In the aftermath of the Days of Future Past story arc in Uncanny X-Men The Past of Future Days, Selene and the Hellfire Club's relationship with the X-Men came to a crescendo with Rachel Summers making an unauthorized assassination attempt against Selene. She was worshipped as a goddess and worked to maintain the isolation of the town so she could maintain control. The intervention of the New Mutants both thwarted Senator Gallio's schemes and led to Selene's apparent destruction. She eventually came to live in the ancient Roman Republic. Selene appears in the video game Underworld: The Eternal War. [citation needed] Furthermore, it was revealed in New Warriors #31, via Empath, that Nova Roma was nothing more than an elaborate lie, concocted by Selene several decades prior. She is next seen with the resurrected Thunderbird and Frost's former pupil Negasonic Teenage Warhead discussing the fate of her disciples. [27][28] In a storyline in X-Men (vol. This garnered the attention of the Gamesmaster who took advantage of the situation to proclaim himself the new leader of the Upstarts. [15], In a review for Underworld: Awakening, a top critic from Variety said "Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene".[16]. [volume&issueneeded] Writer changes and the book's transition into X-Force caused the storyline to be aborted. Like many of her other abilities, it is unknown if this is achieved through magic, telepathy, or other means. Warpath is eventually rescued by the Vanisher but Selene absorbs the many souls around her, turning light blue and growing in size. A a clip can be found here. She retrieved the talisman that Ghost Rider used in order to revert New York to its previous state. Despite their never having met or become acquainted with one another since Eve's birth, Selene ultimately bonds with her daughter. Selene appears in 712 issues. Selene is born in the late 14th century and grows up as a normal, happy, vibrant child. Shaw personally conducted an official ceremony to welcome Selene. Selene is headstrong and stubborn, even to a fault, not willing to back down when she knows something is wrong when she is investigating Lycan activity. Alexander retorts by asking her if she would murder her own son. Shortly afterwards, Marius and his Lycans attack the Coven and Selene is defeated. As Markus attacks her, Michael intervenes and battles him to protect her. Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #89 [C Story] It is revealed he had originally planned to sacrifice the Purifiers to Selene but changed his plans upon seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus. She can affect nearly anything on a molecular level that is within her line of sight, and can warp and alter the molecules of the inanimate object to her caprice, causing objects to wrap around and constrict others, creating lifelike humanoid constructs to combat her opponents, or simply reducing objects to dust. Selene fought the New Mutants, and was cast into lava and buried alive. Beckinsale did not film new footage, a scene from Underworld was used to bookend the film. Both teams hastily agreed to a truce and fought well enough to cause Nimrod to flee, though at the cost of the life of Harry Leland, the Black Rook. superhuman feature or ability. [40] Selene has used her abilities to scan minds for information and was able to communicate mentally. The only novelization series of Underworld she hasn't appeared in is the novelization for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. From Selene's attack Shaw concluded that Selene knew Shaw's weakness, and would not have hesitated to kill Shaw right then and there. She followed Rachel to Hong Kong via a transmat device and saved her from being corrupted by a telepathic agent of Courtney Ross, who was vying to become the next White Queen. (Wolverine's First Appearance) Random Comic; Imprints. Selene fights Markus once more, and the Elder drives his wing talon through her chest. She absorbed many souls, finally becoming a goddess, however, was killed by X-Force. Selene is the only survivor to have walked through the corridors of the fortress. This was only a prelude to Selene possessing Rachel's mind, but Marvel Girl proved too strong for Selene and expelled her, keeping Selene trapped for a time beneath the Hellfire Club headquarters. Functionally immortal, her millennia-long life is attributed to her ability to drain the life essence from other beings to extend her own existence indefinitely. Subject 1 Origin Underworld Occupation Vampire Elder Death Dealer (formerly) Powers / Skills High Intelligence Attractive Leadership Acrobatics Stealth Combat Skills: Firearms Markswoman Thrown Weapons Unarmed Combat Melee Combat Vampire Powers: Definitions of selene comics, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of selene comics, analogical dictionary of selene comics (English) . 