Domino is a Marvel Comics character, best known as a member of the X-Men offshoot X-Force.
Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/co-writer Rob Liefeld, she first fully appeared in X-Force,
vol. 1 #11. In addition to her exceptional marksmanship
and hand-to-hand skills, Domino possesses mutant probability-altering powers, similar
to those of the X-Man Longshot. She often uses her skills as a mercenary, but has also
been the partner, confidante, and lover of the superhero Cable, a lieutenant in his militant
group X-Force, and a member of the X-Men.
Publication history Apart from being a mainstay character in the
first series of X-Force, Domino has had two limited self-titled series, one of which had
her teaming with Puck against Lady Deathstrike and Donald Pierce. The second revealed her
childhood. Domino did not properly appear in Marvel comics
until after a pair of false starts. A Domino imposter, a mutant shapeshifter named Copycat,
first appeared in New Mutants, vol. 1 #98, although the real Domino did not appear in
that issue. Domino made a brief appearance in a flashback in X-Force, vol. 1 #8, and
made her first actual present-day appearance on the last page of issue #11. She appeared
in a number of issues of Cable & Deadpool and joined the first Wolverine-led X-Force
as of X-Force, vol. 3 #8. Domino appeared in her own three-issue miniseries
with Wolverine entitled X-Force: Sex and Violence, written by Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle
and drawn by Gabriele Dell'Otto. The story centers upon Domino and Wolverine's mission
to resolve a situation from Domino's recent past. Chris Yost has said, "It's a chance
for us to go in-depth into a couple of the characters. In the story, Domino has a hit
put out on her and Wolverine finds out about it. Essentially, it's the two of them going
out to get that hit removed." Yost adds that the characters are up against the worst killers
on the planet. Domino will appear in Cable and X-Force, a
new series by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Salvador Larroca and set to debut in December
2012. Fictional character biography
The woman who would become known as Domino is actually the result of a top-secret government
breeding program intended to develop the perfect weapon. Domino was the only test subject to
survive, but her "luck" power was deemed a failure at meeting the project's goals. Her
biological mother broke her out of the project and left her with Father Rudolpho Boschelli
in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Chicago. Domino eventually left the Church and became
a mercenary. One of her first jobs was to stop "Operation: Jericho," which was a remote-controlled
warbot project. Domino wrecked the robot, but in the process fried the mind of the soldier
controlling it. She was then assigned to guard the genius Dr. Milo Thurman, whose analytical
ability made him too dangerous for the government to let roam free. Somehow, Domino and Thurman
fell in love and were married, apparently officially. Thurman had a thing for Dante's
Inferno and called Domino "Beatrice." The two separated after a raid on the facility
by AIM members, with Milo believing Domino had been killed during the altercation.
Six Pack She then began work as a mercenary and helped
found the mercenary band the Six Pack, which introduced her to the mutant time traveler
Cable. Domino worked with the Six Pack for some time, taking on many missions for the
pure cash value. The Six Pack was very brutal in their adventures, often shooting down entire
crowds of people who got in their way. The team, also known as the Wild Pack, went on
missions in Iran, and participated in a raid on a HYDRA base, which Domino participated
in. During her time with the Wild Pack, she had her first confrontations with Stryfe,
Cable's evil clone, in Afghanistan and Uruguay. Replacement
When Cable became the leader of the New Mutants following their break from the X-Men, "Domino"
joined him as his field leader, and stayed with the team as they changed from the New
Mutants to X-Force. When it was revealed that the real Domino was actually a prisoner of
the supervillain Tolliver for over a year, X-Force rejected the Domino imposter and,
with Cable's reassurances, planned to rescue the real Domino and welcome her onto the team.
Meanwhile, the real Domino learned of Tolliver's destruction of X-Force's Adirondack base,
and planned her escape. Cable found her at Tolliver's Italian home, along with her apparently
murdered double. Domino was accidentally freed by Deadpool, whom she shot. Cable sent her
to find X-Force. She escaped on Tolliver's helicopter, and survived a fall from Tolliver's
helicopter into the sea. She found X-Force and joined the team.
Joining X-Force Domino stayed with the team for most of its
existence, becoming its de facto leader when Cable left the team on several occasions.
