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Background
The White Rabbit is a clear example of a nutcase. As a child, she belonged to a
rich family, who wanted to give her an upright education. She was mostly
secluded and "protected", in order to become a "proper lady". Having nowhere to
turn, she found her refuge in books, until she read Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland. That book was more than a simple refuge for a troubled mind; in
her own words, it saved her soul.
She grew up into a futile and melancolic 25 year old woman married to an 82
year old multi-billionare geezer. She could have anything money can buy, but
she longed for the thrill of danger, mayhem, and adventure, which her husband
couldn't give her. She eventually got rid of him, though his death was assumed
to be natural (she assures he died happy... I wonder) and then used his fortune
to become the White Rabbit, based on the character from the book.
She started her villainous career by robbing several fast-food restaurants. Why
fast-food? As I said, "the White Rabbit is a clear example of a nutcase". Her
biggest problem was that when she tried to rob Kwikkee Burger, Eugene Patilio
was in the restaurant. You don't know who Eugene is? He's none other than the
Fabulous Frog-Man! While he dodges the bullets from the White Rabbit Gang,
the White Rabbit herself abandons her men, leaving them to handle Frog-Man. Of
course, Frog-Man eventually handles himself (check his profile if you don't
understand why), and he only survives because Spider-Man intervenes. After
that, she goes to her next target with a renewed Gang: A book fair. On her way,
she's spotted by Spidey and Frog-Man, and after a funny battle, her jet-boots
fail and she crashes to her first defeat.
A few years later, she returns with a different plan: She wants to execute
revenge on Frog-Man. With that, she contacts Speed Demon, Yellow Claw and
the Walrus, the other guys who were (sort of) defeated by Frog-Man. The
first two scoff at her proposal, only the dumb-as-a-rock Walrus agrees. They
start spreading chaos and mayhem in Brooklyn (surprisingly, in front of Kwikkee
Burger) to attract Frog-Man, but they attract one frog too many, because
Eugene's dad, the original Leapfrog, also shows up and he controls the suit
much better than his son. Of course, Spidey also appears, and once again Frog-
Man scores a clumsy victory, by falling on the Rabbit's back when jumping out
of control.
In her third and final storyline to date, she and her gang are robbing a bank,
when the Gargantuan Grizzly and his partner, Gibbon, the Boy Monkey, show
up to stop her. They're captured, and three issues later she attempts to ransom
the duo demanding 1 billion dollars for their lives, or she'd feed them to her
genetically altered killer bunnies (Monthy Python, anyone?)! The Mayor thinks
that 1 billion is too much, and makes a counter offer: $2.50! She rejects and
takes the Flying Hare to bomb the city. She raises the ransom request to 5
billion and returns to her hideout, while a stealthy Bombastic Bag-Man
(Peter with a bag on his head. Hey, it's the middle of Identity Crisis, and he
had none of the other costumes with him!) climbs aboard the Hare.
When the Hare arrives back at the hideout, the White Rabbit drops Grizzly and
Gibbon into the bunnies' pit, and the Bag-Man takes out the White Rabbit Gang.
When he faces the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse, the White Rabbit's sidekicks,
they say they're only hired actors, because not a single super-villain (!!!)
wanted to work with the Rabbit. She shows up with a giant Rabbit-Robot and
blasts Bag-Man away. Of course, Peter's just pretending, because he saw Grizzly
and Gibbon leaving the pit and wanted to give them the victory. It seems that
the Gibbon's natural affinity with animals convinced the killer bunnies to chew
their chains. The Grizzly, afraid to be called sexist if he didn't give the
Rabbit equal treatment, renders her K.O. with a nice punch.
Thanks To:
Some of the above information is extracted from the various
versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent
Marvel Encyclopaedias.
The assistance of the
Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.
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