Melba Li (Imaginary Fiends)

Melba Li
Imaginary Fiends‎
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Real Name	Melba Li
Relatives	Unnamed parents, Unnamed grandfather
Affiliation	IMP Division
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	IMP Agent
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Imaginary Fiends
Creators	Tim Seeley · Stephen Molnar
First Appearance	Imaginary Fiends #1 (January, 2018)

Melba Li is an agent of the IMP division, a secret task of government agents that track and hunt mind-arasites from another dimension that usually appear to people as imaginary friends.

History

When Melba was a kid in Cannon City, Minnesota, she was infected by a mind-parasite named Polly Peachpit who demanded her attention and her fear. Melba convinced her friend Brinke Calle of Polly's existence, and the two remained in fear, despite Brinke not having the ability to actually see Polly herself. One night in the woods, while the two girls confessed their sins, Polly convinced Melba that, in order to save herself, she had to kill Brinke, forcing Melba to stab her friend with a knife seventeen times.

Soon after, Melba was tried and sentenced for her crime, no one believing her that Polly Peachpit was real. For years she lived in a juvenile detention center, demonstrating anti-social behavior to keep people away from her and to keep Polly from returning. On her 18th birthday, as she was prepared to move to an adult penitentiary, Melba was contacted by Special Agent Virgil Crockett, who knew she had been able to and could still see the mental-parasites that his team - the IMP division - dedicated their lives to hunting. Convinced by Crockett to secretly work as his partner in exchange for freedom, Melba was forced to contact Polly once again and manipulate the monster to work alongside them and fight the monsters they couldn't hurt. Wanting only to feed on Li's admiration and fear like she had when Li was a girl, Polly accepted.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Enhanced Vision: Li is what the IMP division calls an "Advanced Host"; due to her infection from Polly Peachpit at a young age, her infection spread to the point of being able to see other imaginary fiends as well.

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Footnotes

Vertigo Character
This character exists under the Vertigo Imprint which is intended for Mature Readers.Their continuity takes place within the context of Vertigo titles although they may cross over into regular DC continuity.