Natalia Reed (New Earth)

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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Abilities 2.2 Strength level 2.3 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Transportation 3.2 Weapons 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References 7.1 Footnotes

History

History of character is unknown.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Natalie Reed is an expert in the field of aeronautical engineering and helped to design the Gruman XFSF1 Skyrocket jets used by the Blackhawk Squadron. She is also trained in hand-to-hand combat, is an expert driver, pilot, and is fluent in Russian.

Strength level

In her prime, Natalie Reed possessed the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engaged in moderate regular exercise.

Weaknesses

Lack of peripheral vision due to physical handicap

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Motorcycle; Natalie also flies a modified Grumman XF5F Skyrocket - the same plane that Janos Prohaska flew in the early days of World War II. Natalie redesigned the engine and increased the take-off velocity, turning it into one of the fastest planes in the sky.

Weapons

Revolver

Notes

• Natalie's son Jimmy was adopted by Chuck Sirianni and his wife Mairzey.

Trivia

• Many of the Golden Age Blackhawk stories originally published by Quality Comics exist as actual comic books in the DC Universe. In 1948, Natalie Reed worked as a writer on the in-universe Blackhawk comic book and published sensationalized accounts of the Blackhawks' missions. Squadron member Weng Chen was particularly disgruntled over Reed's portrayal of him as a buck-toothed cleaver-wielding fry cook with a bad accent.

• Natalie Reed won the "Miss Young Communist League" beauty contest of 1937.

• Played a bit part in the 1938 feature film "Gun Molls in Trouble".

• Natalie Reed is second American to join the Blackhawks. The first was Chuck Sirianni.

See Also

• Discuss Natalia Reed (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Natalia Reed (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Natalia Reed (New Earth)
• Quotations by Natalia Reed (New Earth)
• Images featuring Natalia Reed (New Earth)

Links and References

• Blackhawk (Volume 3) Annual #1
  

Footnotes

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