Obax Majid (Earth-616)

Lightbright
Name	Obax Majid
Current Alias	Lightbright
Aliases	Scream
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Wild Pack; formerly Intruders; Bio-Genes, brief ally of the Secret Avengers
Host of	Scream
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′10″ (1.78 m)
Weight	129 lbs (58.51 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Berbera, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia
Personal Information
Identity	Known to Authorities (S.H.I.E.L.D. and Somali)
Citizenship	Somali
Occupation	Rebel, fugitive, warrior, formerly prisoner, terrorist, mercenary
Education	Secondary school
Base of Operations	New York City, New York; formerly Mogadishu, Somalia and Symkaria
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Gregory Wright, Steven Butler
First	Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #16 (July, 1993)
First	Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #16 (July, 1993)

 My name is Lightbright, and though I could end your life as easily as you seem to end others'--- I seek only to bring peace to you. It seems that such rational concepts are lost to you, so I must show you the error of your ways! 

—Lightbright

A Somali mutant with light- and heat-based powers, Lightbright began her career as a member of terrorist group Bio-Genes that opposed the US influence in their motherland. Attacking a Marines compound, they battled Silver Sable's Wild Pack, but ended up cooperating with them against Baron Strucker's Hydra when the latter appeared to try and conquer Somalia. Wild Pack's Battlestar saved Lightbright's life, then offered her a chance to redeem herself. Lightbright joined the Wild Pack and became a superheroine and a member of the Intruders, an off-shot of the Wild Pack composed of superhumans. During this time, she had a romance with Battlestar. While the group eventually disbanded, apparently she continued her relationship with Battlestar.

One of the few mutants to keep their mutant powers after M-Day, Lightbright was also one of the many heroes who opposed the Superhuman Registration Act during the superhuman Civil War. Along with other rebels, he was stopped by Iron Man, Spider-Man and the NYPD, was arrested and transferred to Prison 42. She was freed during the final battle, battling among the Secret Avengers in Manhattan.

History

Obax Majid was a mutant born and raised in Somalia. Having developed her powers, she allied herself with other Somali mutants - a rebel group called the Bio-Genes led by emotion-manipulator Leecher. After Somalia was devastated by a civil war, Leecher encouraged the Bio-Genes to expel the foreign presence from Somali territory so as to take control of the government themselves; Leecher manipulated the Bio-Genes' emotions so that believed that a peaceful solution was impossible. Leecher explained to Lightbright and the rest of the group that the American soldiers had evil intentions, and convinced the Bio-Genes to attack a Marine compound ten miles outside the Somali city Mogadishu, using their mutant powers to disable the Americans' technology.

Meeting Battlestar.

The Wild Pack, a professional mercenary unit led by Silver Sable, had been hired by the U.S. administration to ensure that a shipment of food and medicine made it to its intended destination in Somalia. Pack member Raul Quentino picked up a signal from the marines asking for help, and the Pack (along with his superhuman division the Intruders) ran to the area as reinforcements, engaging to the Bio-Genes. Lightbright was able to see Intruders' Paladin in action, and found him a presumptuous braggart. During the battle, several combatants were affected by the goodwill wave of the Infinity Crusade, which encouraged them not to fight. The confrontation was however interrupted by forces of the terrorist organization Hydra led by Baron Strucker, who sought to conquer Somalia in the name of its southern warlords, among other goals. During the confrontation against Strucker, Wild Pack member Battlestar saved Lightbright's life by shielding her from a Hydra blast; Lightbright was surprised at the gesture, as she and the Bio-Genes had just tried to kill the Pack; but Battlestar convinced her to ally with him against Hydra. The Bio-Genes joined the Pack against Strucker, who was defeated but fled. Battlestar then invited Lightbright to go to the United States and join him in the Wild Pack.

Travelling to New York in civilian clothes.

Lightbright did indeed travel to New York City and entered the Symkarian Embassy, the Wild Pack's base for operations on American soil, where she was received by the Wild Pack's administrative staff, Lorna Kleinfeldt and Mortimer; at the time, the Pack was on a mission involving a supernatural fog engulfing the city. Paladin was also at the embassy and tried to impress Lightbright, but she rebuffed him, which earned him the immediate sympathy of Kleinfeldt, who thought the same about Paladin. Despite this, Paladin pestered Lightbright until the Pack returned.

Lightbright began a romantic relationship with Battlestar and the two went on a date together on Battlestar's night off. One of Battlestar's team partners, Doug Powell, seeing Lightbright elegantly dressed for the date, offered her his company before learning that Battlestar had beaten him to it. Powell was disappointed and spent his night off complaining that Lightbright deserved better than Battlestar to his friends, one of whom, Amy Chen, agreed that Lightbright was very attractive.

Intruders

In civilian clothes during a date with Battlestar.

Lightbright later joined the Intruders, whom she had already met in Mogadishu. The Intruders were led by former supervillain Sandman and included the mercenary Paladin, the bruiser Fin and the man-tiger hybrid Man-Eater, with Lightbright being their most recent addition. The Intruders' official base of operations was at the Embassy in New York City, but the Wild Pack had its headquarters in the European country Symkaria. Due to this, Lightbright spent extensive periods of time on Symkaria.

