Sunspot ( Roberto " Bobby " da Costa ) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is most commonly associated with X-Men -related groups, the New Mutants and X-Force .
117-575: Emmanuel da Costa is a fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Roberto da Costa . Daggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dagoth is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange . Dakimh the Enchanter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dakimh
234-559: A brief quarrel which ended with the life seed destroyed by Sunfire and Psylocke recognizing Sabretooth from her time on the Exiles, Dark Beast sneaks over to the portal back to the main Marvel Universe, Earth-616, and walks in, leaving X-Force stranded in the Age of Apocalypse world. He then released the now fully evil Dark Angel from his prison and helped him form an army to destroy Earth. Following
351-403: A bullet meant for him. Roberto joins Karma and Psyche in pursuit of Pierce. The three are joined by Wolfsbane , and after the battle by Sam Guthrie ( Cannonball ), one of Pierce's misguided mutant hirelings, despite initial reservations from the others. Professor Xavier offers to train the five teenagers to control their new mutant powers. They accept the offer and become the founding members of
468-674: A captive of Locksmith , and is saved by Spider-Woman . Eventually, the Shroud invites her to join the supervillain team Night Shift , which she accepts, later becoming co-leader of the group. She serves in several missions, mainly facing the Avengers . She takes some time out to work with Superia and the Femizons as they battle Captain America . Dansen and the rest of Night Shift are hired by Snapdragon to kill Moon Knight on behalf of Count Nefaria who
585-513: A cure for M-Day. The two form an uneasy alliance to tackle the impending mutant extinction, but part ways due to their drastically different moral approaches to science. During a trip to the Guthrie household aimed at requesting samples of DNA from the mother and father of several mutant, and non-mutant, children – the Dark Beast (without warning Henry) poisons one of the un-mutated Guthrie boys, Lewis, in
702-574: A dimensional portal and returns to the Age of Apocalypse along with Nightcrawler. There, he discovers Weapon Omega's defeat at the hands of the human coalition and the capture of the Apocalypse seed. However, returning to the Age of Apocalypse with the X-Men and X-Treme X-Men in tow resulted in the release of evil beings known as the Exterminator which were trapped in the walls between realities by their creators,
819-519: A giant poster. In the late 1980s, a poster made up of the first twelve issues of the original Handbook was released. For the poster, several characters were added and others received up-to-date looks. In the Master Edition (1990–1993) this changed and every character was allocated a double-sided loose leaf page. Later versions allocate characters different lengths of entry depending on their history and importance. There have been several versions of
936-440: A high tech uniform and goes by the name Darter. As Darter, Randy can glide through the air and fire lasers at his enemies. His first fight is with White Tiger who he manages to knock down. Later, the two fight again in a gymnasium where Spider-Man and Carrion are fighting. When Carrion flees with Spider-Man, Randy realizes that he was betrayed by his master and swears revenge on Carrion. He encounters his master while trying to drain
1053-511: A laboratory under an outhouse somewhere in the mutant nation of New Tian following Hydra 's takeover. He used this lab to experiment on Inhumans . While searching for an Inhuman named Leer, Quake and the Secret Warriors found Dark Beast's hidden lair. Quake confronted Dark Beast on the whereabouts of Leer, but Dark Beast claimed that he didn't know who Leer was. He continued to profess his ignorance even when tortured by Quake and Karnak. Then
1170-477: A largely unexplored aspect of his mutant power. In X-Force #28, Sunspot uses the concussive solar blasts as a means of propulsion, flying by blasting in the opposite direction of where he wants to go – initially he leaves a slight trail behind him, but in later years, he learns to use the propulsion more subtly – appearing to hover in place with no blast wake at all other than his usual "powered up" corona effect. His capacity to fly has similarly been enhanced as he
1287-535: A lucky blow. Spider-Man later teams up with several members of the Midnight Sons who are investigating the activities of a demonic Spidey-doppelganger . While pursuing this creature, the heroes discover and stop Paralyzer's plan to recreate Zzzax . After the Sentinels destroy Genosha , Paralyzer, again called Shocker, helps Toad and other mutants create a statue of the island's former ruler Magneto. Unus becomes
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#17330858712601404-616: A parting gift of an expensive apartment. Following the deal that would get the Avengers Idea Mechanics to merge with the U.S. government as the American Intelligence Mechanics, Sunspot leads the U.S.Avengers under the alias of Citizen V . Their first mission takes place at the Secret Empire 's floating volcanic island base. Red Hulk crash-lands into the floating volcanic island base, destroying it. The team
1521-565: A pedestrian as he left town. The Dark Beast was able to keep up his ruse until the Onslaught Saga, during which the Dark Beast joined Onslaught . Onslaught had, in fact, known from the beginning of Dark Beast's ruse and mentally shielded him from other telepaths at the mansion, intending to question him about the reality of his origin. However, upon learning what happened in Dark Beast's reality when mutants ruled, Onslaught decided to destroy both races rather than helping mutants take their place as
1638-499: A quick scientific experiment. He then carries the dying boy's body back to the house, suggesting that they should try one of the girls next. Shocked and enraged with his actions, Hank attacks the Dark Beast who, disgusted with Henry's inability to do all that is necessary to save their mutant species, beats him almost unconscious. The fight is interrupted by Mrs. Guthrie, who fires a round from a double-barrelled shotgun into Dark Beast's left shoulder. After scolding Mrs. Guthrie for thinking
1755-589: A round of birdshot would put him down, the Dark Beast is knocked unconscious by Henry. During the " Dark Reign " story-line, Dark Beast later appears as a member of the Dark X-Men (a team of X-Men put together by Norman Osborn ). He serves as the team's scientist. He constructs a device known as the "Omega Machine" to experiment on mutants in Alcatraz for H.A.M.M.E.R. and starts testing on Beast, causing him great pain and torment as it begins slowly eating him away. Osborn
