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Blackout is the name of two fictional characters, both supervillains, in the Marvel Comics universe. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... The Marvel Universe is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. ...


The first Blackout was Marcus Daniels; he first appeared in Nova #19. Marcus Daniels was the assistant to Dr. Abner Croit, a physicist studying a kind of near-indestructible "solid darkness" from another dimension, called the "darkforce". Croit convinced Daniels to subject himself to experiments with the force; these experiments empowered Daniels with the Darkforce. Daniels wore a suit to keep from merging with the darkforce dimension. Adopting the name Blackout he became a robber, and soon returned to Croit's lab to attempt to steal a device which would stabalize his powers, only to encounter the neophyte hero Nova. Blackout was trapped in the darkforce dimension, an imprisonment that drove him mad. He returned to Earth and was imprisoned, only to team up with the villaness Moonstone. The two were defeated by Dazzler and the Inhumans on the moon. Blackout was freed one final time by the second Baron Zemo and recruited to the new Masters of Evil, along with his old ally Moonstone. Zemo controlled Blackout using technology created by the Fixer; Moonstone oversaw Blackout's activities and tried to manipulate him to her own ends. In the end, the Masters conquered the Avengers' Mansion and had Blackout seal it away in a wall of darkforce. However, and Zemo's constant pushing of Blackout proved too taxing and caused him to suffer a fatal cerebral hemorrhage when he tried to resist Zemo's commands. Nova is the name of two fictional superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Darkforce is a fictional concept of the Marvel Comics superhero universe. ... Two Marvel Comics characters have been named Moonstone. The first Moonstone, Lloyd Bloch, was a Captain America villain affiliated with the Secret Empire. ... Dazzler is a comic book superhero from the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... Helmut, 13th Baron Zemo. ... The Masters of Evil are a fictional team of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Fixer is a name used by two villainous fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. ... A cerebral hemorrhage is bleeding directly into the brain parenchyma (tissue) itself, otherwise known as hemorrhagic stroke. ...


The second Blackout was a darkness-generating vampire who first appeared in Ghost Rider #2 (1991). He fought the Ghost Rider (Dan Ketch), killing several of his close associates. He later became allied with Lilith, the demon-goddess, who he claimed was his grandmother. This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and of several characters in the Marvel Universe. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lilitu is a Mesopotamian night demon with a penchant for killing male children. ...


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Blackout (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (314 words)
Blackout is the name of two fictional characters, both supervillains, in the Marvel Comics universe.
Blackout was trapped in the darkforce dimension, an imprisonment that drove him mad.
Blackout was freed one final time by the second Baron Zemo and recruited to the new Masters of Evil, along with his old ally Moonstone.
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