07:19PM In more recent appearances, Selene has been depicted as a being of semi-substantial living darkness with the ability to appear and disappear at will and, similar to Blackheart, imprison people in the dark energy which appears to comprise her physical form. At some point, she also becomes the unwilling object of the romantic interests of Kraven, the Coven's regent. In Underworld: Awakening, when her daughter is taken by the lycans at the Antigen facility, Selene stages an attack on the building, luring the lycan security personnel into a trap by taking the elevator up the building and setting silver gas explosives at every floor, to get back her daughter. David is then able to use Marius' head to get the remaining Lycans to retreat. Selene missed her opportunity for power and vowed vengeance on X-Force. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. It turns out that Selene can't do the ritual yet, because Bard lost the knife that was required to do it. Selene, meanwhile, regards Kraven as "a pig, a coward and an insufferable egotist" who is too wrapped up in himself to even pick up on the fact that Selene simply doesn't want anything to do with him, let alone be his arm-trophy at the coven's social events. Selene was portrayed by Kota Eberhardt in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film Dark Phoenix (2019). Selene, now a part of what's secretly known as the Power Elite, has normally been considered a foe of the X-Men, but has appeared most recently in Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Francis Yu's CAPTAIN AMERICA #5. Modern firearms that she uses include the Walther P99 and a variety of fully automatic machine pistols. This child carried a mutation of the original pathogen, permitting him to alternate between human and werewolf form. In a flash forward, it is revealed that Selene was reunited with Eve while at the Nordic Coven. Shaw correctly interpreted this as Selene showing Shaw his place. Other vampires, like Kraven and Erika, quickly catch on to Selene's feelings towards Michael before even she herself does. However, Selene wanted the process for herself, and she subdued Sunspot and X-Force. [42], CBR.com ranked Selene 2nd in their "X-Men: The 10 Most Powerful Female Villains" list,[33] 5th in their "Marvel's 10 Most Powerful Female Mutants" list,[34] and 14th in their "21 Most Powerful Sorcerer Supreme Candidates" list. 2017 feels like a million years ago, but that's when actor and musician Donald Glover made his debut in Marvel and Sony's first joint Spider-Man production, Spider-Man: Homecoming. Her name derives from the ancient lunar goddess Selene, daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. This also empowers her witchcraft, enabling her to practice magic on a scale that the Eye of Agamotto considered sufficient for her to . Written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Sal Buscema, she has a look that is timeless. She then dispatches her crew and they end up taking the knife back, capturing Warpath in the process. She offered Sunspot the position of Black Rook, which the latter initially refused but then accepted when Selene and Blackheart revealed that doing so would allow them to resurrect the spirit of Juliana Sandoval, the girl who died saving Sunspot's life when the latter first joined the New Mutants. Prior to the events in Necrosha, Selene attempted to become a goddess several millennia ago. Selene's Inner Circle were chosen specifically for their mutant abilities designed for killing. What he didn't know, though, was that she worked black magic to not only manipulate him, but anyone else who got in the way of her plans. At the age of nineteen, the untimely and gruesome deaths of her entire family completely breaks her heart and leaves her an orphan. Selene is also a powerful telekinetic. Selene was attacked by the S.W.O.R.D. It is not known how often Selene must absorb another's life essence in order to survive at baseline. Spend a day with Dormammu, discover the meaning of 'Punisher no more,' sing a song with Spinstress, and more in this week's comics! Original Carnage host Cletus Kasady is back and more powerful and bloodthirsty than ever before! She reveals to Wither that Laurie has died, while he was away. She planned to seduce and murder him, absorbing his life essence. Like many of her other abilities, it is unknown if this is achieved through magic, telepathy, or other means. Following the events of Awakening, Selene sends Eve away for her own safety with not even Selene knowing where she is. She is often associated with the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle and is despised as an enemy of the X-Men. While the full extent of Selene's magical skills is unknown, her greatly extended lifespan has given her sufficient time and experience to be considered a threat to Kulan Gath. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until being discovered by a farmer in a field.