Warlock is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .
103-456: Warlock was introduced in New Mutants #18 (Aug 1984) and was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz . He joined the titular superteam in issue #21, and remained a part of the cast until his death in issue #95. Warlock briefly starred in his own self-titled series for nine issues from 1999 to 2000, written by Louise Simonson (who had previously been responsible for killing off
206-647: A brief criminal venture and battling the Arabian Knight , he is returned to prison by Ghost Rider. Although Water Wizard is later employed by criminal mastermind Justin Hammer to battle Iron Man with several other villains, he panics and flees the fight, earning Hammer's enmity. Gary Gilbert invites Water Wizard to attend a meeting at the Bar With No Name to discuss the threat of the Scourge of
309-588: A confrontation with the Impossible Man . This soon snowballed into an Earth-threatening incident as both entities tried to outdo each other. This only ended when Warlock showcased his ability to change color, something which the Impossible Man could not do. Doug's death at the hands of the Ani-Mator devastated Warlock, leading him to go so far as to steal Doug's body. With the help of the rest of
412-577: A different source. After Robbie escapes with the help of the ghost of Eli Morrow , Arcade orders Zadkiel to send the Ghost Racers to hunt him down. When the Ghost Racers corner Robbie, Arcade kidnaps his brother Gabe Reyes and plans to have him race in Robbie's place. This causes Robbie to return to the Killiseum. Once at the Killiseum, Zadkiel orders the Ghost Racers to kill Robbie and to unleash
515-457: A force to rescue the ruler of Asgard from an assassination attempt. During the crisis known as Inferno , Warlock's shape-shifting skills became vital in neutralizing the demonic threats. Warlock was kidnapped from the grounds of the X-Mansion, along with his friends Rictor , Boom Boom and Wolfsbane , and ended up on the island nation of Genosha which was ruled by Cameron Hodge . Warlock
618-423: A group of X-Men from William Stryker and his Purifiers. The event of taking Hodge's life deeply scarred Warlock and after the event, he purged the lifeglow he harvested from Hodge's men and felt uncomfortable watching his team consume food, as the meaning for him had changed drastically. After the attack from Bastion, the team took a vacation and Illyana sensed that Pixie had been captured. Illyana sent Warlock to warn
721-797: A group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , generally in association with the X-Men . Originally depicted as the teenaged junior class at the Xavier Institute , subsequent stories have depicted the characters as adult superheroes (in their eponymous series as well as in related titles such as X-Force and The Avengers ) or as teachers and mentors to younger mutants. The team first appeared in The New Mutants (September 1982) by Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod , part of
824-455: A group of independently programmed agents in a damaged Helicarrier. Warlock later heads back to his home on Muir Island where he becomes re-acquainted with his old flame Wolfsbane and her adoptive mother, Moira MacTaggert. An altered form of Bastion attacks the island. Hope, Psimon and Wolfsbane join Warlock's efforts to defeat this new threat. Later, all would travel to New York and assist
927-402: A large following, he created a resistance force against Magneto. He kidnapped Quicksilver and showed his body tied up to a cross. His actions horrified Rogue and Amelia Voght who sought for Magneto's help. Zealot faced his enemy, but was killed by Magneto who used his magnetic powers to imprison him with a metal cocoon and sent him to space. His death was a message to anyone who tried to oppose
1030-425: A more action-oriented focus under artist Rob Liefeld , who relaunched the characters as X-Force following the series' end. Since their inception, several New Mutants series have been published, either focusing on the continuing adventures of the original lineup, new groups of young mutants, or some combination of both. Individual characters have appeared in various film, television, and other media adaptations of
1133-602: A more benevolent and peaceful one. He also reveals that he cannot cure Nova, let alone stop the Phalanx infection, as doing so would kill him, and he cannot give up on the Technarchy. At that same time however, Gamora and Drax appear on the homeworld, and the Phalanx virus transforms them into a Babel Spire, which summons an adult Technarch Siredam. Warlock is forced to desperate measures: to ensure Tyro's safety, he sends him away, using all of his lifeglow to purge from Nova
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#17327985168121236-528: A new 'mutant' book, someone else would." The name was a modification of Stan Lee 's original name for the X-Men, "The Mutants". The New Mutants were teenaged students of Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and wore matching uniforms, much like the original X-Men, who had since grown into adulthood. These students resembled the "all-new, all-different X-Men" of their era in terms of ethnic diversity. The original team consisted of: The team
1339-646: A new group of younger students known as the Lost Club. This new group of students (which includes Anole, Scout, Rain Boy, Cosmar, and No-Girl) falls under the influence of, and later into conflict with the Shadow King, culminating in an adventure through the astral plane. In 1982, the original New Mutants team debuted in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 . Originally led by Professor X, and later by Magneto,
