Malice (character)
Malice is the name of six separate
Malice (Black Panther villain)
The first Malice was one of Killmonger's mutated allies during his vie for the throne of
Malice (Nakia)
A second Black Panther-related Malice named Nakia (/ˈnɑːkiə/) was introduced in Black Panther vol. 3 #1 (Nov. 1998) and was created by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira.
Malice (Ghost Rider villain)
The second villain to bear the name Malice first appeared in
Malice, The Mistress of Hate
Malice was a negative aspect of The Invisible Woman's own personality, awakened by the manipulations of the villain
During an adventure where Susan and Reed helped the Silver Surfer resuscitate Galactus, Sue came in contact with the Infinity Gems. Distrustful of such power, she fell prey to Malice again.[5] The soul gem tried and failed to combine Reed and Sue's souls, which brought forth the In-Betweener and sent Malice back to Sue's subconscious.[6]
Anthropomorpho Malice
Later during the
Eventually, the Invisible Woman's son
The Malice persona was briefly resurrected by the Psycho-Man when he collaborated with the mysterious Quiet Man who had been nurturing a grudge against the Fantastic Four for years. The Quiet Man had a crush on Sue before she met Reed but never had the nerve to talk to her. He hoped to use Malice's ruthlessness to make Susan act uncharacteristically violent in order to encourage judges in court to take her children away.[volume & issue needed] However, Sue eventually overcame the worst of the programming, and the Psycho-Man subsequently removed Malice's influence when Sue threatened to use that anger against him.[volume & issue needed]
Malice (Marauder)
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #210 (Oct. 1986) |
Created by | Chris Claremont and Rick Leonardi |
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Alter ego | Alice MacAllister |
Team affiliations | Marauders |
Abilities | Possession |
The supervillain Malice was created by
After Mister Sinister is seemingly killed by
Malice resurfaces years later to bother Polaris once more. She possesses Havok and tries to kill Polaris so she can get her revenge against Sinister, from whom she was trying to break free. In the end, Sinister asks Malice to possess Polaris once again, knowing that Lorna would not object to the possession in order to save Havok. However, out of their love for each other, Havok and Polaris each try to absorb Malice, preventing the other from being possessed. Malice is then apparently destroyed by Sinister himself.[17] Later Scalphunter and Arclight explain to an imprisoned Threnody, a former ally of Mister Sinister who tried to escape him, that no one has ever escaped from Mister Sinister. They remind her about how Mister Sinister killed Malice.[18]
Malice later returns as a digital entity instead of a psionic one, taking possession of
In
The next time she is seen, the five member assault task force of X-Men invades the Marauders base, and is forced to fight
A squad consisting of Malice, Gambit, Sunfire, and
During the final battle on
Malice has since made her presence known in New York where she starts to possess people until Cyclops is able to detect her (possible with the help of Cerebra). While tracking her on a subway train he runs into a fight with the Superior Spider-Man. Malice possesses Cyclops for a few seconds before she is knocked unconscious by the Superior Spider-Man. He takes the possessed Cyclops to his lab and separates Malice from him, putting her in a containment box that he gives to Cyclops.[21]
How she escaped from the containment box is unknown, but she reappeared in a new body and rejoined the Marauders, who once again began massacring the Morlock population. This lead an angered Chamber, their new leader, to rejoin the X-Men. When the X-Men re-encountered the Morlocks, the Marauders fought briefly, but ultimately surrendered, professing their innocence. Not believing them, Chamber burned them to death with his psionic flame.[22]
Malice reappeared again during Reign of X, when it was revealed that she had taken control over the mindless body of Elizabeth Braddock (Psylockes/Captain Britain) while her teammates in the most recent incarnation of Excalibur sought to restore her mind to her body. Upon doing so, Elizabeth was able to force Malice from her body with help from Kwannon, literally vomiting Malice's chocker form out of her mouth. Malice then tried to possess Rogue but failed, then fled into Krakoa, much to the horror of the team.[23]
Arriving at Krakoa, she went on to possess Emma Frost and attack Betsy, but was defeated by Kwannon. Both Betsy and Kwannon tried to get Malice to stop attacking people but Malice only wanted to die. As it turns out, Malice's true name is Alice MacAllister and she was 16 when her mutant power manifested during an argument with her mother. When she wished herself to be dead, Alice found herself becoming a psionic entity as her mortal body expired and departed her childhood house.
