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Banshee is a mutant who can warp reality through the use of sounds produced by his voice. He can use this power to fly, to shatter solid objects, to place people in a temporary trance, or to cause people to fall unconscious.

History

Sean Cassidy was both the heir to a small fortune and a castle in Cassidy Keep, Ireland. In his youth, he married Maeve Rourke, and took a job at Interpol. While Cassidy was away on a long mission, his wife discovered she was pregnant and gave birth to their daughter, Theresa Cassidy. With Cassidy still on assignment and unaware of his daughter's birth, Maeve was killed by a terrorist bomb in Northern Ireland. Cassidy's disreputable cousin, Black Tom Cassidy, rescued Theresa, secretly planning to raise her himself. When Cassidy returned, he was devestated to hear of Maeve's death. Those who knew that Theresa had been born decided not to tell Cassidy that he had had a daughter in order to spare him further grief.

Cassidy left Interpol to become a freelance operative. The villainous Changeling discovered him through the group Factor Three , and invited him to join the organization. Cassidy was appalled upon learning of Factor Three's goals and adamantly refused. However Factor Three captured him and placed a headband containing explosives around his head to force him to obey them. Code-named The Banshee after the spirit from Irish mythology, Cassidy felt forced to obey Factor Three's commands, and performed various criminal missions for the organization. On a mission in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,, Banshee encountered the mutant team of superheroes the X-Men. Professor Charles Xavier was able to use his telepathyTelepathy from the Greek , tele "distant", and , patheia "feeling", is the supposed ability to communicate information from one mind to another, and is one form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition. This information is generally reported as to disarm the headband and remove it, and Banshee helped the X-Men defeat Factor Three.

A few years later (Giant-Size X-Men #1), Xavier approached Banshee to join his second group of X-Men, and Banshee accepted. There he met and fell in love with the X-Men's ally, Dr. Moira MacTaggertMoira MacTaggert is a fictional character in the X-Men stories in Marvel Comics' universe. The character is one of the world's leading authorities on genetic mutation. She is Professor Charles Xavier's colleague, confidante, and was also once his fiancee.. However, Banshee lost his powers in battle for a time and left the X-Men.

Banshee later learned of his daughter Theresa's existence. Theresa had developed sonic powers of her own, which she used under the alias of Siryn, and felt obligated to Black Tom, who had raised her, to assist him in his crimes. But Siryn reformed after the pair were defeated by the X-Men and she was reunited with her true father.

For a time, Banshee was the co-headmaster at the Massachusetts Academy, where he taught the young mutants of Generation XGeneration X was a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe that existed from 1994 until 2001. The series was one of many spin-offs of the hugely popular X-Men, a team of mutant superheroes who defend a world that hates and fears them, this in the use of their powers alongside Emma Frost. However, the Academy eventually closed its doors; during this time period, Dr. MacTaggert was killed by the shapeshifter MystiqueMystique Raven Darkholme is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. She has run several incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and is a foe of the X-Men. Abilities Mystique is a mutant, a shape-shifter able. Banshee, distraught and possibly suffering from a breakdown, founded the "X-Corps", a group of mutant adventurers who came into conflict with the X-Men over their questionable methodology and membership (which included several former members of the Brotherhood of Evil MutantsThe Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is a team of comic book mutant supervillains in Marvel Comics' universe who are devoted to mutant superiority over normal humans. Their roster has been various and has included many powerful and dangerous mutants, and they. The X-Corps were disbanded when one of their number was revealed to be Mystique herself.