For a while, she was a prisoner of the forces of Bastion, which severely affected her mentally
and physically. During X-Force's existence, Domino had several solo adventures. During
one, she was forced to kill her mentally ill, ex–Six Pack partner Grizzly.
X-Corporation When X-Force briefly disbanded, Domino joined
the X-Corporation. While working in their Hong Kong branch, Domino's partner, Risque,
was murdered and she summoned the core group of the X-Men to help investigate. Together
the mutants uncovered the truth behind John Sublime's "Third Species" movement: he was
harvesting body parts from living mutants to create his U-Men. They also helped free
the mutant named Xorn. During her solo period, Domino began to search
for her mother, Beatrice, and clues to her past. In her search Domino learned that the
Project: Armageddon, was still active. Led to a secret base in Florida Domino finds a
mutant boy named Lazarus who had the same eye tattoo imprisoned there for observation.
Lazarus turns out to be her half-brother with powerful emotion controlling abilities and
the true result of the Perfect Weapon program. Soon after attempting to liberate him, however,
the Armajesuits, a fanatical group of quasi-priests who were against the project, arrive to kill
Lazarus and prevent him from reaching his full development. Domino discovers that her
mother leads the Armajesuits and is forced to shoot her to save Lazarus's life. She takes
Lazarus to Father Boschelli and the Church she was raised in for sanctuary, although
unbeknown to her, Beatrice subsequently abducts Lazarus from there.
Cable and Deadpool Later, she was employed by S.H.I.E.L.D. as
a member of the new Six Pack. Alongside G. W. Bridge, Hammer, Solo, Anaconda and Constrictor,
she attacked Cable at his community Providence, though she quickly defected to his side after
the Six Pack was defeated by Cable and Deadpool. Domino followed Deadpool to Rumekistan, where
she assassinated the country's dictator, Flag-Smasher, only to find out it was part of a plan to
install Cable as leader of that nation. After a conversation with Citizen V, she then attempted
to kill Cable, believing that he would lead them to ruin.
Civil War During the Civil War, Domino, Shatterstar
and Caliban, under the X-Force name, lead an attack on the Xavier Institute and break
out more than half of the 198, bringing the tension between the 198 and O*N*E to a head.
After her other team, the Six Pack, disbands, she and Cable are allies on Providence, until
a fight with Hecatomb causes the island to sink into the ocean, leaving Cable presumed
dead. Domino is later recruited by her G. W. Bridge
along with Silver Sable and the Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to track down the Punisher.
When a fake Punisher started targeting civilians, she was the only team member to believe in
Castle's innocence. X-Force
After the Punisher stint, Domino finds Wolverine and X-Force in Tokyo and joins them in trying
to capture Vanisher. Questions to Domino's authenticity have been raised when her luck
powers fail her several times. On behalf of Wolverine, Domino is asked to
stop in a cemetery to deliver flowers to a deceased loved one. She encounters Spiral,
Chimera and Lady Deathstrike who have dug up Revanche's body. After a brief fight she
wounds Chimera and the women escape with the body, but Domino manages to replace Jean Grey's
body before the Red Queen could take it as her host.
Domino and Wolverine go on a mission to resolve a situation from Domino's past.
Domino is the first person to learn Red Hulk's identity and is marked for death by him. Doc
Samson provides Red Hulk with a list of people to kill her. When the group arrives, they
find her in a bar with the members of X-Force. Afterwards, she reveals it was her husband
who named her Domino. X-Men
Domino appears post Regenesis, as a regular member of Storm's security team, tasked with
the responsibility of safe guarding Utopia from all foreign threats.. She fights with
them during the war against the Avengers. Back with X-Force
After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men, Domino left Utopia like all the mutants who lived
there. She later joins Cable's new X-Force group.
