CORA
CORA
Real Name: Presumably Cora (at least)
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (unidentified race)
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Membership: None known, beyond her family
Affiliations: 803, the Bhiv, Venom (Flash Thompson), were-fish
Enemies: Gholar, Kio and his crew, Mercurio and the Gramosians allied with him
Known Relatives: Unidentified wife, four unidentified children
Aliases: None known
Base of Operations: The planet Uuex, unidentified star system in "the outer rim" of an unidentified galaxy;
formerly/briefly Kio's ship, mobile throughout space;
formerly an unidentified location in the possession of Gholar on an unidentified planet
First Appearance: Venom: Space Knight#1 (January, 2016)
Powers/Abilities: Cora did not demonstrate superhuman abilities.
The mobility of her tail, which
has a thick base, is unrevealed, but it appears to be long enough to
assist with balance and possibly to be used as a weapon.
The gill-like structures on the side of her cheeks may indicate she can breathe underwater.
The drug YT-19
-- of unknown properties but apparently of some value (and considered
by some to be "nasty stuff") -- can be made from the blood of Cora and
her people. What volume of blood is necessary to produce what quantity
of the drug, as well as the drug's properties are unrevealed.
History:
(Venom:
Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - In the past (over a million "cycles"
(seasons, years (of what length around what star)?)), unrevealed
parties at least sought to harvest the blood of Cora's people as the
blood could be used to create the drug YT-19.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Despite
the fact that the highly-sought drug YT-19 could be created from her
people's blood, no one had attempted to harvest their blood in millions
of cycles.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Cora lived with her unidentified wife and their four unidentified children, apparently on the planet Uuex.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Cora had heard of the Agents of the Cosmos at some point, and she knew that they were heroes and considered them to be respectable and safe.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Cora and her four children were "in transit" (apparently traveling between worlds) when they were taken.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Under unrevealed circumstances, Gholar came into the possession of Cora and her children.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) -
As part of a plot to accumulate wealth and power to restore power to
the unstable planet Gramos and/or to build a conquering armada,
Mercurio the Gramosian's agents apparently employed Kio to purchase (from
Gholar on a planet whose name Flash Thompson could not pronounce) Cora
and her children.
Kio and/or his agents locked Cora and her children within the chamber Sector 15 of his ship.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) -
In his new role as an Agent of the Cosmos, Venom/Flash Thompson learned
of the "shipment of YT-19" sold by Gholar.
Venom traveled to the world
on which Gholar was based and obtained the relatively large drive containing information on Gholar's
YT-19 sales (at least).
(Venom: Space Knight#1 - BTS) -
Venom intended to get the desired information off of the drive in the
spaceship on which he had arrived on the planet, but that ship was
blown up by (presumably security agents) pursuing him after his assault
on Gholar's building.
Venom then took Gholar's drive to Morrellian
Offworld Industries, where he linked it to a computer and learned that
Gholar had sold the YT-19 to a pirate named Kio and that Kio's ship was
scheduled to depart the planet shortly.
As Kio's ship took off, Venom latched onto it
in the
process of escaping pursuing thugs (presumably seeking to arrest or
terminate him for his assault on Gholar and his property property), and
as the ship reached space,
Venom entered via an airlock door.
Encountering the robot 803, Venom convinced it
to take him to where the YT-19 was stored.
(Venom: Space Knight#1) - 803 brought Venom into Sector
15. Seeing the family imprisoned there, Venom initially thought he was
in the wrong place until 803 explained that the YT-19 came from their
blood.
Cora warned Venom to stay away, but he introduced
himself as Venom and an Agent of the Cosmos, and the relieved Cora
exclaimed, "Thank the Gods."
Not really understanding his own new role, Venom started to ask her if
she knew what an Agent of the Cosmos was, but Cora recognized 803 as
having served Kio and his crew and told him, "That thing is with the pirates." Venom assured her that 803 was "Team Us now," after which he instructed 803 to get Cora a gun and make sure nothing happened to her until he got back.
(Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Cora and her children donned spacesuits and helmets.
(Venom: Space Knight#1) - Venom engaged Kio and his crew, eventually hitting a button to open a large door on the ship, which
pulled Venom, Kio, Cora and her children, and anyone else nearby into
space.
Venom rescued
Cora and her children from the carnivorous were-fish in the space around them and brought them back aboard the ship, while one
of the were-fish confronted Kio.
Although Kio tried to use one of Cora's children as
a shield, Venom apparently rescued the child, after which the were-fish
fed on Kio.
After recovering 803 as well, Venom flew Kio's ship
to the planet Uuex where Cora and her children were reunited with her
wife.
Cora told Venom that she and her wife were forever
in Venom's debt, and she him Venom that her family would be safe there,
as she and her kids had been taken in transit and that no one had tried
to harvest her people's blood in millions of cycles. When Venom asked
why they had been taken now, Cora informed him that a darkness had been
brewing out here in the outer rim and that she feared for the future.
However, she also told him that it gave her hope that the Agents of the
Cosmos still watched over them all, and she informed him that the
Agents of the Cosmos were heroes.
Venom and 803 then departed in Kio's ship.
