In more recent appearances, Selene has been depicted as a being of semi-substantial living darkness with the ability to appear and disappear at will and, similar to Blackheart, imprison people in the dark energy which appears to comprise her physical form. Selene Gallio is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. to celebrate a major character's first appearance in the hallowed halls of the House of Ideas. He later had Magma offer cryptic references to having been manipulated into believing Nova Roma was a lie by parties unknown that sought to hurt Magma by taking away her childhood home. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll However (with another writer change), Selene's involvement with the Upstarts was cut short as she herself was betrayed by Trevor Fitzroy. What he didn't know, though, was that she worked black magic to not only manipulate him, but anyone else who got in the way of her plans. However, Selene was not impressed, as she mocked the ceremony to Shaw's face. By the time UNCANNY X-MEN #189-#191 rolled around, she'd used her minions to score a new gig as the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club, a position she held for years, making trouble for the X-Men and other mutants along the way. By the time. This failed when Firestar realized their plan.[12]. [36] Her most direct weapon is the telekinetic power to animate and/or levitate inorganic matter on a molecular level, by projecting part of her absorbed life force into it. Appearance Featured. Selene was briefly depicted as a being of semi-substantial living darkness with the ability to appear and disappear at will and, similar to Blackheart, imprison people in the dark energy she appears to be composed of. [17], One week before the event of Necrosha, Selene has the recently resurrected Destiny brought before her where she asks what her future holds. He had originally intended to sacrifice the Purifiers to Selene but changed his mind upon witnessing Bastion re-program the progeny of Magus. At some point, Selene established herself as the Goddess of the Moon of Arthurian legend. In Chris Claremont's re-imagining of the New Mutants, Selene was more of an antihero, the result of her time aiding in the teaching of the New Mutants. Selene was released from a black marble to kill a shopkeeper who heard of Spider-Man, who hadn't been changed by the spell. Magma's escort back home to Nova Roma turned out to be Empath who ultimately decided to stay in the city with her. Athame in hand, she consolidated her re-animated army to contend with X-Force, who was coming to finish the battle, and Selene. It is revealed he had originally planned to sacrifice the Purifiers to Selene but changed his plans upon seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus. The degree of energy she retains from her victims directly correlates to her physical strength and resistance to injury. A clip can be found here. Thanks to some trickery and propaganda, Gallio managed to save the New Mutants from the gladiatorial arena, propping them up as prophesied champions. Selene's mother was young when she bore her, but would be dead before Selene spoke her first words. Under Selene's authority, the Upstarts engaged in a competitive killing spree that led to many presumed deaths, including Magneto, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce, and the Reavers; to mortal injuries to Emma Frost, and the outright deaths of the Hellions. Marvel Comics: First appearance: New Mutants #9 (November 1983) Created by: Chris Claremont (writer) Sal Buscema (artist) In-story information; Alter ego: Selene Gallio: Species: . He came before Selene at her headquarters in New Orleans with the deceased Apache tribe of her enemy Warpath, that he had resurrected using the Technarch Transmode Virus. [5] Kulan Gath was active during the Hyborian Age (before any recorded civilizations) and is known to have faced both Conan the Barbarian and Red Sonja. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Selene (comics), and is written by contributors. She ordered Bard to resurrect several mutants associated with the X-Men, friend and foe alike, to invade Utopia with Blink in the lead. Wolverine felt honor-bound to prevent Rachel from being a murderer, and so, saved Selene's life by severely injuring Rachel. 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The Lords Cardinal and the X-Men hastily agreed to a truce, fighting well-enough to cause Nimrod to flee. She was also referred to as the Black Queen. Selene is a "psychic vampire" with the ability to sustain herself by psionically expropriating the life energy of other living beings through physical contact. Your key for reading. The Black Queen's second game appearance was in Marvel's 1994 effort Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, where she must battle Wolverine; she is seen using her traditional powers of inorganic telekinesis and pyrokinesis. The Cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Answer YOUR Questions! Universe, Other Aliases, Education, Place of Origin, Identity, Known Relatives. Character The tribal elders ordered her mother's people to sacrifice themselves to Selene until none remained. Community. Prior to the events in Necrosha, Selene attempted to become a goddess several millennia ago. She then blackmailed Sunspot into joining the Hellfire Club by claiming that the