Character History

Maria immigrated to the United States with her husband Karl Vasko.  In the United States they started their family and had two daughters.  The oldest daughter Jane Vasko became a police officer and eventually a detective.  While undercover she was forced to take a cocktail of bad drugs that nearly killed her and left her in a coma for over a year.  While in her coma both Maria and Karl died and it inspired their daughter to become Painkiller Jane.