Masque (comics)
| Masque | |
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Masque.
Art by Salvador Larroca. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #169 (May 1983) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont Paul Smith |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations |
Morlocks Brotherhood of Mutants The Arena |
| Abilities | Ability to alter the flesh and organs of living creatures |
Masque is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. Masque was originally a prominent member of the sewer-dwelling community of mutant outcasts called the Morlocks, led by Callisto.
Masque first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #169-170 (May–June 1983), and was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith.
Masque appeared as part of the "Morlocks" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9, and the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #7 (2006).
Little is known about Masque's life, except that he was born with severe facial deformities, which led to him living the life as an outcast. This was furthered when Masque discovered that he was a mutant born with the ability to alter people's faces and bodies, reshaping them to whatever he wants. Masque's own body is immune to his powers. This cruel irony embittered Masque against the world and those whose beauty Masque envied and loathed. At some point, Masque was recruited by fellow mutant Callisto, who was seeking to create a new community for homeless and deformed mutants such as Masque and her allies (Caliban, Sunder, and Plague). Masque's job was to use his powers to make ordinary-looking recruits to the Morlock community look ugly in order to conform to Callisto's notions of the Morlocks being an all-outcast community. The sadistic joy Masque took in using his powers and the fact that he often would turn his victims into outright deformed monsters, created tension between him and Callisto, who would often be forced to make Masque undo his work and restore his victims to normal.
Masque first appeared in the Morlock tunnels after Callisto kidnapped the X-Men Angel to be her unwilling groom. Masque later joins in on Callisto's kidnapping of Shadowcat, to force her to go through with her promise to marry Caliban in exchange for his assistance in getting the Healer to help Colossus, after being left melted by Pyro and flash-frozen by Avalanche using liquid nitrogen. As part of their plot, Masque uses his power to turn the corpse of a teenager into a perfect copy of Kitty. However, the body is exposed as a fraud by Wolverine's enhanced sense of smell (a factor Masque and Callisto had not taken into account due to Wolverine being absent when the X-Men first met the Morlocks). Masque uses his powers without Callisto's permission, to rapidly age the faces of the members of Power Pack as part of a plot to kidnap them for a fellow Morlock, whose own children had recently been killed.
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