Publication history

N'astirh first appeared in X-Factor #32 and was created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove.^[1]

Fictional character biography

N'astirh was a demon with great magical skills and a master manipulator. Despite his power and loyalty to his lord Belasco, Belasco passes him over as a potential apprentice, seeing demons as fit only to be servants. When Illyana Rasputin rises up to replace Belasco as lord of Otherplace, N'astirh steals Belasco's spellbook and flees from Limbo into Earth's past. After years of study, he masters all the spells in the book.^[2]

N'astirh makes an alliance with Cameron Hodge.^[3] N'astirh's demons then kidnap Artie Maddicks and Leech.^[4] Using Belasco's stolen book of spells, N'astirh sends demons to abduct mutant infants, and is brought computer expert Wiz Kid as a captive.^[5] N'astirh is informed by Cameron Hodge about Mister Sinister's orphanage for mutant children.^[6] N'astirh coerces Wiz Kid to create a computer to process magic.^[7] When the Hobgoblin offers to make a Faustian bargain to trade his soul for the power of a demon, N'astirh scoffs at the offer, and on a whim, he grants Hobgoblin the requested power free of charge by fusing him with a demon,^[8] which would eventually break away to become the Demogoblin.^[9] Archangel vows vengeance on N'astirh for the encouragement he provided to Cameron Hodge.^[10] N'astirh also makes a pact with Madelyne Pryor, who uses this alliance to get revenge against the Marauders and the safe return of her son Nathan.^[11]

Madelyne Pryor, N'astirh and S'ym plot a demonic invasion, starting with Manhattan. N'astirh and S'ym manipulate Illyana Rasputin into opening an inter-dimensional portal at the Empire State Building, through which N'astirh's demons invade Manhattan.^[12] Kang the Conqueror sends his minion, the Growing Man to attack N'astirh's demon horde.^[13] During the invasion, N'astirh coerces Illyana, Meggan, and Madelyne towards their darker sides, Magik having a tie to Limbo, Meggan being an empathic shapeshifter who is swayed by the dark emotions around her (transforming her into the Goblin Princess), and Madelyne having her psionic powers triggered, transforming her into the Goblin Queen.^[14] Illyana eventually closes the portal, sealing the demons in Limbo.^[15] While N'astirh battles S'ym for rule of Limbo and Earth, he is infected and transformed by the transmode virus. He claims he has 'become' magic, since he can now process and cast spells almost simultaneously.^[16] N'astirh captures Nathan Christopher Summers. When N'astirh learns Madelyne has fallen into madness, he returns and presents Madylyne her son as chief sacrifice.^[17] He is ultimately destroyed by an overload of lightning driven into him by Storm.^[18]

Much later, N'astirh was apparently resurrected by Illyana Rasputin, who herself had been resurrected by Belasco. He no longer seems to possess the enhancements and abilities given to him as a result of his exposure to the techno-organic virus. He also appears to be far more animalistic and savage than before and has not displayed any of the cunning and manipulative personality traits he once had.^[19] He returns during the Second Coming event, where is revealed that N'astirth is the mastermind who abducted Magik, after he and S'ym cut a deal with Bastion's forces and provided them with a "weaponized ritual" that sent Magik back to Limbo.^[20]

Powers and abilities

Vast magical powers grant him the ability to manipulate the forces of magic for various effects, generate mystical energy as force bolts and protective shields, increase his size and strength, regenerate his injuries and tap into the innate evil of humans and turn them into demons with a touch. He also has the ability of flight due to his natural leather wings. Transformation by the techno-organic transmode virus allows him the ability to alter his own shape and can rebuild his body from a single cell when destroyed or injured, and he can infect others with the transmode virus, converting them into "techno-organic" beings and absorbing their life energy. The virus also granted him a computer like mind allowing him to cast spells and process them almost simultaneously. N'astirh has a gifted intellect, and possesses extensive knowledge of black magic gained through study of Belasco's principal book of sorcery.

In other media

Publication history

Native first appeared in Wolverine vol. 3 #13 and was created by Greg Rucka and Darick Robertson.

