RACHELLE EVERETTRACHELLE EVERETT
Real Name: Rachelle Everett
Identity/Class: Alternate
Reality (Earth-7484)
human mutate/cyborg
Occupation: Revolutionary;
former research scientist
Group Membership: Formerly Project:
Alpha-Mech;
presumably other groups before being pulled into the
development of Deathlok
Affiliations: Janice
Manning (now Janice Travers), rats;
formerly Luther
Manning
Enemies: Deathlok
(Luther Manning), Simon
Ryker
Known Relatives: Merced Everett (Ratticus;
husband; apparently deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
at least formerly Rachelle's tower base
in Manhattan, New York
Education: Presumably a Ph.D. in the field of prosthetics, bionics, and/or cybernetics
First Appearance: Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 (November, 2024)
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Powers/Abilities: Rachelle has presumably self-created/implanted cybernetic devices, including a bionic right eye and a head piece that enables her to control rats within whom she has implanted intracranial receptors. Rachelle has the means to implant such cybernetic implants within herself and others. She can further apparently genetically manipulate the forms of others. She notably transformed her husband's corpse into rat-human hybrid cyborg that she could control via her own cybernetic devices. She has a small laboratory/base with advanced
computer technology capable of scanning advanced cyborg beings, as
well as generating an electromagnetic pulse. She also has access
to tranquilizer drugs, darts and guns, and she is experienced at
wielding such a gun. Rachelle is a genius in the field of prosthetics, bionics, and/or cybernetics Rachelle was previously a kind and gentle
woman, dedicated to helping wounded veterans. The death of her
husband pushed her to the edge of sanity +/- beyond, and she
sought vengeance, willing to lie to, manipulate and sacrifice
former allies to such an end. Weight: Unrevealed (difficult to approximate due to unrevealed construction and mechanical content); originally likely 220 lbs. Eyes: (Right, organic) brown; (left, bionic) red; both presumably originally brown Hair: Brown |
.   History: (Deathlok 50th
Anniversary Special#1 (fb)) - Rachelle worked with her husband,
Merced, seeking to save soldiers from living with debilitating
injuries. They worked for years to develop prosthetics to help
veterans. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 (fb)) - Prior to the war, Merced and Rachelle enjoyed dinners with Janice and Luther Manning; Rachelle later considered these to be some of her best memories from before the war. |
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(Deathlok 50th
Anniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - Pigeons and rats were the
only animals left alive in New York City. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - Rachelle blamed both Simon Ryker and Deathlok for Merced's fate, and she vowed revenge. She made do with what was available, and she rebuilt Merced as a cyborg rat-man, which she named Ratticus. Additionally, with only pigeons
and rats surviving in New York City and with pigeons' brains too
small for her needs, she implanted intracranial receptors --
similar to those used in Deathlok's brain -- into a large number
of rats. She further apparently planted cybernetic devices into
herself enabling her to control these rats. These rats scavenged the city
for her, finding anything useful for her needs. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - Via faking an emergency beacon from Simon Ryker, Rachelle lured Deathlok to her tower base within the zoo (around the junction of West 57th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan). (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1) - After Deathlok had battled some cannibals, Rachelle dropped him with a tranquilizer dart. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - Rachelle brought Deathlok to her base.(Deathlok 50thAnniversary Special#1) - Rachelle's computers analyzed Deathlok's form. As Deathlok revived, Rachelle welcomed him back to consciousness, telling him that she hoped he didn't mind her doing a little poking around in his hardware while he was out. She further told him that he was even more impressive than she had hoped. She further apologized for the restraints, the electromagnetic pulse and the tranquilizer, but she told him that she had to make time to say her piece. Appreciating that she had 53 seconds until his operating systems rebooted, she quickly explained that Ryker had stolen technology from her and her husband to create Deathlok and that she wanted him to help her kill Ryker. After she called him Luther and noted how she had known him, Deathlok recognized her as Dr. Rachelle Everett, and she noted her fond memories of the dinners with his family. When she told him that she liked to think that Janice would have wanted him to help her, Deathlok told her to save the manipulation, as she had him at "kill Ryker." |
 Rachelle
them noted how she had wired technology into rat brains that was
similar to what kept Deathlok going, and that she could control
their movements with her thoughts. She further explained that she
only had rats and pigeons to work with, and pigeons' brains were
