For today's Saturday Showcase, I chose a villain who is as deadly as she is beautiful. For my fellow Moon Knight fans, you will know here from the cover of issue #24 in the Moon Knight series but she actually made her first appearance 10 issues prior. So, sit down and relax while I spin you a tale of the one known as Stained Glass Scarlet.
Abused by her father, Scarlet had an unhappy childhood. One evening when she had had enough of it, she killed her father, by lighting his bed with a cigarette. His death was considered an accident and she was sent to live with her uncle and aunt, where her living conditions were improved.
Later in life, she met and married Vince Fasinera, a small-time criminal, believing that she could save him from himself. She was wrong, and he simply mistreated her, much like her father had. They had a child together named Joseph. Vince really wasn't there for his son and eventually Vince was gunned down on the steps of a church, and died. Years later their son turned to a life of crime, following the footsteps of his father. He was later called Joseph "Mad Dog" Fasinera.
When he escaped prison, Scarlet took it upon herself to save her son from his life of crime, but in the end she was forced to kill him. Scarlet turned into a vigilante and started hunting down all the criminals who had ever had a hand to play in her son's turning to crime. Moon Knight tried to stop her, but ended up letting her escape.
* Interesting Fact: Stained Glass Scarlet is an ex-nun who became a vigilante *
Scarlet would cross paths with Moon Knight over and over and to be honest, had some of the best battles in Moon Knight's comic book history. In fact, Scarlet returns and haunts the streets of Brooklyn armed with her crossbow. She finds Bertrand Crawley and, recognizing him as a friend of Marc Spector (or Jake Lockley), fires a crossbow bolt into his shoulder. Crawley runs off and falls through the glass front door of Gena's Diner. Scarlet follows after him, firing several more shots into the diner. She pitches Gena Landers through a window then fires a shot into the oven's gas lines, causing the entire building to explode. Scarlet returns to the church where she lives, confident that her "sweet angel" will come for her.
Moon Knight, as Marc, visits Gena and Crawley in the hospital and promises Gena that he will rebuild the diner. When he leaves the hospital and goes to the Bronx Memorial Cemetery, a group of nuns, all answering to Scarlet, emerge from the shadows and attack him. Scarlet appears and fires a crossbow bolt that tears a hole through Moon Knight's mask. As quickly as she came, she disappears again.
Scarlet later returned, having somehow formed a psychic link to Moon Knight. She was fighting inner demons, and began fire-bombing New York. Moon Knight caught up with her atop a bridge, but she jumped, and he was unable to find her in the waters below. At the time it was unknown whether she survived or not.
Powers and Abilities
While Scarlet does not have any apparent powers, she possesses a mysterious psychic bond with Moon Knight. This psychic bond is not systematic. It appears when Stained Glass Scarlet concentrates on Moon Knight, and can manifest in the form of dreams during which their thoughts intermingle and allow them to briefly communicate. Some speculate that this bond between Stained Glass Scarlet and Moon Knight could be due to the Egyptian god of the moon, Khonshu.
Scarlet is an expert in martial arts. She is able to wield bayonets, guns, and crossbows with precision.
* Interesting Fact #2: She learned how to fight while working as a guard in a women's prison. *
Publication Information
Publisher: Marvel Comics
First Appearance: Moon Knight #14 (December 1981)
Created by Doug Moench, Bill Sienkiewicz, & Jim Shooter
Full Name: Scarlet Fasinera
Place of Origin: New York City
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