Dazzler
Real Name: Alison Blair
Affiliation: None
Previous Affiliations: X-Men
Status: Married? (Longshot)
Relatives: Carter (father, deceased), Katherine (mother), Bella (patnernal grandmother), Lois London (half-sister)
Previous Affiliations: Gladiators
Powers: Dazzler can transform sound into any form of light. Her arsenal includes strobe blasts, solid photon blasts, and lasers. Once a professional disco singer, she was one of the first mutants to go public with her powers, a move which essentially ended her career. Ali didn't join the X-Men when first approached, but went a head with a movie on her life that brought many anti-mutant feelings to the surface. She was also the target of Rogue, who at the time was part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Alison went into hiding in Lila Cheney's band as a backup singer, but her soloist experience and nature made that difficult. Ali finally joined the X-Men after she was possessed by Malice and realized that she could either fight evil or be its victim. She had a bit of a tough time dealing with Rogue, her former nemesis, especialy after a love triangle developed between the two of them and Longshot. When the team entered the Siege Perilous to escape the Reavers, Dazz found herself at Lila's Malibu beachhouse, amnesiac, but still in command of her powers. Stalked by a psychotic fan, she managed to calm him with her light powers before he hurt her. Ali then disappeared, and apparently found a way to rejoin her lover Longshot on Mojoworld. She returned to Earth to get the X-Men's help, and together they all defeated Mojo I. Ali remained with Longshot, and appeared to be bearing his child, but later, when she came to Earth to help save the X-Babies from termination, there was no trace of her pregnancy. In that encounter, Alison appeared to be the titular co-head of Mojoworld, preparing to rule beside Longshot, who was about to be elected President. She took the X-Babies to live with her and Longshot in the Royal Palace, where they remained.
Recently, Dazzler reappeared on Earth, fleeing from X-baby versions of Apocalypse and his AOA henchmen, who had taken over the Mojoverse. Ali didn't even know what happened to Longshot, but she joined Phoenix's mission to rescue Professor X from Magneto. In the first salvo of the battle against Magnus, Dazzler unleashed a huge laser blast, which Magneto bent back at her, apparently disintegrating her. However, this was only an illusion created by Phoenix, allowing Ali to free Xavier and take his place by projecting a holographic image of him around herself. Following the X-Men's return to the Mansion, Ali left. Whether and how she returned to Mojoworld is unknown.
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