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Black Swan is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The first Black Swan appeared in Deadpool #65 and was created by Gail Simone and the artists of Udon Studios.
The second Black Swan first appeared in New Avengers (vol. 3) #1 and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting. [1]
| Black Swan | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Deadpool (vol. 3) #65 (May 2002) |
| Created by | Gail Simone Udon Studios |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Abilities | Ability to implant a telepathic virus in the minds of others which disrupts the natural functions of their brains to cut off access to and override motor coordination, disorient their concentration, etc. |
Black Swan is a German mutant raised in a Bavarian circus and trained in combat and gunmanship. He utilizes his ability to infect the minds of others with disruptive "telepathic viruses" to become a mercenary. Deadpool is hired to kill Black Swan, who beats him, infects his mind, and returns him to the United States, having him brutally beaten every few minutes to prevent him from healing. [2]
Once Deadpool recovers, he battles Black Swan at his castle. A bomb Deadpool that had brought as insurance detonates before he can disarm it, destroying Black Swan's castle. Black Swan absorbs traits from Deadpool and Agent X to survive, resulting in the three sharing aspects of each other's powers, knowledge, and personalities. [3] The three are later reunited, along with Taskmaster and Sandi Brandenberg. [4] Black Swan demands the return of his personality and abilities, for which he required Agent X's help. Black Swan betrays Deadpool and Agent X and absorbs both their powers, enhancing his own abilities to a tremendous level. Together with the mercenary called Outlaw, Deadpool, Agent X, and Taskmaster overwhelm Black Swan's healing ability and kill him. [5]
Black Swan is later revealed to have survived and is hired by the mutant Black Box to kill Deadpool. [6]
| Black Swan | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Avengers (vol. 3) #1 (January 2013) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman Steve Epting |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Yabbat Ummon Tarru |
| Team affiliations | Cabal Black Order |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength Flight Energy projection Telepathy Multilinguism Hologram generation |
Yabbat Ummon Tarru is a princess from Earth-1365, born in the Hidden City. When she is four years old, her universe is involved in an incursion event with another universe, which would destroy both universes. A race of beings called Black Priests invade from the parallel Earth, intent on destroying Earth-1365 to save their own universe. Yabbat flees into the Library of Worlds, a waystation of the multiverse, and is taken in by the Black Swans. [7]
Black Swan comes to Earth-616 when it experiences its first incursion event, intent on destroying Earth in order to save both universes involved in the incursion. Black Swan successfully triggers an anti-matter injection device, but accidentally destroys her own universe instead of Earth-616. She is then captured by Black Panther and imprisoned underground in Wakanda. [8] Mister Fantastic is chosen to interrogate the Black Swan. While she seems cold and ruthless, she is seen via security camera weeping and crying out for help when sleeping. Though she is straightforward with her answers, they seem cryptic and like superstitious nonsense. She constantly warns that worse things are coming, and they need to prepare, but no matter what they do, they are only delaying the inevitable. [7]
After the Illuminati try to deal with the next two incursions that occur on their own, they succeed only through luck. They seek help from Black Swan, who shows she had the strength to break out of her jail cell all along. She is willing to help them for a price, which is her own life, and in helping them, she helps herself for the moment. She gives them her history and the only method of permanently stopping incursions into their universe to destroy their Earth. As a sign of her good faith, she also gives them the knowledge to make a device to forecast upcoming incursions. The Illuminati also reverse-engineer Black Swan's anti-matter injection bomb, which they use to stop the next incursion. [9]
After Namor is forced to leave the Illuminati, he frees Black Swan, Thanos, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, and Terrax from prison to form the Cabal and stop further incursions. [10] Following the destruction and recreation of the multiverse, Thanos recruits Black Swan into the Black Order. [11]
The first Black Swan has the ability to implant a telepathic virus in the minds of others which disrupts the natural functions of their brains to cut off access to and override motor coordination, disorient their concentration, etc.
The second Black Swan has the ability to speak in multiple languages, which she gained while traveling the multiverse. She has access to advanced technology, including antimatter devices and ocular implants that can predict incursions. Black Swan's innate abilities include flight, energy projection, superhuman strength, telepathy, and the ability to generate holograms.
