Dawn of the White Light

Dawn of the White Light
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
In-story information
Type of organization	Cult
Agent(s)	Northstar

The Dawn of the White Light is a fictional organization appearing in Marvel Comics. It is a Japan-based mutant death-cult, led by the Gorgon. The cult forms an alliance with the Hand and HYDRA and together they turn superhumans to brainwashed assassins. The brainwashed X-Man Northstar then becomes the leader of the Dawn of the White Light and they go on a killing spree in America. Wolverine and some Sentinels then destroy the cult.

Fictional biography

The Gorgon becomes the leader of the Japanese mutant terrorist group known as the Dawn of the White Light when he is thirteen and runs the mutant death-cult for the next four years. The Dawn of the White Light has 500-600 members at its inception and is a Brotherhood splinter group. The Gorgon later becomes the high priest of the assassin cult called the Hand, and the Hand, the Dawn of the White Light, and HYDRA form an alliance. Together they begin turning superhumans into assassins by killing, resurrecting, and brainwashing them. The first victim is the X-Man Wolverine but his brainwashing is later "deprogrammed" by S.H.I.E.L.D., and he vows to take down all three evil groups. Another notable character who is brainwashed is X-Man Northstar, who becomes the new leader of the Dawn of the White Light. They hide in an empty oil-refinery in Alaska and begin a killing spree in America with the help of their teleporters.

They confront and capture Wolverine and take him to their headquarters. Nevertheless, Wolverine brings three enormous Sentinels with him and the Dawn of the White Light is quickly massacred, except the brainwashed Northstar, who goes through the same "deprogramming" as Wolverine.