Destiny (Irene Adler)
| Destiny | |
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Destiny, by John Romita, Jr.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Irene Adler |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations |
Brotherhood of Mutants Freedom Force HYDRA Project: Black Womb |
| Abilities | Precognition |
Destiny (Irene Adler) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is known as an adversary of the X-Men.
Although blind, Destiny was a mutant precognitive able to accurately predict future events.
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). She died in Uncanny X-Men #255 and was resurrected with a techno-organic virus during the 2009 Necrosha event. She filled several diaries with the future history of mutantkind, the search for which was a main storyline in the 2000s (decade) series X-Treme X-Men, years after Destiny died.
As far back as 1981, Claremont had intended Destiny to be the lover of Brotherhood of Mutants teammate Mystique, and had originally intended for Destiny and Mystique to be Nightcrawler's biological parents, with Mystique taking the form of a man for the conception. However, at that time, the Comics Code Authority and Marvel policy prohibited the explicit portrayal of gay or bisexual characters. Destiny was simply referred to as the only member of the new Brotherhood that Mystique saw as a friend; all the other members being male and prone to arguing amongst each other.
Irene Adler was born in Salzburg, Austria. Mystique was working as a consulting detective when Destiny sought her help in understanding the precognitive visions recorded in her diaries. During this time, the two fell in love. Background details suggest that this meeting took place around 1900.
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