Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)

Specter
Name	Dallas Gibson
Current Alias	Specter
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	formerly Corsairs Squad, Paragons Squad, Hellions Squad, Xavier Institute student body
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Depowered mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student
Education	Some high school
Base of Operations	formerly Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Carlo Barberi
First	New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 (July, 2003)
First	New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 (July, 2003)
Death	New X-Men (Vol. 2) #20 (November, 2005)
Death	New X-Men (Vol. 2) #20 (November, 2005)

History

Origin

Little is known about Specter's past. When his powers first manifested, Dallas accidentally scared his grandfather causing him to have a heart attack. Afterward, Dallas was enrolled at the Xavier Institute.

Xavier Institute

Originally Emma Frost was assigned as Dallas' mentor. Like the other Hellions, Emma allowed Dallas to choose his codename, Specter.

When the Xavier Institute began the training squad system, Mark was placed in the Paragons Squad with Wolfsbane as his advisor. Later for unclear reasons, Specter and DJ switch squads, and Specter become part of the Corsairs under Cyclops.

M-Day

Specter was one of the many mutants to loose their powers on M-Day. The depowered students of the Xavier Institute were asked to leave the school, but the bus carrying several depowered students was attacked by one of William Stryker's Purifiers. Dallas; however, departed from the Institute early, and is currently living with his grandparents.

Attributes

Powers

Currently none. Specter was a mutant, but lost his mutant powers due to the effects of M-Day.

Former Powers

• Shadow Form: Specter had the ability to become living shadow, apparently by physically merging his body with his shadow. It basically granted him a number of super human traits including:
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Nigh Invulnerability
  • Night Vision

Immunity Darkness-Based Attacks

Notes

• A boy with short blond hair much like Dallas's was seen on the bus that was blown up by William Stryker and his followers. However, he has been stated to be alive during interviews with Christopher Yost.

Trivia

• Dallas briefly appeared in New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 with Rockslide as Hellion's unnamed friends. Later, Dallas was named in New Mutants (Vol. 2) #10.
• In the New X-Men Yearbook Special #1, Specter was voted "Most Likely to marry a baseline".
• In the New X-Men Yearbook Special #1, Specter listed his likes a "finally being settled in with the Corsairs", and his dislikes as "switching advisers again"; both references to Specter having to switch between three different squads.

See Also

• 12 appearance(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 8 image(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)

Links and References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specter_(comics)