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93-695: The X-Cutioner is an alias used by two fictional characters appearing in Marvel Comics. Carl Denti , created by Scott Lobdell and Jason Pearson , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men Annual #17 (June 1993). A former FBI agent obsessed with stalking mutants who kill humans, he uses an array of both alien and Earthly technology in his quest. Denti's father was an army officer murdered for following an illegal order, which would later interfere with his crusade against mutants. As an F.B.I. officer, Denti partners with Fred Duncan ,

186-615: A New York City Police officer and single mother. It is with Charlotte's help that X-Factor frees Warren from the Ravens, a cult of near-immortal psychic vampires. It is during this battle that Warren's survival is made public knowledge, allowing him to regain control over his family's remaining business holdings and his personal fortune. X-Factor rejoins the X-Men following the defeat of the Shadow King on Muir Island . After rejoining

279-564: A Prism Comics panel at Long Beach Comic Con. MariNaomi had submitted an article to XoJane describing how they had felt harassed by an unnamed fellow panelist, who had questioned their sexuality on stage, made offensive comments about their appearance and Asian features, and made sexually inappropriate jokes about them during the panel. Lobdell later identified himself as the panelist in question, and issued an apology to MariNaomi through Heidi MacDonald of ComicsBeat.com. Archangel (comics) As Archangel : Warren Kenneth Worthington III

372-531: A coup with the aid of Professor X's newest charges from nearby Genosha . In Excalibur , Warren meets up again with Callisto . As Paige reminds Warren of his history with Callisto, Viper attacks, but Warren and Callisto defeat Viper together. In Generation M , Angel fakes having lost his wings to capture the Ghoul , a deranged serial killer who uses his retained mutant powers to murder ex-mutants. Though not an active member of any team, Warren reunites with

465-602: A contact of Charles Xavier 's and a member of the mutant supporter network known as the Xavier Underground who maintains mutant criminal records and stockpiles the weapons and technology of the X-Men foes. Denti takes the files, weapons, and technology for himself and assumes the name X-Cutioner, with the proclaimed mission of killing any mutant that has killed other people first. Denti is so "dedicated" to his mission that he will use lethal force to stop anyone obstructing his lethal "justice". His first successful target

558-477: A final rite of passage he refuses the aid of his moral half and is dubbed Controller X. Using the psychic energy of the comatose Zhao, Xi'an creates a symphony of suffering and pain for the Theatre on a scale they had not seen before. During the performance, the team of X-Men he had created infiltrate the Theatre and rescue him. New X-Man and former Theatre of Pain slave La Lunatica uses her mutant ability to bring to

651-425: A greater proportionate muscle mass than normal. As a result, his strength, speed, agility, flexibility, endurance, reflexes, coordination, balance, eyesight and hearing are at their peak. Elements of his anatomy are comparable to those of birds, especially birds of prey . His eyes can withstand high-speed winds which would damage the average human eye. He can breathe at high velocities or altitudes, and he can cope with

744-468: A human hunting down members of The Lawless for their part in the massacre of his hometown. With the rest of humanity, Xi'an retreats to the Savage Land as the polar ice caps begin to melt and flood the world. He helps to rebuild civilization, often getting in heated arguments with the surviving humans. His long-time friend Victor Ten Eagles attempts to help him while Morphine Somers attempts to disrupt

837-515: A later attack on Manhattan, Iceman fakes his own death at Warren's hands, hoping that the shock of killing a friend will enable him to break free of the influence of Apocalypse's drug. Although freed, Warren refuses to rejoin X-Factor, feeling that he has changed too much psychologically to be a hero. He seeks out Candy Southern, but finds that she is missing. Warren learns that Candy has been lobotomized to protect Cameron Hodge's secrets, including

930-454: A member of Magneto's new Uncanny X-Men to protect mutantkind at all costs. His mind had also changed, having become nothing more than a silent and mindless predator controlled by Psylocke. Under her psychic leash, Archangel became a heavy hitter in Magneto's X-Men. Psylocke and Magneto travel to Green Ridge, Colorado to investigate reports of an up-and-coming preacher who looks identical to

1023-541: A new costume, blue skin, and metallic wings which could fire blades. He first appeared as Archangel in X-Factor #24 (Jan. 1988 ). According to X-Factor writer Louise Simonson and penciler Walt Simonson , the Archangel revamp was motivated in part by their feeling that Angel was a Mary Sue (being wealthy, handsome, and adored by women), and in part by the fact that, due to the inflation of superhero abilities, Angel

