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Barb Wire
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Real Name
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Barbara Kopetski
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First Appearance
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Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor #1 (August, 1993)
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Creators
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Mike Richardson, Randy Stradley, Barbara Kesel, Jerry Prosser, Chris Warner
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Team Affiliations
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None
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Aiases
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None
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Base of Operations
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Steel Harbor
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Powers
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None
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Skills and Abilities
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Fighting Skills, Weapons Expertise
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Paraphernalia
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Various Weapons
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Barb Wire is a superheroine/antiheroine found in two superhero universes from Dark Horse Comics (Comic's Greatest World, and the Project Black Sky Universe).
Origin[]
A thrill seeking tough girl, Barbara Kopetski leads a life as a bounty hunter named Barb Wire in order to keep her bar open.
Biography[]
Comics Greatest World[]
Barbara Kopetski was born in Steel Harbor to an unnamed mother and father, who raised her with the help of her grandmother alongside her brother Charlie. Her father was a former marine (who fought in Korea) and steel worker while her mother was a police officer. Eventually, her father was bed-ridden and suffering from Alzheimer's disease while her mother died from unknown causes.
When Barbara was a little girl, Steel Harbor was thriving but as she grew older the town suffered in the hands of various criminal factions. For a time, she left the dying city when she was in her late teens/early 20's, but she eventually returned to Steel Harbor. There, she opened the Hammerhead Bar and Grille and became a bounty hunter, though it is unclear which happened first. It wasn't long before she became one of the city's noted power platers, capable of taking out super-powered targets.