Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)

Specter
Name	Dallas Gibson
Current Alias	Specter
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	War College Formerly Corsairs Squad, Paragons Squad, Hellions Squad, Xavier Institute student body
Relatives	Grandparents: unnamed grandfather (possibly deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Cause of Death	Died in the Crucible to regain powers (resurrected by The Five)
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American, Krakoan
Occupation	Student
Education	Some high school
Base of Operations	Krakoa, Pacific Ocean; formerly, Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Carlo Barberi
First	New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 (July, 2003)
First	New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 (July, 2003)

History

Origin

When his powers first manifested, Dallas accidentally scared his grandfather causing him to have a heart attack. Afterward, Dallas was enrolled at the Xavier Institute.

Xavier Institute

Originally Emma Frost was assigned as Dallas' mentor. Like the other Hellions, Emma allowed Dallas to choose his codename, Specter.

When the Xavier Institute began the training squad system, Dallas was placed in the Paragons Squad with Wolfsbane as his advisor. Later for unclear reasons, Specter and DJ switched squads, and Specter became a part of the Corsairs under Cyclops.

M-Day

Specter was one of the many mutants to lose their powers on M-Day. The depowered students of the Xavier Institute were asked to leave the school, but the bus carrying several depowered students was attacked by one of William Stryker's Purifiers. Dallas, however, departed from the Institute early, and went to live with his grandparents.

Krakoa

Specter later became a citizen of Krakoa and has regained his mutant powers by participating in the Crucible.

At some point Dallas started dating Graymalkin and together they enrolled into Bishop's War College program. They were placed into the group with D-Cel, Gimmick and Kafka and together participated in a mission to apprehend Snot and Infestation. Their group later attended the Hellfire Gala and congratulated D-Cel with the victory of her friend Juggernaut in the vote for becoming a member of the X-Men.

Attributes

Powers

Specter using his powers to boost Graymalkin

Shadow Form: Specter is a mutant with a living shadow. Dallas address the shadow as "he" and seems to be able to communicate with him. Dallas can physically merge with the shadow, gaining enhanced strength and speed, but the enhancement doesn't seems to be too big, as he was easily overpowered by Snot. Dallas can also coat others within his shadow. He used it on Graymalkin, which helped him tremendously, because he only gets superpowers when in the darkness, but it is unknown if being covered by Dallas' shadow would have any effect on anyone else.

Notes

• A boy with short blond hair much like Dallas's was seen on the bus that was blown up by William Stryker and his followers. However, he has been stated to have survived during interviews with Christopher Yost.

Trivia

• Dallas briefly appeared in New Mutants (Vol. 2) #3 with Rockslide as Hellion's unnamed friends. Later, Dallas was named in New Mutants (Vol. 2) #10.
• In the New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook #1, Specter was voted "Most Likely to marry a baseline".
• In the New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook #1, Specter listed his likes as "finally being settled in with the Corsairs", and his dislikes as "switching advisers again"; both references to Specter having to switch between three different squads.

See Also

• 12 appearance(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)
• 8 image(s) of Dallas Gibson (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Dallas Gibson on Wikipedia.org
• Specter at the Marvel Appendix