Geiger (comics)

Geiger is not to be confused with "Count Geiger", the superhero title character of Michael Bishop's novel Count Geiger's Blues.

Geiger (Delilah "Dee Dee" Dearborn) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Doc Samson #1 (Jan 1996), and was created by Dan Slott and Ken Lashley.

Fictional character biography

Delilah "Dee Dee" Dearborn was a student at Empire State University who gains superhuman powers from an accident with a gamma accelerator at the school.^[1] Doc Samson mistakes her for a murderer and they fight.^[2] She later helps him track and confront the real killer.^[3]

Initiative

Geiger is seen at the military base Camp Hammond, as an official recruit for the Initiative, which is a super-human military draft. She is introduced to Camp Hammond along with Ant-Man, Crusader, Melee, Geldoff, Dragon Lord, Red Nine, and Diamondback.^[4]

She was one of the trainees that attacked KIA and was defeated.^[5]

Dark Reign

During the Dark Reign storyline, Geiger graduated from the Initiative^[6] and was assigned to New Mexico's Initiative team the Mavericks.^[7]

Fear Itself

During the Fear Itself storyline, Geiger appears at a meeting held by Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth.^[8] She saves Gravity from a grenade thrown by Crossbones, but is injured when it explodes.^[9]

Powers and abilities

Due to a Gamma radiation accident, Geiger has the ability to mimic the powers of any gamma-powered beings in her immediate vicinity, potentially making her as strong as the Hulk, as intelligent as the Leader, etc. However, she has little control over these powers, a downside exacerbated by the fact that she also takes on personality aspects of whoever she is mimicking as well.

References

External links

• Geiger at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe