Shutter-Bird

Shutter-Bird is the first Nigerian live-action superhero character in Nigerian comics books created by film director Urenna Amadi and published by Afriwood Comics and owned by Afriwood Motion Pictures Company. The comic character was created on November 27, 2020, in Owerri, Imo State.

Shutter-Bird
Publication information
Publisher	Afriwood Comics
First appearance	Urenna Amadi: The extraordinary Shutter bird (November 2022)
Created by	Urenna Amadi
In-story information
Full name	Urenna Amadi
Place of origin	Owerri, Imo State
Abilities	Superhuman strength, agility, speed, and durability flash freezing ability super human aperture sensitivity night vision telescopic abilities shooting abilities

Shutter-Bird first appeared in "Urenna Amadi: The Extraordinary Shutter-Bird," a comic book released in 2022 and designed to introduce Shutter-Bird to Nigerians and the world at large. She has been featured in comic books, television shows, movies, video games, magazines, novels, plays, and merchandise.

Character biography

Shutter-Bird centers on a true-life story, albeit with a touch of fiction. Shutter-Bird is a young female art student named "Urenna Amadi," who is traumatized by the early death of her father. She experienced depression and abuse but was able to use her technological and artistic sense to use her father's camera to make a sophisticated and extraterrestrial device from the camera lens, which has the ability to freeze anything. She has flash freezing ability as well as superhuman aperture sensitivity, night vision, speed, and strength to fight crimes and avenge the death of her father. Shutter-Bird emerges from an intriguing background with a storyline that fuses elements of technology, supernatural abilities, and a little bit of science fiction.

Power, skills and equipment

Shutter-Bird has an array of super powers in her shutter lens, which is infused into her body suit. These superpowers furnish her with strength, speed, super reflexes, durability, healing factor, night vision, aperture sensitivity, acrobatics, stamina, agility, shooting, snapping, freezing, and telescopic abilities. Shutter-Bird is an innovative addition to the ever-expanding universe of super heroes.

The character's costume is blue and yellow. The blue colour represents the masculine energy of Shutter-Bird, which symbolizes power, speed, courage, swiftness, confidence, depth, and stability. The yellow colour represents feminine energy, which symbolizes happiness, cheerfulness, hope, optimism, spontaneity, creativity, intellect, warmth, energy, safety, and friendliness. 

Comic Series

Shutter-Bird was first featured in a comic series titled "Urenna Amadi: The Extraordinary Shutter-Bird." Its first chapter was released in 2022. It was created by film director and producer Urenna Amadi. In this chapter, the lives of Urenna Amadi, her grandma, and Uncle Ben were introduced.

In these chapters, Urenna Amadi saves a young lady from gangsters. Despite being bullied at school and having her father's bicycle stolen, her spirit remains unbroken. Demonstrating her dedication to justice, Urenna Amadi aids in the search for a missing girl. She helps her friend out of a confrontation with a school gang and prevents robbers from raiding a petrol station.

The main character in the graphic novel is Urenna Amadi, while other characters are Grandma, Uncle Ben, John, Idalia, Zazzu, Dennis, and Donald.