During the conflict with Betsy and Kwannon, Malice gets killed. However, she was then resurrected by the Five with a body of her own. She was granted mercy and given a fresh chance at life.[24]
Other versions
In the alternate reality depicted in What If? vol. 2 #74 (June 1995), a version of Malice appears, possessing Madelyne Pryor (a clone of Jean Grey) as a member of Mister Sinister's X-Men. She appears in the form of a neck choker.[25]
In the possible future that depicted X-Men: The End, the Malice choker was in possession of the renegade Sage.[26] Obsessed with learning all things possible, she used Malice to datamine as many people as possible and then acquire the knowledge Malice gathered. Some of the X-Men were sent after Sage, but the hyper-intelligent mutant was ready for them and laid a trap. She managed to clip the choker around X-23's neck and Malice briefly possessed her, acquiring all the knowledge of the girl. Sage was caught soon after though and Malice was taken off her, putting a stop to her plans.[27]
In the reality depicted in X-Men Forever, Malice was used to take control over the alien Hepzibah. The Marauders were sent after the young Nate Grey and Hepzibah was used as a vessel to get close to the child.[28] Lockheed figured out she was possessed and attacked her, alerting Polaris, who recognized Malice's trademark choker. Polaris ripped the choker off Hepzibah and left it lying on the ground, where it was picked up by Mystique.[29]
An alternate version of Malice appeared in league with the New Marauders, a team displaced from their native universe (Earth-1610) and assembled by Miss Sinister; this version of Malice exists in the form of a necklace instead of a choker; it was in the possession of the time displaced version of Jean Grey and was abandoned when Grey and the rest of her team went to space to rescue Cyclops' father. When Polaris found the necklace, Malice was able to possess her and used Polaris to attack the Raksha, a group of local vigilantes that were visiting the X-Mansion, but because Polaris had already fallen victim by the prime version of Malice, she was eventually able to snap out of her control and broke free which destroyed the necklace,[30] and seemingly killing the entity in the process.[31]
In other media
Television
- Susan Richards appears as Malice in the Fantastic Four episode "Worlds Within Worlds".[citation needed] This version's appearance is the result of Psycho-Man using his powers to make Susan turn against her Fantastic Four teammates. Eventually however, Susan is freed of Psycho-Man's influence and defeats him.
References
- ^ Jungle Action vol. 2 #17
- ^ Malice at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- ^ Fantastic Four #280
- ^ Fantastic Four #281
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #15
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #16
- ^ Fantastic Four #369
- ^ Fantastic Four #371
- ^ Fantastic Four #384
- ^ Fantastic Four #392
- ^ Fantastic Four #399
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #214 (Feb. 1987)
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #219 (July 1987)
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #239 (Dec. 1988)
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #249 (Oct. 1989)
- ^ X-Men Unlimited #6
- ^ X-Factor #105
- ^ X-Man #19
- ^ X-Men #200
- ^ X-Men #203
- ^ A+X #11
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men vol. 5 #18
- ^ Excalibur vol. 4 #16-19 (2021)
- ^ Excalibur vol. 4 #20
- ^ What If vol. 2 #74
- ^ X-Men: The End: Book 1: Dreamers & Demons #3
- ^ X-Men: The End: Book 2: Heroes & Martyrs #4
- ^ X-Men Forever 2 #7
- ^ X-Men Forever 2 #8
- ^ X-Men: Blue #24
- ^ X-Men: Blue #25