1442-462: A scene in which Warlock attempts to resurrect Cypher by taking his corpse out of its coffin and showing it to Cypher's loved ones. A new mentor for the group, the mysterious mercenary Cable , was introduced. Over the next year, several longtime team members were written out or killed off. When Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza took over as writers of the final three issues of the series, they included several harder-edged characters: The New Mutants
1545-550: A secret society called the Hellfire Club , and began a rivalry with their young apprentices, the Hellions . After the apparent death of Karma, Cannonball and Dani Moonstar act as co-leaders. New recruits included: A supplementary New Mutants Annual series began in 1984, though rather than producing an Annual, Marvel skipped a proper Annual in 1985 in favor of "New Mutants Special Edition". The first Annual (#1) featured
1648-417: A similar creature, and begins to battle Kenji while the two talk telepathically. Kenji scoffs at Hope, and sarcastically asks if she thinks she can save him. When she doesn't reply, Kenji realizes that she does think she can save him, but he tells her that he thinks it's too late. Despite this, Hope defeats Kenji and is able to get his powers under control via a touch, which knocks them both unconscious. Kenji
1751-503: A third volume of New Mutants was launched. The team is a reunion of the cast from the first volume, consisting of Cannonball , Karma , Magik , Magma , Dani Moonstar and Sunspot . The reunion is spun from events from the limited series X-Infernus . Magik shows up at the X-Men headquarters in San Francisco, claiming to be from the future and warning that Dani Moonstar and Karma are in danger. Once tests show that Illyanna
1854-411: A time she wielded the ability to control magnetic forces in a manner similar to Magneto, but of a more limited nature. She claimed to be a mutate (a mutagenically altered human rather than a born mutant). However, the nature of her artificially induced mutation was never revealed. She was able to steal the powers of Polaris and Magneto for a time with the assistance of a machine. Zaladane was trained in
1957-456: A time. However, he cannot control the temperature of water or combine hydrogen and oxygen to create water. Zealot is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Thomas Phillip Moreau is Philip Moreau's brother and one of the two sons of David Moreau who possesses terrakinesis. He opposed Magneto when he proclaimed as Genosha 's ruler. Convening
2060-477: A tutor to Meggan and enjoyed a brief romance with teammate Wolfsbane, foster daughter to Moira. This romance would cause him to react irrationally and dangerously at times, mainly destroying valuable scientific research because he did not understand it was more important than his budding relationship with Wolfsbane. In a bid to seize control of the UK, the covert intelligence operation, Black Air allied themselves with
2163-442: A wall. Hope escapes, but is rendered unconscious by her powers; she is rescued by Velocidad before she falls to the ground. Using his powers, Kenji becomes a large creature, and he begins to rampage through the city, à la an old monster movie. Hope soon awakens, and she and the other Lights demonstrate their teamwork by getting Hope close enough to Kenji to once again mimic his powers, all while keeping each other safe. Hope becomes
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#17327985168122266-694: A wide variety of weapons as needed. Zhou Man She was trained by the original Zara. Zaran is employed by the Shadow-Hand to steal a chemical elixir from A.I.M. for Shang-Chi's father , a super-villain sometimes known as Fu Manchu. He is then ordered to kill Shang-Chi himself and commanded Dacoits to fight Shang-Chi and Marvel Knights . Zaran appears in The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! . Princess Zanda
2369-599: Is Danielle Moonstar who, likely due to leadership of the New Mutants, he calls "chiefriend". Doug, after offering his own life energy to keep Warlock alive during a mission in Asgard, earned the unique honorific title of "selfsoulfriend". Later, a group of humans called the Phalanx appeared. This group had been mutated into techno-organic forms via the transmode virus, which had been extracted from Warlock's ashes. One of
2472-476: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in Ghost Rider #23 (April 1977) and was created by Jim Shooter and Don Heck . Peter Van Zante enlists in the U.S. military as a soldier. After being wounded in action, he is treated with an experimental radiation device while out at sea. A lightning strike during a freak storm destroys
2575-806: Is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe . This character, created by Jack Kirby , first appeared in Black Panther #1 (January 1977). She was the ruler of the African nation of Narobia and a potential love interest of T'Challa/Black Panther . Princess Zanda appears in Avengers Assemble , voiced by Mela Lee . This version is a member of the Shadow Council who possesses shapeshifting abilities. Peter Van Zante (originally known as Water Wizard and later Aqueduct ),
2678-509: Is a mutant, though he has yet to display any abilities beyond those natural to the Technarch. He is the son of the Technarch ruler who has battled the New Mutants and the X-Men . Warlock served as a member of the original New Mutants for much of that group's existence, and became the best friend of his teammate Cypher (Doug Ramsey). Because of Warlock's compassion, he refuses to drain other sentient creatures of their "lifeglow". Because of
2781-493: Is a response to the fragmentation of social liberation movements in the 1980s. He writes that "Like the social movements of the 1980s that destabilized instrumentalist understandings of politics, The New Mutants recast the figure of the superhero as a contingent political actor detached from an assumed role as a purveyor of liberal ideals." The second incarnation of the New Mutants debuted in 2003 with an ongoing series of
