Karma

Karma (Xi'an "Shan" Coy Manh) is a fictional superheroine from Marvel Comics created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. She was the first of the New Mutants to see print, first appearing in Marvel Team-Up #100 (1980). Karma is a mutant endowed with the ability to seize control of another's mind, though she has sometimes been depicted with other more extensive psionic abilities. The origin of the character relates to the Vietnam War, as she and her family were among the boat people fleeing the country shortly after the advent of Communism and in the wake of violence. Her Vietnam origin contributes to two of her main traits—her Catholicism and her mastery of the French language, both of which stem from France's strong and longstanding influence in Vietnam. Karma, in fact, speaks English with a French accent rather than a Vietnamese one. One of the five founding members of the New Mutants, along with Cannonball, Mirage, Sunspot, and Wolfsbane, Karma was several years older than the... full article at wikipedia