Vixen

Vixen
First Appearance	Mari Jiwe McCabe
First Appearance	Action Comics (Vol. 1) #521 (July, 1981)
Creators	Gerry Conway, Bob Oksner
Team Affliations	Justice League, Suicide Squad, Checkmate, Ultramarine Corps
Aliases	None
Base of Operations	Mobile
Powers	Mimics the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth, healing factor
Skills and Abilities	Fighting Experience
Tools and Weapons	Tantu Totem

Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe) is a comic book character created by Gerry Conway and Bob Oksner and is a part of the DC Universe.

Origin

An orphan from Africa, Mari McCabe made herself a success as a fashion model and returned to Africa to find that her uncle had entrusted her with a mystical artifact called the Tantu Totem, which gave her the ability to harness the power of animals.  She then used it to fight evil as Vixen.

Biography

Youth

Mari Jiwe was born in Zamesi and was the daughter of Reverend Richard Jiwe and Jeanne-Mari Jiwe, who told her the legend of a mystical artifact called the Tantu Totem as she was growing up.  Later her mother was killed by a poacher named Kwesi, leaving Reverend Jiwe to raise Mari on his own.  However, Reverend Jiwe was murdered by his half-brother General Maksai in an effort to acqiure the Tantu Totem.

As an orphan, Mari fled to America and took the name McCabe.  See eventually became a fashion model in New York City, where she became quite successful and ater gaining exceptional wealth, she decided to travel the world.  Her travels took her back to her home in Zambesi where she met her Uncle once more.