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melonlthawne

Cant you see he’s the epitome of all evil. Wanted for crimes against being too cute.

#bart allen #impulse #dc #fanart

dccomicsbracket

Best of DC (no batfam) Vol. 1, #19: Girl of 1000 Gimmicks vs Robotman

Meredith Pemberton (Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks)

Cliff Steele (Robotman)

Voting ended onMay 10, 2024

Motivations:

Merry is kinda the Schrödinger's cat of superheroes. Nicknamed Merry the girl of 1000 gimmicks. She has a gadget to defeat any foe. Unless she doesn't. The perfect example of hero power scaling. She can beat anyone and be defeated by anyone. Merry made her first comic book appearance in Star Spangled Comics #81 in 1948. Sylvester Pemberton's antics in heroism had caused his parents to grow concerned for his wellbeing, he didn't seem to have many friends so they decided to adopt a daughter so that he would be less lonely. Merry was the daughter of Flyfoot Creamer, who was arrested for theft and an unknown mother (likely deceased due to her lack of presence and Merry being in an orphanage). Upon being adopted into the Pemberton family, Merry was committed to keeping Syl company to his annoyance. On his birthday she hand embroidered him a handkerchief when he refused to accept the gift she threatened to annoy him forever; causing him to accept the gift. Around this time, Fly-Foot Creamer was released from prison however he was blackmailed into returning to a life of crime. During the process of committing this crime Syl (the Star Spangled kid) and his driver Pat (Stripesy) showed up. Fly-foot ended up helping them stop the crime but was mortally wounded in the process, his last words were of his daughter, not wanting anyone to know he was her father as his criminal status might hurt her life. Also in the process of stopping the crime Syl used the handkerchief as an insulating material. Not long after he returns Merry pulls out the newspaper article about this crime as she recognized the handkerchief. She reveals she knows his identity as the Star Spangled Kid. Not long after this Stripesy is injured and Merry decides she wanted to help Syl. He rejects her so she helps him in secret, managing to secretly replace his opponent's gun with a fake. She then goes on her own heroic adventures using her vast assortment of Gimmicks and Gadgets. Later in life she marries Henry King a.k.a. the villain Brainwave. The wiki states that she didn't know he was a villain but in the comics flashbacks show them interacting as villain and hero and their son states that Merry believed he could be a good man. More of an 'I can fix him' attitude. She does not fix him. He ends up in prison. She later appears as a member of 'Old Justice' a group against child heroes. Which makes perfect sense since her brother died and her son ended up institutionalized :(.

#meredith pemberton #cliff steele

cryptocism

*boss battle music plays*

sorry buddy before you can kill the president you have to defeat the 7 evil clones he made of his grandson

(dw tho it’s more like 6 because ur one of em)

#thad thawne #dc comics #this is so fun looking

augustheart

he can’t keep getting away with this

#richard swift #stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #richard (dickie) swift #courtney whitmore #good for him

angelamcss

STARGIRL S02E10

#stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #richard swift #richard (dickie) swift #man arrives on mission to cause problems

whitefluffyyeti

Stargirl “Summer school: chapter ten”

#stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #jennifer-lynn hayden #jennifer lynn hayden #courtney whitmore #eclipso #this is really pretty #she was able to hold him back for a bit #that might help later #maybe

angelamcss

I had unspeakable power. And while you were by my side, my dear sissy... I tried not to abuse it. But then, time took you from me. And I lost my way.

#stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #richard swift #barbara whitmore #richard (dickie) swift #i wonder if he is staying #with this and todd and jennie #next season could be more sibling focused #sibling parallels and that

angelamcss

I’m here to protect you!

#stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #beth chapel #courtney whitmore #as usual beth is a fashion icon #and she can beat eclipso any day of the week

angelamcss

Jennifer-Lynn Hayden | STARGIRL S02E10

#stargirl s2 spoilers #stargirl spoilers #jennifer-lynn hayden #jennifer lynn hayden #so what if she did a little arson #she deserves a little crime #hope for more of her in the future #please

angelamcss

STARGIRL S02E10

#stargirl spoilers #stargirl s2 spoilers #richard swift #mike dugan #courtney whitmore #richard (dickie) swift #i think we were all offended on his behalf

leotanaka

Jonathan Cake as Richard Swift / The Shade in STARGIRL (2020 - PRESENT) 2x10 Summer School: Chapter Ten

In the 1800s, the Shade was nothing more than a con man and a thief. He was hired to procure a black diamond… but instead, had a forgery made. It was for a cabal called the Men of Tears. They had heard a story about a lost island, a black diamond, and a ritual to summon a powerful god from a shadow world beyond. They wanted to trap that god so that they might use it to destroy their enemies. This dark ritual called for a sacrifice, so instead of paying the Shade what he was due, the cabal kidnapped him and decided he was to be that sacrifice. But the diamond he provided them was a fake, and Eclipso was already trapped in the real one. The ritual was botched, but it opened a doorway to the dark power of the Shadowlands, a power the fake couldn’t contain. The dark energy needed a vessel.

The Shade became the vessel.