PATRICIA WALKER
Real Name: Miss Patricia Walker
Identity/Class: Normal human (post World War II era)
Occupation: Philanthropist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Captain America (Jeff Mace), Bucky (Fred Davis)
Enemies: Professor Wagstaff
and his cavaliers
Known Relatives: Father (name unrevealed)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Walker Mansion, New York, USA
First Appearance: Captain America
Comics#66/5 (April, 1948)
Powers/Abilities: Patricia Walker is a wealthy svelte woman who engages in philanthropy.
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
History:
(Captain America Comics#66/5 (fb) - BTS) - Patricia
Walker intended to auction her father's valuable painting the "Masked
Cavalier" and donate it to the Lee School. She organized a charity
auction but kept the original painting securely in a vault with a
duplicate on display.
(Captain America Comics#66/5) - Walker inspected the
grounds of the Lee School guided by Steven Rogers (Jeff Mace, secretly
Captain America). Although she wanted the funds to go to books, he
hoped some could go to athletic equipment. Very nearby, student Bucky
(Fred Davis, also the masked hero Bucky) chanced upon Professor Wagstaff
in an apparent sword fight against two cavaliers. Immediately thinking
the prof was the victim, Bucky joined fray but the cavaliers escaped,
passing Walker and Mace. In the chaos, Mace tried to protect Walker but
she was knocked over. She left nonplussed. Meanwhile, Captain America
and Bucky investigated and considered a link between the cavaliers and
the auction. As she later prepared herself for the auction, Walker was
pleased that she looked more attractive with her hair down and no
spectacles as a result of falling down. She then witnessed Captain
America and Bucky smash through a skylight to energetically take down
the stealthy cavaliers and stop the costumed Wagstaff, who was stealing
the painting (actually the duplicate). Impressed with their physical
prowess, Walker vowed to continue with the auction and direct the
proceeds to the School's athletics department.
Comments: Uncredited creators.
Patricia Walker was selling her father's painting to
raise funds for the Lee School, so potentially she was selling his
assets after his death...?
Is Patricia Walker related in any way to Patsy Walker (a.k.a. Hellcat/Cat) by way of being an aunt or remote cousin?
Cavaliers date more to the 16th and 17th Centuries
(especially Royalist supporters during the English Civil War of the
mid-1600s); the story cites 15th Century.
Thanks to John Holstein for the scans.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Patricia Walker has no known connections to:
The cavaliers were two thugs (names unrevealed) of
the thief Prof. Wagstaff whom he trained to use the rapier. He had them
dressed as gaudy cavaliers to match the painting of the "Masked
Cavalier," which he intended to steal while the duo robbed those
attending the painting's charity auction. However, the two would-be
sword wielders were no match for the leaping and adaptive brawling
techniques of Captain America (Jeff Mace) and Bucky (Fred Davis).
--Captain America Comics#66/5
Professor Wagstaff worked at the Lee School, as did
Steve Rogers (Jeff Mace, secretly Captain America) and student Bucky
(Fred Davis, also the masked hero Bucky). Wagstaff, an avid collector
of 15th Century weapons and cavalier garments, desired more money.
Hearing of the upcoming charity auction for the school, he hired and
taught two thugs sword-fighting to rob auction attendees while he would
steal the valuable "Masked Cavalier" painting, with all three dressed
in swashbuckling cavalier garb. However, Mace and Bucky
chanced upon him engaged in swordplay with his thugs. He feigned
innocence but Mace worked out Wagstaff's criminal plan and as Captain America later
stopped the costumed Wagstaff as he stole the painting (actually just a
replica; the original was in a vault) before the auction. Although a
very good sword-fighter, Wagstaff had no brawling skills and Mace easily
knocked the old man out.
--Captain America Comics#66/5
images:
(without ads)
Captain America Comics#66/5, p5, pan3 (main image)
p6, pan7 (headshot)
p2, pan3 (Cavaliers)
p4, pan3 (Wagstaff)
Appearances:
Captain America Comics#66/5 (April, 1948) - uncredited writer and
artist(s), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 02/18/2023
Last updated:
02/18/2023
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