[8]. In Blood Wars, Selene's combat skills are stated to be "second to none." It was later explained that the creation of Nova Roma was an elaborate rouse concocted by the Hellfire Club using kidnapped British and American tourists brainwashed to believe themselves descendants of Roman expatriates. In response to the threat posed by new Lycan leader Marius, the Vampire Council agrees to grant Selene clemency in exchange for Selene training their Death Dealers to fight this new threat. Selene's continued vitality and youthful appearance are contingent upon her absorbing the life energy of one or more persons on a regular basis. [31]Screen Rant included her in their "10 New Characters We Can Hope To See In X-Men 97" list,[37] and ranked her 3rd in their "10 Smartest X-Men Characters" list,[32] 7th in their "10 Strongest Female Marvel Villains" list,[43] and 20th in their "Marvel: 25 Most Powerful Mutants, Ranked From Weakest To Strongest" list. She teamed up with the New Mutants to save her granddaughter Amara from the Red Skull. [16], Selene (disguised as an old woman) befriends Wither and they live together in Mutant Town. She can also control and manipulate fire in a variety of ways, although she cannot conjure the fire herself. Due to the impact of the films, action figures for Selene were created, all designed by Mezco. This suited Selene's needs as she had the female childrenincluding their new ally Amara Aquillasecreted away so she could feed off of their powerful life essence. She then discovered the existence of Rachel Summers, whom she sought to turn into a slave only to be defeated by the X-Men. He refused, regardless of the illusions with which she tempted him. However, in a twist the dagger had been appropriated by Warpath. Selene was a member of the Inner Circle, with aims to release the Phoenix from Jean Grey. He presented them to Selene for the purpose of finding other dead mutants and resurrecting them by the same means, so that Bard can sacrifice them and their powers to her. She knocked Amara into a lava pool, thereby releasing the latter's latent mutant powers as Magma. Through unknown means Selene can also cause a human being to become a psychic vampire like herself, but be subordinate to Selene's own will. She confessed to Scott that Emma and her Cuckoos were responsible for the mysterious explosion at the Institute that separated Jean from Scott and also stated that Emma betrayed the Club in her love for Scott. She has used this power to live for thousands of years, all the while cultivating her mastery of dark sorcery. After officially becoming the new Black Queen, she continuously found ways to slight Shaw's authority, such as openly listening to his private conversations, and using her magic to enter and exit his chambers as she pleased. [volume&issueneeded] In the event that Selene struck first and eliminated both, Empath's powers would then be used to dismantle the city via convincing the residents that their lives were lies concocted by Selene. Comics Selene appears in 685 issues View all Gli Incredibili X-Men 19 appearances Patrulla-X 18 appearances X-Men Deluxe 17 appearances The Uncanny X-Men 15 appearances Selene last. As a vampire, Selene frequently demonstrates superior physical abilities. She befriended Wither in Mutant Town while in disguise as an old woman and informed him that his unrequited love, Wallflower, was dead. Writer Al Milgrom and artist Herb . Due to her love for Empath, Magma left the New Mutants to join the Hellions, only to be called home by her father to enter into an arranged marriage with a resident there. Her plan was foiled by the combined efforts of the Fantastic Four and the Shadow Hunters. He spent centuries searching for a way to recompense what he lost for Selene. Following her use of the Nordic Coven's sacred ritual, Selene's already incredible powers were greatly enhanced. Selene first appeared in New Mutants vol. During a fight against Amara and an altered Cypher, Selene was injected with a drug that would systematically transform her into one of the Skull's servants but before the transformation was complete, a man in Nova Roma who was still loyal to Selene offered his life to her. She commanded her Inner Circle to slaughter the entire New York branch of the Hellfire Club. from narrative universe. At the end of the issue, Warpath confirms that she has indeed become a goddess - but she is not invincible, as Warpath was told by his dead bother Thunderbird a way to destroy her. Browse Marvel's comprehensive list of Selene comics. She accepted with the promise to rid Nova Roma of the Skull's tyranny and honor his memory. Video Production by Wild Comet Media. [22], Sometime after Selene's death, Blink attempted to resurrect the Black Queen. Selene is proficient with many weapons, medieval and modern. Nova Roma played home to Selene at that point, and she'd been there for a long time. Prior to this revelation, however, Selene posed as the wife to Nova Roma Senator Marcus Domitius Gallo, whose plot to abolish the republican Nova Roman government led to her to first encounter students of Charles Xavier in the form of the New Mutants. With the strength of a vampire, Viktor tells Selene, she can avenge them all. agents. The opening scene of the first Underworld film is then shown with the voice of vampire Kraven revealing to Selene that it was Viktor who killed her family, not the Lycans. After narrowly escaping Markus and the sunlight, Selene and Michael take refuge in a warehouse and begin a sexual relationship. Great expenditure of power causes Selene to age rapidly, but she can rejuvenate herself by absorbing more life force. In an alternate reality, New York was changed into medieval-like era by Ghost Rider. She can also project substantial telepathic defenses, potent psi-bolts of psionic energy, telepathic commands, and can alter the minds of others