Michael Columbus (Earth-616)

Basilisk
Name	Michael "Mike" Columbus
Current Alias	Basilisk
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Brotherhood, Special Class
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′5″ (1.96 m)
Weight	220 lbs (99.79 kg)
Hair	Bald
Skin	Pink
Unusual Features	He had an overly-fleshy head that is devoid of features except for sunken ears, a slit-like mouth, and a single eye socket in the center
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Death	New York City
Cause of Death	Killed by "Magneto"
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student
Education	High School
Base of Operations	formerly Xavier Institute
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
First	New X-Men #135 (December, 2002)
First	New X-Men #135 (December, 2002)
Death	New X-Men #149 (November, 2003)
Death	New X-Men #149 (November, 2003)

History

The young mutant known as Basilisk grew up with much persecution due to his abnormal appearance, and as such developed a very aggressive personality. Having lower than average intelligence, Basilisk was quick to anger, but his rage was just as easily quelled.

After the X-Men went public, Basilisk became a student at the Xavier Institute. He was placed in Xorn's Special Class. On a camping trip with the Special Class, Basilisk was attacked by the U-Men, humans who hunted mutants for their organs. Basilisk saved the class from one of the U-Men, but only after Ernst told him that No-Girl would agree to date him.

Basilisk dead

Shortly afterwards, Xorn "revealed" himself as Magneto, though he was in fact merely impersonating him. Basilisk joined his Brotherhood. Unfortunately, during Xorn's assault against New York City, he struck out at Basilisk, accidentally killing him.

Attributes

Powers

Paralyzing Light: Basilisk was a mutant. His mutation greatly changed his physique and gave him a brain seizure that can generate a pulses of high-frequency strobe light emitted from his eye. This light completely paralyze any sentient being that looks at it, causing them to fall into a rigid state akin to a deer caught in the headlights of a car.

See Also

• 11 appearance(s) of Michael Columbus (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Michael Columbus (Earth-616)
• 4 minor appearance(s) of Michael Columbus (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Michael Columbus (Earth-616)
• 8 image(s) of Michael Columbus (Earth-616)