Origin

One of the first mutants to emerge post AVX, Iara dos Santos lived in Brazil when her mutant powers kicked in. She suddenly had an amazing graving for fish, and went to the doks to eat the fish some illigela fisherman had just brought in. When the fisherman attacked Iara, she changed the shape of her hands into claws. Her mouth became something like that of a sharkmouth. She was found by Warren Worthington, the Angel, whom, after a fight against Mystique and Silver Samuarai, eventually convinced her to be recruited to the Jean Grey School.

Creation

Shark-Girl was created by Jason Aaron and Steven Sanders and first appeared in Wolverine & the X-Men Vol.1 issue 20 (2012).

Major Story Arcs

With the Jean Grey Institute

Shark-Gril joined the Jean Grey School just in time to catch the Murder Circus! She may want to consider skipping out on that fieldtrip.

Iara has made close friends with the alien super-genius Broo, Idie who controls fire and ice and Genesis, a proto-form of Apocalypse.

A training class to the Savage Land leads to trouble when Wolverine's alleged brother tries to steal away all the students.

In the storyline called 'Infinity: The Hunt' Iara is chosen as part of the Jean Grey class to participate in a goodwill 'Contest of Champions' with other powered-schools from across the globe. It was just then Thanos' forces chose to attack; and they had a mad-on for powered teens.

A S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltration of the school reveals that Iara has taken to sleeping in her shark form and in fact has caused bite damage to her bathroom.

Iara and her friends were shown to have been aware of the infiltration unit the entire time. They had hoped the two S.H.I.E.L.D. officers would instead see the benefits of the entire school and not turn on them.

Spider-man and the X-men

When Wolverine died, he left a message to request Spider-man's help and hired him as a teacher so he could observe a group of students as Logan suspected that one of them was a mole. Iara was part of the special class of Spider-man. During their first classes, they were ambushed and captured by Sauron and Stegron, and both of them developed an infaution towards Shark Girl. She decided to use it for her advantage, pretending to betray her friends while turning the villains against each other and rescuing her classmates and teachers. This initiative impressed Spider-man that during the science fair he appointed her as one of the captains of the science project. After the mole was discovered and Sinister defeated, Iara started a brief relationship with Hellion.

Post Terrigen Mists

The needs of mutants, plus bad luck, caused the Xaiver Institute to teleport to the middle of Central Park. The place, now under Headmistress Kitty Pryde, reformed and rebuilt. Iara is again a student in the pages of 'Generation X'. She protects and assists in multiple incidents, such as a racist terrorist and attack and rescuing New Yorkers from a cave in caused by her old ally, a giant land entity called Krakoa.

Age of X-man

Iara was one of the many X-men that answered Jean Grey's call to fight against Nate Grey and like the rest of the X-men, she ended trapped in his pocket reality and her memories rewritten to fit his narrative of a perfect uotpia for mutants. Iara was one of the many students of the Hope Summers Institute, being friends with Armor, Pixie, Anole, Rockslide and Glob Herman. When Nate Grey was defeated, Shark Girl returned to Earth.

Krakoa and From the Ashes

Iara was one of the many mutants that joined the nation of Krakoa, where she developed her skills as a drummer and occasionally played with Dazzler and Lila Cheney. She joined Oya, Nekra and Bling! in patrolling the coasts of Krakoa from pirates, but unlike the first two, she didn't broke any of the laws and wasn't exiled from the island. When she and Bling! discovered what happened to their friends, they prepared a ship so that they could escape, but Sabretooth was able to stole it.

After the end of the first Krakoan era, Iara became the official drummer of Dazzler, taking part of her world tour. Once this was over after a lot of incidents, Iara parted ways with Dazzler and decided to start her own group with DJ, creating She Attax.

Powers and Abilities

Iara has the mutant ability to transform into a humanoid shark. while in her hybrid form, she can walk around on her legs and still retain use of her hands. She still has her full human memories and consciousness while in transitional forms. She can stay underwater indefinitely or on land. Although like normal day sharks if she tastes blood she will go on a frenzy. She has superhuman strength, enough to shatter a cinder block. Superhuman speed, she can swim with impressive speed in the water. She has superhuman stamina, Iara has advanced musculature that produces less fatigue toxins while during physical activity than the musculature of humans. Amphibious breathing, Iara can breathe underwater with the use of her gills, although she can breathe on land too. She also processes sharp claws and fangs.

Other Media

Games

X-men: Battle of the Atom

Shark-Girl is featured in the mobile card game "X-Men: Battle of the Atom" based on the comic book story with the same name. Her cards are:

• Shark-Girl