Gallio, Selene
 
COSTUME GALLERY
CANON LOOKS
Black Queen (Flashback)-
X-Force #11
(2009)
Dark Priestess-
New Mutants #9
(1984)
Selene
Uncanny X-Men #184
(1984)
Selene
Uncanny X-Men #184
(1984)
Selene
X-Men Classic #88
(1993)
Black Queen-
X-Man #7
(1995)
Black Queen-
Uncanny X-Men #452
(2005)
Black Queen
Uncanny X-Men #454
(2005)
Black Queen-
New X-Men #32
(2007)
Black Queen-
New X-Men #32
(2007)
Black Queen
X-Necrosha #1
(2009)
Black Queen
X-Necrosha #1
(2009)
Selene
X-Force #25
(2010)
The Dark Goddess
X-Force #25
(2010)
Selene
X-Men #11
(2014)
Selene
X-Men #11
(2014)
Dr. Selene Gallio
Captain America #1
(2018)
Selene
Captain America #1
(2018)
Selene
Captain America #1
(2018)
Selene
Captain America #1
(2018)
 
Selene
Wolverine Annual #1
(2019)
Black Priestess-**-**-
X-Corp #2
(2021)
Selene-
Immortal X-Men #1
(2022)
 
ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
Black Queen
(Earth-8096)
Wolverine and the X-Men Episode 23
(2009)
Mistress Maxima
(Earth-9602)
JLX Unleashed #1
(1997)
Black Queen-
(Earth-37072)
Exiles #56
(2009)
Black Queen
(Earth-9997)
Universe X #2
(2000)
Selene
(Earth-TRN414)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Black Queen
(Earth-??)
New Mutants Forever #1
(2010)
Black Queen
(Earth-??)
New Mutants Forever #1
(2010)
Black Queen
(Earth-??)
New Mutants Forever #3
(2010)
   
Black Queen
(Earth-??)
New Mutants Forever #4
(2010)
Selene
(Earth-??)
X-Men: Battle of the Atom Mobile Game
(2014)
   

-Micro by Darksun

-**-**-Micro by Iceman

PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Selene Gallio
ALIASES Dark Goddess; Black Queen, Black Priestess, Dark Priestess
IDENTITY Secret
OCCUPATION Goddess (self-styled)
CITIZENSHIP Roman
PLACE OF BIRTH Nova Roma
PLACE OF DEATH Genosha
CAUSE OF DEATH Stabbed in the heart by Warpath.
MARITAL STATUS Widowed
KNOWN RELATIVES Marcus Domitius Gallio (husband, deceased)
GROUP AFFILIATION Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club; former leader of the Upstarts; Externals
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
HEIGHT 5'10"
WEIGHT 130 lbs.
EYES Red
HAIR Black

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

None
POWERS & ABILITIES
POWER CLASSIFICATION Selene is an Alpha-level mutant.
STRENGTH LEVEL Selene possesses superhuman strength, enabling her to lift (press) about 1,500 pounds under optimal conditions.
POWERS By psionically draining the life forces of other human beings into herself, by physical touch. If she drained a person’s entire life force from him or her, the victim dies and the victim’s body crumbles into dust. It is unknown how often Selene must drain life force from another human in order to survive. It is known, that great expenditure of power causes Selene to age, but she can rejuvenate herself by absorbing more life force. Selene will not age as long as she maintains her supply of absorbed life force.

If Selene drains only part of a victims life force, Selene achieves a measure of psychic control over her victim’s mind. Through unknown means, Selene can cause a human being to become a psychic vampire like herself, but be subordinate to Selene’s own will.

Selene has physical strength, stamina, speed, and reaction time that are all several times greater than those of a normal woman.

Selene has the ability to momentarily move at speeds rivaling those of Quicksilver.

Selene has the ability called Shadow-Morphing - which allows her to dematerialize or use solid tendrills of darkness to manipulate objects

Selene's telekinetic abilities give her complete psionic control over inanimate objects.

Selene can cause inanimate objects to move according to her will by projecting part of her absorbed life force into them.

She can cause inanimate objects in her presence to disintegrate. She cannot, however, rearrange the atomic or molecular structure of matter.

Selene could psionically generate and project intense heat and flame from and around her body or direct it at certain distances. The exact radius remains unknown. She was also able to manipulate flame created from other sources and could magnify their intensity or snuff them. The flames Selene generated could also be illusory in effect; for example, she could focus the power on an object making it appear to be on fire while it was not being damaged by the flames at all. Selene instinctively created a psionic force field about her entire body that protected her from the effects of the heat and flame she created and from other sources as well

Selene is capable of displaying various psionic feats with the minds of others including reading and communicating with thoughts over vast distances.

Selene possesses a psychic mental shield to protect her from psychic attacks.

Selene can project psionic force bolts which have no physical effects but which can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain or unconsciousness.

Selene can induce a momentary hypnotic trance state in people around her. Often used along with her speed to create the illusion of teleportation.

Her aging process is greatly retarded and she can apparently regenerate injured or missing cells from even near-fatal injuries.

Selene has the ability to endure injuries (within unknown limits) without lasting harm or even feeling pain such as knife wounds.

LIMITATIONS Unrevealed
ABILITIES Selene possesses considerable magical abilities, having gained a great deal of mystical knowledge over the millennia. The number of magical effects that she can create has yet to be catalogued, but it is known that she can cast and counteract spells and summon extra-dimensional demons.
NOTES Selene is a type of mutant, an immortal External. She has been around for at least a few centuries, but claims to have been old when human beings were just appearing.
PARAPHERNALIA
WEAPONS None
OTHER ACCESSORIES None
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FIRST APPEARANCE New Mutants #9 (1983)
ORIGIN New Mutants #9-11 (1983)
LAST APPEARANCE X-Force #25 (2012)