Fictional character biography Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)

mastermind tries gain scarlet witch side.

art jack kirby.

after spell wears off, mastermind joins factor three, organization attempts conquer earth. factor 3 disbands when leader turns out alien, instead of mutant. team x-men defeat alien mutant master. mastermind captured sentinels, freed x-men. former members of factor three, blob , unus, join mastermind reform brotherhood of evil mutants.

mastermind attempts recruit beast group, fails , winds battling him instead. mastermind briefly held captive second secret empire. magneto returns brotherhood resume leadership , creates alpha ultimate mutant. brotherhood of evil mutants battle defenders, alpha turns entire brotherhood team infants.

after being restored adulthood, mastermind becomes involved hellfire club, conspire capture x-men own uses. poses nikos, , begins romance phoenix. then, manipulates through use of own powers , mind-tap mechanism created emma frost, uses project illusion directly mind, causing believe living out life of victorian aristocrat married jason wyngarde (mastermind), , black queen of hellfire club. turns against x-men. cyclops attempts free phoenix on astral plane, mastermind confronts him there , soundly defeats him. instead of binding phoenix him forever, mastermind had hoped, shock of scott s psychic death breaks free control. enraged @ did her, phoenix reaches mind , makes him experience godhood moment. experience leaves him catatonic.

when mastermind recovers sanity, seeks revenge on caused him pain. strikes down emma frost, leaving comatose. unbalances rogue s shared psyche carol danvers, prompting leave mystique, while using induced nightmare on mystique let know responsible. next, since phoenix dead, decides use closest proxies revenge. disrupts wolverine s wedding psionically compelling betrothed, mariko yashida, reject him , open dealings criminal underworld. manipulates x-men thinking cyclops s fiance, madelyne pryor, reincarnation of dark phoenix, hoping goad them killing before reveals truth. however, cyclops recognizes patterns of mastermind s power, , x-men defeat him in short battle. mastermind later seeks tap power of phoenix force, defeated rachel summers , excalibur. imprisoned delusion achieved cosmic awareness.

mastermind later dies of legacy virus. before succumbs, asks jean grey s forgiveness did in attempt gain control of almighty phoenix force within her. forgives him, , dies peacefully after using final act save jean grey dying alongside him.

after death, mastermind appeared in flashback sequence revealed paid supervillain known general put 1 of illusions mind of sentry, making sentry ...so scared use powers, [that] ll think world attacked devil if does. make mastermind responsible creation of void itself, evil counterpart of sentry manifestation of inhibitions mastermind implanted in sentry prevent him using powers.

he appear again in flashback sequence when lorna dane discovered 1 responsible accident killed parents. magneto, had been drawn location of accident magnetic pulse, had mastermind use illusionary powers re-write lorna s memories of day, since believed not ready abilities or life offer her, leaving believe parents died in plane crash when infant.

joseph resurrected under unknown circumstances , forms new brotherhood of mutants astra , mutated deformed versions of blob, mastermind, quicksilver, scarlet witch, , toad, clones created joseph.

the daughters of mastermind

mastermind s name , powers still live on through daughters: martinique jason , regan wyngarde. both appear stronger original mastermind; martinique can create citywide illusions hypnotize people believe in whole new era , regan s lethal illusions can continue after has been rendered unconscious.

the x-man pixie s mother teleports herself wyngarde mansion, regan , martinique fighting 1 another. pixie s mother claims pixie sister, revealing jason father.