Rampage (Karen Lou "Kitty" Faulkner) is a fictional character in the DC Comics. The character first appeared in Supermancomic books, and was later utilized in Starman. Rampage has a distinct appearance, with orange skin, a towering, muscular build, and a fiery red mohawk. Rampage's personality is (like her namesake) hot-tempered, aggressive and uninhibited, the complete opposite of her alter ego Kitty Faulkner.
Publication history
Rampage first appeared in Superman (vol. 2) #7 and was created by John Byrne.
Fictional character biography
Kitty Faulkner is a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist who creates a pollution-free energy source for a competition sponsored by the Daily Planet. Thomas Moyers, a colleague arguing the potential dangers of the project, disables the machine's safety systems, transforming Faulkner into a metahuman who can absorb solar energy to empower herself.[1][2]
Months later, Faulkner learns that she will die without continuous exposure to energy. Moyers develops a collar to keep her alive, after which she becomes an ally of Superman and enters a relationship with Starman.[3]
Powers and abilities
Rampage can absorb and store solar energy as sustenance to empower herself. She can also leap great distances, simulating the effects of flight.[4]
A character loosely based on Karen Faulkner named Kit Faulkner appears in the second season of Superman & Lois, portrayed by Catherine Lough Haggquist.[8] This version is a geologist working for AmerTek Industries who oversees a mining operation at the Shuster Mine in Smallville and is connected to Ally Allston's Inverse Method cult. While attempting to keep people away from the Shuster Mine, Faulkner is killed by Bizarro.
Rampage appears in the Supergirl tie-in digital comic Adventures of Supergirl.[10] This version is an alien named Caren Falqnerr who can assume a human form.
