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7. Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks

Sometimes you come across a character whose backstory is so convoluted, it almost isn't even worth explaining. So let's start at the beginning.

Merry Creamer was the daughter of an acrobat and "human fly" themed robber named Fly Foot Creamer. We are one sentence in, and already that's a lot to unpack. Merry was put into an orphanage after her father's arrest.

Meanwhile, 1940s hero-ing duo The Star Spangled Kid and Stripsey enter the picture. Star Spangled Kid was injured in a fight. While trying to hide his injury from his family, the Kid wound up spooking his father, who noticed that he had no real friends. He ruled that the family should adopt an orphan to keep him company.

As his new sister, Merry learned Star Spangled Kid's secret identity, and joined him and Stripsey as a superhero. Powerless, Merry used various gizmos and gimmicks to fight crime, and then was promptly forgotten about by everyone who isn't me.