Medusa

Medusa  was a woman cursed with the hair and reptilian skin of snakes, and whose beauty had the power to transform men into stone statues. She had two sisters, Stheno and Euryale, who are also Gorgons like her, but unlike Medusa, Stheno and Euryale were immortal.

Medusa was played and voiced by Natalia Vodianova.

Backstory
Medusa and her sisters were once beautiful maidens full of promise and hope. Medusa was the goddess Athena's prized priestess, until Medusa was raped by the sea-god, Poseidon. Worse, Athena did not protect her from his assault. Athena turned Medusa and her two sisters into the Gorgons, and banished them from the world of man despite their innocence in the whole ordeal. The three settled on an island on the edge of the ocean and hid there, protecting one another. Stheno and Eurayle killed anyone who came ashore the island in order to protect their sister who was only partially immortal, while Medusa stayed hidden in an abandoned Temple in the heart of the island, pleading with the Fates for death, despising her very existence.

History
Medusa was considered a good archer. The Stygian Witches told Hulk that in order to defeat Thor, he must travel to the Greek Underworld and make his way to Medusa's lair. Ixas, Eusebios, and Draco end up turned to stone while Sheikh Sulie sacrifices his life force to damage Medusa. Enraged by his friends' deaths, Hulk manages to beat down and behead Medusa with his bare hands, finally ending her tormented life. As she dies, Medusa's severed head thanks Hulk for destroying her.

Abilities

 * Stone Gaze: Medusa has the terrifying ability to turn her enemies to stone if they look her in the eyes. There doesn't seem to be a way to reverse the effects. Strangely, Hulk is somehow immune to this ability...


 * Archery: Medusa is a vey skilled archer, capable of hitting a target from a great distance with amazing accuracy.
 * Serpent Tail: Medusa has the lower body of a snake, which enables her to move rather quickly across uneven terrain. She can also constrict her foes with her tail like a real snake. She also has a metal spike on the tip of her tail, which she can use to stab at her opponents in close quarters.