Blink (comics)

Blink
Blink. New Mutants v.3 #34 Art by Jorge Molina
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #317 (October 1994)
Created by	Scott Lobdell (Writer) Joe Madureira (Artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Clarice Ferguson
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	New Mutants X-Men
Partnerships	Selene
Abilities	Teleportation

Blink (Earth-295)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Men: Alpha #1 (February 1995)
Created by	Scott Lobdell Joe Madureira
In-story information
Alter ego	Clarice Ferguson
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	X-Men (AoA) Exiles
Abilities	teleportation, Dimensional Energy Projection (Disruption by partial teleportation)

Blink (Clarice Ferguson) is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those featuring the X-Men. A mutant with the power of teleportation, Blink was created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Joe Madureira, and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317 (October 1994).

An unstable mutant with the ability to teleport, Blink was one of the mutants captured by the Phalanx during the 1994 X-Universe crossover event Phalanx Covenant. In print, the character died within a month of her first appearance. Lobdell and Madureira redefined Blink as a more confident and assertive character in the parallel universe storyline "Age of Apocalypse" (1995). As a result of her redefinition and increased exposure during that event, Blink became a fan favorite, as exemplified in her return in the regular title Exiles in 2001. The character was featured in the four-issue Blink limited series in 2000. The primary-universe version of Blink returned to publication in 2009.

In the primary Earth-616 continuity of the Marvel Universe, Blink was introduced in the "Phalanx Covenant" storyline, in which the extraterrestrially derived techno-organic beings called the Phalanx captured her and several other young mutants to assimilate their powers. This version of Blink was tense and panicky and frightened of her powers (having "woken up in a pool of blood" after her first use of them). Clarice could not properly control her powers, and apparently was unable to teleport anything in an intact form. Instead, any object or person caught in Blink's teleportation field, also known as a "blink wave", would be shredded. She eventually used her abilities to "cut up" Harvest, a Phalanx entity guarding her and her peers, but she was caught in her own teleportation field and apparently died in the process. Because of her sacrifice, the remaining captives were set free and became the X-Men junior team Generation X.