History Characters / Dazzler

* ElementalPowers: Sound into light.

* EnergyWeapon: Her primary form of attack.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: A visual trademark of her powers.
* {{Expy}}: the "pop singer with a secret identity" plot would later find itself as the basis of two popular TV series aimed at young girls, ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' and ''Series/HannahMontana.''
** In-universe arguably DJ/Mark Sheppard from ''New X-Men'', who could directly convert different types of music into various effects: Dance music allows him to manipulate light, Gospel lets him fly, while [[ThePowerOfRock Rock and Roll gives him energy blasts]].
** Marvel tried the idea of a singer/superhero, again in the 90's with Nightcat.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: [[DependingOnTheWriter Sometimes]]

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Invoked with her half-sister Mortis who emits dark energy instead of light.
* ([[MagicIdolSinger Magic]]) IdolSinger : Well, she's Caucasian AND a mutant, but she's pretty close.
* MakeMeWannaShout: On one occasion released all her stored sound energy in a scream.

** In addiction, her half-sister's TouchOfDeath just doesn't work on her, which is a quite common occurrence between siblings in TheVerse.
* OutdatedOutfit: Not the one pictured above, but the page image for FadSuper. it doesn't help that she was created to cash in on the disco craze. By the time she was finally introduced, the "DiscoSucks" backlash had already come, making her instantly dated. One can only think that there was more than a little insult to Disco and having a disco tie-in character forced upon Claremont and Byrne when they introduced her in a "disco" that owed more to MoralGuardians' worst nightmares of [=CBGB's=] in New York and The Masque in Los Angeles than Studio 54.
* ThePowerOfRock: What? Did you ''really'' expect her music not to evolve with the times?
** Given her "sound into light" powers, she can make this literal.

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: As seen on this page, many Marvel writers have tried to update Dazzler's music genres to keep her relevant.

* SliceOfLife: Her original genre.

** When people realized just how powerful her abilities really are, she became more badass as well. The more sound or light there is, the more energy she can charge and release, meaning enough light can make her sound powers [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]]-level, and enough sound can make her light powers WaveMotionGun-level. She's fine-tuned her light powers enough to make holograms, and the HardLight ability means while it's extremely difficult for her, she can be the poor man's ComicBook/GreenLantern. At one point Galactus had her absorb the sound of ''an exploding solar system'' so she would be charged enough to retrieve something out of a black hole for him. She also gets immunity to sound or light attacks as a bonus; bad news for your average [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]-wielding opponent.
** In ''"What if? Infinity "'' she managed what Black Bolt couldn't and converted one of his screams into a beam powerful to obliterate Thanos.

* UnexplainedRecovery: She has died multiple times and resurrected without much of an explanation (even for ComicBookDeath). This was discussed by her teammates when this occurred twice in quick succession while on [[{{ComicBook/Excalibur}} Excalibur]] but so far nothing has come of it.

* CainAndAbel: She is the evil half-sister of ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}.

* [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Woobie Destroyer Of Lives]]

* RessurrectiveImmortality: To an extent. If she were to say, die from a gunshot wound or a stabbing, she would come back to life. If you tear her to shreds the way Nimrod did it, she will not.

* LightEmUp: The crux of her powers revolves around the use of photons and light by using sound as a fuel. She can either blind people with her powers of use a concussive beam of photons, among other things.

* MasterOfIllusion: With enough concentration and sonic energy, she can create three-dimensional holograms. This power is largely forgotten, though, in favor of her [[IncrediblyLamePun flashier]] powers.

The musically-inclined Alison Blaire is introduced as a young mutant who has no desire to be a hero or villain, but just wants to use her powers to entertain and further her IdolSinger career. Although initially popular, after coming out as a mutant to help quell anti-mutant sentiment, the public rejects her. After a short stint as a back-up keyboard player, she joined the ''Comicbook/XMen'' and developed a romance with [[Characters/XMenMojoverse Longshot]]. After a long time in limbo, she resurfaced as a successful techno-trance musician and rejoined the X-Men.

* SpecialGuest: In many of the early issues, popular established Marvel heroes such as Franchise/SpiderMan, the X-Men and ComicBook/TheAvengers as well as such villains as Dr. Doom. Also, her first appearance was as a guest star in X-Men.

* UnexplainedRecovery: She has died multiple times and resurrected without much of an explanation (even for ComicBookDeath). This was discussed by her teammates when this occurred twice in quick succession while on [[{{Comicbook/Excalibur}} Excalibur]] but so far nothing has come of it.

!!Dazzler

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: As seen on this page, many Marvel writers have tried to update Dazzler's music genres to make her relevant to the era.

* SpiritualSuccessor: the "pop singer with a secret identity" plot would later find itself as the basis of two popular TV series aimed at young girls, ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' and ''Series/HannahMontana.''
** In-universe arguably DJ/Mark Sheppard from ''New X-Men'', who could directly convert different types of music into various effects: Dance music allows him to manipulate light, Gospel lets him fly, while [[ThePowerOfRock Rock and Roll gives him energy blasts]].
** Marvel tried the idea of a singer/superhero, again in the 90's with Nightcat.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her original costume had a slit that depending on the artist could stretch as low as her navel.

** In addiction, her half-sister's TouchOfDeath just doesn't work on her, which is a quite common occurence between siblings in TheVerse.

* HiddenDepths: Although her concern for her music career seems pretty shallow she was compassionate enough to figure out that [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] was just a NonMaliciousMonster that only wanted to be left alone.

* OutdatedOutfit: Not the one pictured above, but the page image for FadSuper. it doesn't help that she was created to cash in on the disco craze.
** Even worse -- by the time she was finally introduced, the "Disco Sucks" backlash had already come, making her immediately an UnintentionalPeriodPiece. One can only think that there was more than a little TakeThat to Disco and having a disco tie-in character forced upon Claremont and Byrne when they introduced her in a "disco" that owed more to MoralGuardians' worst nightmares of [=CBGB's=] in New York and The Masque in Los Angeles than Studio 54.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One whose powers have evolved the most ever since her introduction. While they're always light-and-sound-based, many of her abilities have been retconned or forgotten or modified thoughout the years.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Klaw, a villain literally made of living sound, made the mistake of attacking her, she fought back with her sound-absorbing powers and, to her own surprise and horror, basically ''ate him.'' [[ComicBookDeath (He got better.)]]

The musically-inclined Alison Blaire is introduced as a young mutant who has no desire to be a hero or villain, but just wants to use her powers to entertain and further her IdolSinger career. Although initially popular, after coming out as a mutant to help quell anti-mutant sentiment, the public rejects her. After a short stint as a back-up keyboard player, she joined the ''Comicbook/XMen'' and developed a romance with ComicBook/{{Longshot}}. After a long time in limbo, she resurfaced as a successful techno-trance musician and rejoined the X-Men.