| Relatives = [[Lonnie Lincoln (Earth-616)|Lonnie Lincoln]] (father);<br>unnamed mother
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| Relatives = [[Lonnie Lincoln (Earth-616)|Lonnie Lincoln]] (father);<br>
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Unnamed mother
| Universe = Earth-616
| Universe = Earth-616
| BaseOfOperations = Mobile
| BaseOfOperations = Mobile
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| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]] technology user;<br>[[Helmut Zemo (Earth-616)|Baron Zemo]] and the [[Paul Norbert Ebersol (Earth-616)|Fixer]] provided Janice with a new suit of Beetle armor and a nano-virus as part of their plan.
| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]] technology user;<br>[[Helmut Zemo (Earth-616)|Baron Zemo]] and the [[Paul Norbert Ebersol (Earth-616)|Fixer]] provided Janice with a new suit of Beetle armor and a nano-virus as part of their plan.
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| PlaceOfBirth = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York State|New York]]
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| PlaceOfBirth = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (State)|New York]]
| Creators = Ed Brubaker; Mitch Breitweiser
| Creators = Ed Brubaker; Mitch Breitweiser
| First = Captain America Vol 1 607
| First = Captain America Vol 1 607
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===Early Life===
===Early Life===
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[[File:Janice Lincoln (Earth-616) 003.jpg|left|thumb]]
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Janice Lincoln is the daughter of the super power mobster, [[Lonnie Lincoln (Earth-616)|Tombstone]]. Janice's mother was an ex-girlfriend of Tombstone during his early days in organized crime. Janice grew up a semi regular life with Tombstone in and out of her life usually showing up to help out with bills and schooling. However, Janice sought the thrill of her father's lifestyle.{{r|The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #7}}
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Janice Lincoln is the daughter of the super power mobster, [[Lonnie Lincoln (Earth-616)|Tombstone]]. Janice's mother was an ex-girlfriend of Tombstone during his early days in organized crime. Janice grew up a semi-normal life with Tombstone in and out of her life, usually showing up to help out with bills and schooling. However, Janice sought the thrill of her father's lifestyle.{{r|Superior Foes of Spider-Man #7}}
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===New Beetle===
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===Becoming the New Beetle===
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It was a few years later that Baron Zemo and the Fixer provided Janice with a suit of Beetle armor and a nano-virus as part of their plan to destroy the new [[James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-616)|Captain America (Bucky Barnes)]]. She emerges from the rubble of an explosion she causes to confront Captain America (Bucky) and Black Widow.{{r|Captain America #607}}
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It was a few years later that Baron Zemo and the Fixer provided Janice with a suit of Beetle armor and a nano-virus as part of their plan to destroy the new [[James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-616)|Captain America (Bucky Barnes)]]. She emerged from the rubble of an explosion she caused to confront Captain America (Bucky) and Black Widow.{{r|Captain America #607}}
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The all new Beetle fights Bucky and Black Widow in a short battle and is defeated. Bucky unmasks her, and realizes she isculpablein using the nano-virus on him, when she posed as a bartender to slip it in a drink while he was in a bar with [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Steven Rogers]] and the [[Samuel Wilson (Earth-616)|Falcon]]. She is imprisoned in the [[Raft]], where she reveals that she knows Captain America and Bucky are one and the same. While Janice resists Bucky and the Widow's attempts to interrogate her for the identity of her employer, the Fixer asks Zemo whether they should punish her for her failure. Zemo is merciful, saying that she knows no information that would hurt them. Janice is left to her own devices, and the heroes still manage to piece together Zemo's identity. However, Zemo still exposes Captain America's true identity to the general public.{{r|Captain America #608}}