2884-544: Is a successful nineteen-year-old artist from Tokyo , Japan , when his powers first appear. Though originally Kenji just seems to be a messy introvert with hygiene issues, his powers quickly manifest into uncontrollable organic tendrils, which kill his assistant and start to wreak havoc in Tokyo. Soon afterward, Cyclops , Wolverine , Rogue , Hope , and the other Lights arrive in Japan to find Kenji's organic tendrils destroying
2987-612: Is against Shang-Chi , the Master of Kung-Fu, who easily defeats him, although Zaran later defeats the hero in turn. Zaran then joins Batroc's Brigade , and is hired by Obadiah Stane to steal Captain America's shield . He later joins forces with Razorfist II and Shockwave and fights the West Coast Avengers . During the Bloodstone Hunt, Zaran becomes good friends with fellow mercenary Batroc. The Brigade
3090-429: Is an extremely athletic man with knowledge of numerous forms of armed and unarmed combat and of such varied weapons as knives, bows, staffs, maces, spears, nunchakus, shuriken , and guns. He wears a leather outfitted with a variety of specialized clips, loops, and pockets for carrying weapons. He usually carries small sais (three pronged daggers) attached to his gauntlets, collar and codpiece, a bo staff/spear/blow gun, and
3193-529: Is defeated by Ghost Rider. The magician Moondark also recruits Water Wizard in Chicago to battle Ghost Rider, but Water Wizard is burned by Ghost Rider's mystical flames again; he goes into shock and is institutionalized. Ghost Rider then breaks van Zante out of prison shortly afterwards to assist a drought-stricken town. At this time van Zante travels to Saudi Arabia, where he discovers he can also affect forms of liquid other than water, including oil, and after
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3296-616: Is employed by Baron Zemo to acquire the fragments of the Bloodstone, and Zaran fights Captain America and Diamondback but loses. They are later hired by Maelstrom to help him build a device capable of destroying the universe and battle the Great Lakes Avengers , during which he kills the newly initiated G.L.A. member Grasshopper . At one point, Zaran trains a successor called Zhou Man She, who Shang-Chi defeats in battle. Although he has no superhuman abilities, he
3399-524: Is essentially immortal. The sole ability he has demonstrated so far is that he can mutilate and destroy human souls. He did have a semblance of what seemed to be the Creator's power briefly and used the power to create havoc on Earth, erasing people from existence, though it is ultimately revealed that while he may have able to drain a portion of the power of the Spirits of Vengeance from them temporarily, he
3502-464: Is headed by a non-telepathic and more pacifistic version of Emma Frost and headed by field leader Havok . During Ultimatum , the Academy of Tomorrow is destroyed in a terrorist attack by Multiple Man . Former members include Angel , Beast, Cannonball , Dazzler , Karma , Northstar , Polaris , Sunspot and non-mutant Cypher . Zero (android) Zadkiel is a former archangel in
3605-409: Is not an imposter, Cannonball leads a rescue mission with her. They are joined by Magma and Sunspot. They end up taking on Legion . In later issue, Warlock returns to Earth and Cypher reappears alive, under the control of Selene . After Warlock frees him from Selene's control, Cypher joins the team. During " Siege ", Hela empowers Dani (now going by the codename Mirage ) as a Valkyrie to bring
3708-419: Is taken to Utopia , where he is shown footage of the destruction he caused in Tokyo. Kenji is remorseful, admitting that he has fantasies of killing people, and he wants the X-Men's help to ensure that he never goes on a rampage again. After Emma Frost probes his mind, she convinces Cyclops that Kenji truly is remorseful, and Cyclops agrees to help Kenji. Later, after Hope says she's staying on Utopia, Kenji and
3811-646: Is the alleged sister of Polaris , a claim made at a time when Polaris' own parentage had not yet been confirmed. Zaladane was the war-like high priestess and queen of the Sun People , who live in the Savage Land . She attempted to lead the Sun People in a war to conquer the peoples of the Savage Land. Her army's weapons were destroyed by Garokk , so she attempted to force Garokk to do her bidding but
3914-581: Is the name of two different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Maximillian Zaran , a British character, was created by Mike Zeck and first appeared in Master of Kung Fu (vol. 2) #77 (June 1979). Formerly an agent of the British Secret Service: MI-6, he becomes a mercenary and assassin, training himself thoroughly in martial arts and the use of various kinds of weapons. His first superhero battle
4017-505: The Marvel Graphic Novel line , followed by the ongoing series The New Mutants which ran from 1983 until 1991. Like the X-Men parent title, also written by Claremont, The New Mutants featured an ensemble cast , with stories often focused on interpersonal relationships and coming-of-age arcs, blending teen drama with action and adventure. The title was later taken over by writer Louise Simonson , ultimately taking
4120-523: The Avengers in defeating Warlock's father, the Magus. When Nova (Richard Rider) was searching for a cure for his Phalanx infection, he arrived on the Technarchy homeworld Kvch . Nova finds the only living beings are Warlock and his adopted charge, Tyro. Warlock gave Tyro his non-aggressive form of the transmode virus, and is raising Tyro in hopes that he can slowly but surely change Technarch society into
