The science fiction thriller drama television series "Dark Angel" (2000 - 2002) was a show created and produced for the Fox Network by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. In the show, it was about the life of Max Guevara (Jessica Alba) who was also known as X5-452. Max originally was a young woman who had been raised from the womb in a government program known as Project Manticore. This project was intent on creating genetically engineered government super soldiers at any cost.

To the credit of Max and other children raised by Manticore, they were skilled soldiers who escaped from governmental control and were able to use their superhuman abilities to successfully evade capture for years at a time. As part of the show, it prominently featured a government conspiracy, genetic augmentation, and hard hitting investigative journalism while the super-soldiers were always on the run from their adversaries.

In folklore and superstition, a “manticore” is a legendary hybrid creature that is often made from a lion and a scorpion. On "Dark Angel", Project Manticore created genetic hybrids who were humans with various animal elements. As actual transgenics, the individuals had real abilities that could only be described as...non-normal.

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