(Venom: Space Knight#6) - Having aided Venom in taking
down Mercurio's Gramosians, the robotic Bhiv lacked a purpose and
sought new masters. Venom dropped at least 12 of the Bhiv off on Uuex,
telling Cora that if Mercurio ever tried to bother her again, the Bhiv
could help her from here on out. Venom then told them Bhiv to meet
their new master, and they replied, "Hail Cora!"
Comments: Created by Robbie Thompson and Ariel Olivetti.
Cora does not match up with any known extraterrestrial race of which I am aware.
Venom takes Cora and her children to Uuex where they
are reunited with Cora's wife, but it is not confirmed that Uuex is
their home planet and/or that there are other beings on that planet.
The fact that no one had come for their blood in millions of cycles
would make it seem like their world offered some protective and/or
concealing qualities; however, the fact that she noted that someone
came after her now because there was darkness brewing on the outer rim
would make it seem that no one had been trying to get them at that the
effort was new.
At any rate, I will profile Uuex in the coming
weeks, but for now, I will profile Cora and her family but not profile
her race, since we don't have any information about them, I will hold
off on profiling a race associated with them at this time. We don't
know that they aren't some Deviant, Eternal, Inhuman, Mutant, etc.
off-shoot of some existing race.
Or maybe they ARE the Uuexians?
Regardless, we DO need follow-up stories telling us more about Cora and her people, the drug YT-19, etc.!
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Cora should be distinguished from:
| YT-19 is a drug of some value that was created from the race of which Cora and her family are native. Venom heard that the drug was "nasty stuff," but beyond that, it's chemical composition, desired effects, potential side effects, dosing, duration, etc. are all unrevealed. (Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - In the past (over a million "cycles" (seasons, years (of what length around what star)?)), unrevealed parties at least sought to harvest the blood of Cora's people as the blood could be used to create the drug YT-19. (Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - However, for reasons unrevealed, no one had attempted to harvest their blood in millions of cycles. Cora and her four children were "in transit" (apparently traveling between her home on Uuex and some other world) when they were taken. (Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) - Under unrevealed circumstances, Gholar came into the possession of Cora and her children. Gholar knew that YT-19 could be made from their blood, and he considered Cora and her family to be a "shipment of YT-19." (Venom: Space Knight#1 (fb) - BTS) -
As part of a plot to accumulate wealth and power to restore power to
the unstable planet Gramos and/or to build a conquering armada,
Mercurio the Gramosian's agents apparently employed Kio to purchase Cora
and her children from Gholar. |
 Cora's
wife appeared to be the same race as Cora. She and Cora may have had
the children individually or together via a means of merging their DNA
and/or parthenogenesis, cloning, adoption, surrogate; etc.
Alternatively, Cora (or her wife) could have had them via sexual
reproduction from a relationship with a male, etc.Cora and her wife and their children live on the planet Uuex, which may or may not be their native planet. After Cora and her children were abducted in transit between worlds, Venom rescued them and returned them to Uuex. The children rushed to hug their other mother. Cora's wife was not seen when Venom delivered the Bhiv to help protect them in case Mercurio ever came after them again. --Venom: Space Knight#1 |
 
The four children apparently lived on Uuex with Cora and her wife
(presumably both considered their mothers, regardless of their
origins). All four were similar sized and so perhaps from the same pregnancy/whatever. None of them were identified in-story, and there was no mention/external evidence of whether they were male or female (assuming males even exist in Cora's race). During an interplanetary trip of unrevealed nature, Cora and her children were abducted by unrevealed parties; this may have been Gholar, who brought them back to his world of operations; alternatively, some could have brought/sold/whatever them to Gholar. Employed by Mercurio and his Gramosians, Kio and his agents purchased Cora and her people and were in the process of transporting them to Mercurio's base when Venom, as an Agent of the Cosmos, arrived to rescue them. After freeing them and apparently advising them to don spacesuits, Venom confronted Kio and in the ensuing conflict, Venom opened a large door, causing Venom, Kio (and presumably his agents), 803, and Cora and her children to be pulled out into space. With carnivorous were-fish flying around, Cora linked up with two of her kids. Kio tried to use of Cora's kids as a shield against one of the were-fish, but Venom rescued that kid and another and then brought Cora and her kids back aboard the ship. After using a Waldo to recover 803, Venom flew them all back to Uuex, where they were reunited with their other mother. One of the children was seen when Venom delivered the Bhiv to help protect them in case Mercurio ever came after them again. --Venom: Space Knight#1 Note: See Cora's wife's sub-profile for a discussion of possible relationships and origins, but Cora called them her children specifically, and the subject never came up when Cora's wife was around. |
Appearances:
Venom: Space Knight#1 (January, 2016) - Robbie Thompson
(writer), Ariel Olivetti (artist), Kathleen Wisneski (assistant
editor), Jake Thomas (editor)
Venom: Space Knight#6 (June, 2016) - Robbie Thompson
(writer), Ariel Olivetti (artist), Kathleen Wisneski (assistant
editor), Jake Thomas (editor)
First posted: 03/12/2024
Last updated: 03/12/2024
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