Vertigo (Marvel)



Vertigo was a member of the Marauders who worked for Sinister. Vertigo attacked a teenaged Berzerker, who fled and received the help of Cyclops. Vertigo ran from Cyclops and then tried to take him down with the help of her teammate Arclight. But after Arclight was defeated, Vertigo escaped.

When Archangel, the former X-Man turned villain and now working for Sinister, abducted the X-Men Jean Grey and Cyclops, the other X-Men arrived to rescue their teammates. Vertigo began the fight against the X-Men by interrupting their balance. Nightcrawler attempted to help Wolverine in his fight against Blockbuster, but Vertigo intervened. Nightcrawler managed to survive her attack. Vertigo then tried to attack Emma Frost, but was defeated by Emma's psychic wave.

Origin
She was initially a member of the Savage Land Mutates, but later a cloned version of herself joined the Marauders.

Power and Abilities
Vertigo is an artificially enhanced mutate who is able to project waves of psionic distortion into her environment that affect the nervous systems of other living beings, causing extreme vertigo, nausea, and disorientation. Her distortion waves can render others unconscious, and can also interfere with the superhuman powers of others, preventing their use or causing them to function incorrectly. Vertigo can selectively focus her power on one or more individuals, or affect every being within range (the exact limit of which is unknown). Later on in her appearance in the Avengers, Vertigo seems to gain a mysterious new power, which enables her to put her victims into a deep slumber also.