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RIVE

Real Name: Anastasia Summit

Identity/Class: Human technology user, citizen of the United States

Occupation: Mercenary

Group Membership: Executive Elite (Black Box/Garabed Bashur, Makeshift/Amie Zamborano)

Affiliations: The Courier (Jacob Gavin Jr.)

Enemies: B.A.D. Girls Inc (Asp/Cleopatra Nefertiti, Black Mamba/Tanya Sealy, Diamondback/Rachel Leighton), Cable (Nathan Dayspring Summers), Cat (Sheng Kuei), Deadpool (Wade Wilson), Hydra, Weasel (Jack Hammer)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New Delhi, India;
    formerly mobile

First Appearance: Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3 (October, 1993)

Powers/Abilities: Rive is a weapons master specialized in bladed weaponry. In combat, she wields an energized blade that can effortlessly cut through brick, steel and flesh. She has access to wrist-mounted blasters that can fire spikes with deadly accuracy. Summit is an experienced acrobat and a skilled fighter in multiple forms of armed and unarmed combat. Whenever Rive dies, a clone is activated that possess her most recent memories (see comments).

Height: 5'6" (by approximation)
Weight: 120 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Reddish-blonde

History:

(Deadpool Corps: Rank and Foul I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Young blade artist Anastasia Summit was recruited by the mutant cyberpath Garabed Bashur to join him and Makeshift in forming the mercenary trio known as the Executive Elite.

(Cable & Deadpool I#23 (fb) - BTS) - Garabed Bashur decided to set up cloning facilities where he grew dozens of copies of himself, Rive and Makeshift. All clones were matured to adulthood and ready to be activated at a moment's notice.. Whenever one of them would die on a mission, a clone could be activated and deployed within minutes.

(Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3 (fb) - BTS) - During one of their missions to Australia, Rive and the Executive Order successfully eliminated a "huge red guy" by electrocuting him before Hydra could get their hands on him.

(Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3 - BTS) - The Executive Elite was hired by The Courier to eliminate Deadpool, Cable and the mutant shapeshifter Copycat. As payment, they were offered cash and access to information on the cache of advanced weaponry mentioned in the mysterious will of arms dealer Tolliver.

(Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3) - Deadpool was ambushed by the Executive Elite in Sarajevo where they fought in the streets. Disgusted by the merc with a mouth's chauvinistic ramblings, Rive and Makeshift went all-out to take him down. After Rive backed him into a corner with a barrage of spikes, Makeshift fired a harpoon-like taser-dart into his neck that she quickly electrified by hooking it up to the Edsel, their their tactical command base. The charge was sufficiently strong to knock out Deadpool. They then waited impatiently for Bashur to arrive and help move Deadpool to the Edsel.

(Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3 - BTS) - Rive and Makeshift assisted Bashur in Deadpool's interrogation. They hooked him up to a synaptic neural scanner that allowed them to review his memories.

(Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3) - Rive, Makeshift and Bashur were fascinated by Deadpool's memories, though they wondered how he ever beat cancer. When Rive removed his mask, they were all horrified by his ravaged face, which revealed he had never beat the illness. The shock left them ill-prepared for the arrival of Deadpool's ally Weasel who had come to mount a one-man rescue mission. He entered the Edsel with guns blazing, which caused an overload and an explosion that freed Deadpool who immediately attacked his assailants. While Weasel seemingly killed Bashur, Makeshift watched Deadpool stab Rive to death with her own blade. Deadpool then threw Rive's dying body at her, which interrupted her attempts to prepare an explosive timebomb. Deadpool then used the lethal explosive device against her. Deadpool and Weasel left the Executive Elite for dead.

(Deadpool II#33) - The spirit of Rive was briefly summoned by T-Ray when he wanted to confront Deadpool with all the people he had killed over the years.

(Cable & Deadpool I#22 (fb) - BTS) - Bashur, now know as Black Box, reactivated clones of Rive and Makeshift and made them his personal protectors. They moved into his sizable base in New Delhi.

(Cable & Deadpool I#22) - When Black Box learned Cable and Deadpool were headed to him to claim the Dominus Objective, he alerted Makeshift and Rive who were eager for a rematch with the merc with the mouth. They didn't have to wait long: the two mercenaries were already there and attacked. While Cable went after Black Box, Rive and Makeshift focused on Deadpool who only had vague memories of ever killing them in the first place. He quickly grew bored and killed them again.

