History:(Quasar I#4 (fb) - BTS/Quasar I#18 (fb) - BTS) - Gayle Vaughn lived in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, not far from Fond du Lac, where her brother Wendell was born.
GAYLE VAUGHN
Real Name: Gayle Vaughn
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: College student, worker at an unidentified job (see comments)
Group Membership: University of Wisconsin student body
Affiliations: Kayla Ballantine, Makkari, Quasar (Wendell Vaughn), H.D. Steckley (Heather Douglas), Ken Tanaka, Gilbert Vaughn, Lisa Vaughn
Enemies: None known
Known Relatives: Gilbert Vaughn
(father), Lisa Vaughn (mother), Wendell Vaughn (brother)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
First Appearance: (mentioned only as Wendell
Vaughn's sister, not identified by name) Quasar I#1 (October, 1989);
(seen in a photo, identified by name) Quasar I#4 (December, 1989);
(fully seen) Quasar I#18 (January, 1991)
Powers/Abilities: Gayle Vaughn has no superhuman powers though she does possess a bit of a sarcastic wit and skeptical attitude.
She also has an interest in business, majoring in it in college.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'9")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 141 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Reddish-brown (see comments)
History:
(Quasar I#4 (fb) - BTS/Quasar I#18 (fb) - BTS) - Gayle Vaughn lived in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, not far from Fond du Lac, where her brother Wendell
was born.
(Quasar I#49 (fb) - BTS) - As a child, Gayle took a family photo with her brother Wendell and mother Lisa.
(Quasar I#4 (fb) - BTS/Quasar I#18 (fb) - BTS) -
Gayle eventually began college courses at the University of Wisconsin,
majoring in business.
(Quasar I#4 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Gayle Vaughn took a photo with her mother, Lisa.
(Quasar I#1 - BTS) - While moping at his mother's home in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin following his S.H.I.E.L.D. finals, Wendell Vaughn was
approached by his mother Lisa, who offered to let Wendell use her car
to visit friends or his sister.
(Quasar
I#4 (fb) - BTS) - When he started a security firm, Wendall Vaughn put
the photo of Gayle Vaughn and his mother on his office desk.
(Quasar I#4 - BTS) - At the end of her work day at
Vaughn Security Systems, secretary Kayla Ballantine said her goodbyes
to Wendell and noticed the photo of his sister and mother on Wendell's
desk. Noticing Kayla's curiosity, Wendell informed her that it was a
picture of his mother Lisa and sister Gayle, explaining that they both
lived in Wisconsin and that Gayle was going to college there. Kayla
remarked that they both must be proud of Wendell running his own
security firm and Wendell just replied "I guess so."
(Quasar
I#18) - Unsure of how he wound up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Wendell Vaughn
decided to pay his mother a visit and when he arrived, Gayle and her
mother Lisa were elated to see Wendell. Gayle and Lisa immediately
hugged Wendell and as they moved to the living room couch, Gayle asked
if Wendell's unscheduled visit was intended as a surprise. When Wendell
admitted he couldn't remember why he was in the area, Gayle jokingly
remarked "typical" then asked Wendell how their father Gilbert was
doing. She then asked if Wendell had found a girlfriend in New York yet
and when Wendell replied in the negative but mentioned his secretary
Kayla Ballantine, Gayle suggested Wendell ask her out. Lisa quickly
suggested Gayle cool it before asking if Wendell would be staying the
weekend. When Wendell replied in the affirmative and suggested he call
his office to let them know where he was, Gayle jokingly reminded
Wendell not to forget to give Kayla kissy-noises. Ignoring Gayle's
comment, Wendell phoned Kayla to inform her that he was visiting his
mom and sister in Wisconsin.
Gayle
later went up to Wendell's old room and woke him up for dinner. When
Wendell jumped awake, Gayle commented that he must have really been
asleep and when Wendell reiterated a dream in which he was a flying
superhero, Gayle joked that Wendell being around all those New York
superheroes must have done a number on Wendell's head. She then asked
if he'd seen any heroes in-person and Wendell, not recalling that he
himself was the heroic Quasar, mentioned how he recalled once meeting
Captain America. Gayle then questioned if Wendell was okay, noting that
he seemed to be acting even "mopier" than when he lived there. Claiming
he was simply jet-lagged and overworked, Wendell asked how Gayle was
doing at the University of Wisconsin and if she was still majoring in
business. Gayle answered affirmatively, joking that boring careers ran
in the family before ushering Wendell downstairs into the dining room
for dinner.
(Quasar
I#21) - Following her father Gilbert's death, Gayle Vaughn attended his
funeral alongside her mother Lisa, brother Wendell, Wendell's
secretary/girlfriend Kayla Ballantine and several other associates of
Wendell. Following the service, Gayle accompanied Lisa, Wendell and
Kayla from the cemetery, where Wendell flew into outburst due to his
guilt over a fight he and his father had that now could not be
forgiven. When Lisa suggested Wendell learn to forgive himself, Wendell
stormed off, leaving a puzzled Gayle, Kayla and Lisa behind.
