Calvin Morse (Earth-616)

Calvin Morse
Name	Calvin Morse
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Doom Academy Formerly Strange Academy
Relatives	Unnamed parents (deceased)
Host of	Mister Misery (formerly)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown Blue
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human magician
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	New York
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student
Education	Strange Academy; Doom Academy
Base of Operations	Doom Academy, Latveria Formerly Strange Academy, New Orleans, USA
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos
First	Strange Academy #1 (March, 2020)
First	Strange Academy #1 (March, 2020)

History

Calvin Morse was raised in foster homes, most of which were terrible. Because of this he never felt he belonged anywhere.

After finding an enchanted leather jacket, secretly Mister Misery in disguise, he got into Strange Academy, where he became Alvi's roommate.

Upon returning from a field trip to Asgard, Calvin's classmate Toth found out about Mister Misery, so Misery proceeded to shatter Toth, stealing his heart shard so he couldn't be revived. However, when Calvin accidentally found the shard in his pocket, Misery had to possess him and finally reveal himself to everyone.

Possessed by Misery

To defeat Misery, who was fed by the suffering of others, Dessy decided to feed him all the suffering in existence using her powers. As it became too much for him to handle, Calvin managed to break free, and, in the end, Dessy devoured Misery, ending the threat once and for all.

With Toth fully restored, Calvin felt like an outcast, but Toth approached him to give him a hug and assure him everything was good between them. Still insecure about his place in the academy, however, Calvin asked Zoe Laveau how to get in touch with a black magic user named Gaslamp, who she'd contacted in the past, but she insisted he shouldn't look for him, as he had caused her nothing but pain. Struggling to learn magic through books, Calvin decided to search for Gaslamp anyway and met with him in a dark alley, where Gaslamp gave him a small taste of his magic, telling him if he wanted more he'd have to pay for it.

The next day at school he demonstrated both a strong magic prowess and a new aggressive attitude when he was brutal with Alvi during a magic defense class. Although the other students, especially Zoe, were worried by what they'd witnessed, the teachers didn't seem to notice. Later, he went to the same alley and begged Gaslamp for more magic, so Gaslamp offered to give it to him for free if he could bring him more customers. After spending some time working for Gaslamp dealing magic across the school, he was found out by Doctor Voodoo and promptly expelled. Voodoo put him on a bus intending him to go home but instead he went back to Gaslamp.

His dealings eventually went wrong and Gaslamp decided he had no further use for him, tying him up to a machine to drain all the magic he had in him. Upon hearing about this, his friend went after him and faced Gaslamp to free him him. In the end, he rejoined Strange Academy.

After Doctor Doom became Sorcerer Supreme, Calvin was one of the students chosen to enroll in Doom Academy.

Attributes

Powers

Dark Magic: Calvin has magic powers given to him by Gaslamp. This can take the form of a powerful force attack and presumably has other applications.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Formerly Enchanted leather jacket.

Notes

• Calvin's eyes alternate between brown and blue, sometime in the same issue.

See Also

• 26 appearance(s) of Calvin Morse (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Calvin Morse (Earth-616)
• 69 image(s) of Calvin Morse (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Calvin Morse (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Calvin Morse on Marvel.com