Publisher Marvel Comics Alter ego Delilah Dearborn Creators Dan Slott, Ken Lashley | Created by Dan Slott
Ken Lashley First appearance Doc Samson #1 (Jan 1996) Affiliation Avengers: The Initiative | |
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Team affiliations Empire State University
The Initiative Abilities Ability to mimic the powers of any gamma-powered beings in her immediate vicinity Similar Geldoff, Annex, Red Nine, Armory, Hardball | ||
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.
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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. Doc Samson mistakes her for a murderer and they fight. She later helps him track and confront the real killer.
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.
She was one of the trainees that attacked KIA and was defeated.
Dark Reign
During the Dark Reign storyline, Geiger graduated from the Initiative and was assigned to New Mexico's Initiative team the Mavericks.
Fear Itself
During the Fear Itself storyline, Geiger appears at a meeting held by Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth. She saves Gravity from a grenade thrown by Crossbones, but is injured when it explodes.
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.