Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)

Inferno
Name	Dante Pertuz
Current Alias	Inferno
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	New Attilan Security Force, Warriors
Relatives	unnamed mother (deceased); Gabriela Pertuz (sister); John (brother-in-law, deceased); Ariela Pertuz (niece)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′11″ (1.8 m)
Weight	161 lbs (73.03 kg).
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Activation of power turns body into flaming ash or molten rock
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human with Inhuman lineage activated by a Terrigen Bomb
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Des Plaines, Illinois
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American New Attilan
Occupation	Adventurer; former student, musician, drummer
Base of Operations	New Attilan Formerly Des Plaines, Illinois
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Matt Fraction, Charles Soule, Joe Madureira
First	Inhuman #1 (April, 2014)
First	Inhuman #1 (April, 2014)

 Well, Dante, we used to be a kingdom. Now, it seems we are a world. A world at war. And the time is coming, my friend... When you will need to pick a side. 

—Queen Medusa

History

Dante was a newly mutated Inhuman due to the release of the Terrigen Bomb that affected New York City after the Inhuman city of Attilan fell into the Hudson River. The mist traveled all around the world which included Dante's home state of Illinois. After coming out of the cocoon, he was approached by a fellow Inhuman named Lash, who came there to see if Dante was worthy of the gifts that were given to him.

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Dante fired up

As he emerged from his Terrigenesis cocoon, he asked Lash what happened to his mother who had remained stuck into her cocoon, and he told him that she didn't survive the transformation process of the Terrigen Mist. Dante's retaliation came when his body started to engulf itself into flames which he used in the form of heat blasts against Lash until Queen Medusa arrived via teleportation by Eldrac the Door to interfere.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Geo-Ionikinesis: Dante is capable of generating plasmoid flames from thin air, not requiring the consumption of oxygen or combustible objects to maintain the flames. He has been seen being able to increase the temperature within his proximity which allows him to engulf his entire body into a flaming/molten rock form, fire concentrated plasma blasts from his hands and endure extreme heat and flame without being harmed.

• Pyroplasmic Regeneration: Dante once had his arm chopped off during an excursion but his power reintegrated a whole new one for him.
• Volcano Creation: When properly amped by Leer, Dante's geothermal abilities take greater liberties. Able to cause volcanos to erupt out of the ground, spewing magma everywhere.
  • Lava Generation
  • Eruption Inducement

Nuhuman Physiology: Being a Nuhuman, Dante is physically superior to the average human.

• Enhanced Strength
• Enhanced Reflexes
• Enhanced Speed
• Enhanced Endurance
• Flight
• Limited Invulnerability

Weaknesses

• Power Regulation Disability: Inferno tends to set himself on fire due to lack of control over his abilities, more often than not he burns himself on his own plasma every time he gets too torqued up.

Trivia

• His alias along with his real name is a reference the first canto of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Inferno.

See Also

• 64 appearance(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 125 image(s) of Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Dante Pertuz (Earth-616)