Masada is a fictional

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 comic book

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 superhero from Image Comics

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. Created by Rob Liefeld

Rob Liefeld

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Fictional character biography

Masada (real name: Deborah Konigsberg) is a fictional Jewish superhero

Superhero

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 from Image Comics

Image Comics

Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

, a member of Team Youngblood.

An Israeli crimefighter, she has the power to increase her size and become a giantess

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. She claims the source of her powers is the souls of the Jewish warriors who died at Masada

Masada

Masada is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel, on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada is best known for the violence that occurred there in the first century CE...

 (hence her name) as well as all those who gave their lives in the name of Judaism. A troubled young woman, Masada is sometimes emotionally overwhelmed by the voices of the spirits that echo within her. She hates surprises.

See also

• Image Comics
  Image Comics
  Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
  
  
• List of current Image Comics publications
• Youngblood
  Youngblood (comics)
  Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their self-titled comic book, created by writer/artist Rob Liefeld. The team made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 one-shot Megaton: Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for Image Comics...