LOIS LONDON

Real Name: Lois London

Identity/Class: Human mutant

Occupation: unknown; former student

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Angel (Warren Worthington), Ken Barnett

Enemies: Flame, Rogue, the Mutant Hunters (Marc, Rick), Slimey

Known Relatives: Nick Brown (father), Barbara London (Katherine Blaire-Brown, mother), Alison Blaire (half-sister), Longshot (brother-in-law)

Aliases: Rose Blossom, Lois Brown

Base of Operations: currently unknown
    formerly State University

Education: College (finished)

First Appearance: (Photo) Dazzler#20 (October, 1982);
    (full appearance) Dazzler#21 (November, 1982)

 

 

 

Powers/Abilities: Lois can generate heat and light from her hands. Her touch has been shown to melt flesh and induce some type of molecular transformation.
    She has minimal training or combat experience

Height: 5'5"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

 

 

 

History:
(Dazzler#21 (fb)) - Lois is the daughter of Nick and Katherine Brown. Her father was an abusive alcoholic and her mother took cocaine to cope with her life. Eventually Katherine left and took the young Lois with her. Katherine changed her last name to London and started her life anew as a singer instructor.

(Dazzler#22) - Lois showed up at the apartment of her older half-sister, Alison Blaire, the mutant singer known as the Dazzler.

(Dazzler#23 (fb) - BTS) - Lois and Alison stayed up most of the night talking and getting to know each other.

(Dazzler#23) - Lois and Alison awakened to smoke caused as their apartment burned at the hands of the arsonist Flame. Lois watched as Alison used her powers to attract the police. Afterwards, Lois asked her if she was a mutant, and she told Alison that she thought she was wonderful.

(Dazzler#24) - Lois had a fainting spell and wondered if she might be a mutant like her sister. As Alison helped her up, Rogue kicked in Lois' dorm room door, as she was seeking Dazzler to help her locate the Angel. Rogue swatted Lois unconscious, and Alison then led Rogue away from her sister across the campus. Lois followed her sister to the campus library, arriving just in time to see Dazzler and her bodyguards, Power Man and Iron Fist, defeat Rogue.

(Dazzler#26) - Walking through the Theatre District, Lois was assaulted by ol' Slimey, a homeless man. Panicking, Lois fought back, and her hand glowed with heat and light. She pushed her hand into Slimey's face and he screamed, staggered back, and then fell over and died. Lois told Alison what had happened, and Alison called her boyfriend, lawyer Ken Barnett, for advice. Fearing that Lois would not receive a fair trial because she was a mutant, Alison instead decided to take Lois and flee town until things blew over. They traveled to Pittsburgh where they rented a room at the Antlers Hotel under the names Sandy and Rose Blossom. While Alison was out shopping for supplies, Lois found a stray cat. While playing, the cat scratched her, and Lois' power kicked in killing the cat.
    They left the apartment and headed West on a bus. By morning, Marc and Richard, a pair of Mutant-Hunters had tracked them to the Antlers Hotel.

(Dazzler#27) - Lois and Alison arrived in Los Angeles and checked into a nearby motel. Lois demonstrated conscious control of her power, melting an ashtray in her hands. They then received a package by their door showing pictures of Lois fighting back against Slimey, and instructing them to call a phone number for further information. Ali called the phone number, and the man on the other end instructed her to follow directions to a man's house and kill him in his sleep. Alison left a message for the Angel requesting help and then followed their blackmailer's instructions. Upon arriving at the mansion, Alison called out for the Angel, alerting their blackmailer that they were trying to defy his orders. Ali managed to stop their blackmailer, who turned out to be an employee of the sleeping and drugged man: Nick Brown.

(Dazzler#28) - The blackmailer revealed that he had been sent to track Lois down by Nick, and that Nick had been blackmailing him for past crimes. After seeing Lois' powers, the blackmailer had thought to trick Alison and/or Lois into killing Brown, freeing him from Brown's blackmail threat. Lois and Alison were joined by Nick Brown and Ken Barnett at the Los Angeles Police Department, where Barnett told Lois that Slimey's cause of death had been revealed as cardiac arrest.
    As they returned to Brown's estate, they were attacked by Rogue, who had tracked Dazzler to LA and sought revenge for her defeat. Dazzler managed to again defeat Rogue.

(Dazzler#29) - Lois and Alison laid out by Nick Brown's pool, where Lois discussed her fears of being a mutant and her reluctance to accept Nick Brown's hospitality due to his past misdeeds.

(Dazzler#30) - Though Alison was appalled when Nick offered her money and drug, Lois decided to stay with him, as she wanted to use his wealth and connections to hide and protect herself. Lois and Alison parted on good terms.

Comments: Created by Danny Fingeroth, Frank Springer, and Vince Coletta.

Dazzler#25 was an inventory story, and Lois wasn't in it. I didn't see her, anyway.

Thanks to Prime Eternal in pointing out the last appearance of Lois London, which I had missed.

Lois London got a full entry in Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:

 

images:
Dazzler#22, last page, last panel
Dazzler#26, p7, panel 3;
    p10, panel 5

Other appearances:
Dazzler#22-24 (December, 1982 - February, 1983) - Danny Fingeroth (writer), Frank Springer (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Dazzler#26 (May, 1983) - Danny Fingeroth (writer), Frank Springer (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Dazzler#27-28 (July-September, 1983) - Frank Springer (writer/pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Dazzler#29 (November, 1983) - Frank Springer & Jim Shooter (writers), Frank Springer (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Dazzler#30 (January, 1984) - Ken McDonald (writer), Frank Springer (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Bob Harras (editor)

Last updated: 09/11/06

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