4223-566: The Fantastic Four , but van Zante ends up arguing with and fighting against fellow villain Hydro-Man . Failure follows failure as Van Zante is sidelined by construction workers during a futile attack on the superhero team the Avengers , and is later defeated by Captain America in seconds. Water Wizard eventually reappears with a new costume and alias — Aqueduct. He joins with three other super villains with elemental abilities to form
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4326-637: The Marvel 2099 reality of Earth-16356, Eleanor Camacho is the daughter of Deadpool who operated as the 2099 version of Zenpool. She possesses a variant of Deadpool's healing factor that enables her to revive after being killed with her memories intact. Zenpool appears in Deadpool & Wolverine . Zero is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Zero first appeared in Generation Hope #1, in
4429-590: The Hellfire Club, enter Black Air's HQ, rescue Douglock, and stop the demon's resurrection. Douglock would continue to mishandle other aspects of Earthly life. Despite his beliefs he could handle it, Douglock became inebriated during Captain Britain's bachelor party and passed out, and later experienced temporary memory problems as a result. It was later revealed that Douglock is actually a reanimated Warlock who had been given Doug's memories. He then reverts to
4532-509: The London Branch of the Hellfire Club to raise an ancient demon from its crypt below London and use the ensuing chaos to their advantage. Black Air kidnapped Douglock to be used as the conduit to the crypt. However, after being lost in the time stream Captain Britain spent some time in an alternate timeline where Black Air was successful in its plans, leading to a dystopic future. Using this knowledge he and Excalibur were able to defuse
4635-456: The New Mutants, he came to terms with Doug's death (and returned his friend's body to the rightful place). He continued to serve with the team, which led to a second trip to Asgard. Warlock and two new friends Boom Boom and Hrimhari became separated from the rest. They traveled to Asgard together. They were "rescued" from imprisonment by the children of Volstagg who sent them to talk with the mighty being Tiwaz . The trio eventually joined with
4738-519: The New Mutants. The X-Terminators added to the team were: In 1989, Simonson crafted a saga in which the team journeyed to Asgard , the home of the gods of Norse mythology . The storyline wrote Dani Moonstar out of the series, as she joined the Norse pantheon as one of the Valkyrior . Titled "Instant Replay!", the story in New Mutants #64 deals with the New Mutants' mourning for Cypher, and includes
4841-504: The Phalanx was Douglock , a lookalike of Doug Ramsey who had all of Doug's memories. This entity gained independence with the assistance of the robotic Zero . Douglock joined the European mutant superhero team Excalibur . At that time the team was based on Muir Island , which was owned and run by Moira MacTaggert . While his team-mates were unnerved by his similarity to Doug, Douglock was eventually accepted as his own person. He acted as
4944-451: The Phalanx, and as Tyro before, gambles that his mutant strain of the transmode virus could be able to disrupt the Phalanx strain, and purges Ultron out of Adam Warlock 's body, allowing for his ultimate defeat. Along with Tyro and Wraith , he stays in the former Phalanx zones to heal infected people with Tyro's lifeglow and Wraith's exolons. Warlock returns to Earth where H.A.M.M.E.R. agents launch A.I. missiles at him. He takes control of
5047-426: The Savage Land. She sought world domination, and captured Magneto, Shanna, and Nereel , and attempted to steal Magneto's powers as well. After a series of attacks using the various tribes in that region they managed to distract Zaladane, allowing Magneto to use the machine to regain his power. Shortly afterwards, Magneto executed Zaladane, who was impaled by an object propelled by magnetic forces projected by Magneto. At
5150-677: The Thunderbolts Army. During the Dark Reign storyline, Aqueduct is revealed to be back with Force of Nature, which is now the Initiative 's Oregon team. A power surge in an experimental cell stimulator while out at sea gave Van Zante the psychokinetic ability to control and shape all forms of liquid (including oil) for virtually any effect, such as rainstorms, floods, tidal waves, water slides, and mobile animated water creatures. Aqueduct can manipulate thousands of gallons at
5253-555: The Underworld . Due to a flat tire he is late to the meeting and is not present when the attendees, including Gilbert, are killed by the Scourge. Water Wizard subsequently discovers the 17 victims and turns himself in to Captain America , who later captures the assassin. Several years later during Acts of Vengeance , Water Wizard and many other villains are freed from prison by Doctor Doom to attack Four Freedoms Plaza and battle
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#17327985168125356-638: The Venus Compiler on him as well. When Robbie frees the other Ghost Racers, they help to destroy the Venus Compiler. Zadkiel plans to kill Gabe, but Robbie instead kills Zadkiel by consuming his soul. Zaladane is a fictional character, a sorceress and the high priestess of the sun god Garokk , the Petrified Man. The character first appeared in Astonishing Tales #3 and was created by Gerry Conway and Barry Windsor-Smith . She
5459-625: The X-Men franchise , while most of the original lineup of the New Mutants was featured in the 2020 20th Century Studios horror film of the same name . By the early 1980s, Uncanny X-Men (under the authorship of Chris Claremont ) had become one of the comic book industry's most successful titles, prompting Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter to launch The New Mutants , the first of several X-Men spin-offs. X-Men editor Louise Simonson recalled "Neither Chris [Claremont] or I really wanted to do it. We wanted X-Men to be special and by itself, but Shooter told us that if we didn't come up with
