Mindblast is a mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 supervillain

Supervillain

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 in the Marvel Comics Universe

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Fictional character biography

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, Mindblast was selected for her impressive telekinetic

Psychokinesis

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 abilities to join the Femme Fatales

Femme Fatales (comics)

The Femme Fatales are a fictional group of female characters owned by Marvel Comics and antagonists to the superhero character Spider-Man.-Fictional history:In the comic book series the females are villains and mutants that serve as mercenaries for hire...

, a group of super-powered, female criminals. Her mutant powers enabled her to produce tractor beam

Tractor beam

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s that could move over 500 tons. However, her power was limited to a single beam. She joined Femme Fatales

Femme Fatales (comics)

The Femme Fatales are a fictional group of female characters owned by Marvel Comics and antagonists to the superhero character Spider-Man.-Fictional history:In the comic book series the females are villains and mutants that serve as mercenaries for hire...

, and she was hired by the Chameleon

Chameleon (comics)

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 to threaten an ambassador

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. Spider-Man

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 intervened and saved the ambassador, making an enemy with the Femme Fatales. They then joined forces with the Scorpion and the Tarantula, but all of them were defeated by Spider-Man and the Black Cat

Black Cat (comics)

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. The Femme Fatales later received an invitation to join Superia

Superia

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 and her organization of female criminals, the Femizons

Femizons

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. They accepted, and battled Captain America

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 and the Paladin

Paladin (comics)

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 in the process.

She was later seen at an auction in which the Venom Symbiote

Venom (comics)

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 was sold. Mindblast is one of the few mutants left after Decimation

Decimation (comics)

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. In Civil War

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she was most recently seen allied with Hammerhead

Hammerhead (comics)

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 in his super-villain army. The army was captured by Iron Man

Iron Man

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 and S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

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agents. Mindblast's fate in the ensuing melee is unknown.

Powers and abilities

Mindblast has telekinetic powers and is able to use them to fly and produce a coruscating energy shield that gives her some protection from physical and energy attacks.