Crystal (comics)
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Crystal is a fictional character, a superhero in Marvel Comics' universe. She is a member of the Inhumans and a younger sister of Medusa.
Crystal possesses the power to manipulate the classic four elements. Originally, she was a girlfriend of the Human Torch, though the two had a star-crossed romance as the Inhumans were trapped behind an impenetrable barrier for much of that time. She later married the Avenger Quicksilver. The pair have had a rocky marriage, due to Quicksilver's temper and her affair with another man, and coming close to having a second affair with Dane Whitman, the Black Knight. Both reasons have caused them to separate several times, despite Maximus the Mad taking credit for causing Pietro's descent into madness, and Crystal's affair. They have a daughter, Luna, who was a normal human child but from exposure due to her father's desperation to gain powers from Decimation M, he exposes himself and subsequently her daughter too. Crystal has been a member of the Fantastic Four and the Avengers during her heroic career.
After the events of House of M Crystal was reunited with her depowered husband, only for him to steal the Terrigen Mist from Attilan, in an attempt to use it to restore the depowered mutants.
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[edit] Powers
Crystal possesses the ability to mentally manipulate the Greek's four basic elements of nature: fire, water, earth, and air. She does so by means of a psionic interaction with the substances on a molecular level. By controlling oxygen molecules she can cause fire to spontaneously ignite or she can douse any oxidizing flame by depriving it of oxygen. She can join hydrogen and oxygen molecules to create rain, summoning these molecules from a volume of atmosphere within a radius of approximately two miles. She can control the movement of water by manipulating surface tension, divining water from the ground and causing it to flow in designated directions. The observed maximum volume of water she can control is approximately 2,000 cubic feet (about 15,000 gallons). Thus, she cannot change the course of rivers or cause the sea to part. She can control the various substances that make up common bedrock (earth: iron, granite, shale, limestone, etc.), creating seismic tremors of up to 6.7 on the Richter scale (greater if tectonic plate fault lines are nearby) by causing a sudden shifting of the earth. The observed maximum volume she can affect at once is 1.8 x 10" cubic feet (approximately 1/800 of a cubic mile). She can also control oxygen atoms and oxygen-containing molecules to create atmospheric disturbances of various kinds. By intermingling air with earth she can cause a duststorm, air with water a typhoon, and air with fire a firestorm. She is able to create a wind of tornado intensity.
Limitations: Crystal can sustain a certain elemental phenomenon for approximately one hour before her mind begins to tire. She can also create any number of effects in succession for about forty-five minutes before mental fatigue impairs her performance.
Crystal also has the physiology of an average Inhuman, so all her bodily functions are higher than a normal human's. Inhumans are superior to humans in strength, reaction time, stamina, resistance to injury and speed, but unable to stand the pollution, such as smog, that normal humans can. (Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition)
[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] Ultimate Crystal
Crystal appeared in the Ultimate Marvel Universe within the Ultimate Fantastic Four, Annual #1 story "Inhuman". In this story she is being forced to marry Black Bolt's brother, Maximus, whom she doesn't like. She flirts with Johnny Storm during the issue, but ultimately leaves with the other Inhumans when they go to their new city. She later appears in UFF #30 talking to Sue, who wants her to ask Black Bolt for help with a parasite that is eating Johnny that could kill everyone on Earth. Crystal replies that Black Bolt wouldn't help, even if they were at risk, suggesting the Inhumans have moved to the Moon.
[edit] Appearances in other Media
[edit] Video Games
Crystal is featured as an NPC in Marvel Ultimate Alliance. In the game, she appears during act four.
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