D'Spayre often masquerades as persons trusted by his victims
Abilities
Superhuman strength and durability Levitation Dimensional travel Telepathy Illusion casting Ability to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear, anguish and despondency suffered by human beings
D'Spayre is a creation of the Dweller-in-Darkness, a powerful demon who created him to act as an agent on Earth while the Dweller-in-Darkness is banished from Earth. D'Spayre's first action is to kill the sorceress Zhered-Na who was the one to banish his creator. To do this, D'Spayre manipulates a barbarian into killing Zhered-Na. Over the next millennia, D'Spayre repeatedly fights Dakimh the Enchanter (Zhered-Na's student).[4]
D'Spayre tends to prey on victims who are in despair, using their fear and despair to strengthen himself. He terrorizes Scott Summers and Lee Forrester after Lee's father committed suicide, but is defeated by Summers who resists D'Spayre's illusions and finds resolve in the memory of Jean Grey. This resolve fuels the creature known as Man-Thing who attacks D'Spayre and D'Spayre flees.[7] He then attacks Doctor Strange when Strange is feeling distraught over separation from his girlfriend Clea, but Strange defeats D'Spayre as well, the first of many battles between the two of them. The Dweller-in-Darkness also menaces D'Spayre at this time.[8] He later impersonated Darkimh in a vain attempt to drive Doctor Strange into despondency.[9]
Over the years, D'Spayre has tried to bring many heroes to despair, resulting in numerous failures. In one instance, he manipulates the Fear Lords, powerful demons and gods who feed upon humanity's fears into creating the Great Fear.[12] With their powers combined, the Fear Lords (except for the Straw Man who opposes their plan) believe that they can plunge humanity into a permanent state of terror. Most Fear Lords are defeated by Doctor Strange, but Nightmare and the Dweller-in-Darkness manage to create the Great Fear. They then discover that D'Spayre has been manipulating them, as the Great Fear causes so much terror in humans that they stop fearing and succumb to despair, thereby feeding D'Spayre who becomes more powerful than the two of them. Doctor Strange manages to stop D'Spayre, while the Fear Lords flee.[13]
D'Spayre was also revealed to have infused Cloak and Dagger with portions of his soul, called the Dark Form and Light Form, respectively. He was also revealed to be the creator of the addictive drug called dark-light or "D-Lite" and apparently was consumed by the Dark Form.[15]
D'Spayre attempts to enhance his power by using a Cosmic Cube to draw on the grief of the general public in the aftermath of Captain America's assassination following the "Civil War"[16] only for his use of the Cosmic Cube to have an apparently unintended side-effect when it granted the 'wish' of those who wanted Captain America back by drawing the Invaders into the present. He was defeated in a confrontation with the New Avengers when Echo proved immune to his powers due to her deafness, allowing her to take the cube from him.[17]
During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, D'Spayre is among the demons that meet at the Devil's Advocacy to discuss the threat of the Serpent.[18]
Powers and abilities
D'Spayre's demonic nature provides him with superhuman strength and durability and the ability to levitate himself and to travel between dimensions. D'Spayre also has the mystical ability to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear, anguish, and despondency suffered by human beings, and other mystical abilities. He has telepathic abilities enabling D'Spayre to perceive a victim's psychological vulnerabilities and to project illusions into the victim's mind. He has a vulnerability to physical harm when weakened by lack of psychic sustenance, and his powers rely on people hearing his words, allowing the deaf Echo to defeat him.
D'Spayre created Darklight (also known as "D-Lite"), an addictive drug inducing pain in its victims.
In other media
An adapted depiction of D'Spayre appeared in the second season of the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Cloak & Dagger, portrayed by Brooklyn McLinn.[2] This version is Andre Deschaine, a former jazz musician who gave up his career due to developing severe headaches after a performance in which he attempted to hit a special "blue note".[19] The headaches led him to attempt suicide by jumping off of a bridge just a nearby Roxxon oil platform exploded. After being exposed to the energies that were released, Deschaine gained the ability to drain people's hopes, which allow him to feed off of their despair to relieve his headaches.[20] To provide himself with victims, he established a kidnapping and sex trafficking ring with a "community center" serving as a front,[21] and hired Lia Dewan, a nurse he met and coerced into joining him while in the hospital following the explosion, as his assistant. Additionally, he keeps his victims' emotions in the form of "records" in a metaphysical record store.[22] After kidnapping Tandy Bowen with Dewan's help, Deschaine lies to Tyrone Johnson about Bowen's whereabouts and endeavors to put him under a spell. Later on, Deschaine visits Voodoo priestess Chantelle Fusilier to try and find information about his veve. Fusilier visits his record store and tells Deschaine he can become a Loa if he unlocks the veve. However, Mayhem smashes his records, releasing his victims from their despair and allowing Johnson to help Bowen escape.[23] Despite this setback, Deschaine enthralls New Orleans's citizens and disappears with them.[20] He eventually unlocks his veve, enters the Loa Dimension, and becomes D'Spayre, but is followed by Johnson and Bowen, with earthly assistance from Mayhem and Voodoo priestess Evita. With additional help from their allies Melissa Bowen, Mikayla Bell, and Mina Hess, Johnson and Bowen defeat and kill him with a sword of light, turning his power against him.[24]
References
^Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 114. ISBN0-8160-1356-X.
