Miss Patriot

Miss Patriot
Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics
First appearance	Marvel Mystery Comics #29 (March 1942)
Created by	Otto Binder (writer) and Al Gabriele (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Mary Morgan
Abilities	Enhanced senses, specifically super-vision and hearing.

Miss Patriot (Mary Morgan) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #29 (Mar. 1942), and was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Gabriele for Timely Comics, the 1940s precursor of Marvel, in the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Publication history

The character Mary Morgan was first seen in Marvel Mystery Comics #29 (March 1942) in the Patriot story "Death Stalks the Shipyard". She would appear again in Marvel Mystery Comics #50 (December 1943) gaining the identity Miss Patriot before quickly disappearing into obscurity.

The character was revisited in the 2010 miniseries Captain America: Patriot, which explored her impact on the history of the third Captain America and original Patriot, Jeff Mace.

Fictional history

Mary Morgan is a reporter for the Daily Bugle, soon after fellow reporter Jeff Mace became the masked hero known as Patriot, she followed the hero in his exploits.^[1] When she is taken captive by Dr.Groitzig and Signore Scharrolla, Mary Morgan was used as a test subject for their super-soldier serum before she was rescued by Patriot. The experimentation gave Morgan superhuman senses and she took the name Miss Patriot to fight crime.^[2]

Powers and abilities

Mary Morgan possesses enhanced senses, specifically radar-vision and super-hearing.

References

1. ^ Captain America: Patriot #1 (September 2010)
2. ^ Marvel Mystery Comics #50 (December 1943)

External links

• Independent Heroes from the U.S.A.: Miss Patriot