Frank Dean

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Real Name

Unknown

Current Alias

Frank Dean

Aliases

The Colonists

Relatives

Leslie Dean (wife, deceased);

Karolina Dean (daughter);

Xavin (son-in-law);

Affiliation

Pride

Base Of Operations

Los Angeles, California

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

Majesdanian

Marital Status

Married

Occupation

Actor

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Hair

Brown

Unusual Features

In their true form, they appear humanoid with bright, wispy skin

Origin

Origin

Alien (Majesdanian)

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Majesdane

Created by

Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona

First appearance

Runaways #1
(July, 2003)

HistoryEdit

The unnamed Majesdanian alien was an exiled convict from the planet Majesdane. They were intergalactic arms traders to the Skrulls. He came to earth with his wife. The couple took the names of Frank Dean and Leslie Dean, they took their last name from a memorial of James Dean. They settled in Los Angeles, California, and used a metallic like substance that could repress their natural abilities in order to live among the native humans.

They bought property in a sucluded region without any neighbours or overlooking buildings, this allowed them to use their powers without being discovered. The deans then decided to create a public persona of themselves which was morally upright and caring LA couple. They became popular Hollywood actors on the soap opera General Hospital. They like to show the outside world that they were vegans and liked 60's music such as the The Beatles.

But in truth they are some of the vicious memeber of the Pride. They even admit it later that they did not wish to have a child in the first place.

They like the other members of the pride were abducted by the Gibborim from the set of General Hospital. They jumped at the chance to enhance their powers and wealth. Sometime later when the other members started having children they all decided that the place would be given to them.

They had a daughter they named Karolina Dean, but from day one tried to hide her true heritage. They used the metal that they use on themselves as medical alert bracelet to inhibit her powers, telling her she was allergic to penicillin. The Deans included Karolina in their will with instructions to take off the bracelet, on the event of their death. But Korolina discovered the will and found out about her true heritage and powers. Their daughter left along with the other children forming the Runaways

The fake personas of her parent were so believable that their young daughter at first refused to believe that her parents were criminals let alone aliens from another planet. She could not believe they were capable of murder, as she stated that they don't even eat meat.

Karolina, after the loss of her parent meets Xavin, a Skrull. Xavin reveals that when Prince De'zean of the Skrulls arrived at Earth to conquer it, the Deans tried to stop the invasion.

In exchange for leaving Earth alone they provided them with the co-ordinates to a more valuable planet for them the conquer, their homewolrd of Majesdane, which was hidden beneath a white dwarf star.

To reasure the validity co-ordinates they offered the Prince their daughter's hand in marriage. This ment that Karolina was engaged to the son of the Prince, Xavin of the Skrulls. The Skrulls travelled to Majesdane and began a long 15 years campaign against the planet. The Deans made this deal as they believed the boy would of been killed in the invasion making the deal null and void. After some vivid dreams involving her parents, she met with a Majesdanian soldier, DaVanti, who revealed that it was her who told the Skrulls where Majesdane was hidden.

Daken, the son of Wolverine comes to LA with hopes of taking over from the power vaccum of the Pride. Daken starts taking a drug that are mixed with Majesdanian blood, known as "Heat Pills" but he regretted this when it started to effect his mutant powers.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Solar Absorption Physiology: ability to absorb solar energy to an unknown degree. Frank's molecule emit solar radiation constanly in various colors. His blood is deadly to vampires, and her physiology presumably differs from humans in other ways as well. He also appears to be stronger than an average human.

• Flight: Frank is able to propel himself into the air at supersonic speeds, leaving a rainbow-like trail behind.
• Light Blasts: ability to projectile energy blasts of kinetic light by compacting it into his hands.
• Force-Fields: Frank is able to create shields by compressing his energy around him.

  Weaknesses

He is empowered by solar energy and is thus less powerful at night.

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