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Asylum

Fictional character biography

The first Asylum was a mental patient who was imbued with Darkforce energies that converted her body into a psionic mist that caused hallucinations in anyone who touched it. She later was able to use her Darkforce energies as an offensive weapon. She was vulnerable at the one solid part of her body, a golden mask. After being defeated while fighting solo against the New Warriors Nova, Firestar and Speedball, she seemed to dissipate except for her mask, and has not been seen in action since. The Darkforce is a fictional concept in the Marvel Comics superhero universe. ... The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. ... Nova, (Richard Rider), is a fictional superhero from Marvel Comics. ... Firestar (Angelica Angel Jones) is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Speedball (Robert Robbie Baldwin) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Bibliography

• New Warriors vol. 1 #4, 15-16, 40

Asylum (Henrique Manuel Gallante)

The second Asylum. Art by Stephen Jones

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Fictional character biography

Henrique Manuel Gallante was a drug-addicted youth left abused and abandoned from his home and whose burgeoning mutant powers were driving him insane. He was placed in the Smythers drug rehabilitation clinic, but the doctors held little hope for him. Unknown to the doctors, Gallante's mutant powers allowed him access to the dimension of Darkforce, an extradimensional energy resembling tar. Although the energy possessed no true sentience, Gallante displaced his feelings of darkness and despair to it and allowed it to mimic an empathic sentience that fed off and perpetuated Gallante's dark feelings. In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a human being who is born with genetic alterations that allow them to naturally develop abilities not possessed by regular humans is commonly called a mutant. ... The Darkforce is a fictional concept in the Marvel Comics superhero universe. ...

Through Gallante, the Darkforce was able to access his dimensional plane, as its natural tendency was to fill the relative vacuum of darkness such a dimension of light created. Soon, the Darkforce began to use Gallante to allow it to seep into his world, kidnapping those who could access Darkforce, such as Cloak, Shroud, and Quagmire, and trapping them within its dimension. It also began to flood New York City and envelop those with dark or violent tendencies, unleashing that side of them. Gallante grew mad as the power of the darkness increased, and he succumbed wholeheartedly to the Darkforce, desiring to destroy the world. Cloak and Dagger (Tyrone Ty Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional teenage mutant comic book superhero duo in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Shroud is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Quagmire is a fictional character, owned by Marvel Comics, who exists in the universe of the Squadron Supreme. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

With an army of Darkforce-controlled individuals, Gallante, calling himself Darkling, was confronted by an assemblage of Earth's heroes, including the New Warriors, Spider-Man, members of the Fantastic Four, Archangel, and Doctor Strange. The New Warriors' Firestar and Dagger were able to use their powers to disrupt Gallante's access to the Darkforce, and the heroes were ultimately able to convince Gallatne of the error of his ways. Deciding that to understand himself meant to live with his darkness, Gallante disappeared into the Darkforce dimension, taking its residual energies with him. The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... The Fantastic Four is a fictional American team of comic-book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Archangel (Warren Worthington III), originally and still occasionally known as Angel, is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as one of the founding members of the mutant super-team known as the X-Men. ... Doctor Strange is a fictional character, a comic book sorcerer and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Firestar (Angelica Angel Jones) is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Cloak and Dagger (Tyrone Ty Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional teenage mutant comic book superhero duo in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Gallante was able to return to Earth by way of a mask once used by the villain Asylum. A gang member found the mask and donned it, overwhelmed by the perception it gave him into the darkness within the psyche of those around him. As the Darkforce exuded from the mask and consumed him, Gallante had taken his place. Taking the identity of Asylum for himself, Gallante sought out the former Asylum’s teammates, Psionex, and took on the role of their new leader. The team was determined to use their abilities to clean up New York City as their newest superhuman champions. This article is about Earth as a planet. ... Psionex were a group of supervillains who appeared as enemies of the New Warriors. ...

Unfortunately, Asylum led Psionex to attack a group of supposed gang members that merely turned out to be youths playing with toy guns. Before realizing this mistake, Asylum forced a child into the Darkforce Dimension to face the darkness within him, and the boy emerged dead. Distraught that his powers would accidentally cause the death of an innocent, Gallante fled and was pursued by this teammates, who were determined to make Gallante face justice (although most were pursuing him so that they themselves would not be implicated in the charges). During their conflict, they were confronted by the New Warriors, who managed to disrupt Gallante’s connection to the Darkforce Dimension in order to capture him. They convinced him that vigilantes shouldn’t be above the law, and he needed to be accountable even for an accidental death. Asylum was remanded to the police, and Psionex was given over to its creators, the company Genetech, for custody.

At some later point, Gallante relapsed into insanity and was re-admitted to a mental institution. Recently, while still institutionalized, Gallante was used by Thunderbolts members Baron Zemo, the Fixer, Blizzard & MACH-IV) as a conduit to the Darkforce dimension, in order to retrieve the body of the criminal Blackout and rescue the second Smuggler (Conrad Josten). “Thunderbolts” redirects here. ... Baron Zemo is the name of two fictional characters, both supervillains, in various Marvel Comics comic books, notably Captain America and the Avengers. ... The Fixer is a name used by two villainous fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. ... MACH-IV (real name Abner Ronald Jenkins, formerly the Beetle and MACH-1, 2 and 3 ) is a fictional character, a former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Blackout is the name of two fictional characters, both supervillains, in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Smuggler is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Civil War/The Initiative

Henrique has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who appear on the cover of the comic book Avengers: The Initiative #1. ^[1]

Powers

Gallante is a mutant with the psionic ability to tap into the dimension of the Darkforce, an energy based on darkness. So powerful is his access that Gallante was able to open a rift the size of Manhattan between his dimension and the Darkforce's. Although initially Gallante could not consciously control the Darkforce he released, it would often act as a part of his subconscious desire, such as flooding and destroying the world or releasing the dark impulses of others. He could surround himself in Darkforce, creating a separate, giant-sized body, and could manipulate masses of Darkforce as he desired, creating shapes, tendrils, and blasts of energy. After regaining some control over his abilities, Gallante could even teleport himself and others by using his body as a portal to the Darkforce Dimension. Once inside the dimension, Gallante’s victims would be confronted with their greatest fears as the Darkforce heightened and fed off the “darkness” within their psyches. Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ... The Darkforce is a fictional concept in the Marvel Comics superhero universe. ...

Bibliography

As Darkling

• New Warriors #32-34, annual #3

As Asylum

• New Warriors annual #4, #52-53
• New Thunderbolts #17

See also

• List of fictional characters who can manipulate darkness or shadow

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References