1872-507: A small businessman being hassled by the mob . During this time, Roberto has a short fling with Sam's girlfriend Tabitha Smith , a teammate. Later during his X-Force career, Roberto is approached by Selene of the Hellfire Club . She offers Roberto his deceased father Emmanuel's seat in the club's Inner Circle, as the seats are inherited. She promises Roberto that she will resurrect Juliana if he joins and he agrees. Selene does bring back
1989-426: A still inactive X-Gene, it works as a catalyst, becoming lethal for potential mutant children. Dark Beast reasoning that this will 'test' humanity's hatred of mutants by putting them in a position where they will risk their children dying to prevent them becoming mutants. As Dark Beast continues mocking them, Magik executes him with her teleportation discs to send part of Dark Beast into the ceiling, killing him. During
2106-478: A team of New Tian mutants entered the laboratory to remove the Inhumans for intruding into New Tian, and Dark Beast was taken into the mutants' custody. Dark Beast's apparent resurrection was later revealed to be Mister Sinister's doing, who saw fit to save Dark Beast's head and attached it to a brand-new body that appeared to be Dark Beast's old self, but with some technological improvements like cannons in his arms and
2223-470: A team with Sunspot, Magma, and Magik to go find them. Sam and Roberto come across a tied-up and comatose Shan in the back of a bar, while Magik and Magma are tricked into freeing Legion from a box, who apparently has Shan's personality imprisoned inside of him. Roberto and Sam approach Shan's body but when Roberto gets too close he almost gets pulled into Legion's mind. After they leave the bar, they find they're surrounded by police; Roberto and Sam fly away to
2340-669: A villain called Reignfire appears, with a remarkably similar appearance to Sunspot. The villain Reignfire first appears before Sunspot's mysterious disappearance in X-Force #28 (1993), and assumes command of the Mutant Liberation Front . Dani Moonstar , who has infiltrated the MLF, sees Reignfire without his mask and believes him to be Sunspot, and in a battle with X-Force, Reignfire removes his mask to reveal himself as Sunspot. The moment
2457-715: Is a mutant whose cells have the ability to absorb solar energy and convert it for use as physical strength. He is also able to create thermal updrafts for flight, project heat and light, and create concussive blasts of solar energy. At will, he is able to take on a superhuman "powered up" form that is entirely nonreflective black, save for his eyes and teeth which turn a solid bright white. The color black optimizes solar absorption, but he absorbs solar power at all times, not only in his "powered up" form. If he has not absorbed sufficient amounts of solar energy in normal form, he will be too weak to "power up". Likewise, when not in direct sunlight, use of his superhuman strength rapidly exhausts
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#17330858712602574-726: Is a large extradimensional humanoid being with a tail. He is originally from a "dark dimension" (not related to Dormammu 's dimension). He later becomes master of the Undying Ones ' dimension after defeating the Nameless One . Darter ( Randy Vale ) is a minor villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney , first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #29 (April 1979). Randy Vale
2691-447: Is able to breach planetary orbit and reach Saturn's belt with relative ease. Sunspot has the rituals and ideas of the Askani inside his head, due to telepathic contact with Cable. He is strongly influenced by this for a while, but the memories seem to fade. His non-superhuman abilities include business administration ; he owns and runs a multibillion-dollar international conglomerate. He
2808-518: Is among the mutants in Magneto's army in House of M . He is punished for wanting to kill an injured enemy. Later, he is killed during the liberation of Genosha, an island that has mutant slaves. Dark Beast aka Black Beast is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As an alternate reality version of Beast , he first appeared in issue #1 of X-Men: Alpha in 1995 and
2925-532: Is an Olympic-class athlete as the result of being trained in combat by the X-Men and Cable. He is fluent in many languages and has other minor talents such as piloting aircraft. He was trained in swordsmanship by the Gladiators, and is also an excellent soccer player. Sunspot was in the X-Ternals with Jubilee , Strong Guy , and Gambit . They take money from Apocalypse and give it to the poor. Magneto sends them to
3042-512: Is an angry vigilante . Originally coming from Harlem in this continuity, he sees the X-Men as decadent Uncle Tom figures and accuses them of living in an ivory tower , considering themselves separate from "second-class muties" like himself. He harbors a deep hatred for Magneto and his followers because of the anti-mutant hysteria that followed the Brooklyn Bridge 's destruction at the hands of
3159-415: Is an undergraduate at Empire State University. One day, Randy accidentally stumbles across a clone casket that once belonged to Miles Warren . The casket opens to reveal a decayed clone named Carrion . Upon learning of his creator's death, Carrion offers a partnership with Randy to get revenge on Spider-Man . In return Randy is offered power, but it is not specified what exactly the power entails. Randy dons
3276-476: Is approached by a future version of Danielle Cage as Captain America, who tells them that her nemesis, the Golden Skull, came to their timeline to steal all its wealth. In Miami, Florida , the team crash a charity gala only to discover that the wealthy CEOs were kidnapped and replaced by robots. During the battle, the team manages to defeat and capture the Golden Skull. Danielle then goes back to her timeline with
3393-411: Is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. only to be attacked by Hydra , who attempt to get Jefferson to join. He instead kills his would-be recruiters and returns home to Rio. He tells his wife what happened and they go looking for Miles, finding their son at Ganke Lee 's house. Jefferson is later attacked by Conrad Marcus , putting him in the hospital. He is attacked again, but Spider-Man battles and defeats Venom at