Along with the Intruders and the Pack, Lightbright traveled to Beverly Hills to confront an alliance of street gangs secretly controlled by crimelord Justin Hammer. The confrontation was so brutal that Lightbright compared it to the open wars of his home country. During the battle, supervillains in battle armor joined the fight, several of whom (Boomerang, Cyclone and Spymaster) lusciously looked at Lightbright, upsetting her.

Silver Sable discovered the secret lair of the criminal group Genesis Coalition and set out there in a Stealthcraft with her group from the Wild Pack; He ordered the Intruders to follow her immediately, but Sandman reported a problem with Man-Eater that caused a 47-minute delay. When they finally got underway, the Wild Pack informed them that there was a change in their mission due to discoveries made at the base, and the Intruders were to go to Bosnia, to confront members of the Coalition who were posing as Hydra agents. Lightbright was confused at this, and several Intruders believed that Sable was sacrificing her own life for the mission, but they obeyed the orders. Upon arriving they saw that the eastern sector of the battlefield was under control because the international law enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D. was successfully fighting the Coalition troops, yet there were intense activity in the west, and they decided to move there to contribute. In the western front, the Coalition was facing off against real Hydra agents, including Baron Strucker, and the Intruders formed an uneasy alliance with them. The presence of the Intruders in the battle was decisive and spoiled the plans of Fritz Sablinov and the Genesis Coalition. The Coalition was destroyed by the Pack and most of its leaders were killed; Hydra fled, although one of its agents, Technospike, would have preferred to stay and destroy the Intruders.

Shortly after, Sable was sent to prison. At the Symkarian Embassy, Sable's manager Mortimer gathered the Intruders and the Wild Pack to inform them of what had happened and explained that Sable wanted everyone sent to Symkaria before the American government found excuses to arrest them too. When the situation became clear and Sable was released (although she was no longer welcome on American soil), she relocated to Symkaria and arranged for the Intruders to continue operating in the United States from the Embassy. Shortly after, she summoned them to Castle Sable in Symkaria where she told them she was retiring from active missions, but kept Sandman as the leader of the Intruders with authority to operate in American soil.

With their work schedule full, the Intruders set out on their last known mission to try to recover an alien relic in Antarctica, with the participation of Lightbright. It is not known whether they were successful. The Intruders were eventually dismantled, perhaps when Sandman reverted to being a supervillain due to a mental switch.

Civil War

Lightbright was one of the few mutants to keep their mutant powers after M-Day. She was also one of the many heroes who opposed the Superhuman Registration Act (SHRA) during the superhuman Civil War. Returning to her rebellious ways, she refused to register and allied herself with Lectronn, Phone Ranger, and Wildstreak, but the three of them were cornered by the NYPD, then arrested by Iron Man, Spider-Man after some fight.

Lightbright was then transferred to Prison 42 or "Negative Zone Prison Alpha", a prison built in the Negative Zone. She was freed during the final battle, battling among the Secret Avengers in Manhattan. Lightbright joined Captain America's resistance against the SHRA, alongside Battlestar, but she was eventually arrested.

Personality

Lightbright behaved in a classy, pacifist way, trying to avoid violent behavior, at least since she had left the Bio-Genes - before that, she was willing to kill her enemies. She disapproved sexist remarks, but sometimes was too naïve to identify those.

Attributes

Powers

As a member of the Bio-Genes

• Light and Heat Generation: Lightbright has the mutant power to generate both light and heat energy from her own body. She can use these for different effect, including:
  • Calming Glow: When using her powers, Lightbright is frequently surrounded by an aura of light that has a cathartic effect on the people touched by it by filling them with euphoria.
  • Energy Blasts
  • Heat-based Attack
  • Self-Propelled Flight

Notes

• Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 says that Lightbright served with the Intruders until Silver Sable decided to establish her headquarters in Symkaria. This happened in Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #30. However, Lightbright was still serving in the Intruders later in Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #34 for the Antarctica mission. Possibly Civil War: Battle Damage Report is wrong.

Trivia

• It is unclear whether Lightbright controls light and energy not generated by herself.
• Several people have mentioned that Lightbright is a very attractive woman, including Wild Pack members Battlestar, Doug Powell (although Powell was somewhat racist and Lightbright was a black woman), and Amy Chen (in the latter case, supporting the theory that Chen was homosexual).
• Lightbright had a criminal record in Somalia. This may had been due to her time with the Bio-Genes.
• Lightbright was never seen piloting a Stealthcraft, unlike many other members of the Pack and of the Intruders.

See Also

• 13 appearance(s) of Obax Majid (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Obax Majid (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Obax Majid (Earth-616)
• 11 image(s) of Obax Majid (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Obax Majid (Earth-616)

Links and References

• https://www.writeups.org/lightbright-silver-sable-marvel-comics/