Editing Greatest Avenger Villains 1888 (section)

==Yellowjacket II==
:  Rita DeMara
:: Joined Masters of Evil: Avengers 271
:: Petty thief Rita DeMara became a super-criminal when she stole Henry Pym's Yellowjacket costuming and equipment for her own use, leading to defeat and imprisonment at the hands of the Wasp. Baron Helmut Zemo's Masters of Evil recruited DeMara into their ranks after freeing her from jail, and she reluctantly participated in their occupation of Avengers Mansion, uncomfortable with the ruthlessness of her fellow Masters but afraid to oppose them. She surrendered peacefully to the authorities when the Avengers liberated the Mansion, and remained in prison until fellow Masters veteran the Fixer busted her out, hoping to form a romantic and criminal partnership with her. Yellowjacket rejected his advances and abandoned her grudge against the Wasp after developing a crush on Wasp's teammate, Black Knight, teaming with him to defeat the jealous Fixer. Later, she even acted as an honorary member of the Avengers by fighting alongside the team against the High Evolutionary.
:: Presumably unaware of Yellowjacket's budding reformation, Doctor Octopus recruited her into his Masters of Evil for an assault on Avengers Mansion, and Yellowjacket helped the visiting Guardians of the Galaxy defeat these new Masters. Intrigued by the Guardians and eager to make a fresh start, Yellowjacket accompanied the Guardians back to their own 31st century time period and joined their ranks, but eventually returned to the twentieth century and tried to make contact with the Avengers; upon returning to her own time, though, she was promptly murdered by an individual who seemed to be Iron Man. The true identity and motivations of her murderer remain unrevealed.
::: '''Avengers Appearances''': Avengers 264 (stole Hank Pym's Yellowjacket costuming and equipment, using it to become the new Yellowjacket; battled and captured by Wasp); Avengers 271 (freed from jail and recruited by MOE IV; escaped Avengers and Paladin); Avengers 273-277 (as member of MOE IV, participated in occupation of Avengers Mansion; surrendered peacefully to Avengers during Masters' defeat); Solo Avengers 12 (freed from jail by Fixer but rejected his romantic advances; abandoned plans of revenge on Wasp; romantically pursued Black Knight III; teamed with Black Knight to defeat Fixer); Avengers Annual 17 (responding to a call for the original Yellowjacket, acted as honorary member of the Avengers by helping them battle the High Evolutionary); Avengers: The Crossing (returned from 31st century and sought out Avengers only to be seemingly murdered by Iron Man); Avengers: Timeslide (glimpsed by Avengers in time transit prior to her death).


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