritual, Pike had taken the drug peyote and had a vision of himself killing a WildC.A.T.s member, a goal he would dedicate the rest of his life to. Their first fight ended indecisive.

Reno went with the WildC.A.T.s to Khera, home of the Kherubim, where he met other shapeshifters like himself. He became an apprentice to the ancient shapeshifter Lord Proteus at the Shaper's Guild and learned many new ways to use his powers. Great was his disappointment when fellow WildC.A.T.s members Voodoo and Spartan uncovered the darker side of Kheran society. The WildC.A.T.s left Khera soon afterwards and returned home.

Back home, Reno stayed with the team and began a relationship with Jules, Emp's assistant. Soon afterwards the team disbanded following the apparent death of their teammate Zealot.

Retirement

Reno retired and focused on his art. Pike hadn't forgotten his vision though. He attempted to kill Warblade and managed to disperse Warblade's molecules with an explosion that killed also Reno's girlfriend. Reno was able to literally pull himself back together and wanted revenge. He tracked Pike to Sarajevo, where they fought again. This time Warblade won and he killed Pike and added the final insult to the dying Pike: even if Pike had killed Warblade, he would have failed his quest, because the WildC.A.T.s had been disbanded for months.[2]

Afterwards he fell into a state of depression, that eventually led to the loss of his powers and his hands. After a little soul searching, some violent confrontations that almost led to his death, and an experimental drug given to him by the scientist responsible for suppressing his alien genes, he regained his powers.

Reno returned to New York City and retired as a superhero. He became a full-time artist again, though he still met up with his teammate Grifter from time to time. He was forced to use his powers again during one of his expositions, when the Kherubim Brotherhood of the Blade turned a large part of New York's population into bloodthirsty creatures.

When Captain Atom was brought to Warblade's universe and his presence threatened its very existence, Warblade along with the other WildC.A.T.s was summoned by Grifter to confront Captain Atom. The end result was that Captain Atom and the new Void entity Nikola Hanssen saved and rebooted the Wildstorm Universe.

In this new reality, Warblade was one of the several WildCats that Hadrian has managed to recruit; under the black-ops codename of "Cutlery Kid," he is deep in Kaizen Gamorra's extraterrestrial colony, providing intelligence back to Spartan on Earth.

World's End

After the world was greatly devastated by the clones of the High, Warblade was among the Wildcats living in Los Angeles and helping survivors and their situation whatever they can. After the Wildcats was attacked by Majestic he offered a few members of the team, including Warblade, if they wanted to come with him to his paradise in Hawaii. Warblade along his teammates refused Majestic's offer.[3] The Wildcats later came into conflict with Defile and his Daemonites, in which Warblade was badly injured by Defile during the fight. However, he turned himself into a sword that Maul used to stab Defile and the team struck up a tentative treaty with the Daemonites.[4]

Reno later participated in helping Team-7 against former Wildcats member-turned villain Tao. Following Tao's defeat, Reno was granted by Max Faraday a new and improve version of his costume based on his original attire.[5] He and the Wildcats were later summoned to UnLondon by the Authority and offered the chance to leave Earth on the Carrier. Though Reno stayed on Earth and fought in Earth's war against the Knights of Khera, which he battled against and was seriously wounded by his counterpart Sabre.[6]

Reno was hospitalized on Stormwatch's satellite Skywatch in which he suffered with severe spinal damage resulted from his battle with Sabre.[7] After the three month period of Earth's restoration, Reno's injuries were partially healed through physical therapy with help from StormWatch personnel nurse Luisa Biondi in which the two shared a intimate bond despite the latter being already married.[8] Reno later helped Luisa in finding her family, who were separated during the advent of Armageddon, in the ruins of Phoenix, Arizona. The couple tracked their way to a shelter where Luisa's family was supposed to go to if anything happened, but only to find everyone dead inside. At this moment, Reno tried to reassure Luisa but to be emotionally lashed back by her for giving her hope and making her come down to Earth to look for her family.[9]

Powers

  • Shaper Physiology: Shapers are a subspecies of Kherans. They are shapeshifters born with a special genome who are able to change their bodies into a mercury-like substance.
    • Bio-Morphic Liquid Metal: He is essentially a bio-morphic being possessing the ability to assume the properties of a type of biomolecular, high-tensile metal that he can manipulate into objects of various sizes, shapes, and density for a variety of uses. Primarily, as per his namesake, he forms bladed weapons out of his fingers and arms yet is quite capable of forming shields, hammers, and other basic shapes and properties.
      • Radio Block: Warblade is capable of manipulating his bio-molecular metals in such a way to create a negative zone immediately around him that renders him immune to most sensory capabilities. Essentially, granting him limited stealth aspects that enable him to get through most security systems undetected.
      • Enhanced Durability: Warblade can fight, and fight, and fight. His Kheribum blood grants him a high resistance to pain and damage, even beyond those of most other cross-breeds. He's taken a sword to the gut and lived through a lengthy fall when he should have very well died. Taken high end energy assaults. Been stabbed repeatedly, lost lots of blood and still kept going. If you want Warblade down only death will stop him. Knocking him out temporarily, doing haphazard damage just doesn't work. His malleable and bio-metallic body might be the reason behind this as on top of his high endurance he's resistant to injury far more then it may appear he is. While not 'bullet proof' or invulnerable, it takes a lot to hurt him and slow him down.
      • Enhanced Stamina: His high willpower and refusal to give up, grant him the endurance that he needs to continue to push through. Almost as bad as Zealot.
      • Regeneration: Warblade has an incredibly powerful healing factor, he can regenerate parts of his body mere seconds after destruction, he was once able to reform his body after Pike dispersed his molecules with an explosion, although this took him months.

Abilities

  • Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Warblade is a skilled hand to hand combatant. Well versed in many forms of fighting. He maintains some degree of skill at bladed weapons, obviously, and is highly skilled in Kung Fu and other martial arts. When not using his blades, Reno is still a noteworthy foe.
  • Artistry: Reno is a skilled artist.


Warblade has appeared in the following non-WildStorm Image publications: Savage Dragon #13 (Erik Larsen version) and 41; Vanguard: Strange Visitors #4; Savage Dragon: Red Horizon #1.

Related

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