Black Mariah

[Le Messor]

I've just read Luke Cage, Hero For Hire (1972) #5 for the first time. It's got a character in it named Black Mariah*, and I'm wondering if she was the inspiration for Pink Pearl; there are a lot of visual similarities. Same weight, same clothing style, same buck teeth with a gap.

* I searched for the word 'Mariah' on this site before posting and only came up with discussion of Peter David's Fallen Angel. That's a completely different Black Mariah.

[Tawmis]

I feel like there's a few that are similar in that regard. Wasn't there a Big Bertha in Great Lake Avengers?Granted she had actual powers, but appearance was kind of the same.I could swear I read somewhere that Pink Pearl had a specific reference... but for the life of me, I can't figure out where I saw that or if it was all my imagination.

[cmdrkoenig67]

I feel like there's a few that are similar in that regard. Wasn't there a Big Bertha in Great Lake Avengers?Granted she had actual powers, but appearance was kind of the same.I could swear I read somewhere that Pink Pearl had a specific reference... but for the life of me, I can't figure out where I saw that or if it was all my imagination.

Pink Pearl is based on an eraser (that's where her name comes from, not kidding)...LOL.

Dana

[Le Messor]

Pink Pearl is based on an eraser (that's where her name comes from, not kidding)...LOL.

That's great! I've never heard that!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Yep, they've been around forever. Those big pink erasers...it's the name brand, I believe (or just the name they gave the eraser?).

Dana

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-erasers-pink