Mike Columbus (Earth-616)

Basilisk
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Real Name	Mike Columbus
Current Alias	Basilisk
Affiliation	Brotherhood, Special Class
Base of Operations	formerly Xavier Institute
Status
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Student
Education	High School
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 5" (1.96 m)
Weight	220 lbs (99.79 kg)
Eyes	One Eye
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
Origin	Mutant
Universe	Earth-616
Creators	Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
First Appearance	New X-Men #135 (February, 2003)
Appearance of Death	New X-Men #149 (January, 2004)

History

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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.

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.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid
Intelligence	1
Strength	2
Speed	2
Durability	2
Energy Projection	3
Fighting Skills	2

Powers

Photokinesis: In his eye socket rested a camera-like device that allowed Basilisk to control his superhuman mutant ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light directly from his brain. This light completely paralyzed any sentient being that looked at it, causing them to fall into a rigid, fascinated state akin to a deer caught in the headlights of a car. The length of this effect varied depending upon the strength of will of whomever Basilisk stared at.

Superhuman Strength: Columbus could lift a truck.

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