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1116-562: A personal force field, a teleportation unit and various other weapons. An unidentified version of X-Cutioner, created by Marc Guggenheim and Ardian Syaf , first appeared in X-Men: Gold vol. 2 #2 (April 2017). Xi'an ( Xi'an Chi Xan ) was created for the Marvel 2099 imprint . The character was created by John Francis Moore and Ron Lim , and first appeared in X-Men 2099 #1. He is

1209-642: A plant-type vampire ) attempts to drain Angel's life force from him. His healing powers from The Twelve also manifest themselves again, in the form of the revelation that Angel's blood has miracle healing properties. Following the death of Jean Grey, Warren and Paige take an extended leave of absence from the team. Warren begins doing overseas charity work at this point, in the form of a charity called "Mutants Sans Frontières" in Zanzibar (a reference to Doctors Without Borders ), where he then proceeds to help stop

1302-573: A regular character in that title until it was cancelled with issue #66. The title was revived shortly after, reprinting earlier issues from issue #67 to #93. In 1970 and 1971, a three-part Angel solo feature was published as a back-up strip in Ka-Zar #2 and #3 and Marvel Tales #30. Angel appeared in the X-Men revamp by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in 1975 with the introduction of the "All-New, All-Different X-Men" ( Giant-Size X-Men #1 May 1975), but left

1395-586: A run-in he had had with writer Ron Marz on Twitter . Lobdell had accused Marz of having a "brain tumor" in response to comments in which Marz characterized as "racist" complaints by some fans that Afro-Latino character Miles Morales would replace Peter Parker in Ultimate Spider-Man , and that African-American actor Laurence Fishburne had been cast as Perry White in the film Man of Steel . In 2013, Lobdell admitted to sexually harassing comic book artist/writer MariNaomi on stage during

1488-407: A series of excruciating seizures that not only mysteriously regenerate his techno-organic wings, but also transform him back into Apocalypse's version of Death/Archangel, complete with blue skin and a techno-organic version of his uniform. X-Force attacks Archangel, who eventually asks for relief from the pain of losing his wings and transforming into Archangel. Archangel escapes, to take revenge on

1581-466: A story about a character from Contest of Champions . Because the characters involved were rather obscure, DeFalco did not need to extract approval from other editors, and he decided to give Lobdell a chance. In the 1990s, Lobdell worked on Marvel Comics ' X-Men -related titles, specifically Uncanny X-Men and the spin-off series Generation X . He wrote the first 28 issues of Generation X along with runs on Excalibur and X-Factor . Lobdell

1674-533: Is a mutant , an evolved species of humans who are born with superhuman abilities. The character originally possesses a pair of large feathered wings extending from his back, enabling him to fly. He is the heir of the Worthington family fortune, and this privileged background results in Warren being stereotyped as self-absorbed and unable to deal with hardships during his early years with the X-Men. This personality

1767-523: Is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Warren is a founding member of the X-Men , having used the moniker Angel . Later stories would reveal that prior to joining the team, he had acted as a vigilante under the moniker Avenging Angel . Warren

1860-510: Is a freak and aberration, but he soon learns that he can use his wings to fly and help people. When there is a fire in his dormitory, he borrows some props from the school's drama department, dresses up as a heavenly angel, and rescues his friends. He soon learns that he is in fact a mutant . He dons a mask and costume, calls himself the Avenging Angel , and becomes a solo adventurer, before being recruited by Professor Charles Xavier for

1953-461: Is brutally attacked by a mind-controlled Wolfsbane . During the attack, Wolfsbane savagely rips Warren's feather wings from his back and runs away, taking the wings with her. It is revealed by Elixir that Warren's wings, despite appearing fully organic, are actually still techno-organic constructs that he is unable to regenerate . Wolfsbane later delivers them to the Purifiers , who are seeking

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2046-471: Is hiding out. In the "Dark Angel Saga", the "Archangel" persona of Warren, which was secretly created when he was first transformed by Apocalypse into his Horseman of Death, has finally taken over his mind, and he plans to be the heir to Apocalypse, bringing Ozymandias , Dark Beast , the Final Horsemen , Autumn Rolfson , and her son Genocide as his army to destroy humanity. At the conclusion of

2139-424: Is making efforts to be integrated, it is clear that he has no memory at all of the original Warren Worthington's friends and acquaintances, as his discussions with Iceman demonstrate and how he turned away former lover Psylocke. When Wolverine's legs were damaged Warren tried to fix them with a "miracle". When he failed he wanted to try it again but Wolverine wouldn't allow him, so he and a few other students went to

2232-486: Is married to Madelyne Pryor at the time and reacts coldly to Jean's return, Angel takes advantage of Jean's need for emotional support and expresses his love for her. This destroys Warren's relationship with Candy Southern, after Candy finds Warren consoling Jean. X-Factor's formation begins a period of upheaval in Warren's life. Cameron Hodge abuses Warren's trust and portrays X-Factor as "mutant hunters" for hire, further fueling anti-mutant sentiment. An altercation with

2325-456: Is permanently linked to his own metal wings. Clan Akkaba are constantly harvesting Angel's rapidly-regenerating metal wings (to prevent the Death persona from fully possessing Angel) and grafting them into his clones, creating a mindless clone army of blue-skinned Archangels. The silent Archangel who is a member of Magneto's team of X-Men was merely the first such clone who retained trace memories of

2418-457: Is revealed that Xi'an's prior Lawless personality has been lying dormant, as a sort of alternate personality. In order to defeat Zhao, Xi'an returns to his more amoral personality, knocking the former mutant leader into a coma with a psychic backlash. Having returned to his old ways, Xi'an leaves the team, attempting to locate the Driver on his own, though he is followed by Skullfire. After finding

2511-532: Is the mutant Tower , followed by an unsuccessful attempt on Mastermind who was detained on Muir Island . Mastermind survives only to die of natural causes, because the X-Cutioner was delayed when he encountered the X-Men . He next targets the White Queen , only to be stopped by the father-and-son duo of Cyclops and Cable . He later tracks down Skin for the murder of Angelo Espinosa, not knowing that

2604-557: The Brotherhood of Mutants allows Mystique to discover the relationship between the "mutant hunters" and the former X-Men; she exposes Warren as the financial backer for X-Factor, causing a public relations nightmare. Warren's wings are mutilated during the " Mutant Massacre " by the Marauder , Harpoon . When the wings develop gangrene, Cameron Hodge violates Angel's wishes and has the crippled wings amputated . Despondent over

2697-586: The Incredible Hulk title during the events of World War Hulk (2007) and then returned to Uncanny X-Men (2008-2011) while simultaneously appearing in X-Force ( vol. 3 ) (2008-2010), where the character regained his metallic wings and again assumed the codename Archangel, and subsequently in Uncanny X-Force (2010-2011), in which his mind and personality were wiped. After his personality

2790-508: The Savage Land , Angel is attacked by pteranodons and falls to his death. He would have remained dead if not for the "Creator", who is Magneto without his costume. Magneto provides the necessary medical treatment needed to revive Angel and provides him with a new blue-and-white costume. Unknown to Angel, the costume also has a device installed that lets Magneto gain control over Angel, which he does months later when he makes an attack on

2883-517: The Vanisher , who has gone into business with several medical companies to create a designer drug that could give humans mutant-like powers. Angel also becomes entangled in a love triangle with rookie X-Men member Paige Guthrie and the mutant prostitute Stacy X . Furthermore, during a battle with Black Tom Cassidy , Angel's regression to his pre-"Death" state is complete when he reverts to his normal Caucasian skin color when Cassidy (now turned into

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2976-507: The " Heroes Reborn " event. Lobdell wrote the 1992 issue of Alpha Flight in which the superhero Northstar – originally intended to be gay, but closeted by the publisher's existing policy against openly LGBT characters – declared that he is gay, in a storyline intended to also address the HIV/AIDS epidemic . Lobdell returned to Marvel in 2001 to conclude plots he left behind with one last storyline, "Eve of Destruction". Lobdell wrote

3069-599: The "son of Archangel". During Uncanny Avengers (2013), it is revealed that while preparing to ascend as Apocalypse during the "Dark Angel Saga", Warren fathered two children with Pestilence of the Final Horsemen , who appear as Uriel and Elimin , the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror -disciples " Apocalypse Twins ". As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Angel has mysteriously reverted somehow to his pre-LifeSeed blue-skinned Archangel form, and appears as

3162-468: The Apocalypse Strain, the techno-organics which comprise Warren's wings. The Purifiers use the Apocalypse Strain to modify an army of Purifier agents, giving them the same metallic wings that Archangel once had. Meanwhile, although Elixir is able to heal all of Warren's injuries, he cannot regrow his wings due to interference from the Apocalypse Strain. Later in the story, Warren is gripped by

