32 Facts About Mesmero

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Mesmero is a fictional mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Mesmero was originally a small-time crook who posed as a stage hypnotist at high society parties.

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Mesmero drew the attention of Magneto, who wanted him to hypnotize Lorna Dane into believing that she was Magneto's daughter.

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4.

Mesmero successfully took control of large numbers of latent mutants, and captured Lorna Dane.

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5.

Mesmero was then revealed to be the aide to Magneto, and battled the X-Men in the city of the Demi-Men.

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6.

Mesmero's master was later revealed to be a robot in the form of Magneto, and a Sentinel attack resulted in Mesmero being captured by Sentinels.

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7.

Much later, Mesmero had become a carnival manager and mentally compelled the X-Men to serve as carnival performers.

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8.

Mesmero later performed in a Broadway stage show in New York City, where he battled Spider-Man.

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9.

Mesmero later posed as a psychoanalyst to powerful clients in London.

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10.

Mesmero took control of Excalibur and used them to battle Fenris.

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11.

Mesmero was defeated by Lockheed the dragon and students from St Searle's School for Young Ladies.

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12.

Mesmero has encountered the X-Men on a few other occasions as well as teams such as X-Factor, and the Dark Riders.

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13.

Mesmero uses his powers to convince them they had thrown him off a high ledge.

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14.

When Mesmero joined the latest incarnation of the Weapon X program, the Director offered to increase Mesmero's hypnotic powers.

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15.

Mesmero agreed and gained the ability to control entire crowds with a mere glance, instead of a mere handful of people.

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16.

Mesmero had doctors help her as much as they could and used his powers to mesmerise his mother into believing she was healthy as ever.

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17.

Mesmero's mother knew it was an illusion, though, and she told him that she knew shortly before she died.

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18.

Subsequently, Mesmero began to lose confidence in himself which caused him to lose his powers.

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19.

Mesmero was transported to Neverland upon the Director's discovery of his power loss.

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20.

Mesmero spent several months in seclusion as Jackson helped him get his confidence back, and with it his powers.

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21.

Mesmero eventually lost his powers for good when the Scarlet Witch altered reality at the climax of the House of M event during Decimation.

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22.

Mesmero finally achieved a personal triumph by forming a relationship with a woman who had saved his life, promising to somehow help her in turn.

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23.

Mesmero put her trust in him freely and unconditionally, something he had never managed before without the aid of his powers.

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24.

At this, Mesmero resolved to put his past behind him and begin living as Vincent.

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25.

Mesmero eventually returned to his old life of villainy and became the leader of a newly formed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

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26.

Mesmero first had his Brotherhood attack the United Nations and was thwarted by the X-Men.

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27.

The reason for Mesmero's actions was that he was paid by Lydia Nance, director of the anti-mutant Heritage Initiative, to carry out these acts to paint mutants in a bad light.

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28.

Mesmero was a mutant who has the psionic ability to mentally control the minds of others.

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29.

Mesmero has proved unable to control Magneto; due to his helmet which negates all psychic attacks pertaining to mental influence, and Alysande Stuart with his powers, for unknown reasons.

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30.

At one time, Mesmero wore a costume which allowed him to teleport, leaving only a blip of energy where he once stood.

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31.

In Exiles, an alternate reality version of Mesmero, originating from the Earth-653 timeline, was involved with the Weapon X Program before being recruited into Weapon X, the more ruthless counterpart of the Exiles.

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32.

Early after the formation of the team, Mesmero was killed and his body remained in the Timebreakers' fallen heroes gallery in the crystal palace.

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