Hammerhead

Sphyrna Ryan Murphy is an Australian tinkerer and researcher. She was born near the northern coastlines of Australia in Queensland, to a handyman father and shark biologist mother, hence her name ‘Sphyrna’ which is the scientific name of a ‘Hammerhead Shark’.

She grew up working and tinkering on her dad’s workshop, specifically electronic repairs, woodworking, and other home-related repairs. She also comes with him in his work once in a while. She also found affinity with the sharks her mother studies, being able to swim with them at a young age, although she rarely comes with her in the trips on the northern Australian seas to observe the sharks.

She decided to become a tinkerer in order to fashion devices that will help her mother in her research such as a sonic sensor to detect any sharks in the vicinity. Upon doing so, she also found her affinity in solving problems with physical solutions. She then decided to pursue a career in Engineering with Specialization in Coastal and Ocean Science in University of Queensland.

While fashioning research devices, studying in university, helping her parents in their work, she also provides the local heroes their crime fighting devices, in which she does so in her hero alias ‘Hammerhead’.

She rarely fights the crime herself since she is in a supportive role. However, if necessary, she uses a boomerang that looks like a shark’s caudal fin. She also can ‘talk’ to the sharks through the sonic signals. She has severe Arachnophobia in which even if the word ‘spider’ is spoken, she would irk and retch.

Notes:

• Story is fleshed out with the help of Question This.
• Image generated in x2x’s text2image-generator with the [Imported (2)] - Comic/Manga Illustration
• AI cannot generate a Hammerhead shark so I settled on just shark themed lmaoo.