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Vagabond
Real
Name: Priscilla Lyons Occupation: Adventurer Identity: Secret Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal
record Other Aliases: None Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: Phil (brother) Group Affiliation: Former partner of Nomad Base of Operations: Mobile First Appearance: (as Lyons) CAPTAIN AMERICA #325, (as
Vagabond) CAPTAIN AMERICA #342
History: Priscilla Lyons was in Kentucky hitchhiking
to Miami, Florida when she was picked up by Jack Monroe,
who is also the costumed crimefighter Nomad, who was passing
through on his motorcycle. Priscilla told Monroe that
she was going to Miami to find her brother Phil, who she
feared had become involved with dangerous criminals in
the illegal drug trade. Monroe promised to find and rescue
Phil for her.
Monroe learned that Phil Lyons was in the employ of Ulysses
X. Lugman, alias the Slug, the head Of Miami's illegal
drug trade. Monroe managed to get a job working aboard
Lugman's yacht and told Phil Lyons that Pricilla had sent
him to bring him home. But Phil said he was happy working
for Lugman and did not want to be "rescued."
Phil Lyons then informed his superiors about Monroe, injected
him with a hypodermic needle containing drugs, and threw
him overboard to drown.
However, worried that she had not heard from Monroe in three
weeks, Pricilla Lyons had contacted his occasional partner,
Captain America. Captain America rescued Monroe from drowning,
and together they battled the Slug and his men aboard
the yacht. Nomad set the boat on fire, but he, Captain
America, and the Slug all escaped. So too, apparently
did Phil Lyons, whose current whereabouts and activities
are unknown.
Months later, Nomad and Priscilla Lyons arrived at the mansion
owned by the former costumed wrestler Demolition-Man in
the Santa Monica Mountains of California. Priscilla and
Jack Monroe wore now lovers, and she had adopted the masked
identity of Vagabond. However, she had no special skills
that would qualify her to be an effective adventurer or
crimefighter, she seemed merely to be tagging along with
her lover on his adventures.
Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, had temporarily
abandoned that particular costumed identity. For a time
Rogers, calling himself simply the Captain, worked alongside
Nomad, Demolition-Man, and another crimefighter, the Falcon.
The Captain insisted that Vagabond refrain from active
participation in the team's battles against criminals.
However, Demolition-Man began training Vagabond in hand-to-hand
combat and gymnastics. To her own astonishment, Vagabond
even succeeded in defeating the Black Racer, a member
of the Serpent Society, by tickling her into helplessness.
Nomads grew jealous and angry over the amount of time that
Vagabond spent with Demolition-Man, although in actuality
Vagabond and Demolition-Man were no more than friends
to each other. Finally, the relationship between Jack
Monroe and Priscilla Lyons came to an end.
Priscilla Lyons went to see Curtiss Jackson, the head of Power
Broker, Inc., in the hope of receiving his treatment to
gain superhuman strength so that she could become more
effective as a costumed adventurer. While she was speaking
with Jackson, he came under attack from another of the
costumed vigilantes known as Scourge. Hoping to gain enough
strength to defend himself from Scourge, Jackson submitted
himself to the strength enhancement treatment, knowing
full well that in fifty percent of the cases it had terrible
side effects. The treatment enlarged Jackson's musculature
to such an extent that he was no longer able to move.
Jackson was taken into custody by the police and placed
in the Los Angeles County Hospital.
Priscilla Lyons was then captured by Dr. Karl Malus, Jackson's
chief scientist. Malus intended to take over the operations
of Power Broker, Inc., but the safe containing Jackson's
most important files could only be opened through the
use of his fingerprints. Hence, since he believed that
Jackson would trust Lyons, Malus gave her an "epidermold"
made of a malleable putty-like material and demanded that
she take an impression of Jackson's hand. Malus warned
her that if she refused or betrayed Malus, he would have
her brutally injured by some of his superhumanly strong
henchmen. Malus placed a bracelet on her arm that she
could not remove and through which he could monitor what
she said.
Guilt-ridden at the idea of betraying the faith of the now
helpless Jackson, Lyons nonetheless went to his hospital
room and took the impression of his hand. She then contacted
Malus, demanding that he meet her alone in the hospital
lobby with the key to the bracelet. Malus agreed, but
on meeting her tried to inject her with a hypodermic needle
whose contents are unknown. Lyons knocked Malus unconscious,
injected him with the needle, put the bracelet on him,
left him in a stall in the ladies' room, and had hospital
security notified he was there. She left the hospital,
and phoned the costumed adventurer known as the U.S. Agent
to tell him where to pick up Malus's henchmen. She then
crushed the putty-like ball with Jackson's handprint,
rendering it useless.
Priscilla Lyons' current whereabouts and activities are unknown
Height: 5 ft. 6 in. Weight: 120 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Reddish blonde
Strength Level: Vagabond possesses the normal human
strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who
engages in moderate regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: None
Other Abilities: Vagabond has received training from
Demolition-Man and Nomad in hand-lo-hand combat, gymnastics,
and acrobatics, and is moderately skillful in each of
these areas.