to initiate a sort of paralysis of the mind. [37] Her most direct weapon is the telekinetic power to animate and/or levitate inorganic matter on a molecular level, by projecting part of her absorbed life force into it. Ryan Penagos talks with Jordan D. White, Lauren Amaro, and Gerry Duggan about the future of X-Men comics in this excerpt from the X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years An MU Special Live Virtual Event. In 2003's Underworld, Kate Beckinsale became known as an actor and stated that it was markedly different from her previous work and Beckinsale has said she was grateful for the change of pace after appearing in "a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies. As revealed in the first & second films, Selene is born to a Hungarian family; her father, mother, her older sister Cecilia, and her baby twin nieces. For years Selene's origin went unrevealed. Selene was the Greek goddess of the moon. As a Death Dealer (the Vampires' fighting elite), Selene commits herself to the duty of exterminating the Lycans as a species, a duty she sees as 'sacred', burying herself into her work. However, with another writer change, Selene's involvement with the Upstarts was cut short as she herself was betrayed by Trevor Fitzroy. While not indestructible, she has survived and completely recovered from molecular dispersion, although it required considerable time and effort to resurrect herself. A few scenes of Underworld: Evolution were shown in a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, in July 2005; however, these scenes did not contain any plot spoilers of the new script, with attendees only being informed about the new hybrids by production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. She also learns the truth about the identity of her family's killer from Kraven; she strikes Viktor down while the Elder is preoccupied fighting Michael. (However, it has been since revealed that Nova Roma was a massive illusion maintained by Selene and her minion, the mutant known as Empath, to hold its citizens, really, kidnapped British and American tourists, captive.) Selene was enraged. Home to Baroness Selene and Baron Sebastian Shaw (Earth-19947) Haunted Mansion (Earth-32491) Magic . Selene is also an expert in unarmed combat. [6], In September 2003, shortly after the release of Underworld, production companies Screen Gems and Lakeshore planned to release a prequel as the third film following Underworld's sequel, Underworld: Evolution. Her most recent known husband was Marcus Domitius Gallio, a senator of Nova Roma. For the centuries that follow, (the better part of a thousand years) she serves under Viktor with blind loyalty, remaining in the dark about her family's murder by none other than Viktor himself. The leader of the cult, Friedrich von Roehm, was also a member of the Hellfire Club. Omega Helix . They are confronted by Markus, the last surviving Vampire Elder. [29], Selene is both a mutant and a powerful sorceress who is immortal. Cracks in Selene's emotional armour start to show themselves when she and then-human Michael Corvin meet for the first time at a subway, moments before a shootout, at the beginning of the first film. The vampires used the lycans as slaves to be the guardians of their lairs during the daylight hours and labor during the night. Magma was one of these kidnapped and brainwashed souls. Amara turned out to not only be a member of Selene's extended family, but also a mutant soon to be known as Magma. Selene is able to temporarily assume the appearance of others. [3] However, Selene and her two new allies; David (a young vampire) and Detective Sebastian (who lost his wife after being discovered as a vampire), discover a hidden conspiracy from rogue members of the Lycan clan within the humans' war against both species, and also finds that she has mothered a child with Michael, Eve, who was born during Selene's suspended animation. 2023 GAMESPOT, A FANDOM COMPANY. Selene needed only her Athame, the ceremonial dagger carved from the bones of her mother, in order to complete the blood ritual she had planned with Eliphas in Rome. And he has a score to settle with Milesand with all of New York City! A clip can be found here. Visit your local comic shop to read CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 right now! She appears to be immune to most forms of conventional injury, as she has survived impalement with both knife and crossbow bolt through the heart with no apparent pain or lasting effect. She used the incident to force the Lords Cardinal to hunt and kill Rachel. Shaw once again recognized her clear attempt to challenge him and his right to rule, and realized that Selene was not only more powerful than him, but also more ambitious. When Shaw asked Selene for an audition she effortlessly used her immense power to capture both Shaw and his throne in pure concrete. Selene possesses an undefined level of telepathic ability. He later had Magma offer cryptic references to having been manipulated into believing Nova Roma was a lie by parties unknown that sought to hurt Magma by taking away her childhood home. As shown in the film, the original werewolves were uncontrollable beasts, unable to retake human