Damocles Foundation, formerly run by the Externals Gideon, was seeking to begin a new experiment similar to the process that created Sunspots evil twin, Reignfire. ), Unlock the world of Marvel Digital Comics! The long-standing Black Queen of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle, Selene Gallio professes to have lived for several millennia, and to have been a foe of the ancient sorcerer, Kulan Gath. Later she is attacked by the police and managed to kill two of them before being shot multiple times. Comic Vine users. A clip is here. In a stunning turn of events, the appearance of her powers during Selene's attack allowed the kids to change the game against Selene. In relatively recent times, Selene was trapped for centuries in the Amazon in the Romanesque town of Nova Roma. The Cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Answer YOUR Questions! Selene's was the deciding vote to oust Sebastian Shaw from the Hellfire Club when tension between Shaw and the newly recruited White King Magneto came to blows. During the Roman Empire, Selene promised her lover Eliphas her love and eternal life in exchange for every soul in Rome. She followed Rachel to Hong Kong via a transmat device and saved her from being corrupted by a telepathic agent of Courtney Ross, who was vying to become the next White Queen. [volume&issueneeded], But with Shaw's return to the Hellfire Club, Selene was somehow trapped inside the catacombs under the Hellfire Club. Selene last edited by A side effect of this process is that Selene remembers the life of anyone she absorbs. A battle over this issue immediately commenced between the X-Men and Lords Cardinal, but it was unexpectedly halted when it drew the attention of Nimrod, the super-sentinel who had murdered Selene's assistant Rhoem,[13] and was as bent on killing the X-Men and the Lords Cardinal. She absorbed many souls, finally becoming a goddess, however, was killed by X-Force. Selene and the Hellfire Club's relationship with the X-Men came to a head with Rachel making an unauthorized assassination attempt on Selene. [9], With help from Friedrich Von Roehm (one of her worshippers), Selene made contact with the Hellfire Club and forced the group to take her on as the new Black Queen. Fantastic Four #1; Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance) Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance) Avengers #1; Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance) Selene was enraged. First Appearance Selene. Selene's youthful appearance and vitality depends upon her absorbing the life forces of one or more people on a regular basis. UK 1.25 First Comic + 55p per extra comic. Selene is able to temporarily assume the appearance of others. After this battle, in the pages of New Mutants, much was made about Selene having secret plans involving Nova Roma and Magma. Selene was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema and first appeared in The New Mutants Vol.1 issue 9 (1983). Home to Baroness Selene and Baron Sebastian Shaw (Earth-19947) Haunted Mansion (Earth-32491) Magic . strike team, but she managed to cast a spell that devolved them to lizards. When Selene was attacked by the police, she killed two of the officers and prompted Wither to kill the third who was trying to escape. This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Shortly afterwards, she tried to access the power of a mystical convergence using a Runestaff made from the roots of Yggdrasil, the Norse World Tree. Selene was restrained in a torture device that continuously spooled her flesh from her body then restored her, only to begin the cycle anew. A special first look a 'Wasp' #1 by Al Ewing and Kasia Nie revisits Janet Van Dyne's legacy and propels her into a battle against Whirlwind. Creation. Later, for reasons of her own, Selene took it upon herself to begin killing the remaining members of the Externals, absorbing their life forces. As always, Selene remains extremely ambitious and deceitful, and should always be approached with caution. [31][29] If she drains a person's entire life force, the victim dies and crumbles to dust in seconds. ), Unlock the world of Marvel Digital Comics! She is often said to wear a crown with a . As a mutant and an enemy of the X-Men, she is often associated with the Hellfire Club 's Inner Circle. Selene Comics - Comic Vine Comics Gli Incredibili X-Men 19 appearances Patrulla-X 18 appearances X-Men Deluxe 17 appearances The Uncanny X-Men 15 appearances X-Men Extra 15. Art shown may not be final cover art. Despite the efforts of X-Force, Selene escaped. With Von Roehm's help, Selene entered the Inner Circle of the Club and rapidly rose to the high rank of Black Queen. Years later, due to Chris Claremont wishing to undo writer Fabian Nieciza's dismantling of the concept of Nova Roma,[citation needed] Claremont ignored said story and wrote Magma as originally, and later had Magma make cryptic references to having been manipulated into believing Nova Roma was a lie by parties unknown that sought to hurt Magma. Due to a love for Empath, Magma left the New Mutants to join the Hellions, only to be called home by her father to enter into an arranged marriage with a resident there. She then revealed herself as an immortal mutant and wished to be romantically linked with him. She teamed up with the New Mutants to save her granddaughter Amara from the Red Skull. Both teams hastily agreed to a truce and fought well enough to cause Nimrod to flee, though at the cost of the life of Harry Leland, the Black Rook. In the aftermath of the Days of Future Past story arc in Uncanny X-Men The Past of Future Days, Selene and the Hellfire Club's relationship with the X-Men came to a crescendo with Rachel Summers making an unauthorized assassination attempt against Selene. Selene fought and defeated Magma, and plotted to turn Danielle Moonstar into a psychic vampire like herself and conquer the world. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until being discovered by a farmer in a field.[7]. In her initial appearance, Selene was the wife of Nova Roma senator Marcus Domitius Gallio plotting to abolish the republican government and insert Gallio as the Imperial Ruler. Needing to replenish her power, Selene first attacked and killed the other surviving Externals. This was haphazardly followed up by later writers, who implied that Empath used his powers to either destroy the city by brainwashing the inhabitants into believing they were victims of Selene, or to brainwash the kidnapped victims and create the illusion of Nova Roma in the first place, as the pawn of Selene himself. She then cursed Eliphas for the perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, transforming the latter into a vampire-like creature. Take note, True Believer! Through unknown means, Selene can transform another into a psychic vampire like herself, but be subordinate to Selene's own will. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 'Wasp' #1 First Look Pits Janet & Nadia Against a Classic Super Villain. Selene would eventually be freed by Amanda Sefton, then of Excalibur, though the torture left her weak and scarred. (However, it has been since revealed that Nova Roma was a massive illusion maintained by Selene and her minion, the mutant known as Empath, to hold its citizens, really, kidnapped British and American tourists, captive.) Selene was attacked by the S.W.O.R.D. Selene herself was enraged, and used the incident to force the Lords Cardinal to agree to hunt and kill Rachel. Cant-miss news and updates from across the Marvel Universe! Selene soon after traveled to New York, where members of her world-wide cult had a church. By using the absorbed life energies that sustain her, Selene can enhance her physical strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability to superhuman levels. Selene is also a powerful telekinetic. This led Shaw and Emma Frost to conspire to kill Selene by manipulating and training the young mutant Firestar to assassinate her. This restores Selene to a youthful and healthy appearance whenever she has been injured, or has over-exerted her other powers, as well as to sustain her centuries-long life. She can use this power in more standard ways, such as the creation of powerful psi-shields and levitation but cannot truly fly. Lady Deathstrike and the Enchantress gained access to the vault and through the newly enhanced magic granted to her by the sentient virus, Arkea, she was able to fully restore Selene to physical life for the purpose of adding her to the newly formed Sisterhood of Mutants. Her most recent known husband was Marcus Domitius Gallio, a senator of Nova Roma. Selene was a member of the Inner Circle, with aims to release the Phoenix from Jean Grey. Selene metabolizes the absorbed energy that sustains her to enhance her physical strength and durability, speed, agility, stamina, and reaction time to superhuman levels. Their plan failed when Firestar realized what they were plotting. In Nova Roma, Selene attempted to kill Amara Aquilla. A member of the Hellfire Club, von Roehm introduced Selene to Sebastian Shaw, the Black King, who was seeking powerful recruits for his Inner Circle. 2022 GAMESPOT, A FANDOM COMPANY. Selene then resurrects the Hellions and Shinobi Shaw to taunt Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw, respectively, as she felt that they betrayed her during her time with the Hellfire Club. Selene: Comics. She offered Sunspot the position of Black Rook, which the latter initially refused but then accepted when Selene and Blackheart revealed that doing so would allow them to resurrect the spirit of Juliana Sandoval, the girl who died saving Sunspot's life when the latter first joined the New Mutants. While not indestructible, she once survived and recovered completely from molecular discorporation, though it took considerable time to reconstitute herself.[35]. The two raced to stop it, and they were joined by X-Force. She can use this power in more standard ways, such as creating powerful force fields around herself, and can levitate herself and others but cannot truly fly. Showing 10 of 27 Results. REST of the WORLD 8.00 First Comic 3 per extra comic. She finally becomes the goddess she had sought to be for so long. He then presented the infected Caliban, whose powers can track any mutant upon the planet. She made her way to New York City, where she encountered Juggernaut at a bar. At the end of the issue, Warpath confirms that she has indeed become a goddess - but she is not invincible, as Warpath was told by his dead bother Thunderbird a way to destroy her. She lured Sunspot to her defense, and offered the latter a position of power in the Hellfire Club, which the man refused, regardless of the illusions with which she