Fictional character biography

The Native was captured by the Weapon X program, the same program that gave the X-Men's Wolverine his adamantium skeleton. The scientists working there gave her the codename of "Feral." When Wolverine escaped from the organization, so did the Native. Wolverine and the Native spent some time together in a cabin on the hills of British Columbia, where they became lovers for some time. It's unclear why Wolverine left the Native.^[21] Trying to survive, the Native's presence was rediscovered years later by an offshoot of the Weapon X program led by Mr. Willoughby. Sabretooth was brought in by Mr. Willoughby to track and retrieve her with the help of the hunters Bowen and Peary. Sabretooth tracked her down, only for her to kill Bowen and Peary, outfight Sabretooth, and flee. Sabretooth then manipulated Wolverine into finding her upon visiting him in a bar in Montana.^[22] When Wolverine found Native, she shared a romantic interlude with him.^[23] Wolverine and the Native were tracked by soldiers from the Weapon X offshoot who immobilized him and captured the Native, whom they brought to The Workshop facility in Montana.^[24]

While in captivity of the Weapon X offshoot, the Native was operated on by Doctor Vapor, who removed genetic material from her to be sold to other parties and discovered that the Native's accelerated physiology had resulted in a pregnancy from her liaison with Wolverine.^[21] Wolverine killed Doctor Vapor and left with the Native. However, the pair were watched by Sabretooth who promised to finish what he started. Tracking the couple, Sabretooth revealed Native's condition, defeated Wolverine and subsequently killed the Native which also resulted in the death of their unborn child. Logan wakes up and tracks Native once again to find her corpse. It had a note written in her blood from Victor Creed, saying: "I did you a favor runt – you can thank me later." Wolverine is reduced to tears.^[25] He needs a priest for Native's funeral, so he meets up with his old friend Nightcrawler at a bar after hours. He carries Native in and Nightcrawler reads the last rites for her and their unborn child.^[26]

Powers and abilities

The Native was a mutant who possessed a healing factor that allows her to recover from even the most severe wounds with remarkable speed. She also possessed superhumanly acute senses, as well as having sufficient superhuman strength and ferocity to allow her to successfully subdue an opponent over twice her size. The Native's physiology was also accelerated to the extent that her body could conceive and gestate a fetus within a matter of hours. Despite the extent of her healing factor, the Native was not immortal.

Sarah Vale

Sarah Vale^[37] is a fictional character, a technopathic mutant who appears in the Marvel Comics series New X-Men: Academy X as a student at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.^[37] The character, created by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, first appeared in New X-Men: Academy X #12. She is the sister of fellow student Preview. One of the many mutants to lose their powers on M-Day, she is killed on a bus of depowered former Xavier Institute students that is destroyed by agents of William Stryker.^[38]

Valerie Martin

Valerie Martin is a fictional superhero with cybernetic body armor that grants Internet searching abilities. The character, created by Paul Jenkins and Ramon Bachs, first appeared in Civil War: Front Line #4 (September 2006). She was among the anti-Registration Act faction of heroes during the superhero civil war. She tries to use her powers to locate Captain America and the Secret Avengers in order to join them, but before she can she and the other members of her group are apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. Network is one of the 142 registered superheroes who are part of the 50-State Initiative.^[39][40]

Other versions of Network

A version of Network appears in the Ultimate Universe named Seth Vale, a former mutant prisoner of Camp: Angel who joins the resistance led by Kitty Pryde.^[41]

Network in other media

Network (Sarah Vale) appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Grey DeLisle.^[42] In the episode "X-Calibre", she is shown on a ship to Genosha which is raided by Spiral and the Reavers. She helps keep the ship from sinking by communicating with it.

Other versions of Neutron

Neutron appears with other members of the Imperial Guard in Last Planet Standing #1 (July 2006).

Neutron in other media

Neutron appears as a mini-boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by James Sie. He fights the heroes alongside Hussar on board a Shi'ar warship after Deathbird had overthrown Lilandra Neramani.