form once bitten. Seven years later, at around the age of 13 to 14 years, Selene becomes an aunt to her older sister's twin daughters. Furthermore, it was strongly implied during "Necrosha" that Shaw and Emma Frost manipulated the Empath/Magma relationship in order to get Empath inside Nova Roma. She was prevented from doing so when Wolverine manipulated a bar-room brawl between Juggernaut and Colossus, which led to her discovery of the existence of Rachel Summers, whom Selene sought to enslave, only to be defeated by the X-Men. According to the novelisations, Selene's father is well known as both a stone mason and blacksmith; and the commission involves the excavation of a new dungeon and prison under a fortress of Viktor's, as well as striking two unique keys for one cell in particular. Selene also becomes noticeably more violent when those she loves suffer or die. Eliphas swore he would gain forgiveness from his goddess. This May, Miles Morales swings into his darkest battle yet in CARNAGE REIGNS! In fact, Sonja reportedly managed to kill him and his spirit would not manifest again until the modern era. He was Lucian, dubbed by Viktor as "the first of the lycans". She was also referred to as the Black Queen. She then blackmailed Sunspot into joining the Hellfire Club by claiming that the Damocles Foundation, formerly run by the Externals Gideon, was seeking to begin a new experiment similar to the process that created Sunspots evil twin, Reignfire. Read these titles and more on Marvel Unlimited! By the time, Marvel's Stormbreakers Take a Trip Through X-Men History in New Variant Covers, May 31's New Marvel Comics: The Full List, All-Star Creators Celebrate the Incredible Legacy of Captain America in Milestone 750th Issue, Captain Marvel Powers Up for Her Next Mission in Derrick Chew's 'Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest' #1 Variant Cover, The Future of the X-Men | X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years An MU Special Live Virtual Event. After years of being a disciplined soldier, Selene is well into the habit of keeping her emotions in check, and keeps her cool in the heat of battle and the face of danger. Selene Gallio fits the bill, and this woman has literally seen more than any other mutant and comic book character out there. When Selene was attacked by the police, she killed two of the officers and prompted Wither to kill the third who was trying to escape. As the Black Queen, Selene had tried numerous attempts to overthrow her current leader, the Black King Sebastian Shaw. She made her way to New York City, where she encountered Juggernaut at a bar. Selene battles to rescue Eve and Michael, facing a 'Super Lycan', with abilities similar to her own including incredible healing rate and an immunity to silver. Due to a love for Empath, Magma left the New Mutants to join the Hellions, only to be called home by her father to enter into an arranged marriage with a resident there. Furthermore, the five-issue mini-series "New Mutants Forever" revealed that Claremont originally planned on revealing Magma to be Selene's granddaughter. She and the Stepford Cuckoos fulfill the role Mastermind played in the original Dark Phoenix Saga. She can use this power in more standard ways, such as the creation of powerful psi-shields and levitation but cannot truly fly. [12], Beckinsale returned to the role of Selene for the fourth installment of the vampire franchise Underworld: Awakening. She is well versed with both projectile and melee weapons. She then cursed Eliphas for the perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, transforming the latter into a vampire-like creature. He leads her to believe that the culprits of the murder of her family are Lycans and that Viktor saved her from them. According to Grevioux, Selene is based on the X-Men villain of the same name appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. 5 Selene. Selene herself was attacked by the Sword strike team, but she managed to cast a spell that devolved them back to lizards. Selene was restrained in a torture device that continuously spooled her flesh from her body then restored her, only to begin the cycle anew. Their plan failed when Firestar realized what they were plotting. Black Queen Real Name: Selene Occupation: Goddess (self-styled) Identity: Selene's power and history are unknown to the general public Legal Status: Former citizen of the Roman Republic and of Nova Roma Other Aliases: The Black Priestess Place of Birth: Unknown Marital Status: Widowed Known Relatives: Marcus Domitius Gallio (husband, deceased) Selene's was the deciding vote to oust Sebastian Shaw from the Hellfire Club when tension between Shaw and the newly recruited White King Magneto came to blows. Perceived by various sources as being a powerful sorceress, Selene is actually one of the long-lived mutants known as the Externals, possibly the oldest. They all come with display base and accessories. Selene's youthful appearance and vitality depends upon her absorbing the life forces of one or more people on a regular basis. Once Bard gives Selene the knife and proclaims eternal love for her, Selene stabs Eli, killing the latter (much to Wither's delight). The two became lovers and