Who Is Tarot? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tarot is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Marie-Ange Colbert, with over 279 comic issue appearances. With a flip of tarot card, Marie-Ange Colbert - the mutant known as Tarot - could foresee future events with crisp clarity or animate the image on her card to do battle for her. Tarot was a member of the White Queen's Hellions.

Who is Tarot?

Origin Massachusetts Academy The White Queen ( Emma Frost ) was on a personal mission to gain a foothold within the Hellfire Club and maintain it. In doing so, she came up with a brilliant idea: for the Hellfire Club to continue, securing future members would be integral. The White Queen decided to create a team of young Mutant s loyal to her alone (though none would be aware of this) who would be eventual recruits of the The Inner Circle . In doing so, they would, unquestionably, give their power to her and she would reach her goal. She would build, fund and run a school, similar to Professor Charles Xavier ( Professor X ), that would instruct young mutants in the use of their powers. It was named Massachusetts Academy , and it not only held high regard as one of the foremost private schools in the country, but it also served as her own training grounds for her team of proteges. The White Queen needed to locate, secure and recruit future students; her Hellions , as she would name them. This needed to be done as quickly as possible.

Key facts

Tarot is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Away Game!". The character is published by Marvel. With 279 recorded issue appearances, Tarot ranks among the most featured characters in comics.