tempted. However, with another writer change, Selene's involvement with the Upstarts was cut short as she herself was betrayed by Trevor Fitzroy. This move was only a prelude to Selene taking over Rachel's mind, but Marvel Girl was too strong for Selene and expelled her, keeping Selene trapped for a time beneath the Hellfire Club headquarters. She returned to her normal imposing extravagance, vitality surging through her body. Read these titles and more on Marvel Unlimited! Selene. These supposedly Roman citizens were said to have fled the first century B.C. Selene fought the New Mutants, and was cast into lava and buried alive. She approached Eliphas, a well-respected senator whose wife had left for a general named Mascius. Selene appears in 17 issues View all Olympians 5 appearances Promethea 4 appearances Promethea 2 appearances Absolute Promethea 2 appearances No recent wiki edits to this page. Selene was created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, and Danny McBride.According to Grevioux, Selene is based on the X-Men villain of the same name appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He realized that he had no choice but to accept Selene as his new Black Queen. In the events following M-Day, Selene retained her powers. In a recent plot against the Hellfire Club, Selene usurped the Black King`s position and replaced him with her demonic ally, Blackheart. Darkness falls city by city, nation by nation. With X-Force occupied against the attacking dead, Selene summons her Inner Circle to commence the ritual that will at long last transform her into the dark goddess she had long desired to be. In a desperate bid to recreate happier times from her days in ancient Rome, Selene arranged for numerous people to be kidnapped and taken to the jungles of the Amazon, to a city constructed per her designs, where she could brainwash them into believing themselves antecedents of ancient Roman emigrants living in the Amazon. There she was somehow able to utterly brainwash her prisoners to believe themselves descendants of ancient Romans living in the Amazon. Selene is a recurring villain in the game, making her debut in Season 2, Chapter 1: Excalibur. She eventually came to live in the ancient Roman Republic. But at a price. Rise up against Lilith and her forces December 2, 2022. The city was disbanded and the residents returned to their regular lives across the globe. At one point, she helped formed the Upstarts, a group of hedonistic young mutants who played a game when killing off other mutants. She then dubbed the island "Necrosha". [22], It was later revealed that Selene's body and soul had been preserved as airborne particles and somehow stored in stasis in a vault located somewhere in New York City. Browse Marvel's comprehensive list of Selene comics. Blink was eventually stopped by Frost and a small team of X-Men (consisting of Blindfold, Pixie, Husk, Warpath) along with former Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange who managed successfully to purge Blink of Selene's corrupted influence. agents. Bard explained that he would use Caliban's powers to locate and re-animate dead mutants across the world, and then he graciously offered her their souls. Check out the first batch of 'Infinity Saga Phase Three' covers, on sale in February! Shaw knew that it was only a matter of time before Selene made her move to end his reign, so he and Emma Frost conspired to kill Selene by training and manipulating the young mutant Firestar to assassinate her. Shaw personally conducted an official ceremony to welcome Selene. Shortly afterwards, she attempted to access the power of a Celestial convergence using a Runestaff made from the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree of Norse cosmology. The ritual succeeded as the resurrected mutants physically disintegrate, their silvery-blue essence coalescing, drawn towards the epicenter of Necrosha, and Selene herself. She then dispatches her crew and they end up taking the knife back, capturing Warpath in the process. Shaw, being no fool, immediately recognized Selene's unmatched power and of what she could do to him if he ever dared to cross her. Great expenditure of power causes Selene to age rapidly, but she can rejuvenate herself by absorbing more life force. [25], In the "House of X" storyline, Selene, along with other villainous and fractious mutants, is welcomed to the new mutant island nation of Krakoa, which has been created by Professor X, Magneto and Moira MacTaggart, in order to heal mutantdom and start over as a whole species together. This immortal mutant, who's also an expert in sorcery, originally debuted in 1983's NEW MUTANTS #9 by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema. Selene was portrayed by Kota Eberhardt in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film Dark Phoenix (2019). [28], Selene is both a mutant and a powerful sorceress who is immortal. Selene needed only her Athame, the ceremonial dagger carved from the bones of her mother, in order to complete the blood ritual she had planned with Eliphas in Rome. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License . As a mutant and an enemy of the X-Men, she is often associated with the Hellfire Club 's Inner Circle. Perceived by various sources as being a powerful sorceress, Selene is actually one of the long-lived mutants known as the Externals, possibly the oldest. While not indestructible, she has survived and completely recovered from molecular dispersion, although it required considerable time and effort to resurrect herself. She befriended Wither in Mutant Town while in disguise as an old woman and informed him that his unrequited love, Wallflower, was dead. Selene possesses formidable psychic powers with which she can to blend her own psychic signature into the background thoughts around her, making her difficult for other psionics to locate or track. Selene approached the local High Priest of her world-wide Cult of Fire, Friedrich von Roehm, to assist her in securing accommodations where she could practice her dark arts safely and discreetly. Character Though she was opposed by X-Force, she managed to complete the slaughter and knock out the mutants, until Cable arrived. She cursed him, granting him immortality but life of eternal pain. Unfortunately, Amara had been brainwashed and freeing her from the Skull's influence would be more difficult than she had originally anticipated. [2], Selene is the oldest known human mutant. The girl's father alerted the authorities and Eliphas and Selene were captured before the spell could be carried out. [24] She also assisted in the resurrection of Aleksander Lukin but also revived a remnant of the Red Skull's mind. She often uses telepathy to induce a hypnotic trance in witnesses in order to manipulate them or to slip away at superhuman speed, leaving them with the impression that she simply vanished. [8], Selene directed her worshippers to undertake tasks that eventually allowed her to leave Nova Roma. [16], Selene's relationship with Eli Bard is explained by Warpath to the other members of X-Force. Your key for reading. Daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Thia, sister of Helios (the Sun). However, Selene wanted the process for herself, and she subdued Sunspot and X-Force. However, she gained limited mobility from an alliance with Donald Pierce. In more recent appearances, however, she has apparently regained her humanoid form and displays her original powers. Afterward, she traveled to Genosha and commanded Bard to resurrect the millions of mutants who died in Cassandra Nova's genocide years before. 'Wasp' #1 First Look Pits Janet & Nadia Against a Classic Super Villain. [19] While most of the resurrected mutants attack the X-Men and Utopia, Selene is seen with Bard resurrecting the massacred residents of Genosha, with Cerebro detecting the rise of mutant numbers in millions (the first life-signs detected by Bastion's computers include Spoor, Katu, Unus, REM-RAM, Static, and Barnacle). During a fight against Amara and an altered Cypher, Selene was injected with a drug that would systematically transform her into one of the Skull's servants but before the transformation was complete, a man in Nova Roma who was still loyal to Selene offered his life to her. She then discovered the existence of Rachel Summers, whom she sought to turn into a slave only to be defeated by the X-Men. send you an email once approved. [39] Selene has used her abilities to scan minds for information and was able to communicate mentally. Losing his temper, Sunspot commanded his friends to perform a series of tasks that allowed him to throw Selene into a deep lava trench before burying her inside with tons of rubble. A side effect of this process is that Selene remembers . She confessed to Scott that Emma and her Cuckoos were responsible for the mysterious explosion at the Institute that separated Jean from Scott and also stated that Emma betrayed the Club in her love for Scott. Selene's most direct weapon is the psychokinetic power to manipulate inorganic matter by projecting part of her absorbed lifeforce into it. In New York City, she encountered Juggernaut at a nightclub. Omega Helix If Selene only drains the victim's life force partially, she achieves a measure of psychic control over her victim's mind, thereby subverting them to her will. A pitched battle commenced between the X-Men and Lords Cardinal but was unexpectedly halted when it drew the attention of Nimrod the Super-Sentinel, who then killed Selene's pawn von Rhoem. Using the Technarch transmode virus he reanimated the corpses in the burial grounds of the Apache tribe that he had decimated decades earlier along with Caliban. Like many of her other abilities, it is unknown if this is achieved through magic, telepathy, or other means. Selene offered Eliphas immortality in exchange for helping her kill and absorb every soul in Rome. Selene was introduced in the first film of the series, Underworld. In a desperate bid to relive happier days in which she lived in ancient Rome, Selene arranged for hundreds of people to be kidnapped and taken to the jungles of the Amazon, to a city constructed per her designs. Sunspot had no choice to accept and become Selene's protg. She then offered to resurrect the spirit of Juliana, Sunspots first love, in exchange for his agreement to become a member of her new Hellfire Club, and Sunspot agreed. It is not known how often Selene must absorb another's life essence in order to survive at baseline. Her bio says: Selene Gallio can psionically drain the life force of others, rejuvenating herself and controlling her victim's mind. She can momentarily move at superhuman speeds, though doing so requires a considerable energy expenditure and can cause her to age rapidly and require additional life energy immediately. Selene's attempt to absorb Cable's life backfired when she touched his techno-organic arm and she was forced to flee to maintain her power. [29] She possesses a wide range of superhuman abilities, but it has never been clearly defined which of these are her actual mutant abilities and which are skills derived from magic or other sources.