Mirage (Marvel Comics)
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- For the Marvel Comics character who used the same codename see Danielle Moonstar
- For the DC Comics character see Mirage (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Amazing Spider-Man #156 (May 1976) |
| Created by | Len Wein and Ross Andru |
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| Alter ego | Desmond Charne |
| Species | human |
| Team affiliations | his underlings, Grapplers |
| Notable aliases | Master of Illusion |
| Abilities | holography and illusions |
Mirage is the name of a fictional Marvel Comics villain. He first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #156.
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[edit] Mirage I
[edit] Fictional character biography
Desmond Charne was a former holography technician who wanted to be a supervillain. To that end, he used holograph technology which could make him invisible or create 3-D illusions. He also became the leader of his own criminal gang at some point.
He made his criminal debut at Betty Brant and Ned Leeds' wedding, intending to rob them and their guests, but Spider-Man interfered. After a lengthy battle, Spider-Man defeated Mirage by dropping a chandelier on him.[1]
Mirage then planned to kidnap the Thing from a hospital, to sell him to the highest bidder. Daredevil prevented Mirage's plans, and defeated him.[2]
Mirage attended the "Bar With No Name," in Medinah County, Ohio, and was massacred along with all the other villains present at the incident by the Scourge of the Underworld, sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.[3] He was reported to have survived, as part of a ploy to lure the Scourge into a trap. Dressed as Mirage, Captain America captured Scourge, who was then shot to death by another mysterious assailant.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Desmond Charne was an electronics and laser technology genius, and held a Master's degree in physics. He designed a costume of synthetic stretch fabric lined with micro-circuitry and miniature devices with which Mirage could project three-dimensional laser-induced images called holograms. These tiny holographic projectors, located in the costume's cowl, enabled him to disguise himself as others, or to project multiple images, or to project three-dimensional images of himself several yards from his actual location while rendering himself "invisible" by bending light rays appropriately. He also often carried a handgun with a silencer, and a tranquilizer gun.
[edit] Mirage II
[edit] Civil War
A new character named Mirage has appeared as a Superhuman Registration Act violator. This Mirage is a female, unlike the Mirage killed by the Scourge. When Mindwave was imprisoned by the Thunderbolts, he began a telepathic conversation with fellow prisoners Caprice, Bluestreak, and Mirage. Mirage informed Mindwave that Penance had a violent dissociative episode and that most of the Thunderbolts were under stress. She also noted that Doc Samson, who was present in Thunderbolts Mountain, had some fascinating thoughts.[4]
Mirage was ordered not to focus on Samson, but she ignored her fellow prisoners to pry into his mind anyway, and this time he noticed her psychic probing. He used his pent-up rage to send some psychic feedback to her that stunned her painfully and broke the connection.[5]
It is unknown at this time what connection, if any, the new Hellrazor has to these other prisoners of the Thunderbolts.
