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Selene (comics)

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Selene. Art by John Romita, Jr.

Selene, the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club, is a fictional supervillainess in Marvel Comics. Her long life is attributed to the fact that she is a psychic vampire, able to drain the life from others to extend her own. The Hellfire Club was an exclusive English club that met irregularly from 1746 to around 1763, run by Sir Francis Dashwood. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... A psychic vampire, in mythology, is a being said to have the ability to feed off the life force of other living creatures. ...


For centuries she was trapped in the Amazon in the Romanesque town of Nova Roma. She was worshipped as a goddess and worked to maintain the isolation of the town so she maintained in control. Selene directed her worshippers to undertake tasks that eventually allowed her to leave Nova Roma. After she left the town, the citizens regained their memories and sought to return to their previous lives. Later stories attempted to suggest Nova Roma had been an illusion, sustained by Selene, and later the mutant known as Empath. This was ultimately disproved by Magma, who discovered that the revelation of Nova Roma being an illusion was a ploy to steal her away from her home and torment those who love her. It his highly likely that Selene was the one who made Magma think Nova Roma wasnt real. A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ... Romanesque St. ... A goddess, a female deity, contrasts with male deities, known as gods. A great many cultures have their own goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic deities. ... Magma is a fictional character, a superhero from Marvel Comics. ...


Of all the X-Men and their related teams, she possesses particular hatred for Magma and Rachel Summers. In particular, Rachel almost killed her once, before being stopped by Wolverine. Rachel Summers as the Phoenix Rachel Summers is a fictional character, a comic book superhero. ... Wolverine (a. ...

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Selene sucks the life essense from one of her victims. Art by John Romita, Jr.

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Selene is an accomplished sorceress. She is a psychic vampire, a trait that grants her long life by draining the lifeforce of others. She also has the ability to shape and control fire and inanimate objects, such as stone. A psychic vampire, in mythology, is a being said to have the ability to feed off the life force of other living creatures. ...


External links

  • Selene:The High Priestess (http://www.selene71.coolfreepages.com)

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