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*Cyberella*
Cyberella
	Cover to Cyberella #2 by Don Cameron.
Publication information
Publisher	Helix (DC Comics imprint)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Cyberpunk;
Publication date	1996 – 1997
No. of issues	12
Main character(s)	Cyberella / Sunny Winston
Creative team
Created by	Don Cameron and Howard Chaykin
Written by	Howard Chaykin
Artist(s)	Don Cameron
Colorist(s)	Nathan Eyring
Editor(s)	Stuart Moore

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Cyberella is an American comic book series first published in 1996 as part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix. The title was initially scheduled to be an ongoing monthly, but, owing to poor sales figures for both it and the Helix line generally, was cancelled after twelve issues in 1997. Written by Howard Chaykin and drawn by Don Cameron the title has been variously described as a techno-satire and a populist cyberpunk dystopia.

Plot synopsis

Sunny Winston is an 'ordinary citizen' who exhibits aberrant behaviour living in the insular consumer-driven society of a near-future Earth.

Karoshi/Macrocorp has designed a program to keep the human masses under its sway by exploiting their affinity with popular culture. This program is based on "Lil Ella", a cartoon character created by Kelton Mosby the founder of Karoshi/Macrocorp, based on Ella Fiscus, a child star who died in a factory accident. Following Mosby's death, Karoshi/Macrocorp falls under the sway of Bronson Travis and his descendants including Bronson Travis III, the one time lover of Sunny Winston.

The Karoshi/Macrocorp plan backfires and leads to the merging of the persona of Sunny Winston with the 'Lil Ella program. The end-product of this fusion is 'Cyberella' a being imbued with various 'super-powers' (including the ability to meld her mind with others) and who sets about undermining the ambitions of Karoshi/Macrocorp.

The events narrated by the comic take place in Slangeliego, "the capital of the twenty first century [and] the greatest city in the world", a megalopolis stretching the length of the west coastline of the North American continent, from Vancouver in Canada southwards down to Tijuana in Mexico.

References

Cyberella at the Grand Comics Database
Cyberella at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Cyberella at the Big Comic Book DataBase

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+{{All plot|date=April 2023}}
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 | image = Cyberella 02.jpg
-| caption = Cover to ''Cyberella No. 2''. Art by [[Don Cameron (artist)|Don Cameron]]
+| caption = Cover to ''Cyberella'' #2 by Don Cameron.
 | schedule = Monthly
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+| ongoing = y
-|Cyberpunk   = y
+| Cyberpunk = y
 | publisher = [[Helix (comics)|Helix]] ([[DC Comics]] imprint)
-| date = [[1996 in comics|1996]] - [[1997 in comics|1997]]
+| date = [[1996 in comics|1996]] – [[1997 in comics|1997]]
 | issues = 12
-| main_char_team = Cyberella / [[Sunny Winston]]
+| main_char_team = Cyberella / Sunny Winston
 | writers = [[Howard Chaykin]]
-| artists = [[Don Cameron (artist)|Don Cameron]]
+| artists = Don Cameron
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-| colorists = [[Nathan Eyring]]
+| colorists = Nathan Eyring
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-| creators = [[Don Cameron (artist)|Don Cameron]] and [[Howard Chaykin]]
+| creators = Don Cameron and [[Howard Chaykin]]
-| editor = [[Stuart Moore]]
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-'''''Cyberella''''' is a [[comic book]] [[Ongoing series|series]] first published in [[1996 in comics|1996]] as part of the short-lived [[DC Comics]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]], [[Helix (comics)|Helix]].  The title was initially scheduled to be an ongoing monthly, but, owing to poor sales figures for both it and the Helix line generally, was cancelled after twelve issues in [[1997 in comics|1997]].  Written by [[Howard Chaykin]] and drawn by [[Don Cameron (artist)|Don Cameron]] the title has been variously described as a techno-satire and a populist [[cyberpunk]] [[dystopia]].
+'''''Cyberella''''' is an American [[comic book]] [[Ongoing series|series]] first published in [[1996 in comics|1996]] as part of the short-lived [[DC Comics]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] [[Helix (comics)|Helix]]. The title was initially scheduled to be an ongoing monthly, but, owing to poor sales figures for both it and the Helix line generally, was cancelled after twelve issues in [[1997 in comics|1997]]. Written by [[Howard Chaykin]] and drawn by Don Cameron the title has been variously described as a techno-satire and a populist [[cyberpunk]] dystopia.
 ==Plot synopsis==
 Sunny Winston is an 'ordinary citizen' who exhibits aberrant behaviour living in the insular consumer-driven society of a near-future Earth.
-Karoshi/Macrocorp has designed a program to keep the human masses under its sway by exploiting their affinity with popular culture.  This program is based on '' 'Lil Ella'' a cartoon character created by Kelton Mosby the founder of Karoshi/Macrocorp, based on Ella Fiscus, a child star who died in a factory accident.  Following Mosby's death, Karoshi/Macrocorp falls under the sway of Bronson Travis and his descendents including Bronson Travis III, the one time lover of Sunny Winston.
+Karoshi/Macrocorp has designed a program to keep the human masses under its sway by exploiting their affinity with popular culture. This program is based on "Lil Ella", a cartoon character created by Kelton Mosby the founder of Karoshi/Macrocorp, based on Ella Fiscus, a child star who died in a factory accident.  Following Mosby's death, Karoshi/Macrocorp falls under the sway of Bronson Travis and his descendants including Bronson Travis III, the one time lover of Sunny Winston.
-The Karoshi/Macrocorp plan back-fires and leads to the merging of  the persona of Sunny Winston with the 'Lil Ella program.  The end-product of this fusion is 'Cyberella' a being imbued with various 'super-powers' (including the ability to meld her mind with others) and who sets about undermining the ambitions of Karoshi/Macrocorp.
+The Karoshi/Macrocorp plan backfires and leads to the merging of the persona of Sunny Winston with the 'Lil Ella program. The end-product of this fusion is 'Cyberella' a being imbued with various 'super-powers' (including the ability to meld her mind with others) and who sets about undermining the ambitions of Karoshi/Macrocorp.
 The events narrated by the comic take place in ''Slangeliego'', "the capital of the twenty first century [and] the greatest city in the world", a megalopolis stretching the length of the west coastline of the North American continent, from Vancouver in Canada southwards down to Tijuana in Mexico.
 ==References==
-*{{gcdb series|id=5502|title=Cyberella}}
+* {{gcdb series|id=5502|title=Cyberella}}
-*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=9085|title=''Cyberella''}}
+* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=9085|title=''Cyberella''}}
-*[http://www.comics-db.com/DC_Comics/C/Cyberella/index.html ''Cyberella''] at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]]
+* [https://archive.today/20130120022441/http://www.comics-db.com/DC_Comics/C/Cyberella/index.html ''Cyberella''] at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]]
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