REAL NAME: Patricia Hope. OCCUPATION: Head of the Hope Charitable Foundation. CITIZENSHIP: American. PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, IL. RELATIVES: William & Rosalind Hope (parents, deceased), Terry (brother). FRIENDS: Dr. Douglas Sullivan (boyfriend), Lt. Flanagan (Chicago PD), Dr. Robert Carter (ex-boyfriend), Father Brown, Prof. Quanter, Dick Spade (reporter), Sibilla. ENEMIES: CRIMEN, Vega, Karl Jäger, Phantom (crime cartel). BASE OF OPERATIONS: Chicago. GROUP MEMBERSHIPS: Double Solitaire (informal, with Sibilla). GENDER: Female. HEIGHT: 5'8". WEIGHT: 131 lbs. EYES: Blue. HAIR: Black. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: None. POWERS: Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and stamina. WEAPONRY: Various projectile weapons, microelectronic gadgets in utility belt; Phenix does not use guns. BIOGRAPHY: When she was in college, Patricia Hope, the daughter of a billionaire couple, was raped by an assailant still unknown today. She slipped into a deep coma that lasted nine months, and emerged like a phenix from its ashes miraculously transformed, with a body and mind optimized to superhuman levels. After that traumatic event, Patricia began leading a double life: being a leading Chicago socialite by day, and the black-clad, bike-riding crime fighter known as Phenix by night. She began helping Father Brown's local church and free clinic and date young Dr. Bobby Carter. After her parents' death in a plane accident, Patricia inherited a vast fortune and became the head of the Hope charitable foundation. She later broke up with Dr. Carter when the latter moved to L.A. Patricia now shares her life with Dr. Douglas Sullivan, head of the E.R. at Saint Justin's Hospital. Phenix also teams up on a semi-regular basis with Sibilla.