5562-601: The X-Men to stop the Phalanx before returning to his homeworld in an attempt to reform them. Warlock was intended to appear in The New Mutants as a member of the eponymous team, with Sacha Baron Cohen being considered for the role. Warlock appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions . Warlock was featured as the Build-a-Figure in the spring 2017 X-Men wave of Marvel Legends action figures. New Mutants The New Mutants are
5665-510: The X-Men. After surviving an attack in Limbo by demons and the Elder Gods, it was revealed that Illyana brought Legion back into the mainstream reality to use against the Elder Gods that General Ulysses and Project Purgatory were planning to unleash. Warlock was later asked, by Cyclops, to monitor police feeds around the world for crimes that were above the efforts of the local police, but under
5768-559: The adventurous New Mutants, setting rules that they would inevitably break in the interests of helping their friends. During Simonson's run, Magma is written out of the book, and Magik is de-aged back to childhood. Due to his unpopularity with New Mutants readers and artists, Cypher is killed off in The New Mutants #60 (February 1988). Simonson also folded the X-Terminators , a group of young wards from X-Factor , into
5871-623: The assistant of the High Evolutionary in his project to restore the Savage Land after its near destruction by the alien Terminus. Zaladane was allied with the Savage Land Mutates (Savage Land natives who had been given superhuman powers through artificially induced mutation by Magneto), and with them plotted to conquer the Savage Land. In her quest for power she, with the help of the Mutate Worm , enslaved many of
5974-467: The better, and his dark tendencies appear to be heading him down the path of villainy. He has talked about betraying Hope, and he has mentioned that he believes he would be a lot like Magneto and his Brotherhood or Quentin Quire if he weren't tied to Hope. Additionally, whether subconsciously or not, he has created messages in his room talking about how there is "No Hope" and "No Future." Kenji Uedo
6077-537: The characters' personal relationships and struggles with controlling their powers. After " M-Day ", the cataclysmic event that decimated the world's mutant population, only 27 of the 182 students enrolled at the Xavier Institute retained their powers. The New Mutants and the other training squads were disbanded, and the remaining students were folded into a single junior team, the New X-Men. In May 2009,
6180-471: The city. After Cyclops, Wolverine, and Rogue fail to contain Kenji, Hope heads into his lair to attempt to stabilize his powers, but Kenji attacks Hope by latching tendrils onto her head, which appears to cause an explosion that destroys most of Tokyo. However, this is an illusion, created on a telepathic plane by Kenji so he can live his fantasies. Hope mimics Kenji's power, and sees that Kenji has her pinned to
6283-503: The combat skills of the Sun People. She sometimes wore body armor of an unknown composition, and wielded spears, and torch-bombs (chemically-filled incendiary bombs). She had access to various scientifically advanced equipment, including skysleds (advanced air vehicles), and devices such as the transmutator, formerly belonging to the High Evolutionary and modified by Brainchild . Zaladane also rode dinosaurs, pterodactyls, and diatrymas (giant flightless birds) trained to carry riders. Zaran
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#17327985168126386-558: The device but Van Zante is rejuvenated. While convalescing, Van Zante discovers he can manipulate water and create semi-solid three-dimensional shapes. Becoming a professional criminal, Van Zante dons a costume and adopts the alias of Water Wizard, and robs a brokerage house. He is then employed by the criminal the Enforcer and assigned to kill Ghost Rider , but fails. He salvages the Enforcer's ring from San Diego harbor, and battles and
6489-525: The difficulty in determining whether or not a creature is sentient, New Mutants leader Danielle Moonstar ordered him not to drain any large creatures without permission; however, Warlock often drains such creatures at his discretion when Danielle is not present. During many adventures, Warlock would team up with Doug, keeping his teammate safe. Though the two often worked together to confront enemies, Warlock's constant protection only served to lessen Doug's self-esteem. His shape-shifting abilities led him into
6592-546: The final chapter of the "Five Lights" storyline, and the first storyline of the Generation Hope book, as a newly manifested mutant with dark intentions and a dangerous power. He was created by Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen , and is one of the "Five Lights"—a group of mutants who manifested their abilities after the events of " Second Coming ". Following his introduction, he, along with Hope Summers , Velocidad , Transonic , Oya , and Primal , began to feature in
6695-500: The first appearance of Lila Cheney, a musician styled after Joan Jett who became a love interest to Cannonball and was Bob Mcloed's final work on the original series. The second Annual (#2, 1986) featured the first American appearance of Psylocke; it along with Annual #3 (1987) were drawn by Alan Davis. The 1988 (#4) and 1989 (#5) Annuals were part of the Evolutionary War and Atlantis Attacks "crossover" event, with Annual being
6798-408: The first issue of New Mutants drawn by Rob Liefeld. The 1990 Annual (#6) was part of the "Days of Future Present" mini-series. It also featured the first appearance (in pin-up form) of Shatterstar, as part of a planned line-up change preview that was ultimately discarded when Louise Simonson left the series. The final Annual (#7) was part of the 1991 "Kings of Pain" crossover; it holds the distinction of
