She's pink! She's tattooed! She's alive again! She's also being featured in a new mutant-centric TV show, X-Men: Gifted!
Created by Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira, Clarice Ferguson's first appearance was in X-Men #317 during the "Phalanx Covenant" X-Over. Shy, timid, and untrained in the use of her amazing powers, Clarice was a prisoner of the techno-organic alien race known as the Phalanx, who were attempting to assimilate mutant powers. A brave and powerful display of her abilities saved the lives of the future members of Generation X but, despite Banshee's equally brave effort, Clarice's own powers "killed her". Emma Frost coined Clarice's codename (Blink) in a short farewell after the ordeal.
Since then, Blink has been featured in a "What If...?" issue, the alternate reality of the Age of Apocalypse (which displayed the great potential the character has), her own 4-issue mini-series (AoA version), the Exiles (in which the AoA version of Blink led a team of alternate reality fixer-uppers), and has been revived by Selene in the 616 universe (resulting in a small bit of villainy)! Her short stint on New Mutants, however, left much to be desired.
AoA Blink will be returning in a new Exiles comic, written by Saladin Ahmed and initially drawn by Javier Rodríguez. We've been promised that (AoA) Blink's background will be explored.
Outside of comics, Blink featured in the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, played by Chinese actor Fan Bingbing. Blink's reception was overall a positive, which likely led to her also being featured in the upcoming X-Men: Gifted TV show, played by Jamie Chung. Please note that Blink's real name is changed to "Clarice Fong" for the TV show.
Are you a Blink fan? Do you hope her popularity beyond X-Men: DoFP and X-Men: Gifted continues to rise? What sorts of things would you like to happen to Clarice, or see her do? Discuss them here!