Siena Blaze

OriginAs a teenager living in New Mexico, Siena Blaze found out she was a mutant who could manipulate the electromagnetic field of Earth. Despite her father's best attempts to warn her of her tampering with the Earth's energy endangering the entire planet, Siena didn't really care and continued to abuse her powers for excitement and personal game.Pursuing a life of crime, Siena was eventually approached by Trevor Fitzroy who aided Siena in escaping from the police and convinced her to join the Gamesmaster's Upstarts, a team of like-minded thrill-seekers who participate in contests to see who can kill the most mutants.CreationSiena Blaze was created by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo and first appeared in X-Men Unlimited issue 1 (June 1993). Although, like several other characters from this period, her first published appearance was in a preview in Stryfe's Strike File issue 1 (January 1993).Character EvolutionSiena Blaze was one of many of the villains introduced in the 90s X-Men boom and was created mainly to capitalize on the popularity of the franchise. Despite featuring in merchandise such as trading cards and action figures, Siena's appearances in comics were staggered apart and infrequent. In 1995, Marvel transitioned her over to the Malibu imprint (which Marvel had recently bought out), where she featured as a main character in The All New Exiles. Eventually, she returned to Marvel comics only to be abruptly killed off alongside a dozen other X-Men characters who were seen as superfluous. Despite a brief resurrection, Siena remains dead to this day.Major Story ArcsFatal AttractionsIn her first appearance, Siena, as a member of the Upstarts, attempted to score "points" by killing the leaders of the X-Men (Cyclops, Professor X and Storm). Siena attacked the three while they were travelling in the Blackbird and struck the jet down with a blast of electromagnetic energy. The jet landed in the middle of a blizard. There, Siena tried to take out the X-Men one by on...