^ abZalben, Alex (May 30, 2019). . Decider. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
^DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 119. ISBN978-1-4654-7890-0.
^Mann, Amy Canaan (director); Alexandra Kenyon & Peter Calloway (writers) (May 23, 2019). "Blue Note". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 9. Freeform.
^ abMann, Amy Canaan (director); Alexandra Kenyon & Peter Calloway (writers) (May 23, 2019). "Blue Note". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 9. Freeform.
^Woolnough, Jeff (director); Peter Calloway & Niceole R. Levy (writer) (April 4, 2019). "White Line". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 2. Freeform.
^Pokaski, Joe (director/writer) (May 10, 2019). "Vikingtown Sound". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 7. Freeform.
^John, Philip (director); Pokaski (writer) (May 30, 2019). "Level Up". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 2. Episode 10. Freeform.
External links
D'Spayre at Marvel.com
D'Spayre at MarvelDirectory.com
D'Spayre at Marvel Wiki
January 07, 2023
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D Spayre sometimes D spayre is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics He is a demon and was one of the Fear Lords 1 He has been opposed by Spider Man Scarlet Spider Man Thing Cyclops Hulk Juggernaut Doctor Strange Cloak amp Dagger and the New Avengers D SpayreD Spayre as depicted in The Uncanny X Men 144 April 1980 Art by Brent AndersonPublication informationPublisherMarvel ComicsFirst appearanceMarvel Team Up 68 April 1978 Created byChris ClaremontJohn ByrneIn story informationSpeciesDemonTeam affiliationsFear LordsNotable aliasesD Spayre often masquerades as persons trusted by his victimsAbilitiesSuperhuman strength and durabilityLevitationDimensional travelTelepathyIllusion castingAbility to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear anguish and despondency suffered by human beingsThe character was portrayed by Brooklyn McLinn in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Cloak amp Dagger 2 Contents 1 Publication history 2 Fictional character biography 3 Powers and abilities 4 In other media 5 References 6 External linksPublication history EditD Spayre first appeared in Marvel Team Up 68 April 1978 He was created by writer Chris Claremont and penciller John Byrne 3 Fictional character biography Edit D Spayre Art by Brent Anderson D Spayre is a creation of the Dweller in Darkness a powerful demon who created him to act as an agent on Earth while the Dweller in Darkness is banished from Earth D Spayre s first action is to kill the sorceress Zhered Na who was the one to banish his creator To do this D Spayre manipulates a barbarian into killing Zhered Na Over the next millennia D Spayre repeatedly fights Dakimh the Enchanter Zhered Na s student 4 Eventually D Spayre captured Dakimh and pupil Jennifer Kale but was defeated by Spider Man and Man Thing 5 6 D Spayre tends to prey on victims who are in despair using their fear and despair to strengthen himself He terrorizes Scott Summers and Lee Forrester after Lee s father committed suicide but is defeated by Summers who resists D Spayre s illusions and finds resolve in the memory of Jean Grey This resolve fuels the creature known as Man Thing who attacks D Spayre and D Spayre flees 7 He then attacks Doctor Strange when Strange is feeling distraught over separation from his girlfriend Clea but Strange defeats D Spayre as well the first of many battles between the two of them The Dweller in Darkness also menaces D Spayre at this time 8 He later impersonated Darkimh in a vain attempt to drive Doctor Strange into despondency 9 Together with Nightmare he later attempted to victimize Betty Ross but was thwarted by the Hulk 10 He was next defeated and temporarily weakened by Rachel Summers 11 D Spayre turning to face the Man Thing Art by Brent Anderson Over the years D Spayre has tried to bring many heroes to despair resulting in numerous failures In one instance he manipulates the Fear Lords powerful demons and gods who feed upon humanity s fears into creating the Great Fear 12 With their powers combined the Fear Lords except for the Straw Man who opposes their plan believe that they can plunge humanity into a permanent state of terror Most Fear Lords are defeated by Doctor Strange but Nightmare and the Dweller in Darkness manage to create the Great Fear They then discover that D Spayre has been manipulating them as the Great Fear causes so much terror in humans that they stop fearing and succumb to despair thereby feeding D Spayre who becomes more powerful than the two of them Doctor Strange manages to stop D Spayre while the Fear Lords flee 13 D Spayre is then defeated by Amanda Sefton and Nightcrawler 14 D Spayre was also revealed to have infused Cloak and Dagger with portions of his soul called the Dark Form and Light Form respectively He was also revealed to be the creator of the addictive drug called dark light or D Lite and apparently was consumed by the Dark Form 15 D Spayre attempts to enhance his power by using a Cosmic Cube to draw on the grief of the general public in the aftermath of Captain America s assassination following the Civil War 16 only for his use of the Cosmic Cube to have an apparently unintended side effect when it granted the wish of those