Origin

Alison Blaire was a talented singer who discovered she was a mutant when in high school. While performing at a high school show, she began to emit bursts of light. Terrified, she hid the fact that she was a mutant from all around her.

Origin

When she reached adulthood, she angered her father, Judge Carter Blaire, declaring her intention to become a singer, rather than following in his footsteps in law. She conceived of a gimmick where she could secretly use her light powers to supplement her act, and all listening assumed that she used special effects. Calling herself "The Dazzler" and adorning herself in mirrored clothes, make-up and a pair of roller skates, she started her career.

On one of her fist major appearances, during the auditions, she managed to beat out the Asgardian Enchantress, despite the goddess using her magicks to enhance her singing ability. Enraged, the Enchantress attacked Dazzler at her show, where a number of prominent heroes were in attendance. Dazzler ended up defeating the Enchantress herself, and began the cycle of being a reluctant superhero.

In the beginning stages of her singing career, Alison had huge obstacles pop up in front of her: She was detected by both the X-Men and the Hellfire Club as a mutant, and both groups wished to recruit her, the Hellfire Club by force. They appeared at a club where Dazzler was performing and attacked with armored troops. With the X-Men's aid, she escaped.

At her first stadium show, she was forced to battle the Hulk, who had been working as Bruce Banner as a roadie. After defeating the Hulk, she was noticed by the secret government organization Project Pegasus, who wanted to study her abilities.

Disco

While at Pegasus, Alison's powers were tested exhaustively, and the scientists concluded that there were no limits to the amount of sound she could transduce into light. When an inmate of the Project, Klaw, who was composed of solid sound, escaped and battled Quasar, head of Project security, with whom Alision shared an attraction, Dazzler absorbed the criminal completely, believing she had killed him.

In her remorse, Alison escaped from Project Pegasus, and was soon after captured by Galactus. It appeared that Galactus had need of Dazzler's abilities, in that she was the only being that could safely see in a black hole. His former herald, Terrax, had betrayed Galactus, and fled from his wrath to hide in a black hole. Galactus super-charged Alison with sound, and sent her after Terrax.

Dazzler battled Terrax and in the end, defeated him, dragging him back to Galactus for punishment. She was returned to Earth, to attempt once more to further her singing career.

X-Men

Although Alison had many men after her attentions, it was at this point that Warren Worthington, the Angel, began courting her in earnest, as he saw Alison as a better alternative to the string of bimbos he'd been dating. Although things never ended up working out between them, Archangel helped reunite her with her estranged father, and find her lost mother.

Alison eventually traveled to the west coast, where she tried her hand in acting. She met and became involved with movie producer Roman Nekoboh, who convinced her to film a movie telling her story, and convinced her to come out as a mutant to her fans. Alison finally agreed, and the backlash prevented them from releasing "Dazzler: The Movie".

Dazzler's career plummeted after this. The only regular musical work she could get was as a backing musician for interstellar rock star Lila Cheney. She was pulled from this when the Beyonder summoned a number of Earth's heroes to battle a number of villains. The Beyonder took a special romantic interest in Dazzler, declaring her the most beautiful and powerful beings he had ever met. After several attempts to win her over, which all ended unsuccessfully, the Beyonder gave up and returned her to Earth.

Soon after, Dazzler was possessed by the entity known as Malice, who summoned the X-Men for help. The X-Men managed to defeat Malice and liberate Dazzler, at which point she realized that joining the X-Men was her best option. This forced her to come to terms with the former villain Rogue, who had been one of Dazzler's worst enemies for some time.

Dazzler and Longshot

While with the X-Men, Alison became involved with fellow teammate Longshot. Alison's training and confidence grew as she stayed with them. However, when she looked within the magic gem known as the Siege Perilous, she saw all the other possibilities of her life, including a possible life as a bag-lady, which seemed to destabilize the team. It became necessary for her to push Rogue through this gem, in battle with the Master Mold, in order to defeat it. Psylocke was forced to send the surviving members through as well, to save their lives from the Reavers, who had taken over their town in Australia.

A reincarnated Alison Blaire was found, without her memory, washed up on a beach in Malibu, by Lila Cheney's bodyguard Guido (Strong Guy). She joined the band again, and not even watching the public debut of her movie could return her memory.