eventually Magma was freed from her betrothal so that she could be with him. Discord; Twitter; . Selene is stated to be "the Purest Vampire" due to having Alexander Corvinus' blood and is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful Vampire at the time of Blood Wars. Unknown to Magma, however, Selene was secretly manipulating events during the time that the New Mutants were being reorganized into X-Force. Selene and the Hellfire Club's relationship with the X-Men came to a head with Rachel making an unauthorized assassination attempt on Selene. With the help of David and Thomas, Selene escapes, but not before at least a litre of her blood is drained and Thomas killed. Prior to the X-Men saving Rachel, Selene had tracked Rachel down to the home of a young man named Nicholas Damiano who had let the homeless Rachel spend the night. A member of the Hellfire Club, von Roehm introduced Selene to Sebastian Shaw, the Black King, who was seeking powerful recruits for his Inner Circle. After this battle, in the pages of New Mutants, much was made about Selene having secret plans involving Nova Roma and Magma. 5), Selene and Emplate have been tasked by Xavier with measuring the amount of psychic energy that Krakoa would take from its inhabitants. [7] Thus, Selene was active at least as early as the Hyborian age. In Chris Claremont's re-imagining of the New Mutants, Selene was more of an antihero, the result of her time aiding in the teaching of the New Mutants. This crowd-sourced content has not yet been verified for accuracy by our erudite editors! 0 references. [41] She often uses her telepathy to blend her psychic signature into the background thoughts around her, making her difficult for other psionics to locate or track, or to induce a hypnotic trance in others, during which she slips away at superhuman speed, leaving them with the impression that she simply vanished. [30] She possesses a wide range of superhuman abilities, but it has never been clearly defined which of these are her actual mutant abilities and which are skills derived from magic or other sources.[31]. Unknown to Magneto or Emma Frost however, Selene had decided that she no longer had any need for the Club and began plotting its destruction. Tanis tells her the truth about her family's slaughter, (they were killed after Lucian began his revolution to keep William from being freed,) and reveals to her that, contrary to popular belief, Markus, not Viktor, is the original vampire. Creator: Marvel Comics: Universe: Earth-616 - Prime Marvel Universe: Full name: Alter Egos: No alter egos found. A list of all appearances of Selene plus biographical information, photo gallary, and more. Selene's attempt to absorb Cable's life backfired when she touched his techno-organic arm and she was forced to flee to maintain her power. [1] Selene was introduced in the first film of the series, Underworld. She is portrayed as having the same characterization as seen in the film. Check out all the covers for 'Captain America' #750, on sale July 5. Her first appearance was in the 1992 game Spider-Man/X-Men Arcades Revenge, where she was mechanically duplicated in gigantic form and was the final boss of Gambit's level. Selene metabolizes the absorbed energy that sustains her to enhance her physical strength and durability, speed, agility, stamina, and reaction time to superhuman levels. She then dubbed the island "Necrosha". On behalf of Selene, the group was meant to seek revenge against all those that had betrayed. She also was able to marry several times and have descendants, including Amara Aquilla. With that scathing reprimand still on her lips, she stabbed Eliphas through the heart with her ceremonial dagger, to the great delight of her current lover Wither. In a desperate bid to relive happier days in which she lived in ancient Rome, Selene arranged for hundreds of people to be kidnapped and taken to the jungles of the Amazon, to a city constructed per her designs. Unfortunately, Amara had been brainwashed and freeing her from the Skull's influence would be more difficult than she had originally anticipated. All-New Spider-Man: No Way Home POP!s from Funko. [9], Selene directed her worshippers to undertake tasks that eventually allowed her to leave Nova Roma. She dodges his social gatherings, she outright rejects his romantic advances at every turn, in public and in private and she prefers to dedicate her every waking hour into her calling as a Death Dealer. The ritual succeeded as the resurrected mutants physically disintegrate, their silvery-blue essence coalescing, drawn towards the epicenter of Necrosha, and Selene herself. During the Lycan attack on the Eastern Coven, Selene returns with her powers enhanced by the cocooning, wearing the coat of a member of the Nordic Coven and with her hair having turned partially white. With X-Force occupied against the attacking dead, Selene summons her Inner Circle to commence the ritual that will at long last transform her into the dark goddess she had long desired to be. In the events following M-Day, Selene retained her powers. Selene manipulated her young followers with the promise of a game where each murder committed would earn points that would ultimately lead to being granted a prize, which was described as "being the next best thing to immortality" by the Gamesmaster. Lady Deathstrike and the Enchantress gained access to the vault and through the newly enhanced magic granted to her by the sentient virus, Arkea, she was able to fully restore Selene to physical life for the purpose of adding her to the newly formed Sisterhood of Mutants. What is going on there YouTube, welcome back to another comic book video. Selene Gallio is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Selene would eventually be freed by Amanda Sefton, then of Excalibur, though the torture left her weak and scarred. Otherwise, it really is just lots of explosions and people running around in tight clothes."