"She's a Killer Queen, gunpowder, guillotine, dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind!" - Freddie Mercury, Killer Queen 1974.
A short list of some of the most dangerous women in the Marvel Universe…. The Killer Queens.
Selene Gallio- The Black Queen
Selene was born 17,000 years ago in central Europe, “After the Oceans swallowed Atlantis” and “Before the rise of the sons of Aryas”. Selene’s mother was young when she bore her, but would be dead before Selene spoke her first words. The tribal elders ordered her mother’s people to sacrifice themselves to Selene until none remained. They thus gave her sustenance and her name.
Selene gathered mutants with deadly abilities, including Wither, Senyaka, Blink, Mortis, and of course Eliphas. They traveled around the world, reanimating long dead friends and foes of the X-Men, before journeying finally to Genosha, where 16 million mutants had been killed by Wild Sentinels sent by Cassandra Nova.
Powers and Abilities
Life force absorption
Psychic Vampire
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Endurance and Reflexes
Superhuman Speed
Telekinetic Animation
Inanimate Disintegration
Pyrokinesis
Telepathy
Psi-screen
Mental bolts
Hypnotic Trance
Astral Projection
Immortal
Rapid Healing
Sorcery
Darkforce/Shadow Manipulation
Emma Frost – The White Queen
Emma’s beauty and talents brought her an invitation to join the Hellfire Club, an elite social organization of the world’s wealthy and powerful figures, as a stripper. As a dancer/stripper at the Hellfire Club, Frost was approached by Professor Charles Xavier and Dr. Moira MacTaggart to join a new team of X-Men.Under Shaw and Frost, the Inner Circle was dominated by superhuman mutants. Frost recruited young superhuman mutants and trained them in the use of their powers at her school, so that they might use those powers on the Inner Circle’s behalf.
Powers and Abilities
Psychic Surgery
Trauma Healing (psychic)
Psionic Shielding
Psionic Shield Removal
Telepathy
Mind Cloaking
Telepathic Illusions
Telepathic Camouflage
Absorb Information
Astral Projection
Power Inhibition
Download information
Pain inducement
Intuitive multilingualism
Mental amnesia, detection, paralysis and sedation
Personality alteration
Mind control, link and transfer
Neural Jumpstart
Possession
Psionic Blasts
Telepathic Tracking
Limited Psychometry
Light Spears
Latent Telekinesis
Organic Diamond form
Superhuman Strength, Stamina and Durability
Psychic Immunity
Elizabeth Braddock – The Red Queen (Earth-811)
Wolverine – Days of Future Past #2
Powers and Abilities (presumably the same powers as Betsy Braddock)
Telekinesis
Tactile Telekinesis
Telekinetic Weapons
Psychic Knife
Psychic Katana
Psychic Bow and Arrow
Psychic Crossbow
Psychic Spiked Flail
Psychic Claws
Force Fields
Telepathy
Telepathic Tracking
Telepathic Scanning
Master Telepathic Combatant
Telepathic Illusions
Amnesia
Mental Paralysis
Psionics
Psionic Shadow
Psionic Blasts
Psionic Immunity
Astral Projection
Precognition
Madelyn Pryor – The Goblin Queen
Madelyne always bore a striking resemblance to the (then) presumed deceased Jean Grey. Numerous individuals mistook her for Jean reborn. In reality, she was a clone of Jean created by Mister Sinister.
In her dreams, Maddie was approached by the demon, S’ym, who toyed with her self doubt and tempted her with great power. Madelyne slowly lost herself to the dark side of her personality and manifested a black tattered uniform.
Mr. Sinister found that a union between the X-Men, Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey (Marvel Girl), would produce a powerful mutant. Sinister hoped he could control such a mutant and use it to defeat Apocalypse.Madelyn Pryor returns as the Goblin Queen to Battleworld.
Powers and Abilities
Telepathy
Telepathic Cloak
Psionic Shield
Psionic Blasts
Psionic Siphoning
Telepathic Camouflage
Telepathic Illusions
Mind Control
Mind Possession
Mind Transferal
Mind Alteration
Mental Paralysis
Mental Amnesia
Mental Detection
Induce Pain
Astral Projection
Astral Teleportation
Psychic Vampirism
Phoenix Spark
Sorcery
Reality Warping
Adriana Soria – The Spider Queen
In the early days of World War II, Adriana “Ana” Soria joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. Fearing that America was not powerful enough to contain Japanese and Soviet ambitions, efforts were made late in the war to resume the Super-Soldier experiments that had produced Captain America.
Later on, she fought against the cured Captain America, and almost defeated him. However, Venom managed to fatally wound her with Captain America’s shield. Suddenly, she started to mutate into a twenty-eight stories tall spider-monster, drawing power form all the mutated New Yorkers. While she was fighting off dozens of superheroes, Spider-Man used Doctor Octopus’ old octo-bots to distribute the cure to the millions of New Yorkers.
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