Janet Stein (Earth-616)

Janet Stein
Name	Janet Stein
Aliases	The Wise Men (with her spouse)
Affiliation and Relationships
Group Affiliation	Pride
Relatives	Spouses: Victor Stein (husband, deceased) Children: Chase Stein (son) Family-in-Law: Hunter Stein (brother-in-law)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Green
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Death	Marine Vivarium, Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of Death	Drowned/crushed as punishment by Gibborim
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Scientist, engineer, crimelord, millionaire
Base of Operations	Los Angeles, California, United States Formerly Malibu House, Malibu, California, United States
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona
First	Runaways #1 (April, 2003)
First	Runaways #1 (April, 2003)
Death	Runaways #17 (August, 2004)
Death	Runaways #17 (August, 2004)

I pray one of these settings shuts you up, Richards, you insufferable blowhard.

—Janet Stein[source]

Janet Stein was a super-scientist criminal, the mother of Chase Stein, wife of Victor Stein, and a founding member of The Pride.

History

Origins

Janet Stein and her husband Victor were accomplished and well-regarded engineers. The couple made their fortune from inventing a tool that removes stickers from CDs. As world-renowned brilliant scientists and inventors even Tony Stark was once impressed by their work.

Janet and Victor being summoned by the Gibborim

The Pride

The couple was summoned by the Gibborim to be the "The Wise Men" in the Pride with promises of power, wealth, and eternal life.

Janet working with the Pride

As members of the Pride, the Steins used their advanced technology and engineering skills to assist in ruling the Los Angeles underworld, sacrificing to the Gibborim, protecting their turf, and disposing of threats to their power for a quarter of a century. Together they created the Fistigons, the Leapfrog, and a device to contain a human soul. They also worked closely with Marcus Roston before falling out with him.

Janet announcing her pregnancy to the Pride

Three years after the founding of the Pride, it was Janet's unexpected pregnancy and decision to give her chance at eternal life to her unborn child that convinced the other Pride members to do the same.

Although Janet was not physically abusive to her son, she was emotionally abusive. At age 10, Chase won a trophy for the little league MVP; Janet made him throw it away, promising that they'd save awards for "important" things. She also was complicit in her husband's physical abuse of Chase.

Janet and Victor died in the Marine Vivarium with the other members of the Pride during the failed Rite of Thunder.

Attributes

Abilities

Janet and Victor testing their inventions

• Super-Genius Intelligence: Stein was already a genius inventor, but the Gibborim increased it when she came under their service. As the scientists and engineers of the group she and her husband created advanced weapons, tech, and transport for the The Pride.
  • Mechanics
  • Computer Hacking Skills
  • Robotics
  • Weapons Expert

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Unstable Molecules
• Abstract

Weapons

• Fistigons
• Footstigons
• Universal Weapon

Transportation

• Leapfrog

Notes

• Janet was more whimsical than Victor in her engineering designs.

Trivia

Janet meeting Tony Stark again

• Prior to battling him, Janet and Victor Stein met Tony Stark at an exo-skeleton conference in Geneva.
• Janet knows of Reed Richards and considers him an insufferable blowhard.

See Also

• 17 appearance(s) of Janet Stein (Earth-616)
• 13 minor appearance(s) of Janet Stein (Earth-616)
• 43 mention(s) of Janet Stein (Earth-616)
• 34 image(s) of Janet Stein (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Janet Stein (Earth-616)
• 6 item(s) used/owned by Janet Stein (Earth-616)