Elsie-Dee

Superherobox|

caption=Elsie-Dee (right) with Albert
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Elsie-Dee
real_name=Elsie-Dee
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Wolverine" Vol.2 #37
creators=Larry Hama (story),
Marc Silvestri (art)
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Reavers
aliases=
powers=Superhuman computational, analytical, creative reasoning and strength |

Elsie-Dee is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics, and an ally of Wolverine. The character first appeared in "Wolverine" Vol. 2, Issue 37 in an inanimate state suspended in tank of gelatin. Elsie-Dee is a sentient automaton or android. Her name is a pun on LCD, indicating her artificial origins.

Fictional character biography

Elsie-Dee was created along with her counterpart, Albert (a robot double of Wolverine), by Donald Pierce. These androids were designed to kill Wolverine. The Wolverine double was to act as the bait and Elsie-Dee (who outwardly appears to be a 5 year old girl) was to trap Wolverine in a burning building were she would detonate with sufficient force to kill him.

The plan failed because one of Pierces' henchmen, Bonebreaker, accidentally gave Elsie-Dee the maximum artificial intelligence one of Pierce's automatons was capable of, instead of the intended intellect of a 5 year old. As a result Elsie-Dee eventually found a way to defuse her detonation sequence and enhanced the primitive intelligence of her counterpart, giving him intelligence beyond even hers. Having met Wolverine, she and her counterpart decided that he was a noble person and did not deserve to die and consequently abandoned their mission.

The two robots risked their existences several times for each other and for Wolverine. At some point they travelled in time and had several adventures, eventually gaining an AI stealth bomber and the companionship of the Hunter in Darkness, white-haired wolf-like creature whom Wolverine twice rescued from confinement, which Elsie-Dee dubs "Puppy". Their current whereabouts are unknown.

Powers and abilities

Though appearing to be a 5 year old girl, Elsie-Dee had abilities far exceeding her appearance. She was very strong, could interface directly with computers, and had an intellect greater than her designer, Donald Pierce, who was himself a genius in the field of robotics.

Other versions

Exiles

In "Exiles" #85 the Timebroker gathered multiple teams – each full of Wolverines – to finish the reparing of the broken realities. The last team he gathered consisted a version of Albert and Elsie-Dee from Earth-50211. The first mission of the team was to kill an evil Magneto (female) who melded with that world's Wolverine, Quicksilver (female), Scarlet Warlock (male Scarlet Witch), and Mesmero (female), and already captured (and manipulated) dozens of Wolverines from the previous teams. When they've arrived they were ambushed immediately and both of them were captured, as well as two of their teammates.