3510-465: Is closed forever with AoA Nightcrawler's sacrifice, Dark Beast is taken away by the authorities. Dark Beast was soon able to escape from the authorities and was revealed to be the mastermind behind the events that lead the Uncanny X-Men and S.H.I.E.L.D. to war. He started hunting the X-Men affiliated with Cyclops by hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. using classified research sources to upgrade his work and find
3627-542: Is confusion after Rockslide makes reference to the two mutants' membership in the Brotherhood. During the battle, Sunspot is seriously wounded by Wolf Cub , who slashes his face and stomach with his claws. It is eventually revealed that "Cyclops" is in reality Donald Pierce , the former White King of the Hellfire Club, who is posing as the X-Men leader using an image inducer. Pierce's reasons for recruiting these "X-Men"
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3744-451: Is contacted by Lady Deathbird about a threat to Empress Xandra's life. Sunspot has saying he is the leader of the X-Men and the Empress needs their help. Sunspot tells Cannonball that he wants to create a team and already has its members lined up: himself, Cannonball, Banshee, Boom-Boom, Armor, Tempo, Marrow, and Strong Guy. After this new team and Forge accept the mission, Sunspot reveals that it
3861-476: Is defeated when Sunspot leaches him of his powers, reducing him to his original protoplasmic state which is then claimed by S.H.I.E.L.D. Roberto joins the rest of the X-Force on an extended road trip , separating themselves from Cable. Along the way, they have several problems, including Roberto's money being tied up in litigation, forcing the team into doing a variety of odd jobs, including providing protection for
3978-406: Is described as a very driven man, who "grew up [...] a barefoot houseboy", was "by age 20 [...] a millionaire [and] by 30, an economic and political force to be reckoned with." Emmanuel constantly pushes his son to reach for both his physical and intellectual peaks. Thanks to his father's encouragement, Roberto rises to the position of star soccer player at school and is considered by recruiters for
4095-431: Is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis , and who was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below the ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survives
4212-474: Is destroyed and the Maker imprisoned. It is also revealed that Roberto has become exposed to a cloud of terrigen mist, which is toxic to Mutants, and every use of his powers now accelerates Roberto's aging. With the Maker captured, Roberto strikes a deal with the U.S. government to round up the remaining rogue branches of A.I.M. The operation is successful. In the middle of this, Roberto presents Wiccan and Hulkling with
4329-490: Is for The Shi'ar Empress. Sunspot and Cannonball meet with Gladiator, who reveals that many people have betrayed the Empress because she is considered too young to lead. They also tell the team that Deathbird and the Empress are missing. Sunspot leads his team into space, and Forge makes them matching outfits. During their travels, they are attacked by Sidri bounty hunters, but Banshee repels them. Forge creates an algorithm to find Deathbird's ship. Using Tempo's powers, they can run
4446-484: Is idealistic and impulsive, but despite this he is considered a close friend by many of his teammates. He is initially portrayed as an important member of the X-Men's 1980s-era junior team and its reincarnation X-Force. He later retires as Sunspot and garners a massive fortune that allows him to buy out the Advanced Idea Mechanics organization, which he re-brands to Avengers Idea Mechanics. He then operates under
4563-553: Is interrupted by the Age of Apocalypse and when reality is restored, Cable 'heals' Sunspot of this persona dominating his body, transferring some of his Askani knowledge into Sunspot, allowing Sunspot to speak the Askani language and know of their meditation techniques. When X-Force reconnects with their former teammate Skids , it is discovered that Reignfire is actually a protoplasmic mutant symbiote injected with Sunspot's blood. Reignfire
4680-462: Is not impressed with the test results of the Omega Machine and wants Dark Beast to make sure the machine works in removing powers from mutants, not killing them. Dark Beast continues to experiment with his Omega Machine, using Beast as his key test subject. Each use of the device causes Beast to look more decrepit and weak. Deciding to use a new subject to test the device on, Dark Beast goes to collect
4797-416: Is offered a spot in S.H.I.E.L.D. but chooses to live a simple life of being a husband to Rio and father to Miles. Jefferson keeps Miles from ever interacting with Aaron and keeps a strict household in an attempt to lead his son on a clean path. Despite his overall dislike of Aaron's criminal activities, Jefferson is saddened by his brother's subsequent death. During the events of United We Stand , Jefferson
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4914-560: Is operating as the Kingpin of Los Angeles. When they fail and are bailed out of prison by Snapdragon's lawyer, Count Nefaria reduces Dansen, Digger, Needle, Tatterdemalion, Tick Tock, and Misfit to ashes. During the " Spider-Geddon " storyline, Dansen and Digger turn up alive as they, Brothers Grimm, Skein, and new member Waxman rob a bus of people, only to be thwarted by Superior Octopus due to his goggles tuning out Dansen's hypnotism. Superior Octopus agrees to spare them more pain in exchange for
5031-462: Is rescued by X-Force, but the overload permanently alters his powers so he is able to release concussive blasts of solar energy, with considerable heat and light projection; this experimentation also makes him immune to all types of heat and fire. He can also absorb other forms of energy; such as heat, light or radiation in a manner similar to photo/radio- or thermokinesis. Sunspot has some capacity to manipulate light-based energy effects, but it remains
5148-897: Is the father of Miles Morales / Spider-Man . The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli , and first appeared in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (November 2011) as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books set in a universe and continuity separate from the mainstream Marvel Universe . Jefferson is an African-American man who is married to the Puerto Rican woman Rio Morales . He does not get along with his criminal brother Aaron Davis . Things get out of control and Jefferson winds up in jail, only to be bailed out by Nick Fury . Impressed with his fighting skills, Fury has Jefferson join gangster Turk Barrett 's gang for intel, eventually working his way up to Wilson Fisk 's criminal empire. Afterwards, Jefferson
