"DECOY-5"
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human (presumably, see comments)
Occupation: Unrevealed; disguised as a prostitute
Group Membership: Unrevealed
Affiliations: "1-Baker-7," Yankee
Clipper (Patrick Carney)
possibly the "Road Warriors"
(see comments)
Enemies: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Unrevealed
Aliases: "Decoy-5"
Base of Operations: Mobile on the streets of
Manhattan, New York
First Appearance: Marvel: The Lost Generation I#1
(February, 2001)
Powers/Abilities: "Decoy-5" appeared to be a normal
human being with no enhanced abilities. She carried a small hand-held
communication device (see comments).
Height: 5'6" (by approximation)
Weight: 110 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Unrevealed (she either wore a wig or dyed her hair pink)
History:
(Marvel: The Lost Generation I#1 (fb) BTS) - The origins of "Decoy-5"
are unrevealed.
(Marvel: The Lost Generation I#1) - Circa 1985, while walking the
streets of Manhattan dressed as a prostitute, the woman known as Decoy-5
spotted a colorfully costumed individual, the
Yankee Clipper, who had just time-jumped more than two decades
into his future. She approached him while he was looking in a store
window, stunned to see the price of clothes. She complimented him on his
attire ("Oooo, that's a bad outfit, honey!") and asked him if he wanted
a date. Remembering his fiancée Liberty
Girl, who had just been killed shortly before his
time-jump, Yankee Clipper declined her offer. The "prostitute" told him,
"Your loss, sugar." As the Yankee Clipper walked away, the "prostitute"
spoke into a small communication device, identified herself as
"Decoy-5," and alerted "1-Baker-7" about the "masked weirdo" (Yankee
Clipper) headed in his direction.
Comments: Created by Roger Stern (writer), John Byrne (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks).
I'm assuming "Decoy-5" was just an ordinary human
(...unless that was her natural hair color and she was a mutant or
something).
Whatever her communication device was, it probably wasn't a cell
phone--back in the mid-1980s, when this story sequence took place
("sliding time-line" aside), cell phone technology was just starting up,
and cell phones themselves were quite a bit larger.
So exactly who was this mystery woman? She seemed to be more than just a
"working girl," and I wondered if there was some significance to this
story sequence--was "Decoy-5" just a policewoman on an undercover
"sting" operation, or something else entirely? And "1-Baker-7"--who was
he? (of course, I'm only assuming "he" was a he) Shortly after his
encounter with "Decoy-5," Yankee Clipper came upon his brother,
Mr. Justice, battling the "Road Warriors." Was "Decoy-5" perhaps
working with the "Road Warriors," and was "1-Baker-7" one of them? Or
was the "Decoy-5" mystery perhaps the set-up for a planned sequel to the
Lost Generation series that never came about? Or maybe I'm just reading
more into this than was intended.
When "Decoy-5" complimented the Yankee Clipper about his "bad outfit,"
it reminded me of a similar scene from the very first (and best)
Christopher Reeve Superman
movie.
Profile by Ron Fredericks.
CLARIFICATIONS:
"Decoy 5" should not be confused with
images: (without ads)
Marvel The Lost Generation I#1, p14, pan5 (main image)
Marvel The Lost Generation I#1, p14, pan4 (closeup)
Appearances:
Marvel: The Lost Generation I#1 (February, 2001) - Roger Stern (writer),
John Byrne (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Last updated: 03/21/15
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