GADGET

Real Name: Lucy Cervantes

Identity/Class: Human technology user

Occupation: Super hero, inventor

Group Membership: Nebraska's Initiative team (Captain Ultra, Paragon)

Affiliations: Dex, Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Enemies: Graviton

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Omaha, Nebraska

First Appearance: Iron Man IV#21 (October, 2007)

Powers/Abilities: Gadget wore a suit of armor of unrevealed capabilities. Her technology included a head lamp and an infrared scanner. She was a whiz with numbers and statistics.

History:

(Iron Man IV#21 (fb) - BTS) - Lucy Cervantes was a childhood fan of Iron Man (Tony Stark). She made a small costume representing his armor and sent him a letter telling him she wanted to be Iron Girl when she grew up. When she grew older, Cervantes became a talented inventor and designed herself a suit of armor. She signed the Super Human Registration Act and joined the Initiative. Gadget successfully graduated from the Initiative and was appointed to the Nebraska super human team alongside Paragon and leader Captain Ultra.

(Iron Man IV#22 (fb) - BTS) - With a lot of free time due to low super villain activity, Gadget liked to work on cold cases and closed files for the Omaha police. A whiz with numbers and statistics, Gadget was able to analyze facts and close two to three cases per month. She started looking at high numbers of missing persons, feeling they were all connected.

(Iron Man IV#21 (fb)) - When security officer Dex heard a perimeter alarm go off at the Millard Wellfield, he called Gadget and Paragon to have them investigate. They rode with an apologetic Dex out to the site of the old pumping station, where they found the doors open. Gadget activated her headlamp and, scanning in infrared, found Graviton laying against a wall behind a machine.

(Iron Man IV#21 (fb) - BTS/Iron Man IV#22 (fb) - BTS) - Paragon crushed Gadget into a small ball, killing her instantly. Not wanting to implicate himself, Paragon purposefully lowered the density of his skin, allowing himself to be injured. Paragon was hospitalized due to his injuries. The authorities believed it was Graviton who'd committed the murder.

(Iron Man IV#21) - SHIELD found Gadget's crushed remains.

Comments:  Created by Daniel & Charles Knauf, and Roberto de la Torre.

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Gadget has no known connections to

• Gadget, Bushmaster ally @ Hero for Hire#2
• Gadgets, Machinesmith creation @ Captain America I#248
• or any other "Gadget" characters

Dex

(Iron Man IV#21 (fb)) - When security officer Dex heard a perimeter alarm go off at the Millard Wellfield, he called Gadget and Paragon to have them investigate. They rode with an apologetic Dex out to the site of the old pumping station, where they found the doors open. Gadget activated her headlamp and, scanning in infrared, found Graviton laying against a wall behind a machine.

--Iron Man IV#21 (Iron Man IV#21 (fb)

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Iron Man IV#23, cover (main)
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