BLUE LADY

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Lucille Martin
OCCUPATION: Novelist, adventurer 
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Human magic user

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 
OTHER ALIASES: Blue Bird
PLACE OF BIRTH: Centaur City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Widowed 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Larry Grant (deceased husband)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers of America 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: San Francisco, Centaur City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Amazing-Man Comics #24 (1941)

HEIGHT: 5' 5" 
WEIGHT: 128 lbs 
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

August, 1947. 

Lucille Martin, an adventurous novelist, was returning by boat from a vacation in China when she met an elegant Chinese maiden named Lotus who was on her way to San Francisco. Her master tasked Lotus with delivering a valuable jade idol to a Chinatown address and she asked Lucille to keep it for her as she feared it would be stolen. 

In case there were problems, Lucille was to deliver the package. 

The woman also gave her a ring in the shape of a blue bird (the Qingniao Ring) which is said to grant its wearer the ability to "see things no one else can see, and do things no one else can." The maid was soon killed and thrown overboard by thugs looking for the idol. Failing to find Lotus, Lucille visited her room and, finding it disordered, she hid the idol for the rest of the trip. Back in the United States, while she was in her room, she began to examine the Qingniao Ring, but she was overwhelmed by a mysterious wave of well-being and lost consciousness. Upon waking up, she felt so sure and confident of accomplishing her mission that she dressed up in a costume and presented herself at the appointed address in Chinatown, and after a successful confrontation with some thugs, the jade idol was finally delivered to its recipient. That was the origin of the Blue Bird. Then came the Crime Smashers, World War II, and the Battle Squadron. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Qingniao Ring has the power to stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain of the people around its wearer, producing a feeling of great well-being. The user (Lucille in this case) perceives that power as an incredible boost in her own confidence, her senses sharpen and she becomes more aware of everything around her. By concentrating, she was able to magnify these vibrations, causing extreme arousal, euphoria, or intoxication in one or more of the beings around her.