Who Is Southpaw? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Southpaw is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Sasha Martin, with over 24 comic issue appearances. Southpaw is the juvenile delinquent granddaughter of Holden Holliway. She lived with She-Hulk for a time before escaping during the destruction of the Excelsior Apartment by Titania.

Who is Southpaw?

Origin Sasha Martin had a trouble childhood after her parents died, in her teens she found a piece of alien technology and saw it as her chance to do whatever she wanted. She took the name Southpaw and assembled her own gang called D-Generation using her powers to do whatever she wanted, and take anything she wanted whenever she wanted. Eventually, while solo, she was apprehended by the New Warriors and sent to the Scott Lang Memorial Prison aka "The Big House" where superhuman inmates were shrunk with Pym Particle gas to be more manageable. The Mad Thinker needed Southpaw's assistance to engineer a breakout of The Big House, knowing that her grandfather Holden Holliway would ensure that she was remanded to his custody and re-enlarged. When the escapees endangered Holden's life she helped apprehend them and was then remanded to the custody of She-Hulk , possibly the only person strong enough to keep her in line. When an Infinity Gem -empowered Titania fought She-Hulk, Southpaw took the opportunity to flee, though the example She-Hulk set for her might have made her rethink her criminal impulses. Powers & Abilities Southpaw possesses an alien gauntlet that grants her superhuman .

Key facts

Southpaw is of human origin and first appeared in "The Big Picture Part 1: More than a Handful". The character is published by Marvel. With 24 recorded issue appearances, Southpaw ranks among the most featured characters in comics.