Linda Carter

Georgia Jenkins

Christine Palmer

Dwayne Taylor

Donyell Taylor

Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor), also known as Bandit, is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Night Thrasher (vol. 2) #3 (October 1993), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Ken Lashley. Donyell is the older half-brother^[52] of Dwayne Michael Taylor, the original Night Thrasher.

Donyell Taylor is the product of a one-night stand between his unnamed mother and Daryl Taylor, father of Dwayne Taylor. Daryl Taylor was a rich business man who had turned the inheritance from the deaths of his parents into a hundred times the amount he was given. With it he set up charitable foundations like the Taylor Foundation. Daryl had been married to Dwayne's mother Melody since they were 18 years old. Daryl met Donyell's mother while at the bar in the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. Daryl paid Donyell's mother a check worth six figures to keep quiet of their affair after she revealed she was pregnant. Donyell resented Dwayne for having the money and the family he never had. Dwayne resented the notion that his life was somehow any better because he barely remembered his parents, who were murdered by Silhouette's father Andrew Chord.

Donyell took the name Bandit and began targeting Night Thrasher's old foes to prove he was superior to Dwayne. Dwayne would later endure a severe beating at Bandit's hands.^[53] Later wanting a rematch, Bandit abducts Silhouette keeping her tied to a chair under blinding lights in order to lure Dwayne into a confrontation, but Dwayne wins the rematch.^[54] Donyell begins sleeping with Silhouette soon afterwards. When Night Thrasher, Silhouette, and various other members of the New Warriors are sent back in time Donyell joins Hindsight Lad, Sprocket, and his father's killer Andrew Chord in creating a new team of New Warriors to save the originals. The team consisted of Bandit, Hindsight Lad, Turbo, Darkhawk, Dagger, and Powerpax. Donyell later comes to terms with his half-brother, finding common ground during their battle against the Sphinx when the Warriors were returned to the proper time period.

Donyell and Silhouette quit the New Warriors soon after and moved to Chicago. This was the last time that they were seen for several years.^[55] The next time Donyell shows up, he has apparently been seeing Gambit's ex-wife Belladonna for a few months. No one knows what exactly happened between Silhouette and Bandit in Chicago that caused them to separate. It is clear by their conversation at Dwayne's grave site that they are no longer a couple.^[56]

After the Stamford accident, Donyell Taylor had taken over the Taylor Foundation at the death of his half-brother.^[57] It is also revealed that Donyell suffered from a car accident that caused his legs to be amputated. Donyell denies involvement in the latest incarnation of the New Warriors. However, he reveals that a large amount of money was drained from the Taylor Foundation against his wishes and only he and his brother Dwayne had access to those accounts.

Later it is revealed that Donyell Taylor did not, in fact, lose his legs at all. The last panel shows him standing up and staring out of a window, with the image of Night Thrasher behind him, suggesting that he took his brother's alias and costume, and now leads the New Warriors.^[58] Apparently, Dwayne and Donyell reconciled at some point, as he is seen expressing regret for the earlier hostility in their relationship at Dwayne's grave.^[59]

Donyell considered disbanding the New Warriors after teammate Longstrike was murdered by one of the members of the new Zodiac. The remaining members convince him not to. Donyell has problems with Wondra sowing seeds of dissent among the rest of the group. Donyell frequently disappears during battles and does not divulge his comings and goings with his teammates. He downloaded information from Machinesmith, who he claimed was creating a techno-organic virus.

It is revealed that Donyell has taken in abused children and teenagers such as Kaz, Aja, and Grace to help him by making them members of the New Warriors support staff. They have helped in turning one of Arcade's former hideouts into a base for the team. He rescued each of them from abusive environments and has been trying to give them a new life.

