ANNABELLE
Real Name: Annabelle (surname unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Unrevealed, unless you consider
barfly to be a job.
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Harry,
Jerry,
Wilbur
Enemies: Ben Grimm, Human Torch
(Johnny Storm), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Baby," "Lady," "Sweetheart"
Base of Operations: Manny's
Bar and Grill, New
York City, New York, USA
First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#169 (April,
1976)
Powers/Abilities: Annabelle has no superhuman
powers though she is quite skilled at manipulating drunks to defend her
honor.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 150 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
History:
(Fantastic Four I#169) - While a depressed Ben Grimm was burying his
sorrows in drink at Manny's Bar and Grill, the flirtatious Annabelle
walked up and asked if Grimm wanted to buy a lady a drink. Not wishing
for company, Grimm gruffly asked Annabelle if she knew a lady but the
undeterred Annabelle laughed off Grimm's comments and continued trying
to spark up a conversation with Grimm. Grimm then politely stated that,
while Annabelle was indeed cute, he was not in a sociable mood.
Before Grimm could ask Annabelle to leave, however, she changed the
subject to his strength and asked if Grimm had done any weightlifting.
Recalling his time as the Thing, Grimm sarcastically remarked that he
lifted a ton or
so here and there, prompting Annabelle to laugh at the perceived joke.
Grimm then finally told Annabelle to get lost, angering Annabelle into
getting another man, Wilbur, involved. Annabelle then watched in awe as
Wilbur started a bar fight with Ben Grimm, cheering him on until Grimm
knocked Wilbur into a table shared by Wilbur's friends. She then
watched as
Jerry and another man tossed Grimm out of the bar, only for Grimm to
bust immediately back into the bar, terrifying Annabelle and knocking
another man, Harry, into a table. The bar fight then escalated until
Human Torch and Mister Fantastic arrived seeking Grimm, at which point
Annabelle became smitten to learn that Ben Grimm really was the Thing.
Admitting she had heard that Grimm had lost his strength, Annabelle
asked if Grimm could still do anything strong for her, to which Grimm
replied by crushing a beer can in his hand and walking off. As he left,
he tossed the beer can down and remarked that Annabelle could save the
can for her boyfriends to marvel over.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler
and Joe Sinnott.
Jerry's full first name is
revealed in the Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four I#9. He is
only ever called by his nickname of "Jer" in Fantastic Four I#169.
Additionally, we only see part of the sign of Manny's Bar & Grill
and no one mentions the bar by name in Fantastic Four I#169. Official
Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four I#9 also establishes its full name.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Annabelle should be distinguished from:
- Annabelle - winning competitor
on The Gong Show alongside
her Singing Appendix Scar--Fantastic Four I Annual#12
- or any other "Annabelle"
characters
Harry
Harry was a patron of Manny's Bar & Grill. When Ben
Grimm was tossed out of the bar by Jerry, Grimm came rushing back into
the bar to renew the fight, knocking Harry into a table.
Jerry
Jerry, nicknamed "Jer," was a patron of Manny's Bar
& Grill who tossed Ben Grimm out of the bar following an
altercation between Grimm and another man, Wilbur.
Manny's Bar & Grill
Manny's Bar & Grill was a New York City bar in
which Ben Grimm went to in an effort to drink away his depression at no
longer being the Thing. While Grimm was drinking, female patron
Annabelle attempted to flirt with him but when he told her to get lost,
Annabelle manipulated another man, Wilbur, into fighting with Grimm.
Grimm was then tossed out of the bar by Jerry, only to return and renew
the bar fight until Wilbur and his friends hit Grimm with clubs.
Grimm's former teammates, Human Torch and Mr. Fantastic, arrived soon
after to retrieve Grimm and Grimm left the bar with them.
Wilbur
Wilbur was a patron of Manny's Bar & Grill who had
at least once attempted to buy a drink for a female patron, Annabelle,
who declined his offer. When Ben Grimm failed to reciprocate
Annabelle's later advances, telling her to get lost, Annabelle
manipulated Wilbur into fighting Grimm by promising Wilbur he could buy
her a drink afterwards. Grimm made quick work of Wilbur until a man
named Jerry tossed Grimm out of the bar. Grimm immediately busted back
into the bar and renewed the bar fight until Wilbur grabbed a club and
some friends and beat Grimm to the ground. Before they could do any
permanent harm to Grimm, however, Grimm's former Fantastic Four
teammates arrived and Grimm left with them.
images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four I#169, p6, pan7 (Annabelle, main image)
Fantastic Four I#169, p2, pan1 (Annabelle, headshot)
Fantastic Four I#169, p5, pan1 (Harry)
Fantastic Four I#169, p4, pan2 (Jerry)
Fantastic Four I#169, p2, pan2 (Manny's Bar & Grill)
Fantastic Four I#169, p2, pan5 (Wilbur)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#169 (April, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Rich
Buckler (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks)
First posted: 09/23/2022
Last updated: 09/23/2022
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