too small for the intracranial receptors. Rachelle then noted that her rat assistants had scavenged the city for anything useful, and that they had determined that Ryker had taken over and was currently using the Flatiron Building. She additionally had found a schematic of the building in the wreckage of the city records building. Deathlok's computer detected subterfuge in Rachelle's statements. Deathlok pointed out the flaw in their plans in the two of them facing perhaps two platoons of goons and that he was aware she was setting him up, but that he would help anyway so he could confront Ryker. While Deathlok took out a number of Ryker's agents at the front of the building and then scaled its wall and gained access to an upper level, Rachelle sneaked in through the sewers. (Deathlok 50thAnniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - Presumably via her rat assistants, Rachelle had the entire Flatiron Building wired with explosives. However, at some point Ryker captured Rachelle. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1) - Deathlok located Ryker and Rachelle. Responding either to the threat to Rachelle or to her telepathic/remote commands, Ratticus than shattered the wall and entered the room alongside a number of rats serving Rachelle. She told Ryker and Deathlok that everything and everyone she had ever loved lied in ruin because of the two of them and that she had waited years to have her revenge. She related how Ryker had taken Merced's research for himself to develop Deathlok and how Merced had been one of many scientists tragically killed when the program went online against expert advice. Deathlok apologized for his actions, noting that he had not been in his right mind when he was first activated, but Rachelle noted how she had rebuilt Merced better than before and that both Deathlok and Ryker would find their miserable ends at Ratticus' hands. Forced by his internal computer to protect Ryker, Deathlok engaged Ratticus while noting he would prefer to let him chew through Ryker. Meanwhile, Rachelle noted how the entire building had been wired with explosives (presumably via her rat assistants) and that they had 45 seconds. As she fled, Ryker rushed after her, but her rats attacked him, forcing him back. (Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1 - BTS) - Overcoming his programming, Deathlok approached Ratticus, offering a truce and suggesting that that they could rebuild civilization themselves (presumably after having taking care of Ryker). However, Ryker then shot Ratticus through the head, apparently killing him. Resisting his computer's control, Deathlok charged Ryker, planning to kill him, but he was then summoned into the modern era/heroic age of Earth-616 by Dr. Doom, who sought to use him for his own ends. |
Comments: Created
by Justina Ireland and Luke Ross.
I am proud to have been a consultant for this issue.
It was a lot of fun.
As far as I can tell, there's no reason this story can't take place in Reality-7484, at least up to the point of Deathlok being transported back in time to Earth-616's modern era by Dr. Doom. After that, we don't know whether a new reality diverges as Deathlok either doesn't return or returns significantly changed; or if Deathlok is going to be returned to his own time essentially unchanged to live out his previously chronicled existence.
Rachelle and Merced's names sound
French to me. Merced has the appearance of a man of African descent, but
Merced has a lighter complexion and straight brown hair. I don't know if
they were both meant to be French, or perhaps from one of the many African
or European, etc. French-speaking nations.
The Deathlok stories in Astonishing Tales were almost continuous. I think there are only two points chronologically in which this story could occur:
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Rachelle Everett was likely named in homage to
EVERETT, BILL - legendary
comic book writer and artist--
she should be distinguished from:
  Rachelle worked out of a Manhattan base with numerous computer banks, aided by her rats with cerebral implants. She has a small laboratory/base with advanced computer technology capable of scanning advanced cyborg beings, as well as generating an electromagnetic pulse. She also has access to tranquilizer drugs, darts and guns, and she is experienced at wielding such a gun. --Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1/2 |
 Implanted with cerebral
receptors by Rachelle Everett, they were mentally controlled by
her via her own cybernetic implants.She possessed an unrevealed number of such rats, perhaps hundreds. Enough of them apparently were able to carry Deathlok's 600 lb. frame. They scavenged the city for her, finding anything useful for her needs. They also served as a fighting force, able to swarm over and agonize humans with bites and scratches. --Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special#1/2 |
First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 09/27/2026
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(Deathlok
50th Anniversary Special#1 (fb)) - When their funding
was repurposed for the Deathlok program
(Project: Alpha-Mech), Rachelle and Merced went along with it,
but all of Merced's recommendations were ignored by Simon Ryker.
(Deathlok 50th
Anniversary Special#1 (fb)) - Merced and Rachelle were working
in the building when Deathlok (the deceased Luther Manning
revived/rebuilt as a cyborg) went online against expert advice.
Rachelle watched in horror as Merced was crushed by masonry as
Deathlok rampaged.