When the Skrulls invade Earth, Donyell begins to wonder if the Night Thrasher that perished in Stamford was actually a Skrull. He travels to one of the New Warriors old safe houses, hoping to acquire a sample of his brother's DNA. Justice and his Counter Initiative arrive, and attack Donyell, believing him to be a Skrull impostor. They ask him if he is or is not Dwayne, which he doesn't answer, which just escalates things. The rest of the New Warriors then arrive on the scene.^[60]

A battle occurs between the two teams, but is quickly stopped by Donyell, who then shocks both groups by revealing his identity. They call a truce after Donyell asks Justice to help him find Dwayne's body. They arrive at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier where Justice believe it is being held, only to find it under siege by a Skrull assault force. While the Warriors and the Counter Initiative battle the Skrulls and evacuate the surviving S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Donyell and Justice find Dwayne's corpse, along with the remains of Microbe and Namorita. Donyell takes a sample of Dwayne's DNA and runs it through his armor's computer, then does the same with Microbe and Namorita. The results test positive and Donyell tells Justice that they're taking the bodies with them. Justice agrees and the two teams depart as Army reinforcements arrive to deal with the remaining Skrulls. Later, the two teams bury the remains of their friends in a short memorial service and part on good terms.^[61]

Following a confrontation with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "capekillers", Skybolt and Ripcord are killed, and Donyell revealed that he had been working on a time machine, so that he could save the former New Warriors from their deaths in Stamford, and by extension, the New Warriors who had perished since then.^[62] When the machine is activated, it instead sends the New Warriors into a future where Iron Man has taken the Registration Act to the extreme, a future where all superpowered beings have been removed from the general populace, and the people are under a rule of tyranny. Confronting Iron Man, Donyell discovers that it is not Tony Stark in the suit, but Dwayne, returned from the dead.^[63] Despite having misgivings about Dwayne's totalitarian rule, Donyell's need to reconnect with his brother leads him to betray and capture the other New Warriors.^[64] However, after Dwayne kills Tony Stark (who in this timeline had taken on the identity of Night Thrasher) in cold blood, Donyell comes to his senses, rescuing the others and freeing the incarcerated superheroes. Donyell is then attacked by Dwayne, and is forced to kill him. Upon their return to the present, Donyell disbands the New Warriors, believing they will never be able to trust him again.^[65]

Later, a man with a Night Thrasher outfit appears among the Counter Force members that arrive at Camp Hammond during the assault of the Thor clone called Ragnarok.^[66] He is later confirmed to be Donyell Taylor, who becomes the group's benefactor (and second in command) when the group goes on the run from Norman Osborn, changing the group name to "Avengers Resistance".^[67] When the Avengers Resistance aids the seceding Heavy Hitters against a group of other Initiative teams, Donyell is shot in the head by Taskmaster. He survives, and is captured by Osborn and the Hood, who make an offer to bring his brother back.^[68] However, the Avengers Resistance comes to rescue him.^[69]

While Counter Force moves to a new hideout, Donyell stays behind now that Norman Osborn knows who he is.^[70]

Counter Force hears about the incident at Soldier Field involving Volstagg and the U-Foes. Justice deduces that Norman Osborn orchestrated this. While Counter Force contacts the Mighty Avengers and the New Avengers, Donyell is advised to send e-mails containing evidence of the U-Foes' payoffs, which Donyell objected stating that Norman Osborn would make up some excuse to cover it. Justice concludes that they will have to attack Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. to expose Norman Osborn for what he is.^[71]

When visiting his brother's grave, Donyell is conflicted if he should go with the deal Norman Osborn and the Hood gave him. Counter Force takes the fight to Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. and ends up fighting the Hood's gang. They are knocked down by the Hood's new Asgardian weaponry. When Donyell arrives, the Hood gives him an opportunity to prove himself by killing Tigra.^[72]

The Hood demands that Donyell kill Tigra if he wants his brother revived. Instead, Donyell attacks the Hood and is joined by Tigra as the Hood uses the Norn Stones to empower some of the cadets on his side.^[73]

Powers and abilities of Donyell Taylor

Bandit is a mutant with bioelectrical powers similar to an electric eel that require physical contact and a conductive medium to work. He can channel an electrical charge strong enough to stun, injure, or kill through someone just by touching them. He augments the range of this power by shooting special wire-tethered quarrels from his wristbow. He has also demonstrated superhuman speed and reflexes on par with Midnight's Fire and Silhouette. Donyell is an accomplished marksman, acrobat, and martial artist.^[74]

