Magician (Marvel Comics)
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The Magician is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The first version (Lee Guardineer) first appeared in Tales to Astonish #56 (June 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Dick Ayers. The last name Guardineer is a reference to the Golden Age comics creator Fred Guardineer who created Zatara, Tor, and Merlin the Magnificent who were all magician crimefighters.
Fictional character biography
Lee Guardineer
Magician | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Tales to Astonish #56 (June 1964) |
Created by | Stan Lee Dick Ayers |
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Alter ego | Lee Guardineer |
Species | Human |
Abilities | Skilled stage magician, trickster and illusionist Master pickpocket Expert animal trainer Hypnosis Use of motorized cane |
Lee Guardineer is a
While Hank Pym was out of town, the Magician escaped from prison and set up a clothing store with Wasp-inspired clothing. When the Wasp arrived, the Magician attacks in order to capture the Wasp. However, the Wasp soon makes short work of the Magician using quick thinking and the store's many toys to take down the Magician who is promptly arrested by the police.[2]
Sometime later, Lee was released from prison and moved to Tampa with a dancer named Chasity to start a new family where he had a son.[3]
Son of Lee Guardineer
Magician | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Astonishing Ant-Man #2 (Jan. 2016) |
Created by | Nick Spencer Ramon Rosanas |
In-story information | |
Species | Human |
Abilities | Skilled stage magician, trickster and illusionist |
Lee Guardineer had an unnamed son who took up the Magician mantle as part of the "
Powers and abilities
The Lee Guardineer version of Magician is a skilled stage magician, trickster, and illusionist where his tricks rely on his technology. Besides being a master pickpocket, he is an expert animal trainer and can hypnotize anyone at will. The Magician has a motorized cane with a hatch on top that can act as a vacuum and be used as a divining rod to seek out his enemies.
Other versions
Ultimate Marvel
Magician | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Ultimate X-Men #66 (March 2006) |
Created by | Robert Kirkman & Tom Raney |
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Alter ego | Elliot Boggs |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | Ultimate X-Men |
Abilities | Reality Warping |
The
Later during an attack by the
Charles and Nick believe that Elliot has been messing with their minds, creating the illusion of Nick bringing him to Charles. Fury states that even if Elliot had made everyone forget, there would still be a record on file at S.H.I.E.L.D. The two await Elliott's arrival to confront him. When the jet lands, Charles asks Elliot to "come clean". Xavier confronts him with the truth that his parents are not dead and that Fury never took him to the mansion. When everyone begins attacking him, Elliot tries to make everyone all stop and forget why they are attacking him but this tactic fails to work completely thanks to Charles' interference. Elliot decides he's through playing games and that he could have made the X-Men popular but now he has to kill everyone. However, Elliot is unaware of
A battle ensues, in which Magician once again summons the Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy out of thin air. Magician binds the X-Men in metal and Jean fights the entire Brotherhood alone. Jean speaks psychically to Wolverine and obtains permission to burn away the metal binding him. Wolverine acquiesces and attacks Magician with little or no skin left. As the battle progresses, Wolverine slowly heals, slicing Magician's throat and finally jamming claws through him, apparently making Magician (and all traces of his work) disappear. A conversation between Magician and Kitty Pryde later revealed that Magician simply wants to be left alone and wanted some closure to his story. It is revealed Kitty doesn't see or hear the Magician in any way. Magician states that he will now go somewhere that "there aren't any people, like Antarctica or something."[7]
References
External links
- Magician (Lee Guardineer) at Marvel.com
- Magician of Earth-1610 at Marvel.com
- Magician (Lee Guardineer) at Marvel Wiki
- Magician (Son of Lee Guardineer) at Marvel Wiki
- Magician of Earth-1610 at Marvel Wiki
- Magician (Lee Guardineer) at Comic Vine
- Magician of Earth-1610 at Comic Vine