Merry Pemberton
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Merry Pemberton, also known as Gimmick Girl and Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. She first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #81 in June 1948. [1]
Born Merry Craemer, she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pemberton, Sr., the parents of the original Star-Spangled Kid. She soon adopted a crime-fighting persona and worked with her brother and Stripesy, ultimately supplanting them in their own feature.
Merry eventually married Henry King, Sr., the supervillain known as the original Brain Wave. They had one son, Henry, Jr., known as Hank, who became the super-hero Brainwave, a member of Infinity Inc. a team founded by his uncle, Sylvester Pemberton, Jr., the Star-Spangled Kid.
References to Merry before the Crisis on Infinite Earths note that she died at some point.[citation needed] More recently, however, she has been portrayed as alive. She appeared in Young Justice as a member of Old Justice, a team of former Golden Age sidekicks who felt modern teen heroes were risking themselves and others. During the Sins of Youth event it was revealed she particularly resented Stargirl, who at that time had taken her brother's name. By the end of the story, however, she had made her piece with both Stargirl and younger heroes in general.
[edit] Gimmix
In Seven Soldiers #0, a new character named Gimmix appeared. Credited as Jacqueline Pemberton, Merry's estranged daughter, Gimmix used her Bag of Tricks to do light hero work, mostly appearing at conventions talking about how she met up with better-known heroes such as Aquaman and Booster Gold. Some of her gimmicks included Zoom Glasses, Anti-Spider lipstick, "What Every Girl Needs" ice spray, and an unnamed gimmick which could turn water into wine (although not very good wine).
Jacqueline became part of an ill-fated team of six superheroes rounded up by Greg Saunders and wound up getting killed by the Sheeda, an advanced race which feeds on its own history to survive.
Recently, it was revealed that Jacqueline was the head of the Pemberton Estate, and since her death hasn't been officially recorded, the estate was bought by Lex Luthor for the trademarks of Skyman and Infinity Inc..
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