6901-441: The head. Once they are in range, Warlock, still alive, absorbs their life energy, and is, after some time, able to escape his watery grave. Warlock returns to the battle only to find that resurrected members of once-deceased Hellions have arrived and have captured Doug Ramsey. The Hellions attempt to reprogram Doug by "deleting" the memories of his old self so that he may once again become Selene's obedient pawn. Warlock, along with
7004-419: The helicarrier, and Warlock was able to use his connection to the ship to activate the currently-captive Machine Man . He attempted to stop the Skull by programming the also-captive Deathlok to kill him (unable to make Deathlok kill the Skull himself as that would go against his current programming), but Kitty delayed this long enough for Fury to destroy the Skull's control unit, although the Skull got away with
7107-455: The help of other New Mutant team members, rescues Doug and defeats the Hellions. After the return of the mutant messiah, Hope Summers, and Cable to the mainstream timeline, Bastion and his members of the Human Council attacked her tirelessly. Cyclops ordered the New Mutants to attack one of Cameron Hodge's Right facilities, where Doug convinced Warlock to absorb Cameron Hodge and his soldiers' lifeglow to save his friends, and then to aid Cable and
7210-405: The human hosts. What Danny did not realize was that by destroying the Spirits of Vengeance, he was fueling Zadkiel, making him all-powerful. Danny blindly led Zadkiel's army, the Black Host, into war with Blaze and the last remaining Ghost Riders. Danny and Blaze soon came into conflict, and Danny and Zadkiel's army were able to overpower Blaze and his allies. When Danny ascends to Heaven to deliver
7313-438: The land's natives and abducted Polaris to steal her magnetic powers with some machinery left behind by High Evolutionary and operated by Brainchild . It was here she claimed to Lorna that she was actually her "sister". Zaladane then led an army in an attempt to conquer the Savage Land. She captured Ka-Zar, Shanna , and various X-Men, but is defeated by them. When Lorna arrived at Muir Island after losing her magnetic powers, she
7416-463: The last issue of the original series to be published as it takes place and was published between New Mutants #100 and X-Force #1. Furthermore, in 1990, Anne Nocenti and Brett Blevins produced an 80 page special called "New Mutants Summer Special". The special saw several New Mutants (Boom Boom, Wolfsbane, Sunspot, and Warlock) be dragged into a world of television, which served as a vehicle for Nocenti to discuss mass media theory. In 1986, Professor X
7519-516: The last of the spirits, Zadkiel turns on him, casting him back to Earth. With his enhanced abilities, Zadkiel usurps God's throne and becomes the ruler of Heaven. His reign was short-lived, however, as Danny and Blaze arrive in Heaven to challenge him. With the assistance of the deceased Ghost Riders of the past, the brothers were able to overthrow Zadkiel and return Heaven to God; Zadkiel realized that though he might have, seemingly, been able to shift
7622-479: The lineup gradually expanded to include additional recruits, with subsequent volumes and titles have features a variety of team members and associated characters. The graphic novel Rahne of Terra, by Peter David , is set in a heroic fantasy universe in which Wolfsbane 's counterpart is Princess Rain of Geshem. Other denizens of Terra include Rain's lady-in-waiting Tabby (Boom-Boom), the knights Richard (Rictor), Robert (Sunspot), and Samuel (Cannonball) and
7725-541: The master of magnetism. Zealot appears as a boss in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse , voiced by Armin Shimerman . Zenpool is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. During the " AXIS " storyline, Deadpool is among the characters affected by Scarlet Witch 's morality-inverting spell, transforming him into a pacifist named Zenpool. In
7828-568: The missiles and flies to his former home at the X-Mansion. There, he finds an old photo from his New Mutants days amongst the rubble. He then goes to Doug Ramsey's grave to find it has been dug up and his body missing. Warlock discovers the New Mutants fighting a resurrected Doug Ramsey, who is under orders from Selene to destroy them. He intervenes and tries to speak to his self-soul-friend. Warlock detects malicious techno-organic malware present in Doug, and attempts to "defragment" Doug's software. During
7931-529: The name of Warlock and begins a career as a solo adventurer. During his adventures, Warlock is joined by a young girl, Hope, who can infect others with the techno-organic virus without being affected by it herself. Hope has a pet monkey that had been physically affected by the virus also. They are later joined by a novice psychic Psimon , whose group of allies combated techno-organic threats. Early in their adventures, they confront Spider-Man , team up with Shadowcat , cause trouble for Iron Man , and fight against
8034-408: The original Technarchy Warlock) and drawn by Paschalis Ferry . Warlock is a Technarch , a race of mechanical organisms that survive by infecting living creatures with the " techno-organic " transmode virus, before draining their life energy. Unlike others of his race, Warlock possesses a distinctive degree of compassion, and as a result was dubbed a mutant in spirit; it was later discovered that he
8137-631: The other Lights agree to do the same, but Kenji decides to remain more isolated than his teammates. When a Sixth Light is discovered in Germany , Hope and the Lights (including Kenji) head there to retrieve it. However, they find that the Light is actually a powerfully telepathic unborn infant, who has taken control of every person within the hospital its mother is staying at. Kenji hooks his tendrils into each of his teammates' necks, granting them immunity from
