Vengeance

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Real Name

Michael Badilino

Current Alias

Vengeance

Relatives

father, mother, sister (Badilino family, deceased)

Affiliation

Midnight Sons, Agent Uno's task force, NYPD

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Secret Identity

Occupation

Police Detective

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 4" ; (as Vengeance) 7'

Weight

250 lbs (114 kg) ; (as Vengeance) 360lbs

Eyes

Brown, 

(as Vengeance) none

Hair

Black, 

(as Vengeance) none

Unusual Features

Orange hellfire, demonic looking skull as Vengeance.

Origin

Origin

Badilino became Vengeance due to Mephisto's manipulation.

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Death

New York City

Created by

Howard Mackie, Ron Wagner

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Ghost Rider Vol 3 #21
(January, 1992)

Ghost Rider Vol 3 #76
(August, 1996)

HistoryEdit

Michael Badilino was a detective, often assigned to special cases.

Mephisto manipulated John Blaze (as the Ghost Rider) to blast Michael's father with hellfire. The trauma drove the man insane. He murdered his daughters, wife and then committed suicide while Michael was away on an assignment. Michael blamed the Ghost Rider and took Mephisto's offer to become a similar being called 'Vengeance' to battle them.

After both Ghost Rider (now with Ketch) and Blaze battled Vengeance, Caretaker stopped them. He explained that Badilino's family was also connected to the Medallion of Power, which is why Mephisto had manipulated them as well. In reality he had given up his soul for power that was his birthright in the first place. He joined the Midnight Sons. While Ketch was missing, Vengeance filled in for him, patrolling the area around Cypress Hills Cemetery.

Badilino's old enemy Anthony Hellgate learned of the powers Vengeance and Ghost Rider possessed. He captured Badilino and murdered Blaze's wife Roxanne. While imprisoned, Vengeance was experimented on as Hellgate sought to duplicate the power of a Spirit of Vengeance and add it to his own. He was eventually freed by Ghost Rider, but seemed to be unstable, and no longer able to transform into Vengeance.

Badilino joined a task force, recommended by Agent Uno. On one mission he suddenly turned back into Vengeance and massacred both his unit and the criminals they were after. He sought out Hellgate again, and murdered any criminals he came across rather than simply punishing them.

When confronted by Ghost Rider and Blaze, he used a penance stare that was the first step in learning the truth about the Riders' past. Feeling that he had already gone too far, Vengeance caused a massive explosion that destroyed both himself and Hellgate. He was later seen in 'hell' being mocked by Blackheart.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Demonic Transformation: Michel Badilino possessed the supernatural ability to transform into Vengance at will.

Superhuman Strength: As Vengance, Badilino possessed superhuman strength sufficient to lift about 10 tons.

Superhuman Stamina: The mystical energy that empowers Vengance prevents his muscles from producing fatigue toxins during physical activities. As a result, while transformed into Vengance, Badilino possesses limitless superhuman stamina in all physical activities.

Superhuman Durability: While transformed into Vengance, Badilino body is highly resistant to physical injury. He is capable of withstanding great impact forces, temperature and pressure extremes, powerful energy blasts, high caliber bullets, and falls from great heights without sustaining injury.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Despite his high resistance to injury while he is transformed into Vengance, Badilino could still sustain physical injury. However, the mystical energies of the Vengance enables him to rapidly heal physical damage much faster and more extensively than an ordinary human being is capable of.

Hellfire Manipulation: As Vengance ,Badilino possessed the ability to generate, control, and project mystical fire, or "hellfire" at will. Hellfire is an emphyreal and supernatural flame that burns the soul of a person and can be used to burn their physical body. He could utilize this fire in various ways, including projecting it from his eyes, hands, mouth, or even channel it from his body into his weapons like his shotgun, form walls of hellfire, and even create a motorcycle completely out of hellfire.

Mystical Bone Chain Projection: As Vengance, Badilino weilds a bone chains mystical chain that was capable of growing in length, cutting through almost anything, and transforming into other weapons. He could also spew and project chains from his mouth or chest at will.

Penance Stare: As Ghost Rider, Badilino possesses the supernatural ability to cause any individual who stares into his eyes to see and feel every bit of pain they have ever inflicted on anyone in their entire lifetime.

Strength level

Able to lift/press at least 10 tons.

ParaphernaliaEdit

Transportation

• Hellfire powered motorcycle

  Weapons

• Vengeance had bone chains, normally wrapped around his wrists. He also could throw large spikes that emerged from his jacket and on occasion on his knuckles. Badilino himself often carried a pistol.
  

NotesEdit

• Michael Badilino first appeared in Ghost Rider Vol 3 #21 as Michael Badilino, and in Spirits of Vengeance #9 as Vengeance.
• It is possible the entity Badilino bonded to is another ancestor like Noble Kale, or a captured demon like Zarathos.

LinksEdit

• 74 Appearances of Michael Badilino (Earth-616)
• 11 Images featuring Michael Badilino (Earth-616)
• 3 Quotations by or about Michael Badilino (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Michael Badilino (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Michael Badilino (Earth-616) 
• 1994 Marvel Universe Cards #141

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