D'Spayre

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D'Spayre
D'Spayre as depicted in The Uncanny X-Men #144 (April 1980).
Art by Brent Anderson
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Team-Up #68 (April 1978)
Created byChris Claremont
John Byrne
In-story information
SpeciesDemon
Team affiliationsFear Lords
Notable aliasesD'Spayre often masquerades as persons trusted by his victims
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength and durability
  • Levitation
  • Dimensional travel
  • Telepathy
  • Illusion casting
  • Ability to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear, anguish and despondency suffered by human beings

D'Spayre (sometimes D'spayre) is a fictional character appearing in

Cloak & Dagger, and the New Avengers
.

The character was portrayed by Brooklyn McLinn in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Cloak & Dagger.[2]

Publication history

D'Spayre first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #68 (April 1978). He was created by writer Chris Claremont and penciller John Byrne.[3]

Fictional character biography

D'Spayre. Art by Brent Anderson.

D'Spayre is a creation of the

Dakimh the Enchanter (Zhered-Na's student).[4]

Eventually, D'Spayre captured Dakimh and pupil Jennifer Kale, but was defeated by Spider-Man and Man-Thing.[5][6]

D'Spayre tends to prey on victims who are in despair, using their fear and despair to strengthen himself. He terrorizes

Clea, but Strange defeats D'Spayre as well, the first of many battles between the two of them. The Dweller-in-Darkness also menaces D'Spayre at this time.[8] He later impersonated Dakimh in a vain attempt to drive Doctor Strange into despondency.[9]

Together with Nightmare, he later attempted to victimize Betty Ross, but was thwarted by the Hulk.[10] He was next defeated and temporarily weakened by Rachel Summers.[11]

D'Spayre turning to face the Man-Thing. Art by Brent Anderson.

Over the years, D'Spayre has tried to bring many heroes to despair, resulting in numerous failures. In one instance, he manipulates the Fear Lords, powerful demons and gods who feed upon humanity's fears into creating the Great Fear.[12] With their powers combined, the Fear Lords (except for the Straw Man who opposes their plan) believe that they can plunge humanity into a permanent state of terror. Most Fear Lords are defeated by Doctor Strange, but Nightmare and the Dweller-in-Darkness manage to create the Great Fear. They then discover that D'Spayre has been manipulating them, as the Great Fear causes so much terror in humans that they stop fearing and succumb to despair, thereby feeding D'Spayre who becomes more powerful than the two of them. Doctor Strange manages to stop D'Spayre, while the Fear Lords flee.[13]

D'Spayre is then defeated by

Nightcrawler.[14]

D'Spayre was also revealed to have infused

Cloak and Dagger with portions of his soul, called the Dark Form and Light Form, respectively. He was also revealed to be the creator of the addictive drug called dark-light or "D-Lite" and apparently was consumed by the Dark Form.[15]

D'Spayre attempts to enhance his power by using a

deafness, allowing her to take the cube from him.[17]

During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, D'Spayre is among the demons that meet at the Devil's Advocacy to discuss the threat of the Serpent.[18]

It was later revealed that D'Spayre had a hand in the creation of Hulk's personality Titan.[19]

Powers and abilities

D'Spayre's demonic nature provides him with superhuman strength and durability and the ability to levitate himself and to travel between dimensions. D'Spayre also has the mystical ability to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear, anguish, and despondency suffered by human beings, and other mystical abilities. He has telepathic abilities enabling D'Spayre to perceive a victim's psychological vulnerabilities and to project illusions into the victim's mind. He has a vulnerability to physical harm when weakened by lack of psychic sustenance, and his powers rely on people hearing his words, allowing the deaf Echo to defeat him.

D'Spayre created Darklight (also known as "D-Lite"), an addictive drug inducing pain in its victims.

In other media

An adapted depiction of D'Spayre appeared in the

Melissa Bowen, Mikayla Bell, and Mina Hess, Johnson and Bowen defeat and kill him with a sword of light, turning his power against him. Evita later holds a Loa funeral for Andre.[25]

References

  1. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
  2. ^
    Decider. Archived from the original
    on May 30, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0
    .
  4. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 3 #32. Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ Marvel Team-Up #68. Marvel Comics.
  6. ISBN 978-0756692360
    .
  7. ^ The Uncanny X-Men #144. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 2 #32, 37. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 2 #55. Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #360. Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ Excalibur #35. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 3 #31-33. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 3 #38-40. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ Excalibur #77 (May 1994). Marvel Comics.
  15. ^ Cloak and Dagger vol. 3 #19, Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ Avengers/Invaders #7. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Avengers/Invaders #8. Marvel Comics.
  18. ^ Journey into Mystery #627. Marvel Comics.
  19. ^ Hulk Vol. 5 #14. Marvel Comics.
  20. Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 9. Freeform
    .
  21. ^ a b Mann, Amy Canaan (director); Alexandra Kenyon & Peter Calloway (writers) (May 23, 2019). "Blue Note". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 9. Freeform.
  22. ^ Woolnough, Jeff (director); Peter Calloway & Niceole R. Levy (writer) (April 4, 2019). "White Line". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 2. Freeform.
  23. ^ Wolkstein, Lauren (director); Kate Rorick & Pornsak Pichetshote (writer) (May 2, 2019). "B Sides". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 6. Freeform.
  24. ^ Pokaski, Joe (director/writer) (May 10, 2019). "Vikingtown Sound". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 7. Freeform.
  25. ^ John, Philip (director); Pokaski (writer) (May 30, 2019). "Level Up". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 10. Freeform.

External links

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