(Cable & Deadpool I#22 - BTS) - Seconds after their cloned bodies died, Rive and Makeshift were reborn in new clone forms.

(Cable & Deadpool I#22) - Deadpool was surprised when he had to fight the women again "only five minutes after killing them". He wasted little time wasting them again, their bleeding bodies dropping next to their other clones.

(Cable & Deadpool I#22 - BTS) - Cable and Deadpool confronted and killed Black Box. In reality Bashur re-emerged in a new clone body and called up dozens of copies of Rive and Makeshift, all ready for battle.

(Cable & Deadpool I#23) - Cable told Deadpool to handle the small army of Rives and Makeshifts while he chased Garabed Bashur. Deadpool reveled in the slaughter, telling himself this guilt-free carnage felt like a video game. Deadpool continued to kill dozens of copies until the battle was joined by Cat and the B.A.D. Girls who had been hired by Cable to provide back-up.

(Cable & Deadpool I#23 - BTS) - While the B.A.D. Girls helped out Deadpool, the Cat located the cloning facilities where he spotted dozens of copies of Rive and Makeshift ready to be activated. Destroying the controls caused the clone vats to be destroyed.

(Cable & Deadpool I#23) - The slaughter of Rives and Makeshifts stopped when there were only eight pairs of them left and Cat returned to confirm there would be no more replacements. As a result, the two mercenaries laid down their arms. Much to everyone's surprise, Cable then walked in with Black Box who announced there was no more need for hostilities: he and the Executive Elite were now working for Cable.

Comments: Created by Fabian Nicieza, Joe Madureira, Harry Candelario.

"Rive" is a verb, meaning 'to split or tear apart violently'... Which is what she did with her sword.

Rive was cloned so often, it's hard to know Deadpool even killed the real one back in Sarajevo. It's also remarkable that her clones seem instantly aware of the last thing that happened to their predecessor(s) before they died, not to mention that they all come equipped with her weapons skills. None of her clones seemed to be suffering from cellular degradation, which is believed to be an inevitable part of creating copies of copies. It's possible Makeshift's techno-wizardry helped perfect this rather advanced cloning technique.

And speaking of clones: Cable & Deadpool wrapped up long before Fabian Nicieza ever got around to answering the question what eight clones of Rive (and Makeshift) were supposed to be doing. Presumably, they're still around trying to figure out who is the genuine article.  

Rive, as part of the Executive Elite, was profiled in Deadpool Corps: Rank and Foul I#1. Her full name was first revealed in that profile.

Profile by Norvo

CLARIFICATIONS:
Rive should not be confused with


Rive's clones

Black Box used genetic material from the original Anastasia Summit to create dozens of clones. Kept in special vats, these copies were programmed with all the memories and skills of Rive. They were stored in Black Box's New Delhi base. He activated a copy of Rivet and their Executive Elite teammate Makeshift to serve as his personal protectors. When Cable, Deadpool, Cat and the B.A.D. Girls attacked Black Box in his home to retrieve the Dominus Protocols, dozens of clones were sent against them. In the end, Cat destroyed the remaining clones in their vats, leaving only eight activated copies of Rive and Makeshift who all swore allegiance to Cable when Black Box announced they had joined forces.

-- Cable & Deadpool I#23









Images: (without ads)
Cable & Deadpool I#22, p9, pan1 (main)
Deadpool Circle Chase I#3, p4, pan2 (fires blades)
Deadpool Circle Chase I#3, p6, pan2 (original costume)
Deadpool Circle Chase I#3, p19, pan1 (dies)
Cable & Deadpool I#23, p14, pan2 (clones fighting)
Cable & Deadpool I#23, p17, pan1 (clone vats)


Appearances:
Deadpool: Circle Chase I#3 (October, 1997) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Joe Madureira (pencils), Harry Candelario (inks), Suzanne Gaffney (editor)
Deadpool II#33 (October, 1999) - Joe Kelly (writer), David Brewer (pencils), Rodney Ramos (inks), Ruben Diaz (editor)
Cable & Deadpool I#22 (January, 2006) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Patrick Zircher (pencils), Udon's M3th (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Cable & Deadpool I#23 (February, 2006) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Patrick Zircher (pencils), Udon's M3th (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Deadpool Corps: Rank & Foul I#1 (May, 2010) - Jeff Christiansen et al (writers), Jeff Youngquist et al (editors)


First Posted: 08/26/2025
Last Updated: 08/26/2025

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