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The all new Beetle fought Bucky and Black Widow in a short battle and was defeated. Bucky unmasked her, and realized she was responsible for using the nano-virus on him, when she posed as a bartender to slip it into a drink while in a bar with [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Steven Rogers]] and the [[Samuel Wilson (Earth-616)|Falcon]]. She was imprisoned in the [[Raft]] where she revealed that she knew Captain America and Bucky are one and the same. While Janice resisted Bucky and the Widow's attempts to interrogate her for the identity of her employer, the Fixer asked Zemo whether they should punish her for her failure. Zemo was merciful, saying that she knew no information that would hurt them. Janice was left to her own devices, and the heroes still managed to piece together Zemo's identity. However, Zemo still exposed Captain America's true identity to the general public.{{r|Captain America #608}}
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===[[Sinister Six (Earth-616)|Sinister Six]]===
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===Sinister Six===
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Through unknown means, she was apparently freed and now she was a member of [[Frederick Myers (Earth-616)|Boomerang's]] [[Sinister Six (Earth-616)|Sinister Six]] fighting [[Otto Octavius (Earth-616)|Superior Spider-Man]].{{r|Superior Spider-Man #1}} After being imprisoned, Boomerang was secretly contracted by the [[Dmitri Smerdyakov (Earth-616)|Chameleon]] to recover the head of former Maggia leader [[Silvio Manfredi (Earth-616)|Silvermane]] from the [[Leland Owlsley (Earth-616)|Owl]]. To this end, Boomerang deceived the team into agreeing to help him.{{r|The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1|2}}
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Through unknown means, she was apparently freed and became a member of [[Frederick Myers (Earth-616)|Boomerang's]] [[Sinister Six (Earth-616)|Sinister Six]] fighting [[Otto Octavius (Earth-616)|Superior Spider-Man]].{{r|Superior Spider-Man #1}} After being imprisoned, Boomerang was secretly contracted by the [[Dmitri Smerdyakov (Earth-616)|Chameleon]] to recover the head of former [[Maggia (Earth-616)|Maggia]] leader [[Silvio Manfredi (Earth-616)|Silvermane]] from the [[Leland Owlsley (Earth-616)|Owl]]. To this end, Boomerang deceived the team into agreeing to help him.{{r|Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1|2}}
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However, after the original Beetle, the reformed [[Abner Jenkins (Earth-616)|Abe Jenkins]], was assigned to be Boomerang's parole officer, the team voted him out and Janice as their new team leader. [[James Sanders (Earth-616)|Speed Demon's]] vote was motivated by his unrequited attraction for her. The others noted that the Beetle became more despotic as team leader, but attributed this as a reaction to the pressure to succeed and avoid incarceration. Boomerang secretly notified [[Luke Cage (Earth-616)|Power Man]] and [[Daniel Rand (Earth-616)|Iron Fist]] of the Sinister Six's whereabouts. Janice and her teammates were arrested, but Boomerang freed them in transit to jail and thus reclaim his leadership role.{{r|The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #3|4}}
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However, after the original Beetle, the reformed [[Abner Jenkins (Earth-616)|Abe Jenkins]], was assigned to be Boomerang's parole officer, the team voted him out and Janice as their new team leader. [[James Sanders (Earth-616)|Speed Demon's]] vote was motivated by his unrequited attraction for her. The others noted that the Beetle became more despotic as team leader, but attributed this as a reaction to the pressure to succeed and avoid incarceration. Boomerang secretly notified [[Luke Cage (Earth-616)|Power Man]] and [[Daniel Rand (Earth-616)|Iron Fist]] of the Sinister Six's whereabouts. Janice and her teammates were arrested, but Boomerang freed them in transit to jail, reclaiming his leadership role.{{r|Superior Foes of Spider-Man #3|4}}
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After assaulting the Owl's base, the Beetle, [[Overdrive (Earth-616)|Overdrive]] and Speed Demon were captured by the villain and interrogated. The Beetle tried to blackmail the Owl into releasing them while covertly dialling for back-up. Unimpressed the Owl got ready to execute her when reinforcements arrived in the form of Tombstone who was revealed to be her father to rest of the group.{{r|The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #5|6}}