5265-470: Is tutored by Gideon of the Externals , an old business partner of Roberto's father (who has since died), who suspects Sunspot to be a fellow External. Gideon experiments on Sunspot, granting him new powers such as flight and the ability to fire blasts of solar energy. For a time, Sunspot becomes lost in the spacetime continuum after interfering with the teleportation powers of Locus . During this time,
5382-575: Is unknown, but it appears that his primary focus is to eliminate the Lord Imperial and he created the ruse that Sunspot and his allies formed a new Brotherhood to convince the former Xavier students to attack their former teachers and allies. Later on, Sunspot leaves the Hellfire Club and joins the X-Men in San Francisco, as noted by Sebastian Shaw, who is currently looking for a replacement. Cyclops later asks Sunspot and Danielle Moonstar to help train
5499-603: The Secret Invasion storyline, Sunspot is among the several X-Men helping to fight off the Skrulls during their invasion of San Francisco . Sunspot, who remains Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club, is revealed by Cyclops to belong to the newest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants along with Danielle Moonstar , Cannonball, and Magma. However, while battling members of Cyclops' new team of X-Men alongside Cannonball, there
5616-403: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants . He joins Emma Frost 's Academy of Tomorrow , a school for gifted beings. Initially, Roberto is confused by his admission as he knows his grades are not impressive. Frost assures him that grades (or mutant powers) do not always classify a person as 'gifted'. Soon after Roberto is accepted into the school, fellow student Lorna Dane is framed and imprisoned for
5733-657: The Brotherhood of Mutants . Right before House of M , the Dark Beast was in Genosha where he joined Xavier's team after being offered parole . It was confirmed in The 198 Files one-shot that he stayed powered after M-Day . Dark Beast returns and finally confronts his counterpart in the Endangered Species storyline, where he ambushes him in Neverland, the extermination camp ran by Weapon X , to offer his services regarding finding
5850-426: The Hellfire Club , kidnap Juliana and use her as bait to lure Roberto into a trap. He engages the kidnappers , but is eventually defeated when the solar power he absorbed runs out. A telepathic mutant named Professor Xavier hears about Pierce's evil plan and sends two young mutants called Karma and Psyche to rescue Roberto. During the following battle, Juliana sacrifices her life for Roberto, jumping in front of
5967-516: The Olympic Games . When Roberto is playing a soccer game with his team, racist members of the opposing team assault him. While taking a brutal beating, his mutant powers manifest, suddenly transforming him into a creature of solid black solar energy. Surprised and terrified, everyone abandons the stadium except for his girlfriend, Juliana. Soon after Roberto discovers his powers, a mutant-hating faction of mercenaries led by Donald Pierce , called
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#17330858712606084-717: The Secret Empire . Darby changes his code-name to Paralyzer when the Mutant Force become the Resistants . The Resistants' protest against the United States' Mutant Registration Act is cut short by a clash with John Walker , who is Captain America at that time. Later, the Resistants revert to their Mutant Force identities and costumes. Their next clash is with the New Warriors . Paralyzer later battles Spider-Man , subduing him with
6201-552: The Shi'ar Galaxy to steal the M'Kraan Crystal . Sunspot dies after absorbing too much energy in an attempt to help his teammates escape. In an alternate future in Days of Future Past , a war between mutants and humans, started by the latter, results in a mutant victory thanks to an alliance between Xavier's Institute and the Hellfire Club. Magma and Sunspot become the Chief Arbitrators of
6318-546: The Young X-Men and both accept. After receiving an anonymous tip in Colorado about a young mutant endangering a small town, Dani and Shan are sent to investigate and calm the locals. During their mission, Magik reappears back at the X-Men's base in San Francisco after teleporting into the future after the events of X-Infernus . Upon her return, she informs Sam and Roberto that Shan and Dani are in fatal danger. Sam assembles
6435-456: The elimination of the Morlocks. Fearing discovery, the Dark Beast continued his operations in secret. During this time he also trained Marshall Stone III how to control his powers, and set him up as the bounty hunter known as Random. The Dark Beast later kidnapped the real Beast and kept him a prisoner behind a brick wall. He infiltrated the X-Men in his place by altering his appearance to match
6552-526: The fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications. The original 15-volume series was published in comic book format in 1982, followed by sporadic updates. Jim Shooter , Marvel's then editor-in-chief , conceived the idea of envisioning a guide detailing statistics much in the manner of those found upon the back of baseball cards . This initial project was to be called The Marvel Super-Specifications Handbook (the eventual title incorporating
6669-583: The " Sins of Sinister " storyline, it is revealed that Dark Beast's head was retrieved and secretly kept alive and preserved in a tube by Mister Sinister which he uses for advice. When Dark Beast asks for Mister Sinister to let him out, Mister Sinister informs him that he's not the "darkest beast" anymore. The Dark-Crawler, formerly known as the Night-Crawler (unrelated to the X-Men superhero Nightcrawler ), which first appeared in Incredible Hulk #126 (1970),
6786-533: The "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9. Randall Darby is discovered and recruited by Magneto to become a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, taking the code-name Shocker. After being abandoned by Magneto, Darby and his teammates come to be known as the Mutant Force. Under this name they work for the United States government and later
6903-513: The American government sends the American Kaiju to attack A.I.M. Island. Roberto, having seen this coming, has the island evacuated, and the American Kaiju are depowered by Avenger-5, a giant mech suit. As a result, Maria Hill decides to try and shut down A.I.M., at the same time the Maker launches his own attack. However, Roberto also sees these attacks coming, aided by Songbird playing double agent, and manipulates both sides so that W.H.I.S.P.E.R.
