M (comics)

M
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #316 (September 1994)
Created by	Scott Lobdell Chris Bachalo
In-story information
Alter ego	Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Generation X X-Corporation: Paris X-Corps X-Factor Investigations X-Men
Notable aliases	M-Plate, Penance, White Queen
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, dexterity, reflexes, coordination, balance, vision, hearing, and endurance Genius level intellect Accelerated healing factor Supersonic Flight Telekinesis Telepathy Ability to perceive mutant auras

M (Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix) is a fictional comic book superheroine, a mutant who appears in the X-Men family of books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Chris Bachalo, she originally was a member of the teenage mutant group Generation X (1994), and later X-Factor and X-Men. She is now seen in Uncanny X-Men.

Additionally, Monet represents a rare example of a Muslim superhero in American superhero comic books; in 2011 X-Factor with Mika comics by Peter David, for example, this has been used to explore issues of anti-Muslim hate in the American culture of the Marvel Universe. Monet's faith adds Muslims to the list of minority groups that X-Men stories and characters are interpreted to allegorize.

Monet St. Croix was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia during a family ski trip and is the second child of the rich and eccentric Monegasque Cartier St. Croix (who himself was the biracial son of the French aristocrat Louis St. Croix and his unnamed second wife, who was dark-skinned) and his Algerian wife. She grew up as a pompous and spoiled rich girl as a result of being the favored child of her father and his prestigious position as the Monégasque Ambassador to France. She was also raised as a Muslim. Shortly after her mother’s mysterious death, her brother Marius, the vampiric mutant known as Emplate, was banished from the St. Croix home. He eventually returned after learning the dark arts and requested that Monet join him in conquering another dimension. She cruelly rejected his offer and after finally having enough of his sister's ridicule, Marius transformed her into a red-skinned, untouchable, mute creature whom he nicknamed Penance. Monet's younger sisters, Nicole and Claudette, heard the commotion and quickly went to her room. When they could not find Monet, they assumed that Marius had killed her. The twins then banished him to another dimension while Monet followed, believing it was her only way to revert to normal.

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