Bauer herself was freed several years later and, after releasing the rest of her colleagues, Bauer set out on a personal mission to reclaim the Darkhold and also get revenge on the man responsible. However this eventually lead to Bauer into conflict with S.H.I.E.L.D. and she was later killed by the Ghost Rider. Lucy Bauer was a scientist employed under Momentum Labs, a privately funded scientific organization alongside her husband Joseph Bauer. During their time as a member there, the Bauers came upon the Darkhold, an incredibly ancient text that held infinite knowledge pertaining the mystic arts. Upon opening the book, they discovered that not only did words appear on the pages out of knowhere, but they were even translated for Bauer into German, his first language. Taking the book for themselves, the Bauer's used the knowledge it provided to build their new world changing inventions.
Publication Information
- S.H.I.E.L.D. : Lucy Bauer
- Version : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Alter Ego :
- Known As :
- Doctor Lucy Bauer
- The Peanuts Gang
- Type : Member of Momentum Labs
- Relative : Joseph Bauer : Husband
- Affiliation : Momentum Labs
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth
- Season : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- First Appeareance : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episod 22 : Lockup
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Lilli Birdsell
- Main View : Full Episod
When S.H.I.E.L.D. and Robbie Reyes were searching in the facility, Bauer appeared behind them. Reyes told Phil Coulson that he could deal with her alone, as he was the only one who could kill her. Bauer mistook Robbie for Gabe Reyes, Robbie's paraplegic brother, but an angered Reyes hinted that he was in fact the second brother who had survived the hit that would turn him into Ghost Rider as his eyes burned red. Bauer tried to explain that the attack on them was a mistake and was actually intended for Eli Morrow and explained that she was going to kill him because of what he had done to her and her friends.
After an intense argument, Bauer then attempted to infect Reyes by walking through him, but she failed and was physically grabbed by Reyes, a feeling that she had believed was impossible, while Reyes yet again noted that he might not have been clear about who he really was as he was there to make her pay for her actions due to the many deaths she had left in her wake since becoming the ghostly figure. As Bauer had began to explain the true story behind the Pasadena Momentum Facility incident: Morrow became obsessed with the Darkhold and had taken advantage over Joseph Bauer's experiment in an attempt to kill them so he could take the Darkhold for himself.
Abilities
- Thanks to Eli Morrow, Lucy Bauer became out of phase with the Earth realm, which gave her ghost-like abilities.
- Infection : With a single touch or whisper, Bauer was capable of infecting a person's mind. The infection would affect the part of the brain that controls the sleep/wake cycle, resulting in nightmarish hallucinations that would gradually drive the victim to paranoia and homicidal rage. The hallucinations would usually be of people around the victim having black eyes and their faces becoming darkened and mottled. Eventually, the resulting constant state of fight or flight would cause cardiac arrest, killing the victim.
- Intangibility : Bauer was able to phase through walls unimpeded, though she was still tangible enough to physically interact with the outside world.
- Invisibility : Bauer could render herself invisible and occasionally used this ability to surprise and scare her targets before infecting them.
- Superhuman Speed : Bauer displayed superhuman speed when she managed to propagate across a room instantly with barely any effort.