7020-538: The Avengers by Captain America and accept. The two become involved in a time travel plot involving the Next Avengers, children of the Avengers from an alternate future, but their memories of this event are wiped by Maria Hill. During an eight-month time-skip, Roberto engages in a hostile takeover of Advanced Idea Mechanics and gets rid of the villainous upper management. He uses the resources of A.I.M. to intervene in
7137-534: The Celestials, and destroy anyone they touch. In order to defeat these cosmic beings, the X-Men and X-Treme X-men decided to imprisoned them within that reality forever, otherwise, the Exterminators would destroy the whole multiverse. AoA Nightcrawler teleports them to Earth-616 one at a time and Dark Beast goes with them. Dark Beast arrives on Earth-616 but is knocked out by Gambit. After the Age of Apocalypse reality
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#17330858712607254-477: The Golden Skull as her prisoner. Sunspot sends Red Hulk to confront and defeat an out-of-control American Kaiju, who was attacking Europe . During the "Opening Salvo" part of the Secret Empire storyline, Captain America, whose memory has been altered by Red Skull's clone using the powers of Kobik , has a meeting with Roberto and tells him that he is no longer in charge of the team. Roberto then sees footage of
7371-463: The Hellfire Club are not severed, as Sebastian Shaw approaches, having taken over the position of Hellfire Club's Lord Imperial and wanting Roberto as his Black King. Shaw claims that he is trying to turn the Club into a force of good, so Roberto accepts, though he keeps his involvement with Shaw a secret. Soon after, Shaw is injured in battle by Donald Pierce. His injuries make him incapable of overseeing
7488-478: The Hellfire Club. Roberto takes over as Lord Imperial. At his side is Sage , who leaves the X-Men to make sure Roberto is not corrupted by the power he wields. After the events of M-Day , Cyclops calls for the shutting down of all branches of the X-Corporation to better pool the resources of the X-Men. In Endangered Species , Sebastian Shaw is thinking of reclaiming his place and is angry at Sunspot. During
7605-595: The Lords Cardinal, and create an idyllic state for mutants, while regular humans are left to fend for themselves. Mutants born to humans are taken from their parents and those who oppose Magma and Sunspot are brainwashed by the Hellfire Club's agents. In this reality, Sunspot is the leader of the Gene Nation . Sunspot is part of a murderous team of ' Marauders ', which consists of Jubilee , Wolfsbane , Cannonball , and Husk . The Ultimate Marvel version of Sunspot
7722-623: The Moon, the amounts that reach him on Earth are too minuscule to add significantly to his power. In other regions, such as Asgard , his power is significantly enhanced, allowing him - with much effort - to lift Volstagg off the ground for a few seconds before suffering a backache. Originally, Sunspot's superhuman power was limited solely to superhuman strength and enhanced durability, and only in his solar form. Unlike many superhumanly strong heroes, Sunspot's physical resistance to impact only increased somewhat when he employed his superhuman strength, and he
7839-556: The Morlock's Tunnels after the fall of Norman Osborn. He was able to capture the Lizard and began developing a means of enhancing the Lizard's control of the reptilian parts of the human brain in order to turn human beings into humanoid lizards. Dark Beast had been abducting victims of bullying or abuse from the streets, until the X-Men and Spider-Man found his base. Dark Beast locks Spider-Man out of
7956-568: The New Mutants, a group of junior X-Men . Although Professor X's intentions are for them to only be students, over the course of the New Mutants series, they grow into superheroes and travel to space , Asgard , and the Amazon , as well as the past and the future. During Roberto's tenure with the New Mutants, he and Sam become best friends. He is at some point reunited with his parents, and then with
8073-400: The New Mutants, he fights Warlock 's father, the Magus . He also battles Cameron Hodge and the Right . With the New Mutants, he battles Freedom Force . He also falls in love with the alien Gosamyr . When the time travelling antihero Cable takes over the New Mutants and turns them into the paramilitary group X-Force, Sunspot parts ways with the team. During this time, Sunspot
8190-400: The New Mutants, when he visits Nova Roma. Some time after, Sunspot and Woflsbane are injected with the drug that helped create Cloak and Dagger and he briefly becomes a monster. He then encounters the White Queen and her Hellions for the first time. He is later abducted and forced to serve as one of the Gladiators. On another adventure with the New Mutants, he visits Asgard. Alongside
8307-572: The Night Shift becoming his paid agents. They agree to his terms and are ordered to return the stolen items. Superior Octopus leaves advising them never to cross him or they will not live long enough to regret it. Dansen has the mystical ability to hypnotize or kill anyone who witnesses her dancing. She can also make herself undetectable to the human senses. Dar-Benn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Ron Marz and Ron Lim , first appeared in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #53 (June 1991). He
8424-420: The U.S.Avengers are attacked by space pirates known as warpjackers. After a brief fight, the pirates tell them that Glenbrook is actually a planet named Kral X ruled by the ruthless Ritchie Redwood. Arriving on Kral X, the heroes help Cannonball and the planet's rebels overthrow Redwood, and head home. On return to Earth, Roberto redubs himself Citizen X . He assists Agent Jimmy Woo with his investigations into
8541-651: The Uncanny X-Force team, who wanted McCoy's help to find a cure for Archangel. As Warren succumbs to the darkness within him, Dark Beast confronted the team with the revelation that the only place left to turn for a cure is the Age of Apocalypse reality. They arrived ten years after the X-Men had defeated Mister Sinister , yet it appears that the X-Men still face enormous challenges in this harsh setting. As they follow Dark Beast, unknowingly followed by Wild Child and Sabretooth , to one of his labs, Dark Beast approaches one Gatekeeper, who reveals that no one has ever entered
8658-480: The X-Men. He was the one to infect Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik, Magneto and Colossus with nano-sentinels, which is the reason for their broken powers after the incident with the Phoenix Force. Beast finally launches a coordinated attack using a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier to launch a nuclear strike, and new indestructible sentinels that have adapted to all the X-Men's powers. The only thing he didn't account for
