Vertigo (Marvel Comics) - Definition

Vertigo is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Universe and one of the Marauders, and an enemy of the X-Men.

Vertigo is a native of the Savage Land and obtained superhuman powers at a young age by genetic engineering. Her powers enable her to inflict a person with severe dizziness and even unconciousness. She became a member of a group of mutants known as the Savage Land Mutates, and in this group she battled the X-Men. After a while, she joined the Marauders, who were a group of mutants working as assasins for a mad scientist named Mr. Sinister. The scientist wanted his assasins to destroy a large community of mutants, known as the Morlocks, who lived under New York City. Though they did not kill all of the Morlocks, they did succeed in anihilating a large number of the underground mutants. While the Marauders were accomplishing this, they also clashed with the X-Men.

When the X-men were able to stop the Marauders from destroying all of the Morlocks, Sinister sent Vertigo along with the others to fight the X-men in New York City. This huge battle was known as the "Inferno".