Bandit carries a specialized wrist mounted crossbow, that fires wire-tethered quarrels tipped with miniature grappling barbs which would penetrate an opponent's flesh and then open up beneath the skin. He then uses his powers to send a debilitating bio-electric charge along the electrically conductive tether, basically making himself a living taser. He also carries a variety of throwing stars.^[74]

His Night Thrasher armor, apart from giving him added protection, enables him to project form-energy weapons, such as a bo staff, escrima sticks, and wrist blades. At one point he banged the sticks together to create an energy shockwave. He also displayed a jet pack and used Pym Particles to shrink himself and others down.

Donyell is an accomplished thief and scientist, it is revealed in New Warriors (vol. 4), that he was able to empower de-powered mutants by stealing powerful technology from the likes of the Avengers. The full capabilities of this knowledge are unknown, but he is feasibly capable of producing incredibly powerful enhancing technology/exoskeletons.

Other versions of Donyell Taylor

An alternate version of Donyell was revealed in What If...? (vol. 2) #81, living in the Age of Apocalypse. When that world got attacked by Galactus, Bandit was killed in battle. One of the main features of the story was the fact that Donyell and his brother Night Thrasher were more reconciled emotionally than they are in the 616 universe.

Kyle Richmond

Joaquin Pennyworth

Neil Richmond

Jack Norris

Tilda Johnson

Keith Remsen

Izanami Randall and Trull

Adam Blackveil

Fictional character biography

Emil Nikos was the best friend of Michael Morbius, who grew up with him and went to university together, majoring in biochemistry. Emil dedicated his life to seeking the cure to Michael's rare blood disease and they won the Nobel Prize in Biology for their efforts. When the experiment failed, turning Michael into "The Living Vampire," Emil was the first victim of Morbius' bloodlust.^[78][79] His body was discovered by Martine Bancroft,^[80] and he was transformed into a vampire by Baron Blood.^[81]

Powers and abilities

Emil possessed the typical powers associated with vampires.

Emil Nikos in other media

A variation of the character renamed Emil Nicholas appears in the live-action Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Morbius, portrayed by Jared Harris.^[82] This version is the surrogate father of the title character and Lucien "Milo" Crown and a renowned scientist based in Greece. He is killed by a now-vampire Milo.

Other versions of No-Girl

• In the Age of X reality, Martha Johansson was shown incarcerated in Fortress X's X-Brig as part of the 'Moira' personality's attempt to prevent telepaths exposing her manipulation of reality.^[93]
• Johansson is present in the alternate future Here Comes Tomorrow, set some 150 years from the present. She is still close friends with Ernst, who is revealed to be a benevolent reincarnation of Cassandra Nova. Along with Nova, she stands alongside Wolverine, E.V.A., the Three-In-One, and Beak's Grandson Tito Jerome Bohusk against a Sublime-possessed version of the X-Man Beast, who prematurely revives Jean Grey in order to control her and the Phoenix Force.
• In Chris Claremont's X-Men: The End storyline, which takes place some 20 years ahead of standard X-Men continuity, Martha Johansson has taken on the role of Cerebra.

Talia Wagner

Criti Noll in other media

• Criti Noll as Yellowjacket appears as a boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Wally Wingert.
• Two versions of the character appear in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
  • One version impersonated Clay Quartermain and Hank Pym, and has a hybridized Super-Skrull form with elements of Iron Man, the Hulk and Klaw.
  • Another version impersonated the Scientist Supreme, utilizing terrorist resources to attempt to destroy all humans as per Veranke's orders and eventually gets discovered by S.W.O.R.D.

Steve Rogers

Edward Ferbel

Jack Monroe

Rikki Barnes

Ian Rogers

Richard Rider

Frankie Raye

Sam Alexander

Albert Gaines

Nuke is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the alternate-reality Squadron Supreme. Another version of the character appears in the title Supreme Power.

Frank Simpson