Powers and abilities Domino is a mutant with the ability to subconsciously
and psionically initiate random telekinetic acts that affect probability in her favor
by making improbable things to occur within her line of sight, thus causing her to have
"good luck" and her opponents to have "bad luck." This "probability field" phenomenon
can be anything from an enemy's equipment failure to hitting just the right switch with
a stray shot to shut down an overloading nuclear reactor. The full extent of her powers is
still unknown. This subconsciously controlled talent is triggered
when she is in a stressful situation. This effect constantly emanates from her body at
all times and is completely subconscious. However, it is also largely participatory—in
order for the luck to take effect, Domino herself must engage in an action whose chance
she can affect. For example, if debris falling from the sky
was about to hit her in the head, she would still be hurt if she stood still. However,
if she tried to avoid it, she would move perfectly to avoid each and every piece about to hit
her. In addition, if Domino were to stand before a hail of bullets she would be a bullet-riddled
corpse. Instead, she must take action, attempting to avoid the gunfire, and would miraculously
bob-and-weave just perfectly to avoid every single shot.
As a byproduct of her abilities, Domino's cerebral cortex emits a current of bioelectric
pulses down her spine to instinctively guide her movements during such situations, which
has the added effect of augmenting her natural reflexes and reactions to superhuman levels.
During the 198 rebellion at the Xavier Institute, Domino was able to consciously utilize her
abilities in order to affect the probability fields of storm clouds above a group of ONE
Sentinels, calling down lightning to strike them.
Domino is also a superb markswoman with various firearms, highly skilled athlete, excellent
swimmer, and adept in use of explosives. She has extensive training in various armed combat
techniques and the martial arts, with Olympic-gold level athletic and acrobatic ability. She
also seems to be fluent in multiple languages. Domino wears body armor of unknown composition,
and carries conventional firearms. She has also used a staff that fires unspecified ammunition,
which can be used for balance when jumping and is equipped with sensors. During her time
as an X-Corporation operative, Domino wore contact lenses designed by Forge, capable
of night vision or, with a triple blink, firing a high intensity laser beam.
Other characters named Domino Dominic Dunsinane
A male character named Domino aided the Scourge of the Underworld as an informant. He was
killed by a rogue Scourge agent named Bloodstain in U.S.Agent, vol. 1 #4.
Other versions Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Domino was a sadistic bounty hunter working for Apocalypse,
alongside her two henchmen, Caliban and Grizzly. Domino was summoned by the Dark Lord to hunt
down Nate Grey. Even though Domino's powers gave her the advantage, she was killed by
Nate, who destroyed her mind by exposing her to all the suffering she had caused.
Earth X In the Earth X storyline, an overweight Domino,
still a member of X-Force, was one of the many people who was a pawn of the Skull.
Skornn In an alternate future, Domino took on the
identity of Stryfe. Coming to Earth-616, she rebuilt the Mutant Liberation Front and assisted
Cable against Skornn. Her Earth designation is Earth-5014.
Ultimate Marvel In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Domino was
introduced in the second part of the "Cable" storyline, that can be found in Ultimate X-Men
#76. Once again, Domino appears to be part of Cable's team and looks just like her original
counterpart. X-Men: The End
In this alternate future of X-Men: The End, Domino, Rictor and Feral are the only three
survivors of a brutal attack directed against X-Force. They are ambushed by shapeshifting
enemies and Domino's luck runs out when a Super Skrull posing as Wolverine drives blades
through her chest. In other media
Television Domino appeared in a several quick cameos
throughout the run of the X-Men animated series starting with the first episode "Night of
the Sentinels." She had a cameo in the episode "Slave Island", voiced by Jennifer Dale.
Domino appeared in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Gwendoline Yeo. She first appears
in "Hindsight" as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants. She also appears in Professor
X's alternate future as a member of his X-Men. As her abilities are subtle in nature, more
emphasis has been put on her marksmanship, reflected in otherwise impossible shots such
as clearing a full table of billiard balls on the breaking shot.
Video games Domino makes a cameo appearance in Deadpool's
ending in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, celebrating Wade's victory over Galactus.
Domino appears as a supporting character in the Deadpool video game. Her appearance in
the game was unveiled at the Marvel Video Games panel of New York Comic Con 2012. Gwendoline
Yeo reprises her role from Wolverine and the X-Men.
Domino appears in Marvel Heroes. Domino is a playable character in Marvel:
Avengers Alliance. References
External links Domino at the Marvel Universe wiki
UncannyXmen.Net Spotlight On Domino