Mirage

**Desmond Charne**, also known as **Mirage**, was a supervillain and friend of Boomerang's. He aided Boomerang and his Sinister Six in defeating the Vulture, and once Boomerang became the head of the Maggia, he appointed Charne as his right-hand man. Eventually Mirage deposed Boomerang and took over as leader, but his reign was cut short by S.H.I.E.L.D., who forced him to flip on his fellow criminals. He was then killed by Silvermane, who retook control of the Maggia from him.

## Biography

Desmond Charne was a holography technician who decided to become a supervillain. Using his knowledge of holograms and 3D technology, Charne created a suit that would allow him to generate "hard light" copies of himself which could physically interact with their environment. Calling himself Mirage, Charne embarked on a crime spree and began renting his services out to the highest bidder. During his career, he became friends with Boomerang, who was one of his few peers who treated him with respect.

During the ongoing gang war between the Kingpin's empire and the Maggia, Mirage was hired by the Rose to stage several false-flag attacks against Fisk's businesses. One of these attacks was the robbery of a tour boat whose company was owned by Fisk. Upon arriving on the boat, Mirage activated his holographic doubles and prepared to rob the guests blind, but was surprised to encounter his old friend Boomerang. Boomerang informed Mirage that he was there with his mother and spoke to his friend for quite some time, telling him that he didn't need to be doing busywork for wannabe crime lords. Mirage left this encounter a changed man, promising to hang out with Boomerang soon and leaving the boat without stealing a penny from anyone.

When the Vulture began recruiting a Sinister Twelve to get revenge on Boomerang and his Sinister Six, he attempted to recruit Mirage. Mirage in turn reached out to Boomerang to ask what he should do, and they devised a plan in which Charne would join the Twelve as a mole. When the Twelve engaged in their battle against the Six, Mirage had one of his hard light copies take his place while he snuck through the Vulture's base and rescued the comatose Spencer Smythe. With Smythe safe, his son Alistair, who had been blackmailed by the Vulture, turned on the villain and defeated him brutally.

After Boomerang took over leadership of the Maggia, he rewarded Charne for his loyalty by instating him as his right-hand man. While Mirage initially saw this as a dream opportunity, he quickly came to realize that Boomerang actually intended to just slack off and party all day while forcing him to do all the actual work. Charne quickly grew tired of this arrangement and colluded with the other heads of the Maggia to eventually oust Boomerang and take his place. This plan eventually came to fruition and Mirage took over as a figurehead, with the other leaders using him like a puppet for their own goals.

Unfortunately for him, Mirage's rule didn't last long before he was contacted by the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D.. Not wanting to be involved in a massive racketeering case that the agency was building against the Maggia, the villain agreed to act as a secret informant for them. The information that Charne provided to S.H.I.E.L.D. allowed them to infiltrate the Palace during a meeting between the Sinister Six and the Foreigner's forces. Mirage then began to live in fear, which proved to be founded when Silvermane returned to New York and murdered him to retake control of the Maggia.

## Powers and abilities

### Abilities

* **Genius inventor and engineer**
* **Genius laser technologist**

## Equipment

* **Mirage suit**
	+ **Hard light image projection**

## Trivia

* In Marvel Comics, Desmond Charne (aka Mirage) is a C-list supervillain who fought heroes like Spider-Man and the Punisher. He first appeared in *The Amazing Spider-Man* #156.