Dusk (comics)
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Dusk was an identity used by several fictional superheroes in the Marvel Universe. It was eventually adopted by Gothic college student Cassie St. Commons, who appeared in the Marvel Comics' series, Slingers.
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[edit] Negative Zone
During one of his adventures, Spider-Man travelled to the Negative Zone. While there, he befriended a group of rebels battling the tyrannical Blastaar. Their leader had been a hero called Dusk, who wore a completely black costume. Dusk's name and costume had in fact been taken up by a series of people as a symbol of freedom—but the latest man to take up Dusk's mantle had been killed prior to Spider-Man's arrival. At the rebels' request, Spider-Man wore the costume and led the rebels to victory. When he returned to the normal universe, he still had the costume.
Later, a new Dusk took up the name and costume in the Negative Zone.
[edit] Peter Parker
When Spider-Man was accused of murder during the Spider-Man: Identity Crisis storyline, he donned several different costumes to continue saving lives without anyone knowing it was him. One of the identities he adopted was that of Dusk. As Dusk, he pretended to be a mercenary with a quiet, serious personality, and teamed up with Trapster, who had in fact framed him. When he cleared his name, he abandoned the costume.
Although the hero called Black Marvel later gave Cassie St. Commons a duplicate Dusk costume, Spider-Man remained in possession of the original. It has not been seen since.
[edit] Powers and abilities
In addition to his regular abilities, the Dusk costume allowed Spider-Man to become virtually invisible in shadow, and glide short distances.
[edit] Cassie St. Commons
| Dusk | |
 Dusk from Slingers #1. Art by Chris Cross. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Slingers #0 |
| Created by | Joseph Harris Adam Pollina |
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| Alter ego | Cassie St. Commons |
| Team affiliations | Slingers |
| Abilities | Teleportation, darkforce projection, shadow control, regeneration, clairvoyance. |
[edit] Fictional character biography
Cassie St. Commons was a college student at ESU who enjoyed looking different, with jet black hair, facial tattoos, and nose and tongue piercings. She was invited to join the Slingers, and was presented with the Dusk costume by the Black Marvel. She accepted, but had to undertake an "initiation" into the group by making a heroic leap across the rooftop of one building and land on another. While her teammates, Prodigy, Ricochet, and Hornet all had powers (or equipment) that enabled them to easily make the jump, Cassie had no powers, and when she jumped, she fell to her death.
But Cassie was reborn, no longer dead, but not truly alive. She was Dusk. She found that she could teleport anywhere in a swirl of shadows, and she had some kind of psychic awareness that enabled her to feel her teammates. When she returned, her fellow Slingers were shocked to see their friend back from the dead. But being dead didn't stop Dusk from developing a crush on Ricochet, or having Hornet fall in love with her. But she kept both boys at a distance, since she felt that they couldn't know what it was like to be alive, yet not have a heartbeat. Dusk's powers began to evolve to the point where she could use her powers to transport other people, and manipulate shadows, and she proved herself to be an invaluable ally. Her talent to sense the location and well-being of her teammates saved Hornet, when she "knew" that he was captured by a killer rat-man. When she learned that Black Marvel had been taken by Mephisto (an evil demon) she was shocked, and when she learned that her costume was given to Black Marvel by the demon, she was horrified. But Dusk used her control over the darkness to help her team free Black Marvel's soul from Mephisto when he was captured. The team disbanded, and Dusk left to discover what she truly was.
We next see Dusk in Ms. Marvel #18, being held captive by the Puppet Master. Puppet Master used an improved version of his magic clay to capture various women, including female heroes and villains along with Stature, Araña, Tigra and Silverclaw, and hold them in a state of suspended animation. He intends to sell the captives off as "interactive art".
In the Loners series, it was shown that Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin) had been hired by Cassie's parents to find out if Ricochet knew the whereabouts of their daughter. Directly following this scene, a female shadow was visible behind Mattie that did not reflect any characters on panel.[1]
[edit] Powers and abilities
Dusk has many supernatural abilities. Her primary power is the ability to teleport herself (or others) anywhere she wishes to be. She can manipulate shadows to form objects or constructs of solid dark energy, a power she used to great effectiveness during the battle against Mephisto's horde of demons. She also can regenerate damaged tissue and she has a clairvoyant ability to sense the whereabouts of her teammates, and know if they are in danger, no matter how far away she is from them.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Loners #5"