Excalibur

When Alison was called back to our dimension by Jean Grey to aid in a battle against Magneto, who had captured Professor X, Alison informed Jean that she believed Longshot had been killed and Jean sensed that Alison had lost her baby. What actually happened has not yet been revealed, although some believe that Shatterstar may actually be her son as an adult.

Alison decided to stay on Earth, and try to restart her singing career. However, after the events of M-Day, the backlash against mutants got even worse, and Dazzler was as unpopular as ever. She left the States to travel to England, where her music was enjoying a retro resurgence, and began singing in her original stage outfit. While there, she was recruited into the newly formed Excalibur.

Dazzler has reportedly been killed multiple times since joining Excalibur, only to miraculously recover soon after. So far, there has been no explanation as to these bizarre incidents.

Alison will be appearing in Uncanny X-Men #501 and will apparently be a member of Cyclops' team in Astonishing X-Men as well.

Dazzler has also been shown to take part in the upcoming X-Men:Secret Invasion.     

Secret Invasion

Known Relatives:

Bella Blaire (paternal grandmother), Carter Blaire (father, deceased), Katherine Blaire-Brown/Barbara London (mother), Nicholas Brown (step-father), Lois London (half-sister), Longshot (husband), Shatterstar (Gaveedra 7, ptential son).

Citizenship:

Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.

Place of Birth:

Gardendale, Long Island, New York

Marital Status:

Married

Occupation:

Adventurer, former actress, singer & model, revolutionary

Education:

College graduate

Characteristics

Alison

Female

Height:

5'8"

Weight:

115 lbs

Eyes:

Blue

Hair:

Strawberry blonde, currently dyed pink

Dazzler is a mutant with the ability to transduce sound into light. She can use any source of sound for this, with the exception of her own voice, unless it is redirected to her via speakers. She stores this energy until she can release it.

She can use this light in a variety of ways. Some of the abilities Dazzler has displayed include:

• Blinding light
  

• "Dazzle bursts" that disorient her foes
  

• Solid photon blasts
  

• Lasers
  

• Holograms (and solid-light holograms)
  

• "Light fog" which hides people and object from view
  

• Levitation
  

• Flight
  

• Forcefield
  

• Soothing flashes of light that calm her foes
  

Dazzler has also learned to release the stored sound inside her in it's original form, for a sonic blast.

There is no limit to the amount of sound that Alison can absorb and release as light. Galactus chose her to enter a black hole due to this. The Beyonder claimed Alison was one of the most powerful beings on Earth.

Alison is an accomplished skater and dancer, is well trained in hand-to-hand combat, and is incredibly agile, especially while on skates. Alison is also an incredibly gifted singer, once being told by Odin that she had the most beautiful voice he had ever heard.

Equipment

Originally, Alison carried a radio with her to provide her with an available source of sound. After joining the X-Men, Professor X provided her with a special suit that could absorb and store sound energy. Alison has since learned to do this without the suit.

Alison also occasionally uses magnetic roller skates that attach to her boots.

Earth #1610

Ultimates Universe

In the (Ultimate Universe) Dazzler was a singer in a punk band. She was invited to join Emma Frost's Academy of Tomorrow (this universe's version of the New Mutants) but later joined X-Men. When Lady Deathstrike put her into a coma, Nightcrawler often visited her a developed an obsession over her. When he kidnaps Dazzler and the X-Men rescues her, she didn't believe that Kurt would harm him and she eventually quit the team.

Earth #295

Age of Apocalypse

In the (Age of Apocalypse) Dazzler was a member of Magneto's X-Men. She is in a relationship with Exodus and was not among the X-Men that made the final assault in Apocalypse's citadel.

Earth-58163

House of M

In the House of M reality, Dazzler is the most popular mutant in the world. After the success of her singing career when she was teenager, she eventually became a talk show host.

Maevel Zombie

Earth-2149

Marvel Zombiverse

In the Marvel Zombiverse, Dazzler is one of the remaining survivor of the zombie plague. She saved Ash Williams from being bitten by a zombified Bucky Barnes. Ash falls in love with Dazzler but she doesn't reciprocate it. The two of them pair up with Scarlet Witch to find the Necronomicon in Doctor Doom's castle in Latveria. There, her finger was bitten off by a zombified Enchantress but before she could turn inot a zombie, Doctor Doom kill her and Enchantress.

CREATORS

Dazzler was created by Tom DeFalco, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern and John Romita Jr.