Melissa "Mel" Joan Gold is a
Biography[]
Early life[]
Melissa Gold was a troubled runaway from an alcoholic father and incarcerated mother. In order to survive on the streets, she eventually found work as a costumed professional wrestler, taking the stage name "Songbird" and joined the wrestling team known as the Grapplers.
Infinity War[]
Battle of Wakanda[]
Months after being released out of the Raft, Melissa earned herself a place in Thaddeus Ross' Thunderbolts. After her recruitment, she and her fellow teammates accompanied Ross, along with Riot Squad, [[Code Red (Reality-199999)|Code Red], Power Elite, and the Hulkbuster Unit to Africa, for where they would confront the Avengers, who had been stationed in Wakanda to await Thanos and his forces.
Upon their arrival, Melissa was silent while Thaddeus had demanded for King T'Challa to open the shield so that he would arrest the Avengers for violating against the Sokovia Accords. When two enemy signatures were approaching, Songbird spoke first by telling Ross that they all need to fight together against the invaders instead of arresting the Avengers.
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Personality[]
After being reconditioned, Melissa seeks to find redemption for the past crimes she committed and wants to be a hero rather than a criminal or supervillain. At the time when confronting the Avengers in Wakanda, she was silent most of the time, but grew worried when she saw that two enemy signatures were approaching directly towards Wakanda. She chose to argue aginst Ross' orders since she and the others should fight with the Avengers against Thanos rather than fighting them.
Attributes[]
Powers[]
Melissa possesses various superhuman attributes as a result of undergoing the Power Broker augmentation treatment, enhancement of her vocal cords by the Corporation's Power Broker, Inc., and voice augmenting implants and harness by the Mister Fix.
- Acoustikinesis: After burning out her original vocal sound-based abilities, Melissa was given a set of vocal cord implants and an external harness that allowed her to produce a number of effects. She can generate powerful sonic blasts, sonic force-fields, and can even create solid objects created from sound including battering rams, pincers and platforms. Melissa can also generate high pitched sonic vibrations that are subtle enough to avoid her being consciously detected by others and, thereby, allowing her to influence the actions of others.
- Flight: By creating wings out of pure sound energy, Melissa can propel herself through the air at great speeds; most likely supersonic at the speeds of sound.
- Superhuman Strength: After undergoing the treatment, Melissa's musculature, skeletal structure, and connective tissues were drastically strengthened and augmented. As a result, she was granted superhuman strength. At her highest peak of strength and power, Melissa possesses sufficient strength to lift about 2 tons.
- Superhuman Speed: The superior energy output and force of her muscles enables Melissa to run and move at speeds that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Stamina: Melissa's muscles are more efficient than those of an ordinary human. As a result, they produce less fatigue toxins during physical activity than those of normal humans. At her peak, she can exert herself for several hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in her bloodstream begins to impair her.
- Superhuman Durability: Melissa's bodily tissues are tougher and more resistant to some forms of physical injury than those of a normal human. Melissa's body is able to withstand great impact and blunt force trauma. She can withstand impacts, such as falling from several stories or being repeatedly struck with superhuman force, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little or no injury to herself.
- Superhuman Agility: Melissa's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Reflexes: Melissa's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.
- Advanced Longevity: Due to the augmentation treatment, Melissa's lifespan is extended, in which she could possibly live for several centuries.
Abilities[]
- Skilled Combatant: Melissa has extensive training in hand to hand combat, particularly wrestling. Although she burned out her original vocal cord powers, Gold still has her superhuman physical attributes, which makes her a much more effective hand to hand combatant.
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Equipment[]
- Sonic Carapace:
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External Links[]
Melissa Gold on the Marvel Wiki
