| As a little girl, Angelica Brancale wanted to mix it up with the boys, but her father insisted she stick to more ladylike diversions. She learned to cook and sew but became obese, leading to abuse and ridicule at school. Failing at dieting, Angelica felt frightened, sad and unloved with her idealized mental image trapped within her huge body. Employed as one of Dr. Carolyn Trainer’s secretaries, she became enamoured of Carolyn’s partner in crime Dr. Octopus. Seeking an expendable subject for their attempt to create a tangible virtual reality interface, Carolyn and Otto chose Angelica. Otto dated her, gaining her trust, before revealing Carolyn’s VR matrix. Smitten, Angelica agreed to rigorous and painful testing, hooked into a life support and VR apparatus with implants inserted directly into her cerebral cortex. Month’s later, Angelica successfully projected her idealized self image into reality and Stunner was born. |
