Who Is Mirage? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mirage is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Desmond Charne, with over 80 comic issue appearances. Mirage is a super-villain who uses life-like holograms to his advantage.

Who is Mirage?

Origin Desmond was a hologram technician who was in love with his girlfriend Amy. One day the two of them were caught in the middle of a battle between the Avengers and Fin Fang Foom . Iron Man saved Amy from Fin Fang Foom and Amy developed an infatuation with the armored Avenger. Eventually, Desmond and Amy fell apart and he decided to become the super-villain using his skill as a technician to create and project 3-D holograms. He carried a handgun and soon became the villain better known as Mirage, the Master of Illusion. Creation Mirage was created by Len Wein and Ross Andru and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #156. Mayor Story Arcs The Wedding of Betty and Ned Mirage went on a crime-spree robbing guests at weddings, however, when he attempted to do so at the wedding of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds , he was confronted by Spider-Man . After tricking Spider-Man with a series of holograms of himself, Spider-Man managed to defeat Mirage by dropping a chandelier on him and all his holographic versions.

Key facts

Mirage is of human origin and first appeared in "On A Clear Day You Can See...The Mirage!". The character is published by Marvel. With 80 recorded issue appearances, Mirage ranks among the most featured characters in comics.