Malice (character)

Malice is the name of six separate supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first two were minions of Killmonger, an enemy of Black Panther. The third was a short-lived Ghost Rider villain. The fourth villain bearing the name Malice was a somewhat alternative personality of Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four. The last two villains bearing the name Malice are disembodied entities, the first of which became an evil doppelganger of Sue Richards who was absorbed into her own mind and the second is a mutant appearing in X-Men comics.

Malice (Black Panther villain)

The first Malice was one of Killmonger's mutated allies during his vie for the throne of Wakanda. She first appeared in ''Jungle Action'' (vol. 2) #8 (January 1974). She fought T'Challa, the Black Panther alongside Venomm, Lord Karnaj, Baron Macabre, and others. She was a Wakandan mutate with superhuman strength, speed, and agility and was eventually defeated along with the rest of the villains attempting the coup.

Malice (Nakia)

A second Black Panther-related Malice named Nakia () was introduced in ''Black Panther'' vol. 3 #1 (November 1998) and was created by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira. She is a Wakandan who became a supervillain after Black Panther rejected her.

Malice (Ghost Rider villain)

The second villain to bear the name Malice first appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' #25 (August 1977). A showboater by nature, Malice made sure that his emergence was well televised. He burned a wax museum and left a woman to die as well as robbing a bank with his Vault Puller, one of the many devices he used to terrorize the police. While his secret identity is not known, there are suggestions that Malice is a wealthy individual, as he drives an AC Cobra and refers to hiding the money in the woods on his "estate." He was arrested after being defeated by the Ghost Rider using an early predecessor to his penance stare.

Malice, the Mistress of Hate

Malice is a negative aspect of the Invisible Woman's personality awakened by Psycho-Man at a time when she was emotionally unstable after suffering a miscarriage. Reed Richards frees Susan from Psycho-Man's control, but she is distraught by the knowledge that Malice still exists inside her.

Susan later encounters the Infinity Gems, who resurrect the Malice persona. However, the entity within the Soul Gem steals her soul, removing Malice in the process.

Anthropomorpho Malice

In " Infinity War", the Magus creates evil clones of various superheroes, including the Invisible Woman. The clone is absorbed into Susan before being transferred to the Dark Raider, an insane alternate universe counterpart of Mister Fantastic, and killed when he dies in the Negative Zone.

Malice (Marauder)

The supervillain Malice was created by ''Uncanny X-Men'' writer Chris Claremont. She is a member of Mister Sinister's Marauders. Being incorporeal, she has no physical body of her own and has to possess the body of others. Characters she possessed manifest a cameo-like choker around their neck. It is implied that the choker is a vessel for Malice's energy and destroying the choker can disperse her for a short period of time.

In the Krakoan Age, Malice's name and backstory are revealed: she was originally Alice MacAllister, a teenager whose mutant abilities manifested during an argument with her mother. Malice is killed during a conflict with Betsy Braddock and Kwannon, but is resurrected by the Five and given a fresh chance at life.

In other media

* The Susan Storm incarnation of Malice appears in the ''Fantastic Four'' (1994) episode "Worlds Within Worlds", voiced by Lori Alan.
* The Susan Storm incarnation of Malice appears as an alternate skin for Invisible Woman in ''Marvel Rivals''.

References

External links

Malice's Profile at Women of Marvel Comics

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Characters created by Chris Claremont
Comics characters introduced in 1974
Comics characters introduced in 1977
Comics characters introduced in 1987
Fictional characters with body or mind control abilities
Marvel Comics female supervillains
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