8775-420: The ability to alter his body at will. He was eventually defeated and held prisoner at Harry's basement. Faced with a lack of resources, Cyclops agrees to let Dark Beast work on an "anti-vaccine" to neutralize Callahan's current mutant 'vaccine', with Warlock monitoring the process of creating the cure to ensure that it does only what Dark Beast says, Dark Beast defining it as a simple airborne virus that will feed
8892-503: The afterlife. Roberto is resurrected on the newly established Mutant nation of Krakoa. He invites Cannonball, still living in Shi'ar space, to join him, and talks several of the New Mutants into accompanying him. Later, at the Hellfire Gala, Sunspot, disappointed at not having been chosen to join the X-Men team, decides after a few drinks with friends to create a new, secret team. Sunspot
9009-648: The cataclysm that sinks Atlantis and escapes, continuing to live for centuries and maintaining the teachings of his mentor as her only surviving disciple. Dansen Macabre is an exotic dancer and a devoted worshipper of the God Shiva . She first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #93 (May 1980). She uses her powers to hypnotize Spider-Man into battling the Shroud in an attempt to kill both of them. The pair manage to overcome her dances and defeat her. She briefly appears later as
9126-485: The cause of several inhabitants of a small town to dream-walk and continuously repeat "I'm an X-Man". As they investigate, both Mimic and Omega are overwhelmed by some kind of energies and go on a rampage, leaving Mystique and Dark Beast alone with a patient that they were examining. Shortly thereafter the energies takes a humanoid form, and Nate Grey , best known as X-Man, once more takes physical form, much to Dark Beast's shock and horror. Dark Beast has since returned to
9243-474: The character became part of the regular cast of The New Mutants , as part of the titular super group. He was a member of the Avengers in the 2012 relaunch of the Avengers title. Sunspot is one of the main characters in the U.S.Avengers series. Sunspot, or Roberto da Costa, is an Afro-Brazilian , the son of wealthy Afro-Brazilian businessman Emmanuel da Costa and white American archaeologist Nina da Costa. In The New Mutants #7, his father
9360-667: The code name Citizen V . Adan Canto portrays the character in X-Men: Days of Future Past . Henry Zaga portrays the character at a younger age in The New Mutants . Gui Agustini voices the character in X-Men '97 . The character of Sunspot was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod . The hero first appeared in Marvel Graphic Novel #4: The New Mutants (September 1982). Immediately after this appearance,
9477-593: The concept since it was first published in 1982: Marvel Fact Files are a series of encyclopedic guides which detail the fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications. The magazine series is published in the U.K. by Eaglemoss Publications starting in 2013. Lawrence Henry Apodaca reviewed the original The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe in Space Gamer No. 64. Apodaca commented that "Non-comic collectors should be able to find copies at stores which carry back issues - and should look for them. They are
9594-581: The conflict between the forces of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Illuminati, while also sending a team of Avengers to deal with the multiversal threat of the Incursions. After the events of Secret War , Roberto re-tools A.I.M. into Avengers Idea Mechanics, hiring various superheroes as a new Avengers team consisting of Hawkeye, Songbird, Squirrel Girl, Hulking, Wiccan, Power Man and White Tiger. S.H.I.E.L.D. sends two operatives, Dum Dum Dugan and Hawkeye, to keep on eye on
9711-514: The cost of Rio's life. One year later, Jefferson discovers that Miles is Spider-Man, angering him and blaming his son for the deaths of Aaron and Rio. Jefferson apologizes and reveals his own past to his son. Jefferson's undercover life impresses both Donald Roxxon and the Green Goblin . Sunspot (Marvel Comics) Classified as a mutant , Sunspot possesses the ability to absorb and channel solar power into physical strength. His personality
9828-518: The energies of the life seed to aid Weapon Omega to resurrect a number of fallen mutants in order to provide Weapon Omega an army of powerful mutants. At an undisclosed time, Dark Beast leaves the Age of Apocalypse and returns to Earth-616 Universe. He is soon approached by the AoA version of Nightcrawler, who wants to return to their home dimension. Using the Celestial Dreamer, Dark Beast once again opens
9945-525: The events of the Dark Angel Saga , Dark Beast has assumed command over the Clan Akkaba of Earth 616 and relocated off world alongside Ozymandias, Famine, War, a pregnant Pestilence, and a badly injured Earth 295 Blob. It also appears he retrieved Sugar Man from Steve Rogers' custody, and together they have rebuilt the dimensional portal technology and returned to the Age of Apocalypse, where the two are using
10062-470: The first ten years of his appearances, remaining a super strong but vulnerable individual throughout the entire New Mutants series. During the mid-1990s in X-Force his powers begin to change, under writer Fabian Nicieza . Nicieza had the supervillain Gideon capture Roberto and subject him to experimentation where the limits of his power absorption are tested by feeding him immense amounts of solar power. Sunspot
10179-420: The hands of Magneto, and was also responsible for the creation of Holocaust's lead hunter Wolverine (not to be confused with the X-Men's Wolverine who was known only as Weapon X in that reality). With the end of the Age of Apocalypse, the Dark Beast was able to escape into Earth-616 through the M'Kraan Crystal . He was believed to have died due to Quicksilver 's interference in his set trajectory. However,
10296-518: The information presented was only the most recent data and was subject to change. Sanderson, one of the writers of the original guide, noted that "Mark sought to make the Marvel characters' super-powers as firm a basis in real science as possible. After the first version of the Handbook , Mark decided that some of the explanations had grown too complicated, and asked me to simplify them." The OHOTMU detailed
10413-443: The jail to find Dani. When they arrive, Legion is trying to kill Dani. After Roberto and Sam repel him, Legion comes back and Roberto fights him. Cannonball soon joins him and they fend Legion off and regroup. During the fight, Legion takes on Magma, Cannonball, and Roberto, who gets seriously injured when Legion slashes him with a shard of metal. After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men , Roberto and Sam are offered membership in
