BLACK PRIESTESS

Real Name:

Selene Gallio

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Quiet Council of Krakoa

Category:

Other

Additional Category Info:

Mutant / Magic User

Alias:

Black Queen II.

Nationality:

Unknown

First Appearance:

New Mutants (1st series) #9

Powers & Abilities:

enhanced strength, speed, endurance, reflexes, and durability, hypnotic stare, telepathy, psychokinetically animate any unliving materials, drain the lifeforce of other living beings to retain and increase her vitality, create and direct flame

Affiliation:

Externals, Hellfire Club, High Lords, Inner Circle, Inner Circle III, Inner Circle IV, Lords Cardinal, Selene's Inner Circle, Sisterhood II, Upstarts, X-Corporation II, Quiet Council of Krakoa

Notes:

Selene joined the Hellfire Club in New Mutants (1st series) #23, becoming the Black Queen. Her last name, Gallio, is taken from her Nova Roman husband Senator Marcus Gallio.

Selene was stabbed through the chest and killed by Warpath in X-Force (3rd series) #25. Arkea was able to arrange for Selene's resurrection in X-Men (4th series) #11. She was killed by Hope Summers in Immortal X-Men #2, but seemingly returned under her own power in #12.

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Last Updated:

8th June 2023 by Monolith