CASSANDRA NOVA
Real Name: Cassandra Nova Xavier
First Appearance: New X-Men (Vol. 1) #114, July 2001
Powers: Cassandra Nova is the fraternal twin sister of Charles Xavier, having been stillborn. Existing as pure psionic energy for decades, she eventually was able to build a body for herself based on her brother's DNA, giving her full access to both active and latent abilities in Xavier's mutant genome. As such, Cassandra possesses telepathic and telekinetic abilities of the highest order, giving her considerable power and finesse when it comes to manipulating the mind and body. She can use her power to manipulate molecular activity in order to produce heat and flame, and can produce psi-armor that physically protects her from attack.
She is also capable of analyzing and "absorbing" genetic material from others, a process accomplished by physically reaching into their body and assimilating their genetic signature in the process. When she did this to Donald Trask, Nova did not change outwardly in any way, but could now command the Wild Sentinels which only recognized commands from someone with Trask DNA. Mental control over her body also gave her hyper-regenerative powers to recover from any number of massive assaults to her person, and become physically intangible to move between the molecules of another object.
1 comment:
She genuinely scares me.
For clarification, X-Men (Vol .2) became New X-Men (Vol. 1), starting with issue #114. The series reverted back to X-Men (Vol. 2) with issue #155.
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