GLAMOUR
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human (Genosha) mutant (depowered)
Occupation: Former terrorist
Group Membership: Unus' gang (Caiman, Hub, Lightning Rod, Shocker/Randall Darby, Toad/Mortimer Toynbee, Toad-In-Waiting, Unus the Untouchable/Gunther Bain)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Chimère, "Excalibur"
(Book/Annika, Broadband, Callisto, Freakshow/Kevin, Shola Inkosi, Magneto/Max
Eisenhardt, Omega Sentinel/Karima Shapandar, Professor X/Charles Xavier,
Wicked), Genoshan Magistrates
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly Genosha
First Appearance: Excalibur III#1 (July, 2004)
Powers/Abilities: Glamour possessed the
psychokinetic mutant ability to animate her hair (see
comments).
Height: 5'6" (by approximation)
Weight: 115 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
History:
(Excalibur III#1 (fb) - BTS) - Through unrevealed ways, the mutant known
only as Glamour came to live on Genosha, possibly some time after
Cassandra Nova's Sentinels devastated the island. She joined up with
Unus the Untouchable who felt he was the uncrowned ruler of the
decimated mutant population.
(Excalibur III#1) - From his headquarters inside the head of the
abandoned giant Sentinels left on Genosha, Unus spotted Charles Xavier's
arrival on the island. Acting on rumors the coffin Xavier was dragging
along contained the body of Magneto, Unus rallied Glamour and the others
to go teach "baldy" who really owns the island. Unus led Glamour and the
gang against Xavier and his new allies Freakshow and Wicked. However,
Xavier had
telepathically taken control of Glamour and her fellow teammates, leaving
them paralyzed while Freakshow turned into a giant monster and swallowed
Unus. Xavier and his companions continued on their way.
(Excalibur III#2) - Glamour and the others returned to their
headquarters to discuss the defeat and loss of Unus. They were joined by
fellow members Toad, Hub and Toad-In-Waiting who were convinced Unus
would survive this ordeal though Hub wondered if they should take him
back as their leader. Some time later, after Unus proved indigestible
and was vomited out by Freakshow, Caiman and the others attacked their
leader whose forcefield withstood all their blows, proving he still had
what it takes to lead them. Unus swore vengeance on Xavier and his
allies.
(Excalibur
III#3 - BTS) – One of Glamour's fellow gang members, Hack, left
with the teleporting mutant Hub to free two superhumans (Shola
Inkosi and Karima Shapandar) kept in stasis by the
Genoshan Magistrates. When the island’s former peace-keeping force
realized what they'd done, they mounted a full scale attack to get
their property back.
(Excalibur III#4) - Believing
the battalion of Magistrates attacking Genosha were trying to regain
control of the island, Unus led Glamour
and the others against them. Though they fought bravely, in
the end, the Magistrates threatened to overpower them. The day was saved
by the arrival of Shola Inkosi and the Prime Sentinel Karima Shapandar
who took out all the Magistrates. Xavier took the soldiers prisoner,
which didn't sit well with Unus who took Glamour and his other troops to
confront Charles in his beachside headquarters. Unus demanded that the
professor handed his prisoners over to him, claiming there was no law on the
island. Xavier, flanked by Magneto, Callisto, Karima and his young
allies, told off Unus and made him turn away.
(Excalibur III#5 - BTS) - Plagued by nightmares of the Sentinels'
carnage on Genosha, the mildly telepathic combat telekinetic Shola
Inkosi went on a midnight run. In the end, he was so overwhelmed by the
images of death and destruction he involuntarily picked up that he
released a massive telekinetic blast at the giant Sentinels that still
stood like skyscrapers on the island. The blast rocked the construction,
waking Glamour and the others who briefly believed they were under
attack.
(Excalibur III#8) - Eager to start rebuilding Genosha, Xavier realized
he needed the help of Unus and his gang. Early one morning, he had Shola
fly up to their Sentinel statue headquarters to rouse Unus, Glamour and
the others. They watched as Xavier's forces started to clear out the
ruined buildings to make room for new houses and farmland. Xavier
officially asked Unus and his followers to join them, but they laughed
in his face. When Xavier left, they agreed to wait around for Charles to
do all the work before they took it all away from him.
(House of M#8 - BTS) - Glamour was one of the victims of
the Scarlet Witch's reality altering spell that reduced the millions of
gene active mutants to less than 300 worldwide.
(New Avengers I#17 - BTS) - Glamour's mutant energies
became part of the Collective.
(New Avengers I#18 - BTS) - SHIELD analyzed the Collective's multiple energy signatures and traced them back to Glamour and 50+ other former mutants who had all lost their powers on M-Day.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont (writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks).
Not only did Glamour never exhibit her powers on panel,
she wasn't even named nor did she have any dialogue... Talk about a
stereotypical background character! It was only through an interview
with Excalibur artist Aaron
Lopresti that her codename and the most basic of power descriptions were
revealed.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Glamour should not be confused with
images: (without ads)
Excalibur III#1, p13, pan6 (main image)
Excalibur III#4, p8, pan4 (fighting Magistrates)
Appearances:
Excalibur III#1 (July, 2004) - Chris Claremont
(writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Mike Marts
(editor)
Excalibur III#2 (August, 2004) - Chris Claremont
(writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Mike Marts
(editor)
Excalibur III#4 (October, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer),
Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Excalibur III#5 (November, 2004) - Chris Claremont
(writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Mike Marts
(editor)
Excalibur III#8 (February, 2005) - Chris Claremont
(writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Mike Marts
(editor)
House of M#8 (December, 2005) - Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Oliver
Coipel (pencils), John Dell, Scott Hanna & Tim Townsend (inks), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
New Avengers I#17 (May, 2006)
- Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils), Joe
Pimentel (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
New Avengers I#18 (June, 2006) - Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike
Deodato Jr. (pencils), Joe Pimentel (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 07/09/2015
Last Updated: 07/05/2015
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