· Name: Nicole Callahan

· First appearance: Gen13 (miniseries) #1

· Origin: unknown

· Known Relatives: Matthew (brother) aka Threshold, Rachel (mother, deceased), Stephen (father, deceased), Sarah Rainmaker (half-sister)

· Profile: For a long time, the government was conducting experiments on human beings to get an army of super soldiers. The twelfth iteration, called Gen12, was a result of Miles Craven's jealousy toward the Stormwatch project and his desire to control his own team of SPBs (Super-Powered Beings). Craven took Team 7, I.O.s super-secret fighting force drawn from the best the U.S. military had to offer, and deliberately exposed them to the Gen-Factor virus. This diabolical experiment produced bona fide psychic powers, but also made most of the subjects mentally unstable. A new improvement was tried, this time using the children of Gen12, under the belief that they would be easier to mutate, since they already had mutated genes. Not all the members of Gen12 were willing to give their sons and daughters to such manipulations. That was the case with Team 7 member Stephen Callahan, who tried to escape in 1979 with his wife and his two children. He failed, and he and his wife were killed before their children's eyes. Fifteen years later, both Nicole and her older brother Matthew, were the most valuable pawns of the Genesis Project within I.O. (International Operations).

Unlike her brother, Nicole is more concerned about enjoying life than about developing her potentials. Still, she possesses considerable psychic power, able to manipulate the emotions of those she chooses. However, Bliss also has some problems; she's irresponsible, provocative and nymphomaniacal. When Craven and Ivana began to recruit personnel for the Gen13 project, a small group composed of Caitlin Fairchild, Roxanne Spaulding, Percival Chang, Sarah Rainmaker and Bobby Lane escaped after having their potentials triggered. Although Threshold, her brother, controlled the situation, Bliss found an unconcious Burnout lying on the ground, and woke him up with a kiss that was bound to have further consequences, considering her powers. Unfortunately for her, she got caught by Rainmaker, who maintained a grip on her until Threshold abandoned the combat, carrying her away but promising to return. Not that Bliss worried much, anyway, her last words being 'Bye, Burnout!"' Bliss returned to assist Bobby and the Gen13 team when they were having problems in Italy, though her motivations remain known only to her. Some time after this incident, Bliss, her brother, and five super-powered teens were taken to Manhattan by Ivana - where they now comprise the group known as DV8.

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