10530-402: The lab after Dark Beast's disappearance. As they walk in they find a picture with Sinister, Dark Beast, Havok and Cyclops on it, with Dark Beast mistakenly revealing that Prelate Scott Summers is also dead. Dark Beast soon finds the life seed. Nightcrawler then teleports in and swipes the seed away, before he could give it to the X-Force, figuring that Dark Beast was up to some evil plot. After
10647-735: The leader of the group. Shocker is seen during a meeting of Unus' people after Unus is swallowed by Freakshow , one of the other mutants on the island. The group is not sure they will take Unus back if he survives. He does return, prompting Shocker and the others into attacking him in order to prove he can still defend himself. Shocker loses his powers on M-Day and the energies that he used to control are drawn to The Collective . Darby can generate powerful fields of bio-electromagnetic energy from his body. He also has cybernetic claws of unknown origin in lieu of his hands and feet, and can channel his electrical energy through them into shock bolts or high-voltage fields of electromagnetic energy. Randall Darby
10764-537: The life from Spider-Man. Randy tries to attack Carrion, but he is hit with the red death causing him to rapidly deteriorate and die. Randy Vale appears in Spider-Man: Homecoming , portrayed by Christopher Berry . This version is an employee of Adrian Toomes ' salvaging company who becomes a criminal after the Department of Damage Control 's formation causes the company to go out of business. Jefferson Davis
10881-682: The more significant characters, items and locations in the Marvel Universe , itemizing them into individual entries. Individual entries usually consisted of: In the original, characters were listed at one character to a page, although minor characters were sometimes listed at two to a page and major characters would occasionally receive more than one page. In the Deluxe Edition , however, every character received at least one page, with significant characters receiving up to 3-5 pages. Both editions had wraparound covers that could be linked together to form
10998-499: The murder of several dozen people. He is approached by Alex Summers (Polaris's boyfriend) and is convinced to help assist in breaking Lorna out, working with Northstar and Cannonball . The team relies on Roberto's knowledge of New York City, but because Roberto had rarely been outside of Harlem, the team gets lost. The X-Men attack them, and Roberto is subdued and removed from the fight. Magneto has him killed in Ultimatum , along with
11115-451: The mutant vaccine's virus before it can smother the X-Gene, leaving them free to activate. However, after the anti-vaccine has been dispersed worldwide, it is revealed that Dark Beast, with some help from Mister Sinister, had in fact 'tricked' the X-Men as the serum indeed shuts the virus of the mutant vaccine's and is harmless to those who already had their X-Gene activated, but in the presence of
11232-416: The mysterious Eternity Mask. After the Age of X-Man sends most X-Men members to an alternate reality, Sunspot reappears to assist Mirage and the remaining X-Men in repelling Malekith 's invasion of Midgard. In a ploy to allow Magik to teleport the invading horde to Limbo, he breaks a cursed amulet blocking Mirage's powers, and in doing so, is vaporized, joining the fallen Valkyries in their journey to
11349-521: The newly captured Mindee of the Stepford Cuckoos . When he reaches the holding cell however, he discovers that Mindee's capture was done to allow X-Force to follow. Dark Beast is then attacked and stabbed multiple times by both Wolverine and Warpath. Dark Beast recovered quickly from his injuries suffered by the hands of Wolverine and Warpath as he was sent by Norman Osborn as well as Mimic, Weapon Omega and Mystique under Jean Grey's form, to investigate
11466-569: The only damage was that he landed twenty years in the past of Earth-616 without any memory whatsoever. He soon met a young Emma Frost , who helped him to regain some of his scattered memories. The Dark Beast then set base in Manhattan's subway tunnels, and was responsible for the creation of the Morlocks . The characteristics of the experimentation were later recognized by the 616 Mister Sinister as an unauthorized use of his own theories, leading him to order
11583-458: The prison. In the aftermath, Roberto, during a meeting with the team's new congressional liaison in the White House, resigns from his position despite objections from the senator. He meets Izzy Kane , Cannonball's wife, who tells him that Cannonball, who went missing in action during the takeover and was presumed dead, is still alive on another planet. While travelling through space, Smasher and
11700-473: The program thousands of times in a few minutes. The group arrives on the planet and meets with the Empress, Deathbird, and two advisors. After a brief talk, they are attacked, and Deathbird is hit with a teleport mine. Sunspot, upset that his target was hurt, uses his ability to destroy the ship of his assailants. As the Secret X-Men leave, the Empress erases their memories of Deathbird's disappearance. Sunspot
11817-421: The real McCoy's fur color, although he occasionally found himself at risk of discovery due to Hank possessing a broader range of knowledge than himself, requiring him to bluff his way through some of the questions he was asked. He helped keep up the ruse by slaying many of Hank's childhood friends and teachers, although he found himself unable to kill Hank's parents. Angered at this emotional weakness, he decapitated
11934-779: The rest of the Academy of Tomorrow except Havok . He is buried on the grounds of the X-Mansion . In the What If? story "What if Some of the X-Men Had Stayed In Asgard?", Sunspot, among other X-Men and New Mutants, chose to remain in Asgard before he is later killed by Hela . Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is an encyclopedic guide which details
12051-451: The room and triggers the mutation in Gambit, Storm, Emma Frost and Wolverine, although Emma comes through the 'attack' unharmed as she is in her diamond form, giving her and Spider-Man time to escape Dark Beast's minions and release the Lizard to knock him out. Later the X-Men and Spider-Man reverse the process and take Dark Beast into custody. While being transported, Dark Beast is approached by
