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Master of Illusion

Power Master of Illusion
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Representative Illuso
Most villains (and the occasional hero, but this is largely a villain power), if given the chance, will employ magic or mechanisms to confuse their enemies and render them vulnerable, but a Master of Illusion will go beyond merely using such trickery as a tool. Instead, they will hone it into a fine art form; milking it for as much trickery, espionage, and/or personal pleasure as they can derive from it.. Masters of Illusion, having Trickster personalities by the very nature of their powers, will usually not be able to resist playing with their prey. Of course, this could — and usually does — give the heroes the time and/or chance to think up a way to counter the Master of Illusion’s powers, or leave clues that they are in an illusion in the first place, such as a “Blank Book”. Once the villain is destroyed, the world they create usually dissolves into nothingness – provided the defeat or death of the Master of Illusion wasn’t part of the illusion itself… ~ Master of Illusion – TV Tropes
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Ariel

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Ariel is an elemental air spirit who inhabited the island where the wizard Prospero was exiled in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prior to Prospero’s arrival, Ariel was enslaved by the evil witch Sycorax, who had […]

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Ariel is an elemental air spirit who inhabited the island where the wizard Prospero was exiled in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prior to Prospero’s arrival, Ariel was enslaved by the evil witch Sycorax, who had […]

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Baron Munchausen

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Baron Munchausen is a German nobleman in Rudolf Erich Raspe’s 1785 book Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, whose exploits, narrated in the first person, focus on his impossible achievements […]

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Baron Munchausen is a German nobleman in Rudolf Erich Raspe’s 1785 book Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, whose exploits, narrated in the first person, focus on his impossible achievements […]

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Boy Magician (Fawcett)

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Balbo was a young stage magician and the son of Valdini the Great, a famed illusionist. In his first appearance, he and his father aided El Carim, a fellow magician. Unbeknownst to them, El Carim […]

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Balbo was a young stage magician and the son of Valdini the Great, a famed illusionist. In his first appearance, he and his father aided El Carim, a fellow magician. Unbeknownst to them, El Carim […]

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Boy Magician (Narrative)

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Merlin, the Boy Magician was a simple stage performer who used illusions rather than true magic. He was an expert at ventriloquism and pulling things out of his sleeves, such as a flock of doves. […]

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Merlin, the Boy Magician was a simple stage performer who used illusions rather than true magic. He was an expert at ventriloquism and pulling things out of his sleeves, such as a flock of doves. […]

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Buzzard

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A college football player nicknamed “Flash” was recruited by the mayor of an unnamed city to take on the identity of The Buzzard, Nemesis of the Underworld. Flash’s role as the Buzzard was known only […]

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A college football player nicknamed “Flash” was recruited by the mayor of an unnamed city to take on the identity of The Buzzard, Nemesis of the Underworld. Flash’s role as the Buzzard was known only […]

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Diamond Jack

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Diamond Jack (last name never revealed) was given a ring with an inset magic diamond by an old magician. The magic diamond was later revealed to have been the lost eye-jewel of the god Khor […]

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Diamond Jack (last name never revealed) was given a ring with an inset magic diamond by an old magician. The magic diamond was later revealed to have been the lost eye-jewel of the god Khor […]

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Dr. Miracle

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Dr. Miracle was the Master of Magic. He used his “miraculous” powers, called “white magic” to differentiate it from “black magic”, to fight crime and the Axis powers during World War II. His magic powers […]

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Dr. Miracle was the Master of Magic. He used his “miraculous” powers, called “white magic” to differentiate it from “black magic”, to fight crime and the Axis powers during World War II. His magic powers […]

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Illuso

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Illuso the Magician, the world’s greatest magician, fought crime using his powers of illusion taught to him by a High Llama of Tibet who only asked that Illuso used his powers for the good of […]

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Illuso the Magician, the world’s greatest magician, fought crime using his powers of illusion taught to him by a High Llama of Tibet who only asked that Illuso used his powers for the good of […]

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Kirigakure Saizō

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Kirigakure Saizō (霧隠才蔵) was a legendary ninja of the final phase of the Sengoku period of Japan. In the folklore he is one of the Sanada Ten Braves, and next to Sarutobi Sasuke, he is […]

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Kirigakure Saizō (霧隠才蔵) was a legendary ninja of the final phase of the Sengoku period of Japan. In the folklore he is one of the Sanada Ten Braves, and next to Sarutobi Sasuke, he is […]

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Margo the Magician

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Margo the Magician was the daughter of the famous stage magician the Great Presto. Like her father before her, she became a stage magician. However, she secretly could use real magic, just as her father […]

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Margo the Magician was the daughter of the famous stage magician the Great Presto. Like her father before her, she became a stage magician. However, she secretly could use real magic, just as her father […]

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Marvo the Magician

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Marvo was a stage magician and detective who traveled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner, using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but […]

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Marvo was a stage magician and detective who traveled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner, using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but […]

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Messenger from Mars

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A Message from Mars is a play by Richard Ganthony, first performed at London’s Avenue Theatre in November 1899. The play presents an unusual evening in the life of Horace Parker, a selfish man. Horace […]

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A Message from Mars is a play by Richard Ganthony, first performed at London’s Avenue Theatre in November 1899. The play presents an unusual evening in the life of Horace Parker, a selfish man. Horace […]

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Phantom of the Opera

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Erik (also known as The Phantom of the Opera, commonly referred to as The Phantom) is the title character from Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, best known to English speakers as The […]

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Erik (also known as The Phantom of the Opera, commonly referred to as The Phantom) is the title character from Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, best known to English speakers as The […]

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Satan’s Spirit

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Dr. Styx watches through a crystal ball as four people begin a seance. Styx recognizes the vicious “other world denizen” they have contacted and decides to protect them. The spirit entices the members of the […]

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Dr. Styx watches through a crystal ball as four people begin a seance. Styx recognizes the vicious “other world denizen” they have contacted and decides to protect them. The spirit entices the members of the […]

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Shark

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The son of Father Neptune, the Shark (or Shark-Man) was called such as he was often seen in the company of large, man-eating sharks. He once lived in an undersea kingdom, but set out to […]

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The son of Father Neptune, the Shark (or Shark-Man) was called such as he was often seen in the company of large, man-eating sharks. He once lived in an undersea kingdom, but set out to […]

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Tabu

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In Jungle Comics #1 by Fletcher Hanks, Tabu was a White man who, while wandering the jungle, wound up saving the life of a powerful shaman. The shaman gave him the power of the “extra […]

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In Jungle Comics #1 by Fletcher Hanks, Tabu was a White man who, while wandering the jungle, wound up saving the life of a powerful shaman. The shaman gave him the power of the “extra […]

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Thun-Dohr

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The parents of an infant boy died on a dangerous trek through the Himalayas, frozen to death. The young blue-eyed, blond-haired American boy was found and raised by the monks of Lha-I-Ha, and showed unusual […]

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The parents of an infant boy died on a dangerous trek through the Himalayas, frozen to death. The young blue-eyed, blond-haired American boy was found and raised by the monks of Lha-I-Ha, and showed unusual […]

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Zeus

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Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His […]

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Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His […]