[30]. One such attempt brought Jean Grey (in reality, the Phoenix Force,) into the Inner Circle, which led to the intervention of the X-Men in the Club's plots. Furthermore, it was strongly implied during "Necrosha" that Shaw and Emma Frost manipulated the Empath/Magma relationship in order to get Empath inside Nova Roma. She is next seen with the resurrected Thunderbird and Frost's former pupil Negasonic Teenage Warhead discussing the fate of her disciples. [23], In the aftermath of the "Secret Empire", Selene has publicly become head of the White House's "Task Force of Faith-Based Initiatives", and joined the "Power Elite", an alliance of powerful people including Thunderbolt Ross, Baron von Strucker, and Alexa Lukin. Selene then returned to her post as the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. Selene proclaimed she had no need of them but Bard corrected her; they were not his offering. View full history. Once Bard gives Selene the knife and proclaims eternal love for her, Selene stabs Eli, killing the latter (much to Wither's delight). Shaw correctly interpreted this as Selene showing Shaw his place. Marvel's Midnight Suns | Official Launch Trailer. EA SPORTS teamed up with Marvel to create a custom comic representing 21 unforgettable football legends as Marvel-inspired Heroes befitting the pages of a Marvel comic book. She then asks him if he would use his powers to save his or her life. For years Selene's origin went unrevealed. Cancel Save Series Title. Her cards are: This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Her name derives from the ancient lunar goddess Selene, daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. La Conquista del Espacio numero 696: Los hijos de Selene Ralph Barby Published byBruguera, 1984 Seller: El Boletin, Barcelona, BCN, Spain Contact seller Seller Rating: Comic UsedCondition: Aceptable US$ 7.13 Convert currency US$ 27.26 Shipping From Spain to U.S.A. Selene first appeared in New Mutants #9 (November 1983), written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Sal Buscema. It turns out that Selene can't do the ritual yet, because Bard lost the knife that was required to do it. Her tribe's elders recognized her for what she was and commanded the entire tribe, including her own mother, to sacrifice their lives to feed her.[4]. Just before they were burned at the stake Selene killed the guards. Selene was portrayed by Kota Eberhardt in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film Dark Phoenix (2019). Selene then repaired Shaw's throne and sat on it herself. The intervention of the New Mutants both thwarted Senator Gallio's schemes and led to Selene's apparent destruction. However, Sunspot went along with Selene to stop the Deviants in the Damocles Foundation from activating a Celestial Gatherer. [18], Selene returns to the place of her birth in central Europe, accompanied by a new Inner Circle, consisting of Blink, Senyaka, Mortis, Wither, and Eli Bard. Filtered by: Reset Filters. Magma was one of these kidnapped and brainwashed souls. Selene then targets others who she feels have obstructed, or otherwise failed, her in her quest for divinity, namely Shaw, Pierce, Frost (against whom she especially holds a grudge because of Frost's use of the "Black Queen" codename when working for the Dark X-Men), the X-Men, and Magma. He presented them to Selene for the purpose of finding other dead mutants and resurrecting them by the same means, so that Bard can sacrifice them and their powers to her. Along with the rest of X-Force, Selene was able to usurp control of the machinery that activated the Gatherer, but Moonstar and Arcadia destroyed the Celestial artifact before Selene could access its power. DC Comics Database; Image Comics Database; Dark Horse Comics Database; Malibu Comics Database; Discussions; . She followed Rachel to Hong Kong via a transport portal and saved the female from being corrupted by a telepathic agent of Courtney Ross who was trying to become the next White Queen. She also was able to marry several times and have descendants, including Amara Aquilla. Wolverine felt honor-bound to prevent Rachel from becoming a murderer and saved Selene's life by critically injuring Summers. This crowd-sourced content has not yet been verified for accuracy by our erudite editors! A a clip can be found here. However, Selene not only survived, she followed the New Mutants to the United States, and New York. Prior to this revelation, however, Selene posed as the wife to Nova Roma Senator Marcus Domitius Gallo, whose plot to abolish the republican Nova Roman government led to her to first encounter students of Charles Xavier in the form of the New Mutants. The two became lovers and eventually Magma was freed from her betrothal so that she could be with him. This immortal mutant, who's also an expert in sorcery, originally debuted in 1983's NEW MUTANTS #9 by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema. Magma managed to escape and get the rest of the team