12168-574: The spirit of Juliana, but put it into the body of a comatose girl. Possibly because he feels obliged to fulfill his promise, Roberto decides to stay, becoming Selene's Black Rook. Roberto attempts to contact the resurrected Juliana, but seeing she has no memory of her previous life, he decides to leave her alone. Roberto next surfaces in the title X-Treme X-Men as the head of the Los Angeles branch of X-Corporation , along with former New Mutant Magma and former Hellion Empath . Roberto's ties to
12285-431: The stores of energy within his body. In his solar form, Sunspot has a corona effect, an aura that has been depicted in multiple ways, though two predominant conventions exist for its portrayal: the air close to him manifests black globes of various sizes, reminiscent of Kirby dots , or his aura is a unified field glowing bright yellow or white. Although Sunspot can absorb energy from stars and reflected solar energy from
12402-478: The supervillain attacks in Manhattan, deep space, and in Europe. Roberto assembles the team but is attacked by one of his scientists who has allied with Hydra . He's later seen in a prison cell, nearly dead, by Red Hulk and Toni Ho . Toni heals Roberto just in time when Hydra soldiers show up at their cell. Roberto uses his powers to defeat the guards and free Red Hulk from the nanites controlling him, taking control of
12519-575: The team. Despite orders to spy on the new A.I.M., both men reveal their mission, as they have come to respect Sunspot. His new team faces off against W.H.I.S.P.E.R., an organization run by the Maker , the Ultimate Universe 's version of Reed Richards . The Maker's plans cause trouble for the Avengers all along the time stream. During the events of Avengers: Standoff , Roberto orders his Avengers team to free Rick Jones from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. In response,
12636-493: The term "Marvel Universe" was appropriated from Al Milgrom , who had used it as a working title for the anthology series Marvel Fanfare ). Shooter appointed Mark Gruenwald editor of the project, and Gruenwald developed the project to include all aspects of the Marvel Universe, although he noted it was not comprehensive. In addition to Gruenwald, contributing writers on the initial volume were Marvel editors Mike Carlin , Eliot R. Brown, and Peter Sanderson . Josef Rubinstein
12753-434: The world's rulers, only just being defeated thanks to the sacrifice of the Avengers and Fantastic Four . He also had a few run-ins with Generation X and Gene Nation . There he was the leader of the newly revamped Gene Nation, although through the robotic body of Wynter, attempting to capture Generation X to experiment on them. The previous meeting between him and Emma Frost was also revealed. He also led an incarnation of
12870-1583: Was a male Pink Kree general who used a robot of the Silver Surfer to execute Clumsy Foulup and General Dwi-Zann during the Infinity Gauntlet . He was killed by Deathbird during the Kree-Shi'ar war . Paralyzer ( Randall Darby ), also known as the second Shocker , is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Shocker II, created by Jack Kirby , first appeared in Captain America Annual #4 (1977). The character subsequently appears in The Defenders #78–80 (Dec 1979 – Feb 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (Sep 1980), 125–126 (Nov–Dec 1983), and 128–130 (Feb–Apr 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America #343 (Jul 1988), 346 (Oct 1988), 368 (Mar 1990), 394 (Nov 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (Oct 1993), and Captain America #426 (Apr 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in The New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (Mar 2000), X-Men #132 (Nov 2002), The Uncanny X-Men #442–443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (Aug 2004), and The New Avengers #16–19 (Apr–Jul 2006). Shocker II appears as part of
12987-421: Was among the scientists that Magneto's right-hand person Briar tried to contact in order to make a special cocktail to augment Magneto's powers for the upcoming incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. This occurred sometime before he began suffering from his own genetic experiments. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Dark Beast turns up alive and no longer having health problems. He is shown to have set up
13104-433: Was brought on by Gruenwald to be the sole inker of the entire 20-year project because he felt Rubinstein was best able to make the characters easily recognizable and to subvert his own style to that of the handbook's various pencillers . Critics of the Handbook have argued that the level of detail within the guide effectively limited the ability of writers to innovate, a charge Gruenwald dismissed, reputedly stating that
13221-449: Was created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz . In the " Age of Apocalypse " reality, Hank McCoy was a mad scientist and geneticist working for Mister Sinister in his breeding pens, intent on breeding more powerful mutants according to Apocalypse's " survival of the fittest " ideology. Because of Charles Xavier 's death and without being taught ethical science while in the X-Men, McCoy became someone ruthless and evil. While Sinister
13338-447: Was methodical and rational in his experiments, McCoy found sadistic delight in causing pain to his lab subjects. It was the cruelty of his experiments that caused him to be nicknamed "the Beast", both by prisoners and Sinister's Elite Mutant Force. McCoy also experimented on himself in order to further his mutation, and gained his ape -like bestial appearance. Any mutant that he deemed unworthy
13455-414: Was not bulletproof. The phrase, "Careful Bobby, you're strong, not invulnerable!" or variations was seen many times. Sunspot's powers have radically changed and grown since the character was introduced; he can now withstand the force of a speeding eighteen-wheeler traveling at speeds of 100 mph , and survived an A.I.M explosive charge attached to his side. Sunspot maintained his original powers for roughly
13572-403: Was the new X-Man David Bond, aka Hijack , who can control any electronic device. Dark Beast's body has been so weak after experimenting on himself, that he needed a life support suit, so after a short battle his suit was eventually punctured, and he set a bomb that caused his apparent death. During the "Last Days" part of the " Secret Wars " story-line, it was mentioned months ago that Dark Beast
13689-518: Was turned into a component of a genetic stew that was used to create Apocalypse's army of Infinites. Besides being one of the creators of the Infinites, the Dark Beast also experimented on Blink , Jamie Madrox (thus being one of the creators of The Madri), Impossible Man , merged all of the Power siblings into one hideous creature, created Tiger Shark , made Nemesis into Holocaust following his defeat at
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