Who Is Dust? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dust is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Sooraya Qadir, with over 1,141 comic issue appearances. Dust was a student at the Xavier Institute and one of the New X-Men in training. She is identified by her Niqab, which she wears instead of the traditional X-Men uniform. She is currently enrolled at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

Who is Dust?

Origin Dust is a mutant from Afghanistan . She was taken into captivity by slave traders who planned to sell her off as a mutant slave. When her captors attempted to remove her headdress, she lashed out at them, turning into her dust form and stripping flesh from their bodies. It was Fantomex who initially discovered her to rescue her. Wolverine had also been out to locate her, and assisted in killing the remainder of her would-be captors and getting her to the safety of the X-Corporation headquarters in Mumbai . While Wolverine was sleeping and allowing himself to heal, she turned into her dust form, hiding all around the room. Jean Grey recognized telepathically that she was there and attempted to comfort her, but she would only say one thing: Turaab (meaning "Dust"). She was placed in Xorn 's Special Class.

Key facts

Dust is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Dust". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,141 recorded issue appearances, Dust ranks among the most featured characters in comics.