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Diamond Lil

Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Lillian Crawley

Aliases
"Creepy" Crawley

Identity
Secret (known to Canadian government officials)

Occupation
Adventurer, former criminal, waitress

Citizenship
Canada (with a criminal record)

Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Known Relatives
Madison Jeffries (Box/Gemini, estranged husband), Lionel Jeffries (Scramble/Gemini, brother-in-law, deceased)

Group Affiliation
198, formerly Alpha Flight, Omega Flight, Gamma Flight

Education
High school graduate

Height
6'4"

Weight
165 lbs.

Eyes
Hazel

Hair
Brown

Powers
Diamond Lil’s body generates a bio-aura of nigh-impenetrable energy that permeates her molecular structure to grant her skin durability akin to that of diamond. Though able to deflect most forms of physical or energy-based impacts, Lil still feels the force of such blows. Similarly, Lil’s bio-aura also affords her protection against temperature extremes. Her nails and hair are similarly permeated, even after being removed from her body. Lil’s bio-aura limits her sense of touch.

Abilities
She is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, utilizing numerous street fighting techniques.

Weapons
Lil once used a strand of her hair as a garrote.

Paraphernalia
None

First Appearance
(Unidentified, cameo) Alpha Flight #1 (1983); (identified, fully) Alpha Flight #11 (1984)

Origin
Unrevealed

Significant Issues
Gamma Flight disbanded (Alpha Flight #1, 1983); joined Omega Flight, vs Alpha Flight, defeated (Alpha Flight #11-12, 1984); with Omega Flight, vs Alpha Flight, defeated (Alpha Flight #25-28, 1985); selected to join new Gamma Flight, pardoned, released from prison, attempted to seduce Jeffries (Alpha Flight #71, 1989); aided Alpha Flight vs Llan (Alpha Flight #72-75, 1989); joined Alpha Flight, renewed relationship with Jeffries (Alpha Flight #78, 1989); with Alpha Flight, alongside Gamma Flight, vs Scorpion, Asp, Owl & Nekra (Alpha Flight #79-80, 1989); with Alpha Flight, alongside Gamma Flight, vs Llan’s army (Alpha Flight #85-86, 1990); revealed to have lump in breast (Alpha Flight #94-95, 1991); with Alpha Flight, alongside Avengers, vs Consortium (Alpha Flight #98-100, 1991); cyst diagnosed as benign (Alpha Flight #101, 1991); accepted marriage proposal from Jeffries, resigned from active duty with Alpha Flight, attended bachelorette party, vs Pink Pearl (Alpha Flight #103-105, 1991-1992); became concerned over Jeffries’ addiction to Box robot (Alpha Flight #109 & 122, 1992 & 1993); with Jeffries, joined Shaman, Nemesis & Wyre vs Carcass (Alpha Flight #125-126, 1993); captured by Huxley, subjected to experimentation, rescued by Alpha Flight (Alpha Flight #5-6, 11 & 18-19, 1997-1998 & 1999); captured by Weapon X, incarcerated in Neverland, beaten by Boxbots (Weapon X #5, 2003)

Little is known of Lillian Crawley’s life before joining the Canadian government’s Department H in the Gamma Flight training program for the super-team Alpha Flight. She briefly romanced her teammate Madison Jeffries before the Department was shut down, after which Crawley and her former teammates were recruited into Omega Flight by Delphine Courtney, android assistant to Jerome Jaxon. Omega Flight was sent to attack Jaxon’s old rival James Hudson, who was Alpha Flight’s leader, Guardian. Crawley was easily bested by Shaman before Hudson was seemingly killed when his battle-suit exploded.

Imprisoned, Crawley and her teammates were freed by Courtney to attack Alpha Flight once more; however, they were defeated by Jeffries and imprisoned again. The Canadian government later sought to replace Alpha Flight as their officially-sanctioned team, and Crawley was pardoned to join a new Gamma Flight. She first visited Jeffries hoping to rekindle their relationship, but found him engaged to Hudson’s widow Heather. Crawley was swept up in Alpha Flight’s battle against Llan the Sorcerer, after which she remained with Alpha and renewed her relationship with Jeffries.

At some point, Crawley discovered a lump in her breast. She ignored it hoping it would go away, but when it continued to grow she had it examined. Doctors were unable to perform a biopsy due to her impenetrable skin until after Alpha Flight’s battle with the alien Consortium, during which Crawley was wounded by a laser and, in an act of desperation, killed the weapon’s owner to claim it; the cyst was diagnosed as benign.

After Jeffries almost died in Alpha Flight’s battle against Diablo, he proposed to Crawley and she accepted. Resigning from active duty with Alpha Flight so they could marry, Crawley soon became concerned over her husband’s apparent addiction to adventuring with his Box robot. Nonetheless, she agreed to join him on a mission with an ad-hoc team of Alphans to combat the demonic Carcass. Subsequently, Jeffries was recruited into a restructured Alpha Flight, but was captured on the team’s very first mission. Crawley came to Department H looking for him, but was abducted by Doctor Horatio Huxley and subjected to experiments involving the weaponization of the Thetagen-24 bacteria. Huxley’s plot was ultimately uncovered by Alpha Flight, and Crawley was rescued.

Later, Crawley was among those mutants captured by the Weapon X program and imprisoned in “Neverland,” a concentration camp that was ironically built by her husband while under Weapon X’s control. Disturbed at seeing perversions of Jeffries’ Box robot operating as guards, Crawley openly challenged their authority. However, all mutants in the camp had been depowered, and she was severely beaten by the Boxbots.

Since the advent of "M-Day", Crawley has found herself a member of the mutant refugees collectively known as the 198.

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