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After assaulting the Owl's base, the Beetle, [[James Beverley (Earth-616)|Overdrive]], and Speed Demon were captured by the villain and interrogated. The Beetle tried to blackmail the Owl into releasing them while covertly calling for backup. Unimpressed, the Owl prepared to execute her when reinforcements arrived in the form of Tombstone who was revealed to be her father to rest of the group.{{r|Superior Foes of Spider-Man #5|6}}
===Ant-Man===
===Ant-Man===
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Janice appeared at [[Stark Industries (Earth-616)|Stark Industries]], claiming to have reformed, and applying for the open Head of Security position alongside [[David Alleyne (Earth-616)|Prodigy]], [[Victor Mancha (Earth-616)|Victor Mancha]], and [[Scott Lang (Earth-616)|Scott Lang]]. After seducing [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man]], Janice tried to assassinate him at the behest of an unidentified client, but was disarmed by Lang, pursued and presumably apprehended by Iron Man.{{r|Ant-Man Vol 1 1}}
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Janice appeared at [[Stark Industries (Earth-616)|Stark Industries]], claiming to have reformed, and applying for the open Head of Security position alongside [[David Alleyne (Earth-616)|Prodigy]], [[Victor Mancha (Earth-616)|Victor Mancha]], and [[Scott Lang (Earth-616)|Scott Lang]]. After seducing [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man]], Janice tried to assassinate him at the behest of an unidentified client, but was disarmed by Lang, then pursued and presumably apprehended by Iron Man.{{r|Ant-Man #1}}
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===Ant-Man Security Solutions===
===Ant-Man Security Solutions===
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She joined [[Ant-Man Security Solutions (Earth-616)|Ant-Man Security Solutions]].{{r|Astonishing Ant-Man #9}} -->
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She briefly worked for [[Ant-Man Security Solutions (Earth-616)|Ant-Man Security Solutions]] before it disbanded.{{r|Astonishing Ant-Man #9|13}} -->
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===Sinister Syndicate===
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===The Syndicate===
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Soon after the hunting of various animal-themed supervillains in Central Park,Janice formed anall-female [[Sinister Syndicate (Earth-616)|Sinister Syndicate]]. Withherteammates [[Elaine Coll (Earth-616)|Scorpia]], [[Carolyn Trainer (Earth-616)|Lady Octopus]], [[Lorina Dodson (Earth-616)|White Rabbit]], and the brand new [[Trapstr (Earth-616)|Trapster]], Beetle freed the female [[Francine Frye (Earth-616)|Electro]] from [[Wilson Fisk (Earth-616)|Mayor Fisk]]'s operatives and invited her to join their team.{{r|Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 25}}
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Soon after surviving the hunting of various animal-themed supervillains in [[Central Park]] as part of an event orchestrated by [[Sergei Kravinoff (Earth-616)|Kraven the Hunter]],{{r|Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 #16|23}} Janice formed a criminal enterprise called the [[Syndicate (Beetle) (Earth-616)|Syndicate]] with the objective to support female villains in their careers and bridge the gap in male-female disparity of organized crime. She was joined by [[Elaine Coll (Earth-616)|Scorpia]], [[Carolyn Trainer (Earth-616)|Lady Octopus]], [[Lorina Dodson (Earth-616)|White Rabbit]], [[Trapstr (Earth-616)|Trapstr]], and the female [[Francine Frye (Earth-616)|Electro]].{{r|Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 25}}
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| Weaknesses = Typical human weaknesses, without the use of the Beetle armor
| Weaknesses = Typical human weaknesses, without the use of the Beetle armor
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| Equipment = * ''' [[Beetle Armor MK IV]]:''' [[File:Janice Lincoln (Earth-616) 002.jpg|thumb|left]] The Beetle suit allows the wearer to fly, and stick to walls. Janice's armor seems to be loosely based on the armor designed by the Tinkerer for Abe Jenkins after his original Beetle armor was destroyed by Iron Man. However, the Zemo/FIxer costume does not seem to have the electro-byte offensive capability or the internal battle computer of Jenkins' suit.
