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Jaime Slade on cover of Hawkeye & Mockingbird #2 Art by Paul Renaud |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 (Aug 2010) |
| Created by | Jim McCann David Lopez |
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| Alter ego | Jaime Slade |
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Phantom Rider (Jaime Slade) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. She made her first appearance in Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 (2010) and was created by Jim McCann and David Lopez.
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Jaime Slade has appeared in Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1-5 (2010) and The Heroic Age: Villains #1 (2011).
During one of their missions, the West Coast Avengers, led by Hawkeye and Mockingbird, were sent back in time to the Wild West era. The team were aided by various Western heroes, one of which was Lincoln Slade, the Phantom Rider. Lincoln fell in love with Mockingbird at first sight. As the West Coast Avengers were about to jump through time, Lincoln kidnapped Mockingbird and fled to a secret location. Lincoln then drugged and manipulated Mockingbird's thoughts. He let the Avenger believe that she returned his love and forced her into a sexual relationship with him. When Mockingbird eventually came to her senses, she was disgusted by Lincoln's actions. A fight broke out, resulting in Lincoln being knocked from a tall cliff and left clinging on for his life. Mockingbird refused to help him and let Lincoln fall to his death.[1]
Years later, Jaime Slade, a museum currator, opened an urn containing the ashes of her long dead ancestor. Lincoln's spirit, looking for vengeance against Mockingbird, possessed Jaime. Claiming to be the "spirit and the heir" Jaime Slade went on to become the new Phantom Rider.[2]
The new Phantom Rider teamed up with the supervillain Crossfire to destroy the lives of Hawkeye and Mockingbird. The Phantom Rider established a psychic link between herself and Mockingbird to taunt the hero with her presence. She also sent Crossfire to kill Mockingbird's mother (an attempt which failed but left the hero's mother in a coma). Hawkeye and Mockingbird recruited Jaime's father, Hamilton Slade, to perform an exorcism and rid Jaime's body of Lincoln's control. In the final battle, Lincoln's spirit is exorcised from jaime's body. However, Crossfire kills Hamilton Slade as the ritual is completed. When Jaime Slade regained her senses, the first thing she saw was Mockingbird standing over her father's dead body. Believing that the Avenger was responsible for her father's death, Jaime transformed back into the Phantom Rider (despite Lincoln's spirit being removed from her body) and attacked Mockingbird. Jaime was defeated and taken into custody.[3]
Jaime Slade is an expert gunslinger, inherited from Lincoln Slade. Her "ghost bullets" are able to phase through objects at will to reach their target.[4] The ghost bullets are also shown to physically incapacitate an opponent. Jaime is shown to have telekinetic powers, able to stop bullets in mid-air and move objects with her mind.[5] She can transform into the Phantom Rider at will, and is always surrounded by a white mist.[6]
Jaime established a psychic connection to Bobbi Morse, also known as Mockingbird. Jaime's thoughts can be projected into her rival's thoughts and dreams through concentration and meditation.[7] This link has been shown to work both ways between the two women.[8]
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