Merry, the Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks

Few characters announce themselves quite like Merry, the Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks — a name that practically crackles with Silver Age showmanship, even if her catalog debut arrived in the Bronze Age pages of Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3 in 1985, courtesy of Len Wein. With only a handful of appearances to her name, she's a rare gem in the DC universe, rubbing shoulders across her issues with titans like Green Lantern, Hawkman, Arthur Curry, The Flash, and Bruce Wayne — rarefied company by any measure. One of those appearances carries key-issue weight for collectors, and her presence in Batman: The Brave and the Bold speaks to a character with staying power well beyond her modest page count. For DC devotees who love unearthing the corners of the universe that most fans overlook, Merry is exactly the kind of find that makes digging through the longboxes worthwhile.