8240-631: The peasant boy Douglas (Cypher). The Terrans all duplicate the powers of their counterparts in one way or another. In 1997, a three-issue reunion series written by Ben Raab and illustrated by Bernard Chang , New Mutants: Truth or Death, featured the young New Mutants traveling forward in time to meet their older, jaded selves in X-Force . Here the New Mutants consist of X-Ceptional, who can explode permanently, Riches, who turns whatever he touches to gold, Minerva, who can manipulate reality, and Riches' sister Rags. Riches kills Professor X and takes over
8343-575: The power of Spirits of Vengeance to do. It was revealed that he had endowed Johnny Blaze with the powers of the Ghost Rider. As a backup plan Zadkiel used Blaze's brother, Daniel Ketch . Danny was once the host for the Ghost Rider entity, and after he had exorcised the spirit he went into withdrawal. Falling off the wagon Danny soon found himself once again host to a new variation of the Ghost Rider. Zadkiel had tricked Danny into believing that by killing other Spirits of Vengeance he would be freeing
8446-538: The power that fueled the Ghost Riders from its hosts, and even leech it from them, he could neither control nor destroy it, as only the one true God possessed that power, which he was not. Zadkiel is currently imprisoned in Hell, condemned by an enraged God for his treachery to be tortured for all eternity for his horrific crimes against Paradise and Creation. Zadkiel has not revealed the full extent of his powers, but
8549-409: The process, he re-awakens some of Doug's memories from his days with the team before and up to his time of death. However, Warlock himself is infected by a Trojan-like virus and begins to lose control. Doug, still under Selene 's influence, takes advantage of Warlock's vulnerability and decapitates Warlock. He then throws Warlock's severed head into the nearby ocean. There, small crustaceans are drawn to
8652-713: The radar of heroes such as the Avengers. An alternate universe variant of Warlock who fused with Cypher after he was infected with the Legacy Virus appears in Exiles #22. Warlock makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Ultimate X-Men #58. Warlock appears in X-Men: The Animated Series , voiced by David Corban. This version came to Earth to avoid fusing with the Phalanx. He works with
8755-615: The same name, written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir . The series would continue for 13 issues, until June 2004, before being relaunched as New X-Men: Academy X in July 2004, with a new #1. The series featured a handful of the dozens of mutant teenagers attending the Xavier Institute , as well as their instructors, which included various X-Men as well as former members of the original New Mutants ( Karma , Magma , Dani Moonstar , and Wolfsbane ). The featured group of students never refer to themselves as "the New Mutants" before
8858-616: The series Generation Hope . He is the last of the Five Lights to join Hope's team, as the first storyline of the Generation Hope series involves the team getting his power under control. He continues to make appearances in The Uncanny X-Men as well. From his introduction, Zero has seemed more distant from Hope and all the other Lights. He is the first of the Lights to acknowledge that Hope has changed them, possibly not for
8961-502: The series featured themes of mysticism . The stories also relied on wilder, more far-fetched premises than were typical of X-Men at the time, shaping into more of a science fiction and fantasy series than the superhero coming-of-age comic it had been touted as in its early days. Locales included demonic dimensions, alternate futures, and an ancient Roman civilization hidden within the Amazon rainforest . The New Mutants also encountered
9064-466: The series relaunch as New X-Men: Academy X in 2004, and the reorganization of the Xavier Institute student body into various training squads. The New Mutants, advised by Dani Moonstar, were: Another such group, advised by Emma Frost, was known as the Hellions and, like their predecessor, was the arch-rival of the New Mutants. Whereas the original New Mutants series revolved around battles with world-threatening menaces, New Mutants volume 2 focused on
9167-548: The service of Heaven and an enemy of the Ghost Rider , named after the mythical angel of the same name . Created by Jason Aaron , the character debuted in Ghost Rider (vol. 4) #27. Zadkiel was in charge of overseeing the Spirits of Vengeance in God 's army, and gradually developed a hatred of humanity as God favored the sinners over the angels. This led him to decide to overpower and dethrone God, something that he would need
9270-455: The souls of the fallen Asgardians to her. During " X-Men: Second Coming ", Karma loses her leg after being repeatedly stabbed by Cameron Hodge . It is replaced with a bionic one. Magik leads the team to Limbo , as part of her plan for revenge against the Elder Gods. Cyclops has her imprisoned for her actions. In the same issue, Cannonball and Karma also leave the team. After they successfully rescue him from Sugar Man , Nate Grey joins
9373-728: The team Force of Nature . The group is employed by Project: Earth to prevent rain forest razing, and battles the superhero team the New Warriors . Battling the New Warriors later, Force of Nature is defeated again. Aqueduct then joins the fifth generation of the Masters of Evil and battles the superhero team the Thunderbolts . During the Civil War storyline, Aqueduct is forced along with many other supervillains to join
