Who Is Merry the Gimmick Girl? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Merry the Gimmick Girl is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Mary Creamer, with over 37 comic issue appearances. The cousin of the original Star-Spangled Kid, Merry decided to follow his footsteps and became the 1940's masked fighter Merry, Girl of a 1,000 Gimmicks. Merry is the mother to Brainwave II.

Who is Merry the Gimmick Girl?

Major Story Arcs Born Mary Creamer, the future Gimmick Girl was the daughter of "Fly-foot" Creamer, an acrobat who used "human fly" methods to commit robberies. When he was finally apprehended, he had his daughter placed in an orphanage, stipulating that she must never know her father was a criminal. Mary remained in the orphange for 10years. And there she might have grown up had it not been for a mishap that occured while the Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy were battling a gang of crooks. A bullet creased the kid's head, and while the injury was not serious, it meant that in his other identity of Sylvester Pemberton Jr, he had to wear a bandage, and since his parents were unaware of his dual ID, he had a hard time explaining.The elder Pemberton insisted on his son seeing a psychiatrist, who, noting that young Syl had no close friends or siblings, suggested the Pembertons adopt someone to be his companion. They chose Merry. With his new sister hangins around, Syl and the family chauffer, Pat (Stripesy)Duggan, found it difficult to operate as a crime fighting team. Meanwhile, learning of the adoption, two hoods called Klinker and Buggsy went to Creamer, now out of prison and going st.

Key facts

Merry the Gimmick Girl is of human origin and first appeared in "The Seeing-Eye Dog Crimes!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 37 recorded issue appearances, Merry the Gimmick Girl ranks among the most featured characters in comics.