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
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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