Masquerade (Dakotaverse)

Masquerade
Dakotaverse‎ (Milestone Media‎)
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Masquerade
Other Aliases	Tech-9
Affiliation	Blood Syndicate · formerly Holocaust's Paris Bloods
Base Of Operations	Paris Island, Dakota City
Status
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Dakotaverse
Creators	Dwayne McDuffie · Ivan Velez, Jr. · Trevor von Eeden
First Appearance	Blood Syndicate #1 (April, 1993)

Masquerade was a member of the Blood Syndicate in Dakota City.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Transformation: Masquerade's molecular structure responds to his will. He can manipulate his appearance to match that of an inanimate object, animal or any human being he so desires.

Abilities

• Firearms
• Deception
• Leadership

Trivia

• Masquerade is transgender, although he keeps this secret from the rest of the team. His biological sex was originally discovered by Fade sometime after the formation of the Syndicate, although early previews of Blood Syndicate (Volume 1) in other books describe him as "her."
• In Blood Syndicate #2, the narrator relaying the introductory text block refers to Masquerade as "Morph." This moniker is never used by any of the characters during the comic itself.
• He was the first transgender superhero in comics.
  

Recommended Reading

• Blood Syndicate (Volume 1)

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Footnotes

Milestone Media This article is related to Milestone Media, a sub-division of DC Comics, that published the self-contained "Dakotaverse", and later Earth M, under its own logo. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Milestone Media" category. Related Articles Featured Hardware • Blood Syndicate • Icon • Rocket • Static • Shadow Cabinet • Xombi • Kobalt • Heroes Blood Syndicate Tech-9 • Wise Son • Aquamaria • Boogieman • Brickhouse • DMZ • Dogg • Fade • Flashback • Kwai • Masquerade • Third Rail Shadow Cabinet Dharma • Iron Butterfly • Donner • Blitzen • Iota • Sideshow • Twilight • Plus • Starlight • Payback • Mechanic Villains S.Y.S.T.E.M. • Edwin Alva • Holocaust • Harm • Star Chamber • Aquamaria • Puff • Deathwish Titles Static • Icon • Hardware • Blood Syndicate • Shadow Cabinet • Xombi • Kobalt • Heroes • Deathwish • Long Hot Summer • My Name is Holocaust • Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool • Wise Son: The White Wolf • Milestone Forever Events Big Bang • Shadow War • Worlds Collide • Long Hot Summer Founders Dwayne McDuffie • Denys Cowan • Michael Davis • Derek T. Dingle • Christopher Priest