Knockout

Knockout's History

Knockout was a former Female Fury from Apokolips whose hidden identity was that of a super-strong stripper who worked at a club called the BoomBoom Room. She first appeared shortly after Superboy moved to Hawaii. Using her super strength, she fought and flirted with Superboy just for the fun of it.

Later, she was recruited to join Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad for an attack against the international crime cartel, Silicon Dragons. Knockout was presumably killed during the mission when she was left behind with King Shark and the base exploded. . She later turned up alive and joined Superboy in a fight against Valor (although she tussled with him as well during the fight). She turned back up shortly thereafter and teamed up with Superboy, battling across Hawaii in several of his adventures.

Her past soon caught up with her, and it was revealed then that she was originally from Apokolips, one of Granny Goodness's Female Furies. After Big Barda ran off with Mister Miracle, Knockout decided she had had enough of the Furies. During a punishment where she was chained up on the walls of the Fire Pits, she broke her chains and leapt into the fires (after seeing Himon, whom she thought was a hallucination, do so). As she did so, a Boom Tube opened and took her to Hawaii.

The other Female Furies arrived in Hawaii to reclaim Knockout; a huge battle ensued with Superboy, Knockout, and a small squad of police officers on one side and the Furies on the other. The Furies were only driven off when Dubbilex used his mental abilities to convince them that Knockout had died in the battle. The police discovered that the one police officer who was killed in the battle was actually struck down by Knockout, just because he was in her way, and attempted to bring her in; Superboy adamantly refused to believe she was guilty, causing the two to briefly go on the run.

The two encountered an explorer named Victor Volcanum. Knockout wanted Superboy to kill him and fully become her lapdog, but he refused, and Knockout decided to do the deed herself, revealing her true colors as last. Superboy managed to defeat her and bring her into custody.

She was shown in maximum security a couple more times, but did not escape during the rest of the series' run.