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Marvel Maid
 | Heroic/Villain ID: The Original Marvel Maid Nicknames: Mystical Maid of Might Civilian ID: Priscilla Carbon Civilian Occupation: crime/human interest reporter for the Indianapolis Daily Ledger Appearance: tall, slender, with black hair (Priscilla), tall, buxom, with black hair (Marvel Maid) 5 Earths Universe: Infinite Earths Base of Operations: Indianapolis, In. Born: ~1920 Aging status: Normal Status: Public Domain Relatives: unnamed parents Associates: unnamed tribal shaman, Lightning Man of Voltage, Captain Catapult Group Affiliations: Enemies: 'Bad Butch' and 'Baldy' (two Indianapolis gangsters), The Magist Powers: Flight, super strength and durability, super speed, limited shape change Source of Powers: magical artifacts granted her by the shaman of an African tribe Knowledge and skills: Priscilla is a very good reporter, and superb dresser |
Weapons and Gadgets: the various artifacts that give her powers:
- Necklace of Flight: a necklace of Black Congo Pearls, which came from a bed of mussels cultivated by the shaman's tribe. These mussels only live in a very short section of the Congo River, nowhere else in the world, and only the mussels cultivated by the tribe produce black pearls, and only 1 in a thousand pearls was used to create the necklace. The necklace gives Marvel Maid the power of flight. She doesn't have to wear it, all she has to do is touch it. If she holds it and someone else holds it at the same time, that other person can fly as well. But she has to be touching it for it to work.
- Earrings of Perception: earrings made from the shells of the Black Congo mussels cultivated by the shaman's tribe. These are made from the shell of the mussel which produced a pair of black pearls, larger than any others ever discovered. The earrings enhance her sensory capabilities.
- Gloves of Power, made from the skin of the Red Congo Python. Congo pythons only live in the marshes along the Congo River, and only Congo pythons fed mussels cultivated by this tribe are red. The Gloves of Power grant Marvel Maid super strength and superhuman durability and work only for Marvel Maid
- Shoes of Speed, pair of high heeled strapped sandals, sort of a golden brown color, made from the leather of a Golden Congo Antelope. These Antelope only thrive in the marshes along the Congo River, and only those that drink water from the tribe's mussel farm turn this particular golden color. These Shoes of Speed grant her the power of super speed, and work only for Marvel Maid
- The Maillot of Health, a black garment like a one-piece swimsuit. This garment is woven from threads of Congo River Cotton, which only grows in marshes along the Congo, and only the Congo River Cotton grown in the waters of the mussel farm of this tribe has special powers. When Priscilla is wearing the Maillot, and removes her outer clothing, her form is shifted somewhat.
History: In his own comic strip, Comics McCormick found a copy of Marvel Maid Adventures, featuring Marvel Maid. This history is extrapolated from what Comics read in the meta-comic.
Priscilla Carbon's parents were US diplomats and were living in Banana, the city on the African continent where the Congo River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, when she was born. A tribal shaman traveled over 2500 miles down the river via dugout canoe to be present at her christening, and he bestowed to her parents the 5 mystical artifacts which give Priscilla her powers. Once he had bestowed his gifts, he vanished, and never said a word about why Priscilla had been chosen or what she should do with these gifts.
When Priscilla Carbon removes her outer garments and reveals the Maillot of Health, her bodily proportions change significantly. Although Priscilla wears glasses as part of her disguise, she depends more on the bodily changes wrought by the Maillot of Health to conceal her identity than minor changes to her face. Very few people actually notice that Priscilla's face is also Marvel Maid's face, as their attention is usually elsewhere. As expected, the Maillot will only work for Marvel Maid.
Priscilla works for the Indianapolis Daily Ledger as a crime reporter, and covers all the gritty crime scenes. She also writes human interest stories. She is consistently overdressed, for example, going on a first date for dinner in a diner, wearing an evening gown and faux fur wrap. She is always looking for a story, and most people think she is nosy. She recently met Ambrose Amperage, the secret identity of Lightning, and the two are dating though neither knows the other's secret ID yet.
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