(Quasar I#26 - BTS) - Wendell Vaughn visited his mother Lisa in his
superheroic identity of Quasar and when he entered the kitchen, Lisa
was cooking and asked if it was Gayle returning home from work early.
(Quasar I#49 - BTS) - When Wendell Vaughn visited his mother's home
in Oshkosh, he found the home empty and decided to wait for her to
return home, noticing a photo of himself and Gayle as children with his
mother and thinking perhaps he should give his mother an updated photo.
(Quasar
I#60) - Feeling as if his very presence endangered those he cared
about, Wendell Vaughn (in his superheroic guise of Quasar) opted to
leave Earth forever and decided to say goodbye to his mother and sister
first. Surprised to see Quasar, Gayle jumped up and gave him a hug,
joking that her brother the superhero had finally decided to grace them
with a visit. Halting their affection, Quasar admitted he had come to
say goodbye, informing the shocked Gayle and Lisa that he may never see
them again. Further explaining that he'd been neglecting his duties as
Protector of the Universe, Quasar created a Quantum Energy globe for
them to use to communicate with him in a life or death situation. When
he admitted he would miss them both terribly, an emotional Gayle and
Lisa hugged Quasar again. Feeling as if there was nothing more to say,
Quasar said goodbye and flew off, both Gayle and Lisa waving to him as
he departed.
(Star Masters I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Gayle Vaughn heard a news report that Quasar had died.
(Star Masters I#2) - Gayle and her mother were watching television when it was interrupted by a news brief confirming that a meteor (in actuality, a miniature black hole) was heading towards Earth. When the news reported their uncertainty as to whether the meteor would come within striking distance of the planet, Gayle commented that it looked like a job for her brother Wendell, assuming he was not dead as the news had earlier claimed. Lisa immediately argued that Wendell was not dead, insisting that she would if he were, and Gayle responded by remarking "Sure, Mom." Later, as the small black hole approached Earth, it was teleported away by the combined effort of the alien Beta Ray Bill and the still-very-much-living Quasar and both Lisa and Gayle witnessed the flash in the Earth's sky. Hugging Gayle, Lisa remarked that she knew Wendell wouldn't let such a catastrophe befall Earth and Gayle commented that the sky looked like fireworks in broad daylight before further remarking that Lisa had no idea if Wendell had anything to do with the black hole not arriving on Earth. Lisa replied that she just had a feeling Wendell was involved.
(Avengers: Infinity I#1 - BTS) - While out in space alone, Quasar
thought about how he hadn't spoken to anyone in a long time and as he
thought, he generated Quantum Energy images of those he missed speaking
with including the Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, the cosmic Epoch,
his mother Lisa and sister Gayle. Thinking how much he missed Earth and
his family, Quasar thought how even his best Quantum Energy images
didn't do Lisa or Gayle justice.
Comments: Created by Mark Gruenwald, Greg
Capullo and Keith Williams (though we saw a photo of her earlier in an
issue by Mark Gruenwald, Paul Ryan and Danny Bulanadi).
Some online sources mention Gayle
appearing in Quasar I#3 (in a photo) but I could not find her, or a photo of her, anywhere in that
issue.
In her first two full appearances (Quasar I#18 & #21) and in the photo we see in Quasar I#4, Gayle's hair appears to be light brown but in the photo we see of her in Quasar I#49 and her full appearances in Quasar I#60 and Star Masters I#2, her hair appears more of a reddish-brown. Given that her hair appears to be reddish-brown in the childhood photo in Quasar I#49 and as an adult in Quasar I#60, perhaps Gayle temporarily dyed her hair a darker brown in Quasar I#18 before going back to her normal hair color. Either that or it was simply coloring errors in Quasar I#4 & #18.
Lisa Vaughn mentions Gayle
returning from work early in Quasar I#26 but we never do actually see
what Gayle does for a job.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Gayle Vaughn should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Quasar I#1 (October, 1989) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Paul Ryan
(breakdowns), Danny Bulanadi (finishes), Howard Mackie (editor)
Quasar I#4 (December, 1989) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Paul Ryan (breakdowns), Danny Bulanadi (finishes), Howard Mackie (editor)
Quasar I#18 (January, 1991) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Keith Williams (inks), Howard Mackie (editor)
Quasar I#21 (April, 1991) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Keith Williams (inks), Howard Mackie (editor)
Quasar I#26 (September, 1991) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Fred Fredricks (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Quasar I#49 (August, 1993) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Grant Miehm (pencils), Ralph Cabrera (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Quasar I#60 (July, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), John Heebink (pencils), Aaron McClellan (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Star Masters I#2 (January, 1996) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Scot Eaton (pencils), Bob Almond (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Avengers Infinity I#1 (September, 2000) - Roger Stern (writer), Sean Chen (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First posted: 05/21/2024
Last updated: 05/21/2024
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