Tina Minoru (Earth-616)

Tina Minoru
Name	Tina Minoru
Aliases	The Magicians (with her spouse)
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Pride
Relatives	Ancestors: Tokiko Minoru (ancestor, deceased) Witchbreaker (ancestor, deceased) Parents: Judy Minoru (mother, deceased) Spouses: Robert Minoru (husband, deceased) Children: Nico Minoru (daughter) Other Relatives: Rei (niece)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Death	Marine Vivarium, Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, California
Cause of Death	Drowned/crushed as punishment by Gibborim
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Sorceress, crimelord
Base of Operations	Formerly Glendale, California
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona
First	Runaways #1 (April, 2003)
First	Runaways #1 (April, 2003)
Death	Runaways #17 (August, 2004)
Death	Runaways #17 (August, 2004)

 I don't care if you are this world's Sorcerer Supreme -- You will pay for your blasphemous words with your life, Stephen Strange! 

—Tina Minoru

Tina Minoru was a dark wizard, mother of Nico Minoru, wife of Robert Minoru, and a founding member of The Pride.

History

Origins

Tina Minoru and her husband Robert were dark wizards for a long lineage of warlocks.

The Pride

One the day of their wedding, the couple was summoned by the Gibborim to be the "The Magicians" in the Pride with promises of power, wealth, and eternal life.

Tina and Robert being summoned by the Gibborim

Tina and Robert battling Doctor Strange

As members of the Pride, the Minorus used their dark arts to assist in ruling the Los Angeles underworld, sacrificing to the Gibborim, protecting their turf, and disposing of threats to their power for a quarter of a century. The Minorus also had several connections within the black magic community.

At some point, the Minorus obtained the Black Mirror from Marie Laveau. Curious about their ancestry, they used the Black Mirror to explore the heritage of clan Minoru. Terrified by what they found, they used blood magic to seal the mirror.

Tina and Robert died in the Marine Vivarium with the other members of the Pride during the failed Rite of Thunder. Their last act was to distract the Gibborim allowing Nico and the others escaped.

Tina and Robert honing their magic

Attributes

Powers

• Blood Magic: Tina was a dark wizard capable of manipulating magical forces and mystic instruments such as Staff of One, Spine of Agamotto, and the Black Mirror.
• Physical Conditioning: Due to her training as a martial artist, she developed a moderate physical condition and great agility. Tina has been shown using the Staff of One as a hand-to-hand fighting weapon as well.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Abstract
• Black Mirror (formerly)
• Chameleon Glamour Charm (formerly)
• Eye-Spy Cauldron (formerly)
• Runestone (formerly)
• Spine of Agamotto

Weapons

• Staff of One (formerly)

Transportation

• Leapfrog (formerly)

Trivia

• Tina and her family are of Japanese descent.
• Tina and Robert raised Nico in the Christian faith and they attended church every Sunday.

See Also

• 16 appearance(s) of Tina Minoru (Earth-616)
• 10 minor appearance(s) of Tina Minoru (Earth-616)
• 15 mention(s) of Tina Minoru (Earth-616)
• 43 image(s) of Tina Minoru (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Tina Minoru (Earth-616)
• 7 item(s) used/owned by Tina Minoru (Earth-616)