[14]. Despite the efforts of X-Force, Selene escaped. ", Kate Beckinsale, about her return as Selene. After Michael is shot with silver nitrate by Kraven, Selene is forced to infect Michael with her vampire strain in order to save his life, thus making him the first hybrid. She then retrieves Sonja's pendant, carrying on her legacy. Fearing that Rome's republican government would be replaced by an imperial monarchy, numerous Roman citizens, including Selene, fled Rome in the First Century BCE and sailed to the New World where they founded Nova Roma, or "New Rome", in a concealed valley in the Amazon rainforest, in what is now Brazil. [12], Selene's time with the Hellfire Club was a turbulent time, due to her contempt for Sebastian Shaw and quite open desire to rule the Hellfire Club as its sole leader. Selene fought and defeated Magma, and plotted to turn Danielle Moonstar into a psychic vampire like herself and conquer the world. Selene then repaired Shaw's throne and sat on it herself. She awakens Viktor from his deep slumber (torpor), believing that only he has the power to deal with the conspiracy between Kraven and Lucian. Wolverine felt honor-bound to prevent Rachel from becoming a murderer and saved Selene's life by critically injuring Summers. Shortly afterwards, she attempted to access the power of a Celestial convergence using a Runestaff made from the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree of Norse cosmology. [24], In the aftermath of the "Secret Empire", Selene has publicly become head of the White House's "Task Force of Faith-Based Initiatives", and joined the "Power Elite", an alliance of powerful people including Thunderbolt Ross, Baron von Strucker, and Alexa Lukin. He came before Selene at her headquarters in New Orleans with the deceased Apache tribe of her enemy Warpath, that he had resurrected using the Technarch Transmode Virus. Selene possesses considerable sorcerous abilities and extensive knowledge of the arts arcane, enabling her to cast and counteract a variety spells and rituals. Their size is 5inches in scale. [2] Selene belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. enwiki Selene (comics) eswiki Selene (cmic) fiwiki Selene (sarjakuvahahmo) frwiki Sln (comics) hewiki () itwiki Selene (Marvel Comics . Eli Bard finally locates Selene in Nova Roma. In Underworld: Evolution, after Viktor's death, Selene and Michael go on the run from both Lycans and Vampires. [10], With help from Friedrich Von Roehm (one of her worshippers), Selene made contact with the Hellfire Club and forced the group to take her on as the new Black Queen. She next appeared back in Brazil, where she had tracked Sunspot along with Deviants posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. For the film adaptation of the character, see, Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge, "10 Marvel Villains With Way Too Many Powers", "Wolverine Isn't Actually That Old, And He Should Stop Pretending He Is", "X-Men: 10 Things Everyone Forgets About The Hellfire Club", "10 Villains Marvel Never Should Have Redeemed", "Marvel: 25 Most Powerful Mutants, Ranked From Weakest To Strongest", "The 21 Most Powerful Sorcerer Supreme Candidates, Ranked", "The 10 Smartest X-Men Characters, Ranked", "X-Men: The 10 Most Powerful Female Villains, Ranked", "Marvel's 10 Most Powerful Female Mutants, Ranked", "10 New Characters We Can Hope To See In X-Men '97", "The 10 Strongest Female Marvel Villains, Ranked", "Voice Of Selene Behind The Voice Actors", "Marvel Is Doing Something With Blade According To Kate Beckinsale", "Dark Phoenix: Exclusive Photos and Director Simon Kinberg and Sophie Turner on Alien Villains", "Super Nintendo: The Best SNES Superhero Games", "Selene / Black Queen Voice - X-Men franchise | Behind The Voice Actors", "Selene - la belle dame sans merci" at UncannyXmen.net, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selene_(comics)&oldid=1155459032, Marvel Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, Marvel Comics characters who have mental powers, Articles with dead external links from September 2017, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2009, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2009, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Superhuman strength, endurance, speed, and reflexes, Animation and control of fire and non-living materials, Ability to drain the life force of other beings, This page was last edited on 18 May 2023, at 07:12. 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