Black Vortex, The (Comic Book Industry Events and Awards)

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The Black Vortex was created by the Celestial Godhead, after a Viscardi named Gara expressed to the cosmic being the desire of their species to explore beyond their potential. Gara was the first of the Viscardi to submit to the Black Vortex's power. One year later, a war between the Viscardi left Gara as the sole survivor of her species.

Twelve billion years later, the Black Vortex was located on the planet Kymellia III. After discovering its location, Mister Knife sent his crew, the Slaughter Squad, to Kymellia III to steal it from the Kymellians.

Mister Knife's son Star-Lord and his girlfriend Kitty Pryde stole the Black Vortex from Knife in order to ruin his plans, and ended up asking the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy's help to see what to do with it.

Mister Knife's Slaughter Lords tracked down Star-Lord and fought with the heroes for its possession.

The Black Vortex acts like a mirror which shows an individual what would they look like with their cosmic potential unleashed. After saying "I submit to the Black Vortex," the individual will be given the power promised The Vortex also appears to possess some kind of sentience, being able to show visions of a future in which he submitted to its power to Nova, once he asked why would he submit to its power.

The Vortex is also capable of reverting the state of its users, taking their cosmic powers from them. However, mental or physical side-effects might remain. For example, Iceman gained the ability to turn his entire body into organic ice, and Groot suffered a slight change of appearance.

The enhancements provided by the Black Vortex seemingly diminish both over time and with exertion. In some cases they burn out while in others they remain indefinitely.