BLACK PRIESTESS

Real Name:

Selene Gallio

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Incapacitated

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, telekinesis, psychokinetically animate any unliving materials, create and direct flame, drain the lifeforce of other living beings to retain and increase her vitality, disguise her age or appearance, control others whom she has partially drained, etc.

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 (Krakoa), 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. In fact, it was arranged by Mother Righteous in X-Men Before the Fall: Sinister Four #1.

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SELENE

Last Updated:

6th June 2024 by Monolith