Malice (comics)
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Malice is the name of four separate fictional comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. The original Malice was a minion of Killmonger, an enemy of Black Panther. The second was a short-lived Ghost Rider villain. The last two villains bearing the name Malice are disembodied entities, the first of which possesses Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four, and the second is an evil mutant appearing in X-Men comics.
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[edit] Malice (Marauders)
| Malice | |
 A Malice-Possessed Host |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #214 (Feb 1987) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont and Rick Leonardi |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | unrevealed |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Marauders |
| Abilities | Possession. |
The mutant Malice first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #210 in October 1986 and was created by Chris Claremont. She is a member of the Marauders and has the ability to possess people. She has not been seen physically as of yet.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Malice is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. She is an evil mutant who is a member of Mister Sinister's Marauders. Being incorporeal, she has no physical body of her own and has to possess the body of others. Those she possesses manifest a cameo-like choker around their neck. It is unknown whether this is a physical artifact or an illusionary one. Malice at one point became stuck in the body of Lorna Dane, an ally of the X-Men also known as Polaris (this affinity may suggest that Malice's true physical nature is that of an electromagnetic field). While possessing the body of Polaris, Malice acted as the field leader of the Marauders.
After Mister Sinister was seemingly killed during Inferno, Malice's hold over Polaris weakened and after Polaris' alleged half-sister Zaladane, a priestess for the Savage Land's Sun People, used the High Evolutionary's machinery to strip Polaris of her magnetic powers and take them as her own, the process also managed to finally separate Lorna and Malice.
What happened to Malice after that remains unknown but she resurfaced years later to bother Polaris once more. She possessed Havok and tried to kill Polaris to get her revenge against Sinister, from whom she was trying to break free of. In the end, Sinister ask Malice to possess Polaris once again knowing that Lorna wouldn't object to the possession in order to save Havok, but, out of their love for each other, Havok and Polaris each tried to absorb Malice, preventing the other from being possessed. Malice was then apparently destroyed by Sinister himself.
[edit] Blinded by the Light
Malice later returns as a digital entity instead of a psionic one, taking possession of Omega Sentinel via email virus.[1] Emma Frost soon became aware of another being within Omega Sentinel but is nevertheless taken by total surprise when Malice took her and, presumably, her telepathic powers out of the equation. The other X-Men continued to be unaware of Malice possessing Karima until they were attacked by her along with the rest of the new Marauders, including the traitorous Mystique and Lady Mastermind. Later on, she fights alongside the other Marauders in Flint, Michigan, against Iceman and Cannonball, as both sides try to obtain the Diaries of Destiny. [2]
[edit] Messiah Complex
In X-Men: Messiah Complex, Malice travels to Cooperstown, Alaska along with fellow Marauders Sunfire, Gambit, Prism, Blockbuster, Lady Mastermind and Scalphunter. They try to find the baby but instead come across a small army of Purifiers and they come to blows, devastating the town.
The next time she is seen, the five member assault task force of X-Men invaded the Marauders base, and was forced to fight Colossus along with Arclight, Frenzy and Unuscione. She then teams up with Lady Mastermind in taking out Wolverine by throwing a unconscious Scrambler disguised as Angel at him. After he realizes the deception, she hits him with an powerful microwave energy blast. While asking him about how he wants to die, Nightcrawler teleports in and knocks her out along with Lady Mastermind.
Later on, she is part of the squad consisting of herself, Gambit, Sunfire and Vertigo to confront Bishop who is about to kill the baby. The Marauder team manage to defeat Gambit and she seems to show a lot of affection towards the baby and finds it extraordinary that the baby girl isn’t scared at all when she picks her up, going so far to look up to her inquistively.
During the final battle on Muir Island, Malice along with all of Sinister's army excluding Gambit and Mystique ambushed X-Force. When X-Force is soon joined by the X-Men, Predator X, and the New X-Men, Cyclops allows the New X-Men to tackle the Marauders. Malice is skeptical when it comes to fighting children but is unpleasantly surprised. She went on to battle Pixie, beating her with her bare fists. Malice was gutted by Pixie's Souldagger when she least expected it. It appears that the dagger exorcised Omega Sentinel from Malice, but Karima has no memory of the events that took place in the last two and a half weeks, apparently a side effect of being possessed by Malice. What happen to Malice remains to be revealed.
[edit] Other versions
[edit] What If?
- A version of Malice appears possessing the clone of Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor as a member of Mister Sinister's X-Men. She appears in the form of a neck choker.[issue # needed]
[edit] Malice (Killmonger Minion)
The first Malice was one of Killmonger's mutated allies during his vie for the throne of Wakanda. Her first appearance was in Jungle Action, Vol.2 #8 (Jan 1974). She fought Black Panther alongside Venomm, Lord Karnaj, Baron Macabre and others. She was a Wakandan mutate with superhuman strength, speed, and agility and was eventually defeated along with the rest of the villains attempting the coup. [3]
[edit] Malice (Ghost Rider Villain)
The second villain to bear the name Malice first appeared in Ghost Rider #25 (Aug 1977). A showboater by nature, Malice made sure that his emergence was well televised. After burning a wax museum and leaving a woman to die as well as robbing a bank with his "Vault Puller," one of the many devices he used to terrorize the police. While his secret identity is not known, there are suggestions that Malice is a wealthy individual, as he drives an AC Cobra and refers to hiding the money in the woods on his "estate." He was arrested after being defeated by the Ghost Rider using an early predecessor to his penance stare.
[edit] Malice (split personality)
Malice is an evil psionic entity that resides in the mind of Invisible Woman and sometimes possesses her. It was originally believed to be a negative aspect of her own personality, awakened by the manipulations of the villain Psycho-Man. Malice retained the powers of Invisible Woman, but she used them more aggressively, creating explosions and deadly force-field spikes. Eventually, Invisible Woman's son Franklin expelled Malice from her mind.
[edit] In other media
[edit] Television
Susan Richards as Malice appeared in the 1994 Fantastic Four episode "Worlds Within Worlds". Malice's appearance was the result of Psycho-Man using his powers to make Susan turn against her Fantastic Four teammates. Eventually, Susan was freed of Psycho-Man's influence and defeated him.