9476-993: The team. When the X-Men split in X-Men: Schism , the team sides with Cyclops and stays on Utopia. Their next mission is to find Blink . After locating her and helping her defeat a mutant rock band (Diskhord), Blink returns with them but decides to join the X-Men at the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning . She does join them during the last issues of the series. New Mutants was relaunched in November 2019 as part of Dawn of X . The initial team consisted of Chamber , Cypher , Karma , Magik , Mirage , Mondo , Sunspot and Wolfsbane . A second team comprising Armor , Boom Boom , Glob , Maxime and Manon debuted in issue #3 (December 2019). Later issues were featuring older New Mutants Karma, Magik, Mirage, Warlock, Warpath, and Wolfsbane acting as teachers and mentors to
9579-514: The time of her death, neither Zaladane nor Magneto were aware of their potential blood relation. Some time after Zaladane's death and the Shadow King incident, Polaris' powers were returned to her. Zaladane is a sorceress with an extensive knowledge of sorcery, and the ability to wield and manipulate the forces of magic for an undefined variety of effects. She primarily has used these powers for mind control and limited energy projection. For
9682-600: The transmode virus. Warlock's dying wish is for Nova to hold back the Siredam, coming to challenge Tyro, giving the youngling enough time to escape. However Tyro comes back, stricken by his surrogate father's sacrifice, and gambles his life in an attempt to "reprogram" the Siredam's body — and all of its Lifeglow reserves. Now in possession of a Siredam's form and cosmic level abilities, Tyro is able to spare some of his inestimable Lifeglow reserves to resurrect Warlock. Warlock then agrees to help Nova in his battle against Ultron and
9785-600: The villain Psycho-Man . Warlock briefly fell under the control of the Red Skull when the Skull's desperate use of a Cosmic Cube took him somewhere safe where he could gain power over others, this wish taking him to Warlock's location, where he was able to force Warlock to help him take control of a SHIELD helicarrier and the agents on board. Fortunately, Nick Fury, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Colossus were able to infiltrate
9888-523: The world. Rags begins a relationship with Gambit, and Minerva goes to pure idea. X-Ceptional grabs Riches and explodes, killing them both. In Ultimate X-Men , the Academy of Tomorrow (previously called New Mutants) is founded by Emma Frost . It is loosely linked to the X-Men via Emma Frost's professional relationship with her former lover and teacher Charles Xavier . This Academy accepts any talented students, regardless of their genetic status. The team
9991-406: Was attacked by him. She was defeated by Ka-Zar and seemingly destroyed. Zaladane later reappeared, and magically transformed her captive Kirk Marston into Garokk, endowing him with the original Garokk's consciousness. She aided Garokk in attempting to unite the Savage Land tribes under his leadership. She captured the X-Men and Ka-Zar, but was thwarted by the X-Men. Years later, Zaladane became
10094-558: Was cancelled in 1991 with issue #100, but the new platoon-like team formed by Cable continued in X-Force . That team featured a variety of the former New Mutants cast. Literary scholar Ramzi Fawaz emphasizes the significance of the original run. He argues that in contrast to the original X-Men stories, New Mutants "radically reassesses the concept of the 'mutant superhero.'" For example, Fawaz writes that mutant powers are re-envisioned as traumatic experiences of shame. He argues that this
10197-411: Was examined by Moira MacTaggert due to the sudden appearance of a new power mutation. Moira confirmed during testing that the only way Zaladane could have taken Lorna's powers away was if she was a biological sibling. With Polaris' magnetic powers, Zaladane took over the Savage Land. She led her army and the Savage Land mutates against Magneto, Ka-Zar, Rogue , Nick Fury , and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces in
10300-422: Was intended to debut in their own series. As the first issue was nearing completion, Shooter ordered it to be reworked into a graphic novel so that Marvel Graphic Novel could make its deadline for the next issue. Thus, the New Mutants debuted in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (December 1982), which continued a plotline from Uncanny X-Men. In addition to very serious depictions of teenage angst and growing pains,
10403-603: Was killed in an attempt by Hodge to steal his powers. The news of his death was broadcast worldwide, a public relations disaster for Genosha since the world believed Warlock to be a "normal" human mutant. Wolfsbane asked Boom Boom to put Warlock's ashes on Doug's grave. Warlock had a distinctive way of talking during his stint in the New Mutants comics, frequently referring to himself with the personal pronoun "self". Though he initially refers to teammates with their first names or normal pronouns, he later begins referring to them as "friends", and eventually as "selffriends". An exception
10506-474: Was not, and never would be, the one true God and could thus never truly claim dominion over Heaven for long, much less all Creation. During the 2015 " Secret Wars " story line, a variation of Zadkiel resides in the Battleworld domain of Doomstadt and works for Arcade as the Killiseum's chief of security. As Arcade planned to destabilize Robbie Reyes , Zadkiel warned him that Robbie draws his power from
10609-470: Was written out of the series. Before he left, he made the X-Men's one-time nemesis, Magneto , headmaster of his school. Magneto would be the team's longest-running headmaster, holding the position from New Mutants #35 through to #75. Fiercely overprotective of his students, particularly after the events of the " Mutant Massacre " and " Fall of the Mutants ", he was increasingly used as an uptight foil for
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