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| Equipment = * ''' [[Beetle Armor MK IV]]:''' [[File:Janice Lincoln (Earth-616) 002.jpg|thumb|left]] The Beetle suit allows the wearer to fly, and stick to walls. Janice's armor seems to be loosely based on the armor designed by the Tinkerer for Abe Jenkins after his original Beetle armor was destroyed by Iron Man. However, the Zemo/Fixer costume does not seem to have the electro-byte offensive capability or the internal battle computer of Jenkins' suit.
Janice Lincoln is the daughter of the super power mobster, Tombstone. Janice's mother was an ex-girlfriend of Tombstone during his early days in organized crime. Janice grew up a semi-normal life with Tombstone in and out of her life, usually showing up to help out with bills and schooling. However, Janice sought the thrill of her father's lifestyle.[3]
Becoming the New Beetle
It was a few years later that Baron Zemo and the Fixer provided Janice with a suit of Beetle armor and a nano-virus as part of their plan to destroy the new Captain America (Bucky Barnes). She emerged from the rubble of an explosion she caused to confront Captain America (Bucky) and Black Widow.[4]
The all new Beetle fought Bucky and Black Widow in a short battle and was defeated. Bucky unmasked her, and realized she was responsible for using the nano-virus on him, when she posed as a bartender to slip it into a drink while in a bar with Steven Rogers and the Falcon. She was imprisoned in the Raft where she revealed that she knew Captain America and Bucky are one and the same. While Janice resisted Bucky and the Widow's attempts to interrogate her for the identity of her employer, the Fixer asked Zemo whether they should punish her for her failure. Zemo was merciful, saying that she knew no information that would hurt them. Janice was left to her own devices, and the heroes still managed to piece together Zemo's identity. However, Zemo still exposed Captain America's true identity to the general public.[5]
Sinister Six
Through unknown means, she was apparently freed and became a member of Boomerang'sSinister Six fighting Superior Spider-Man.[1] After being imprisoned, Boomerang was secretly contracted by the Chameleon to recover the head of former Maggia leader Silvermane from the Owl. To this end, Boomerang deceived the team into agreeing to help him.[6]
However, after the original Beetle, the reformed Abe Jenkins, was assigned to be Boomerang's parole officer, the team voted him out and Janice as their new team leader. Speed Demon's vote was motivated by his unrequited attraction for her. The others noted that the Beetle became more despotic as team leader, but attributed this as a reaction to the pressure to succeed and avoid incarceration. Boomerang secretly notified Power Man and Iron Fist of the Sinister Six's whereabouts. Janice and her teammates were arrested, but Boomerang freed them in transit to jail, reclaiming his leadership role.[7]
After assaulting the Owl's base, the Beetle, Overdrive, and Speed Demon were captured by the villain and interrogated. The Beetle tried to blackmail the Owl into releasing them while covertly calling for backup. Unimpressed, the Owl prepared to execute her when reinforcements arrived in the form of Tombstone who was revealed to be her father to rest of the group.[8]
Ant-Man
Janice appeared at Stark Industries, claiming to have reformed, and applying for the open Head of Security position alongside Prodigy, Victor Mancha, and Scott Lang. After seducing Iron Man, Janice tried to assassinate him at the behest of an unidentified client, but was disarmed by Lang, then pursued and presumably apprehended by Iron Man.[9]
The Syndicate
Soon after surviving the hunting of various animal-themed supervillains in Central Park as part of an event orchestrated by Kraven the Hunter,[10] Janice formed a criminal enterprise called the Syndicate with the objective to support female villains in their careers and bridge the gap in male-female disparity of organized crime. She was joined by Scorpia, Lady Octopus, White Rabbit, Trapstr, and the female Electro.[11]
Typical human weaknesses, without the use of the Beetle armor
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Equipment
Beetle Armor MK IV:File:Janice Lincoln (Earth-616) 002.jpg The Beetle suit allows the wearer to fly, and stick to walls. Janice's armor seems to be loosely based on the armor designed by the Tinkerer for Abe Jenkins after his original Beetle armor was destroyed by Iron Man. However, the Zemo/Fixer costume does not seem to have the electro-byte offensive capability or the internal battle computer of Jenkins' suit.
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