PENANCE

Real Name:

Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Avengers Unity Division

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

M II, White Queen VI.

Nationality:

Yugoslavian

First Appearance:

Generation X (1st series) #1

Powers & Abilities:

superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, reflexes, invulnerability and intelligence, night vision, hearing, telepathy, telekinesis, flight, able to adopt a secondary form by absorbing negative emotion and energies from her environment, internalizing them in order to atrophy her physical body into a razor sharp and diamond hard state, and making her invisible in shadow

Affiliation:

Generation X, X-Corporation Paris, X-Corps, X-Factor III, X-Men, Inner Circle VII, X-Corporation II, Avengers - Unity Division

Notes:

M I was the M Twins posing as a single being, and they reversed bodies in Generation X #40. Monet's full name was revealed in Generation X #46.

Monet inherited Monacan and Algerian citizenship from her parents, but was born in Yugoslavia on a vacation trip. Her birthplace of Sarajevo is now part of the country of Bosnia.

Monet revealed she had reclaimed the ability to become Penance at will in House of X #4. She identified it as her codename again in #5.

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M II

Last Updated:

17th August 2023 by Monolith