| Pink Pearl | |
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Pink Pearl makes her first appearance. From Alpha Flight #22 |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Alpha Flight #22 (May 1985) |
| Created by | John Byrne |
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| Alter ego | Pearl Gross |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Femizons |
| Abilities | super strength invulnerability agility |
Pink Pearl (Pearl Gross) is a Canadian super villain and terrorist in the Marvel Comics Universe.
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Originally a member of a circus troupe, Pink Pearl decided to become a terrorist and attempt to take over the circus. An extremely large woman, her obesity enables her to have above-average strength and durability. Her plan was to use a bomb to murder the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States. However, Northstar and Aurora of Alpha Flight discovered her plans and eventually confronted the woman.[1]
After a battle, Pearl was stabbed in the heart with one of her own ally's, a thin-man named Bones, daggers. Due to her fat, she was able to survive the encounter, and later joined the villainess Superia on her cruise ship for female criminals. As a member of the Femizons, Pink Pearl went head-to-head with Captain America and Paladin.[2] After the group's disbandment, Pink Pearl established herself as a business woman and opened a male strip club called "Cloisters." Unfortunately for her, Aurora, Guardian, and Diamond Lil were all patrons, and started a brawl.[3] Pink Pearl eventually got the trio of women arrested, and presumably still runs Cloisters. Pink Pearl speaks in third-person, and though comes across as being quite inadequate, she is quite intelligent and a formidable adversary.
Pink Pearl has no super human powers, however her great weight gives her a degree of body armour and above average strength.