Who Is Basilisk? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Basilisk is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Mike Columbus, with over 133 comic issue appearances. Basilisk was a student in Xorn's special class, and was also killed by him.

Who is Basilisk?

A student at the Xavier Institute , the young mutant known only as Basilisk grew up with much persecution due to his abnormal appearance, and as such developed a very aggressive personality. Having lower than average intelligence, Basilisk is quick to anger, but his rage is just as easily quelled. On a camping trip with the special class, Basilisk was attacked by the U-Men , humans who hunt mutants for their organs. Basilisk saved the class from one of the U-Men, but only after Ernst told him that No-Girl , "a student who may or may not exist", would agree to date him. Shortly afterwards, Xorn revealed himself to be the mutant terrorist Magneto , and Basilisk joined his Brotherhood . Unfortunately, during Magneto's assault against New York , he struck out at Basilisk, accidentally killing him. Powers In his eye socket rests a camera-like device that allows Basilisk to control his superhuman mutant ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light directly from his brain. This light completely paralyzes any sentient being that looks at it, causing them to fall into a rigid fascinated state akin to a deer caught in the headlights of a car.

Key facts

Basilisk is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Teaching Children About Fractals". The character is published by Marvel. With 133 recorded issue appearances, Basilisk ranks among the most featured characters in comics.