Character Name: P'Gell
Codename: P'Gell
Alignment: Her own side...good, bad, whatever is best for her
Powers: Her assets
Bio: The most infamous of the Spirit's femme fatales introduced herself to the reader on Oct 10, 1946, draped across a couch with a suggestive pose, her exotic garb with its plunging neckline revealing her figure: "I am P'Gell ... and this is not a story for little boys!" The story told of her marriage to the renegade Nazi, Hans Dammt, with whom she had escaped to Turkey, and promptly had killed for half of a $1,00,000 reward ... she ended the story by marrying Emil Petit, who had arranged the assassination and who had received the other half of the reward. She continually attempted to seduce the Spirit to the life of crime ("Oh brother, what a man! If only you were a crook, what a team we'd make!"), but her heart was never in it. The Spirit viewed her allure with more amusement than ardour; the two were almost friends.
Originally seen in foreign locales in the Middle East and South America, P'Gell eventually emigrated to Central City (The Spirit's base of operations) to mingle with the regular supporting cast. She did briefly manage to attempt a respectable life, of a sort, marrying a gentleman named Mr. Raymond and becoming headmistress of an exclusive girls' school ("Can you think of a better background for advising young girls on the rough road of life?"). After he inevitably joined the ranks of the deceased, she even became custodian of Mr. Raymond's daughter Saree, who assisted her in her various schemes.
P'Gell proceeded through a series of similar encounters, each time profiting from the arrangement, but eventually returned to her old criminal ways; by May 21, 1951 she married shipping magnate Ellis Murdoch in the tale of "The 7th Husband." The two embarked on a gun-running career selling contraband "atomic rifles" to Asian warlord King Kwang; by the end, to no surprise, Ellis is killed. "Ah well," smirked P'Gell, "I still have my assets!"
Extra: Hot and smart
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