Shamrock (comics)

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character_name=Shamrock
real_name= Molly Fitzgerald
species=Human Mystic Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1" (Jun 1982)
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Shamrock is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Shamrock first appeared in "Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions" #1 (June 1982). She also appeared in issues #2-3 of the series (July-August 1982).

The character subsequently appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" Vol. 2 #279 (January 1983), "Rom" #65 (April 1985), "Marvel Comics Presents" #24 (July 1989), "Alpha Flight" #108 (May 1992), "Guardians of the Galaxy Annual" #3 (1993), "Guardians of the Galaxy Annual" #4 (1994), "Excalibur" #108 (April 1997), and "Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters" (January 2006).

Shamrock received an entry in the original "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" #9, and in the "All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z" #9 (2006).

Fictional character biography

Molly Fitzgerald was born in Dunshaughlin, Ireland, and was the daughter of a militant member of the IRA. As Shamrock, she serves as a vessel for displaced poltergeists and souls that have died as innocent victims of war; these spirits manifest themselves for fractions of seconds to cause good luck for her and bad luck for those who oppose her.

She was teleported away by the Grandmaster, along with hundreds of other heroes of Earth, so that the Grandmaster and Death could choose champions from among them. Shamrock was chosen for Death's team, fighting alongside fellow heroes La Peregrine, Iron Man, Vanguard, Iron Fist, Storm, Arabian Knight, Sabra, Invisible Woman, Angel, Black Panther, Sunfire, and the Collective Man. When the Grandmaster's team won the contest, the heroes were returned to Earth.

Later, her, father drugged her to allow Arnim Zola to attempt to duplicate her powers.

She later retired from superhero activity and became a hairdresser.

External links

* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/shamrockcoc.htm Marvel Appedix entry for Shamrock]