Fictional Character Biographies
The couple that is known as Punch and Jewelee are considered two of the silliest criminals active today by most superheroes. Most people consider them clods and do not take them seriously, but discounting them is a mistake, since they are completely amoral individuals who act as much on whim as on any other motivation. This makes them quite unpredictable and dangerous.
The couple grew up together in Brooklyn and went into business as puppeteers at Coney Island, moonlighting as thieves. One day, the male found a small box containing alien weaponry left behind by careless extraterrestrials. He and the female quickly learned how to use the weapons. Since they had always been puppeteers, they decided to adapt the characters of Punch and Judy to themselves. Calling themselves Punch and Jewelee, they began a brief criminal career along the East Coast.
In the original stories prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the duo battled Nightshade and Captain Atom. Following the Crisis, it was retconned to reveal that Nightshade's partner was King Faraday, and not Captain Atom.
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