Delilah Dearborn

Delilah "Dee Dee" Dearborn (Geiger) was a student at Empire State University. While monitoring a surge in the University's new experimental particle accelerator, she was struck by power that surged out of the machine. After this, she began to have nightmares of changing into a huge, green, monster-like creature who tears women apart and kills them. At the same time, women in her area have turned up dead, and all have been killed late at night. Despite the detectives initially believing Dee Dee to be the killer, she helped uncover Patchworker as the murderer.

She is a member of the Mavericks, the New Mexico Initiative team.

Special abilities
Gamma mimicry: Due to a gamma radiation accident, Dee Dee has the ability to mimic the powers of any gamma-powered beings within several miles of her and maintain them for hours, potentially making her as strong as the Hulk, as intelligent as the Leader, etc. If she is around two gamma mutates, she will mimic the one with stronger gamma readings and/or personality. She can read and retain the memories of other gamma mutates or at least those she has already mimicked. Through training, she can focus on one specific being and generally carries a lock of Doc Samson's hair so she can maintain her abilities as her own.

Natural abilities
Physicist: Dee Dee has as a Bachelor's degree in physics from Empire State University.

Weaknesses
Personality overload: She has little control over her powers, a downside exacerbated by the fact that she also takes on the personality aspects of whoever she is mimicking as well. So, if she mimics a villain, she herself could also become a villain. At one time, she was able to focus on one gamma-powered being so she would not become another. This took much effort on her part and left her momentarily helpless as she focused.

In the past, she has lost consciousness via post-hypnotic suggestion upon hearing the words "Freudian slippers".