MOLLY SULLIVAN

Real Name: Molly Sullivan

Identity/Class: Human, mystically altered (World War II Era to Modern Era)

Occupation: Unrevealed

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Phantom Reporter, Billy Sullivan

Enemies: Edmund Chancellor, Oswald Chancellor, Silvio Mannino

Known Relatives: Billy Sullivan (husband, deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Manhattan, New York, USA

First Appearance: Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1 (November, 2009)

Powers/Abilities: Molly Sullivan obtained immortality from the Philosopher's Stone, granting her eternal youth.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'9")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 130 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Red

History:

(Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1 (fb)) - Molly was married to Billy Sullivan, a small-time criminal who struggled to provide for them. When Billy was hired by gangster Silvio Mannino to steal the formula for the Philosopher's Stone for Mannino's client Oswald Chancellor, Billy made a copy of the formula before passing it along to Mannino. Molly took the copy and soon after, Chancellor ordered Mannino to kill Sullivan to cover up their theft. Billy was in bed with another woman when Mannino burned down the Sullivan's home; Molly was reported dead and decided to remain that way for her own safety.

    Molly was found by reporter Richard Jones and shared her story with him. Jones' paper ran the story but it did little to get after the people who killed Billy. Edmund Chancellor sent a man to kill Molly and elminate her copy of the formula but another woman again died in Molly's stead.

(Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Molly subsequently completed the formula for the Philosopher's Stone and gained eternal youth.

(Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1) - In recent years Molly, still youthful, watched Richard Jones from afar as he was interviewed by a journalist.

Comments: Created by David Liss and Jason Armstrong.

    This profile was completed on 03/05/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Molly Sullivan should not be confused with:

• SULLIVAN - Gena-Sys, messed up gene sequence for Killpower--Motormouth & Killpower#4/2
• SULLIVAN, DEREK (Eric O'Grady) - false identity used to get a job with Damage Control to avoid SHIELD--Irredeemable Ant-Man I#8
• SULLIVAN, INGER - Avengers support staff, lawyer--Captain America I#332
• SULLIVAN, MARY - associate of Dr. Donald Blake, asked him out, turned down--Thor Annual I#9
• or any other Sullivan

images: (without ads)
Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1, page 6, panel 5 (main)
Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1, page 9, panel 7 (face)

Appearances:
Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special I#1 (November, 2009) - David Liss (writer), Jason Armstrong (artist), Bill Rosemann (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 03/05/2026

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