Spitfire (comics)

Spitfire
Spitfire from Captain America Vol. 5 #19. Art by Steve Epting.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Jacqueline Falsworth: Invaders #7 (July, 1976) As Spitfire: Invaders #12 (December, 1976)
Created by	Roy Thomas (writer) Frank Robbins (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Lady Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton
Team affiliations	MI-13 Invaders Hellfire Club
Abilities	Trained airplane pilot Exceptional athlete and hand-to-hand combatant Superhuman speed Sufficient superhuman strength Sharp fangs Healing factor Regeneration Extended longevity

Spitfire (Lady Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins. Her character was first introduced in the Invaders comic book series as an intended replacement for the Union Jack character, but the costume design did not fit the female torso so the character of Spitfire, named after the Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane, was created.

Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins featured Jacqueline Falsworth, in Invaders #7-9 (July–October 1976); in the story she is drained of blood by her vampiric uncle, Baron Blood, as part of his plan to take revenge against her father, Lord Falsworth. Thomas and Robbins concluded the plot-line in Invaders #11 (December 1976); in the story a life saving transfusion from original Human Torch Jim Hammond reacts with the vampire bite to give her super-speed, which she uses to take her recently invalided father's place on the team.

Thomas and Robbins continued to feature her in volumes of Invaders, including; #12-13 (January–February 1977), which sees her joining the team on a rescue mission to the Warsaw Ghetto; #14-15 (March–April 1977), which sees her absconding with her father and new hero Dyna-Mite; #18-19 (July–August 1977), which sees the three parachuting into Germany, #20-21 (September–October 1977), which sees them being rescued by her brother, Brian, as the new Union Jack, and #22 (November 1977); which shows her safely returned to England. Thomas and Robbins also featured her in What If? #4 (August 1977); in the story she and Union Jack save Winston Churchill from a Nazi assassination attempt.