MERRY, GIRL OF 1000 GIMMICKS

Real Name: Merry Pemberton

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Mysterywoman

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: "Fly-Foot" Creamer (father, deceased), Henry King (Brainwave, husband, deceased), Henry King Jr. (Brainwave, son), Arthur Pemberton (adoptive nephew), Gloria Pemberton (adoptive mother, deceased), Jacquelyn Pemberton (Gimmix, daughter, deceased), Sylvester Pemberton Jr. (Skyman, adoptive brother, deceased), Sylvester Pemberton Sr. (adoptive father, deceased), unnamed adoptive brother

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Civic City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Star-Spangled Comics #81 (June, 1948)

Powers: Merry had ingenious gimmicks hidden in a pocket in her cape and up her sleeves. She was athletic and a fine hand-to-hand combatant.

History

(DCU Holiday Bash #2) - <December 24, 1944> Merry and the Justice Society put on the Justice Society Canteen for troops home for the holidays. They helped foil Nazi saboteurs that tried to blow up the canteen, thanks to the help of Ensign James Gordon.

(Hawkman IV #25) - Merry took Brainwave into her custody after he'd been cured of his madness by Atom and the JSA.

Comments: Created by Otto Binder & Win Mortimer.

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths DCU Merry lived on Earth-2.

Merry received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15.

Merry had a cameo in JSA #82.

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