N'ASTIRH

 

N'ASTIRH

Real Name: N'astirh

First Appearance: X-Factor (Vol. 1) #32, September 1988

Powers: N'astirh is a demon spawned in the pits of Limbo, an eternal dimension where stepping disks connect different points in space and time. It is distinct and separate from Immortus' Limbo.

He possesses extensive knowledge of black magic gained through his study of Belasco's principal book of sorcery. As such, he can skillfully manipulate mystical energy for a variety of effects. He could cast scrying pools to view distant events, animate and rearrange molecules structures, fire bolts of eldritch energy and cast containment fields, override the willpower of sentient beings, increase his size and strength, regenerate his injuries, summon forth evil within humans to transmogrify living beings into demonic or unnatural states, and fly with his own wings.

After being infected with the Transmode Virus, he became a being composed of malleable living circuitry. However, his magical prowess allowed him to harness it for his own purposes, changing into a powerful techno-organic being with bio-mechanical regenerative powers and the ability to infect others with the Transmode virus. He could shape-shift into any form he could imagine: He could disguise himself, grow to immense size, or mimic the function of any machine.

BOGEYMAN

 

BOGEYMAN

Real Name: Douglas M. Carmody

First Appearance: Power Pack (Vol. 1) #2, September 1984

Powers: Douglas Carmody was a mutant-hating businessman who initially utilized a surplus battlesuit which was later replaced with a more powerful battlesuit from the anti-mutant organization known as the Right. His battlesuits had flight capabilities, and he carried a tranquilizer dart gun and "power-canceling envelopes" to hold captives. He also employed robotic cartoon animals as guards in his base.

He was later transported to the demon-filled Limbo where the demon N'astirh devoured Carmody's humanity, transforming him into a glutinous demon. When his physical form was destroyed, he survived as a shadow. In shadow form, the Bogeyman could possess people and generate shadowy tendrils. He was vulnerable to flame and was glutinous as a demon, able to flow like liquid through small spaces, or grow and distend at will. He was superhumanly strong and could form lethal claws.