while Selene captured Dani Moonstar, intent on making her her new disciple in the dark arts. Sunspot accepted Selene's invitation and became her protg. Recently, Selene, with the help of Eli Bard, resurrected many deceased mutants, with the purpose of using them to become a goddess. Marvel and SiriusXM's First-Ever Podcast Crossover Event, 'Marvel's Wastelanders' Premieres Today! She arrived at the Exploding Colossal Man festival in New Mexico, but was again opposed by X-Force who managed to wrest the Runestaff from her and destroy the Colossal Man mannequin it animated. Selene missed her opportunity for ultimate power and vowed vengeance on X-Force. She can survive unaided on the astral planes in astral form. She lured Sunspot to her defense, offering him a position of power in the Hellfire Club. Had Shaw not previously collected enough kinetic energy to barely break free he would have been suffocated and killed by Selene's attack. She was worshipped as a goddess and worked to maintain the isolation of the town so she could maintain control. Eliphas, who at that moment was not an evil man, agreed to help Selene but he was captured and ruined Selene's plan. Star-Lord, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wolverine, And Doctor Doom Take A Final Journey To The Wastelands! In fact, Sonja reportedly managed to kill him and his spirit would not manifest again until the modern era. The time for the Midnight Suns is NOW! After this battle, in the pages of New Mutants, much was made about Selene having secret plans involving Nova Roma and Magma. She can affect nearly anything on a molecular level that is within her line of sight, and can warp and alter the molecules of the inanimate object to her caprice, causing objects to wrap around and constrict others, creating lifelike humanoid constructs to combat her opponents, or simply reducing objects to dust. Connect With Us. Still in love with her despite her curse, Bard realizes of having to make an offering to her before approaching her. Selene came to reside in Rome during the height of its empire. Shocked that her moment of godhood was taken away so quickly, Selene explodes into rays of light. Satiated, Selene returns her focus and attention toward Nova Roma and her granddaughter. In this reality, Selene was well enough known to thoroughly scare the shopkeeper just by looking at her. Selene also made a few appearances in a few Marvel-based computer and video games. [16] She encourages him to use his powers and not be afraid of his natural gifts. Selene then came to live in the ancient Roman Republic. She knocked Amara into a lava pool, thereby releasing the latter's latent mutant powers as Magma. Every week we use the powers of Marvel Unlimited to celebrate a major character's first appearance in the hallowed halls of the House of Ideas. [volume&issueneeded], She next appeared back in Brazil, where she had tracked Sunspot, along with Deviants posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel Comics: First appearance: Face down the Multiversal Masters of Evil with the Avengers, witness the start of Sins of Sinister, and more in this week's comics! Selene is described as an extremely beautiful woman with long hair. Comic Vine users. Years later, due to Chris Claremont wishing to undo writer Fabian Nieciza's dismantling of the concept of Nova Roma, Claremont ignored said story and wrote Magma as he had originally imagined her. Functionally immortal, her millennia-long life is attributed to her ability to drain the life essence from other beings to extend her own existence indefinitely. [volume&issueneeded], Selene was one of the few mutants to retain her powers after the events of M-Day. Eli Bard finally locates Selene in Nova Roma. Selene was portrayed by Kota Eberhardt in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film Dark Phoenix (2019). She retrieved the talisman that Ghost Rider used in order to revert New York to its previous state. Her first appearance was in the 1992 game Spider-Man/X-Men Arcades Revenge, where she was mechanically duplicated in gigantic form and was the final boss of Gambit's level. Selene herself was attacked by the Sword strike team, but she managed to cast a spell that devolved them back to lizards. Selene, now a part of what's secretly known as the Power Elite, has normally been considered a foe of the X-Men, but has appeared most recently in Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Francis Yu's CAPTAIN AMERICA #5. After striking a deal with the demon Blackheart and exiling out the rest of the Inner Circle, she offered Sunspot the position of Black Rook, which he initially refused but accepted when Selene and Blackheart revealed that his doing so would allow them to resurrect the spirit of Juliana Sandoval, the girl who died saving Sunspot's life prior to his joining the New Mutants. Get rewarded for doing what you already do as a fan., Earn points for what you already do as a Marvel fan and redeem for cool rewards as a, (Points/Rewards program available to U.S. residents only. Selene can also control and manipulate fire in a variety of ways, though she cannot create the fire herself; whether this is a facet of her telekinesis or a separate power is unclear. Turning to her followers, she commands them to get her more souls. Selene was born 17,000 years ago in central Europe, "After the Oceans swallowed Atlantis " and "Before the rise of the sons of Aryas ". Nimrod next targeted both the X-Men and the Lords Cardinal. Answers: Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon, and the Romans refer to her as Luna. In her efforts to obtain power, Selene was responsible for the establishment of the hidden Amazonian city Nova Roma. The two became lovers and Magma was freed from her arranged marriage plans so that she could be with him. Selene is born in the late 14th century and grows up as a normal, happy, vibrant child. Visit your local comic shop to read CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 right now! When Shaw asked Selene for an audition she effortlessly used her immense power to capture both Shaw and his throne in pure concrete. This presented a problem, as people would start to see the truth. She can affect nearly anything within her line of sight, and can warp and alter the molecules of inanimate matter to her whim,[37] causing objects to wrap around and constrict others,[38] creating lifelike humanoid structures to combat her opponents, or simply reducing objects to dust. Selene's youthful appearance and vitality depends upon her absorbing the life forces of one or more people on a regular basis. Marvel and SiriusXM's First-Ever Podcast Crossover Event, 'Marvel's Wastelanders' Premieres Today! Selene was kept in a torture device that repeatedly ripped her flesh from her body (to attract the attention of the Gamesmaster who took advantage of the situation as the Upstarts' new leader). What is going on there YouTube, welcome back to another comic book video. Whether this is a facet of her psychokinesis or a separate power is unclear. MAX; Epic; Icon; See More. Selene regarded him endearingly, at first, then admitting that Eliphas had always been her true love and also her greatest disappointment. Due to her love for Empath, Magma left the New Mutants to join the Hellions, only to be called home by her father to enter into an arranged marriage with a resident there. Selene ultimately was the deciding vote to vote Shaw out of the Hellfire Club, when tension between Shaw and the newly recruited White King Magneto came to blows. She accepted with the promise to rid Nova Roma of the Skull's tyranny and honor his memory. send you an email once approved. Selene's primary power is to psionically drain others of their lifeforce energy, absorbing their essence into herself. New MCU Variant Covers Celebrate the Epic Phase Three Films of the Infinity Saga, December 7's New Marvel Comics: The Full List. Blaming Bard for his ineptitude, Selene dispatched her Inner Circle to Utopia to retrieve it. [40] She often uses her telepathy to blend her psychic signature into the background thoughts around her, making her difficult for other psionics to locate or track, or to induce a hypnotic trance in others, during which she slips away at superhuman speed, leaving them with the impression that she simply vanished. She was prevented from doing so when Wolverine manipulated a bar-room brawl between Juggernaut and Colossus, which led to her discovery of the existence of Rachel Summers, whom Selene sought to enslave, only to be defeated by the X-Men. [volume&issueneeded] Writer changes and the book's transition into X-Force caused the storyline to be aborted. She possesses a wide range of superhuman abilities, but it has never been clearly defined which are a result of mutation and which are skills derived from magic or other sources. The resurrected mutants then began to rebuild the capital. Selene was voiced by April Stewart. [20] There is a major problem though: a lot of the deceased have been depowered, despite having been killed BEFORE M-day. She claimed to have lived for several millennia, and to have been a foe of the ancient sorcerer Kulan Gath. Selene was revealed to have been an old enemy of the sorcerer Kulan Gath. Definitions of Selene (comics), synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of Selene (comics), analogical dictionary of Selene (comics) (English) . Subscribe to Marvel Unlimited to read Selene comic lists by Marvel experts! Over the millennia, her worshippers grew into a world-wide cult. Magma was escorted home to Nova Roma by Empath, who ultimately decided to remain in the city with her. Selene possesses considerable sorcerous abilities and extensive knowledge of the arts arcane, enabling her to cast and counteract a variety spells and rituals. This is the channel where we sit down and cover different comic book stories from d. Discord; Twitter; . [volume&issueneeded] In the event that Selene struck first and eliminated both, Empath's powers would then be used to dismantle the city via convincing the residents that their lives were lies concocted by Selene. Chris Claremont didn't wait long to bring the character back into the fray. Wither and Mortis explain what happened and the Coven begins to set up base at Necrosha. 07:19PM Selene appears in 679 issues. When Selene drains only a portion of the victim's life energy, she assumes a measure of psychic control over her victim's mind, thereby subverting them to her will. The Cast and Director of Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Answer YOUR Questions! Caliban and Thunderbird then lead her to the ruins of Genosha which are dubbed "Necrosha" by Selene and swears that her journey will end here. 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