Mysto the Space-Wizard
In Reality Z-25 31-H, Mysto the Space-Wizard was a spacefaring human magician and sorcerer. Using a mixture of prestidigitation and actual magic, he took it upon himself to protect Earth and its people from supernatural cosmic threats. He was a friend of Captain Evening.
Description
Physical appearance
He was a fairly young man with Asian features. He had short, slicked-back hair and wore an extravagant wizard outfit including a cape with a high collar, as well as a staff with a huge crystal-ball pommel. (COMIC: Tales To Behold)
Personality
Mysto exuded "coolness" and self-confidence, in part as a façade to help trick his opponents into thinking he was more powerful and cosmically significant than he actually was. (COMIC: Tales To Behold)
Powers and abilities
Beyond an ability for prestidigitation, Mysto possessed a number of genuinely supernatural abilities (COMIC: Tales To Behold) including the ability to fly under his own power, (COMIC: Tales To Behold, Singularity War) including in the void of space without any protective clothing, (COMIC: Tales To Behold) He could also use his staff to turn people temporarily invisible. (COMIC: Singularity War)
Biography
Early life
At some point, Mysto befriended Captain Evening, who considered him a close enough ally to be part of his computer's Omega Protocol which allowed him to notify and summon all his “hero buddies” in case of an emergency. (COMIC: Singularity War)
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Mysto once confronted an “omnipotent” cosmic being called Armagedda in the void of space. Armagedda was intent upon disintegrating humanity, as commanded by the Cosmic Order. However, Mysto used prestigitation to convince her that he possessed magical abilities whose energy signature she couldn't even detect. Although realising that he might be bluffing, Armagedda was unwilling to take the gamble, and agreed to promise not to destroy Earth or humanity, after which she teleported to parts unknown, leaving Mysto to make a self-satisfied remark to himself about the gullibility of the ominipotent. (COMIC: Tales To Behold)
The Singularity War
While Kelly and Jenkins were being hunted by the Bureau of Singularity, they managed to capture the Pool Portal and bring it to Professor Madison at the Fortress of Evening. The Captain himself, while otherwise engaged at the time, advised Madison to activate the Omega Protocol. Mysto received the call and agreed to aid with the assault on the Nexus of Realities. After they made their way through the Portal, Mysto used his magic to turn Madison invisible, allowing her to sneak into the Director of Singularity's office with Jenkins, before joining Terry Tornado, Kelly and Rodney Rabbit in a direct attack on the Bureau's forces (meant to serve as a distraction).
He did not fare very well in the battle, losing his staff to a Singularity agent who used it to clobber him over the head, but the raid succeeded thanks to Madison and Jenkins, who managed to bluff the Director into signing a binding contract not to interfere with Reality Z-25 31-H ever again. Once everyone was back home, Mysto spent the night at the Fortress, ending up having a one-night stand with Madison. (COMIC: Singularity War) In the morning, he flew off for his usual airborne patrol, rather pleased with the events of the previous night. He returned to the Fortress rather quickly, however, to take part in the party that Captain Evening organised to celebrate the exposure of Captain Perfect as a fraud and Centennia's joining of the Odds. He spent the day partying, notably sharing a jacuzzi on the roof with Kelly, and watched the sunset with the other heroes. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth)
Fighting the Cosmic Solution
When Robot Madison summoned as many heroes as she could to fight the Cosmic Solution robot when it attacked New York, Mysto was among the first to respond. Using the bird's eye view awarded to him by his ability to fly, he located the robot and directed the others to the right location. He then took part in the first charge against the robot, but the strategy soon proved worse than useless as the robot absorbed the energy from any impact and used it to grow in size. In the end, Mysto seemed to sit out the further superheroic attempts to bring down the robot until it finally left of its own accord after being ordered to do so by another agent of the Cosmic Order. (COMIC: Journey Out Of Misery) He had been injured, later being seen with bandaging on his forehead, though not so grievous that he wasn't able to later return to New York after a brief vacation to help Professor Madison (alongside many other superheroes) with the work of repairing the damage dealt to the city by the super-battle. (COMIC: Epilogue to Destruction)
The reign of the New Protectors
When the New Protectors began calling for independent superheroes to join up with them, Mysto was seen in footage broadcast on Hero Hour among the various New York City-based heroes who headed to the city hall in good earnest, little expecting that within the day, the Protectors would slide from this voluntary sign-up to declaring independent superheroes to be outlaws overnight. (COMIC: Season of the Witch)
Behind the scenes
Mysto the Space-Wizard's outfit, as well as his modus operandi of protecting Earth from supernatural threats vastly exceeding his own power, are reminiscent of the Marvel Comics character of Doctor Strange. The title of “Space Wizard” is reminiscent of the spacefaring ‘Stardust the Super Wizard’, an infamous 1940s superhero character created by the cartoonist Fletcher Hanks, who has since fallen into the public domain; although the actual comics called him a “Super Wizard”, the alternative title of “Space Wizard” is often used online and made its way to the character's use in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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