Who Is Dark Angel? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dark Angel is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Shevaun Haldane, with over 90 comic issue appearances. Shevaun Haldane became the hero known as Dark Angel shortly after witnessing her father's death at the hands of Mephisto and discovering Mys-Tech's occult ties.

Who is Dark Angel?

Origin Mys Tech Wars Shevaun Haldane originally worked as an scientist for Mys-Tech , studying chaos theory alongside her father , until discovering Mys-Tech's ties to Mephisto after witnessing the dark being kill her father for attempting to betray the arrangement Mephisto had with Mys-Tech. Shevaun then saw the Angel of Death as it came to collect her father's soul, only for it to come too late as Mephisto had already taken it. The Angel then informed Shevaun of the truth behind Mys-Tech, and offered her a shred of the fabric of the universe in order to give her the power to oppose Mys-Tech's evil. Shevaun was also granted a special high-tech suit of body armor to help her control the great power she now wielded. As Dark Angel, Shevaun then devoted her life to taking down Mys-Tech and its operatives across the Earth, through other dimensions, and even in the afterlife. Creation Shevaun Haldane first appeared as Hell's Angel in July 1992's Hell's Angel #1. Due to legal threats however from the Hells Angels biker club, both Shevaun and her comic book were renamed Dark Angel with issue #6 . Alongside this renaming, the lawsuit was settled by Marvel agreeing to pay $35,000 as a chari.

Key facts

Dark Angel is of human origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 90 recorded issue appearances, Dark Angel ranks among the most featured characters in comics.