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Marvel
Comics Character Profile - Banshee
| Name |
Sean
Cassidy |
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| Nationality |
Irish |
| Powers |
Mutant.
Banshee can fly and also can emit a deafening hypersonic screech
that can shatter concrete. |
| Affiliations |
X-
Men, X- Force |
| 1st
App. |
X- Men Issue 28 |
| History-
Born as
the heir to the Irish estate Cassidy Keep, Sean studied science
at Trinity College and later joined Interpol. Banshee kept his
mutant powers secret, and married Maeve York. Whilst He was
on a long term mission for Interpol Maeve gave birth to a daughter,
Theresa, without Sean's knowledge. Maeve was killed in a terrorist
explosion before Banshee's return . It was assumed that Theresa
too had been killed in the explosion but she had been spirited
away by Black Tom Cassidy Sean's villainous mutant cousin. He
left Interpol and became a freelance agent operating on both
sides of the law. Banshee was entrapped by the the mutant known
as the Changeling, and forced to work for a group of criminal
mutants known as Factor Three. |
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He was captured by the original X- Men in New York, and the
explosive head band that was Factor Three's control over him
was removed. After a while Banshee was invited to join the X-
Men and it was during this period that he first met and fell
in love with Moira MacTaggart who ran a mutant research centre
on Muir Island in Scotland. During a battle in Japan against
Moses Magnum, a super villain with the power to cause earthquakes,
Banshee used his own powers to counteract Magnum's forces and
in the process damaged his vocal chords. Banshee returned with
Moira to Muir Island to recuperate and after a long period his
powers finally returned to him. He was also at this time, reunited
with his daughter Teresa who had grown into a young woman with
powers similar to his own. |
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