who wanted Captain America back by drawing the Invaders into the present He was defeated in a confrontation with the New Avengers when Echo proved immune to his powers due to her deafness allowing her to take the cube from him 17 During the 2011 Fear Itself storyline D Spayre is among the demons that meet at the Devil s Advocacy to discuss the threat of the Serpent 18 Powers and abilities EditD Spayre s demonic nature provides him with superhuman strength and durability and the ability to levitate himself and to travel between dimensions D Spayre also has the mystical ability to instill fear in human beings and to draw psychic sustenance from the fear anguish and despondency suffered by human beings and other mystical abilities He has telepathic abilities enabling D Spayre to perceive a victim s psychological vulnerabilities and to project illusions into the victim s mind He has a vulnerability to physical harm when weakened by lack of psychic sustenance and his powers rely on people hearing his words allowing the deaf Echo to defeat him D Spayre created Darklight also known as D Lite an addictive drug inducing pain in its victims In other media EditAn adapted depiction of D Spayre appeared in the second season of the live action Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Cloak amp Dagger portrayed by Brooklyn McLinn 2 This version is Andre Deschaine a former jazz musician who gave up his career due to developing severe headaches after a performance in which he attempted to hit a special blue note 19 The headaches led him to attempt suicide by jumping off of a bridge just a nearby Roxxon oil platform exploded After being exposed to the energies that were released Deschaine gained the ability to drain people s hopes which allow him to feed off of their despair to relieve his headaches 20 To provide himself with victims he established a kidnapping and sex trafficking ring with a community center serving as a front 21 and hired Lia Dewan a nurse he met and coerced into joining him while in the hospital following the explosion as his assistant Additionally he keeps his victims emotions in the form of records in a metaphysical record store 22 After kidnapping Tandy Bowen with Dewan s help Deschaine lies to Tyrone Johnson about Bowen s whereabouts and endeavors to put him under a spell Later on Deschaine visits Voodoo priestess Chantelle Fusilier to try and find information about his veve Fusilier visits his record store and tells Deschaine he can become a Loa if he unlocks the veve However Mayhem smashes his records releasing his victims from their despair and allowing Johnson to help Bowen escape 23 Despite this setback Deschaine enthralls New Orleans s citizens and disappears with them 20 He eventually unlocks his veve enters the Loa Dimension and becomes D Spayre but is followed by Johnson and Bowen with earthly assistance from Mayhem and Voodoo priestess Evita With additional help from their allies Melissa Bowen Mikayla Bell and Mina Hess Johnson and Bowen defeat and kill him with a sword of light turning his power against him 24 References Edit Rovin Jeff 1987 The Encyclopedia of Supervillains New York Facts on File p 114 ISBN 0 8160 1356 X a b Zalben Alex May 30 2019 The Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Finale Will Put Ty And Tandy Through Hell Decider Archived from the original on May 30 2019 Retrieved June 22 2019 DeFalco Tom Sanderson Peter Brevoort Tom Teitelbaum Michael Wallace Daniel Darling Andrew Forbeck Matt Cowsill Alan Bray Adam 2019 The Marvel Encyclopedia DK Publishing p 119 ISBN 978 1 4654 7890 0 Doctor Strange vol 3 32 Marvel Comics Marvel Team Up 68 Marvel Comics Cowsill Alan Manning Matthew K 2012 Spider Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web Slinging DK Publishing p 101 ISBN 978 0756692360 The Uncanny X Men 144 Marvel Comics Doctor Strange vol 2 32 37 Marvel Comics Doctor Strange vol 2 55 Marvel Comics Incredible Hulk vol 2 360 Marvel Comics Excalibur 35 Marvel Comics Doctor Strange vol 3 31 33 Marvel Comics Doctor Strange vol 3 38 40 Marvel Comics Excalibur 77 May 1994 Marvel Comics Cloak and Dagger vol 3 19 Marvel Comics Avengers Invaders 7 Marvel Comics Avengers Invaders 8 Marvel Comics Journey into Mystery 627 Marvel Comics Mann Amy Canaan director Alexandra Kenyon amp Peter Calloway writers May 23 2019 Blue Note Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 9 Freeform a b Mann Amy Canaan director Alexandra Kenyon amp Peter Calloway writers May 23 2019 Blue Note Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 9 Freeform Woolnough Jeff director Peter Calloway amp Niceole R Levy writer April 4 2019 White Line Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 2 Freeform Wolkstein Lauren director Kate Rorick amp Pornsak Pichetshote writer May 2 2019 B Sides Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 6 Freeform Pokaski Joe director writer May 10 2019 Vikingtown Sound Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 7 Freeform John Philip director Pokaski writer May 30 2019 Level Up Marvel s Cloak amp Dagger Season 2 Episode 10 Freeform External links EditD Spayre at Marvel com D Spayre at MarvelDirectory com D Spayre at Marvel Wiki Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title D 27Spayre amp oldid 1125849013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