3255-538: The Dark Angel Saga, it is revealed that Warren had indeed died and his soul departed for the afterlife, with his Celestial-mutated body now hosting an all-new personality with its own soul. He lost leadership of Worthington Industries and became a student in Wolverine's new school for mutants . Although the new entity, who has chosen to retain the same name of Warren Worthington III and the code name of "Angel"

3348-555: The Driver, her next contact within the railroad, but are then sidetracked to El Paso, where Krystalin has uncovered evidence of an " Archangel "-like mutant. They discover a hidden base where Master Zhao , the leader of the last known iteration of the X-Men, has kidnapped Krys and Xi'an's former Lawless teammate Victor Ten Eagles. Over the years, Zhao has made himself mentally unstable with drugs to preserve and enhance his psychic abilities, and plans to brainwash Xi'an's team into his own X-Men. However, in his initial assault on Xi'an's mind it

3441-505: The Driver, they are attacked by Brimstone Love, leader of the Theatre of Pain . Xi'an joins the Theatre, returning to El Paso to steal the bodies of Zhao and his failed attempt at genetically creating X-Men with powers similar to the originals, One-Eyed Jack, Psycho K and Wingspan. During his initiation into the Theatre, Xi'an was forced to relive some of his most traumatic memories, fighting holographically-produced villains from his past. As

3534-564: The Hulk. Angel is part of the team that investigates the new mutant birth in Alaska. He is later part of the team who is looking for former Acolytes . He is next seen part of the same team, but attacking the Marauders . Warren goes against Mister Sinister , but is easily defeated once Sinister recovers from Emma Frost 's mental attack. Angel is knocked out, but recovers and is present with

3627-588: The Krakoa era came to a close, he was the focus of the 50th anniversary issue of Giant-Size X-Men (2024) and appeared in the mini-series X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024). Warren Worthington III was born in Centerport, New York , to Kathryn Worthington and Warren Worthington II and the grandson of Warren Worthington. He attends Phillips Exeter Academy in his adolescence when his feathered wings begin to grow from his shoulder blades. At first, Warren feels he

3720-538: The Purifiers, and at their headquarters he slaughters most of them in a blood-maddened rage. Once the battle is over, he reverts to his normal Caucasian, feather-winged appearance. He comments to Wolverine that he can still feel the metal wings inside him, and that they want to come out again. According to Elixir, Warren's transformation is permanent, implying that he is fully capable of transforming back into Archangel again at any time. In an attempt to understand what

3813-460: The Savage Land. Warren's primary power is that of natural flight , due to his large feathered wings. His wings have superhuman strength, and they have a very flexible skeletal structure that enables him to press them to the back of his torso and legs with only the slightest bulge visible under his clothing. His bones are hollow, his body processes food much more efficiently than a normal human body and does not store any excess fat, and he possesses

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3906-528: The Thunderbolts' motives, after joining them in a confrontation with Graviton , Warren accepts their genuine desire to reform, leaving them with the jet as he wishes them luck. Angel returns to the X-Men following the events of The Twelve , in which his wings (temporarily) further mutate into wings made of light and he gains talon-like hands and healing powers, which Warren uses to restore the mobility of crippled Horseman of Apocalypse War . Returning to

3999-543: The Worthington fortune. When the original X-Men are captured by the mutant island Krakoa , Professor X creates a new team of X-Men to rescue them. When this new team decides to stay on as X-Men, Angel and the rest of the original team, with the exception of Cyclops, leave. He and Iceman go to Los Angeles, where they found the Champions with Hercules , the Black Widow , and the original Ghost Rider . Following

4092-503: The X-Men and X-Force, though Cyclops forbids Angel from telling the rest of the team about the return of his Archangel powers. While recruiting a scientist for Beast's "Science Squad", the X-Club, Angel is forced to transform into Archangel to destroy a giant rampaging monster. Beast reacts in anger that Angel has not told him that his "Death" powers have returned, creating tension between the two friends. Angel knows telling Beast would expose

4185-581: The X-Men broke and their mansion stripped bare by the US Government, Angel volunteers money to help keep the team going, though this requires his reclaiming full control over his family company to do so. Tracking some of his company's finances at this time, Warren discovers the former villains the Thunderbolts retrieving a jet that was used by the Champions, but although initially suspicious of

4278-519: The X-Men title with issue #94. Angel and fellow X-Man Iceman were transitioned into a new series called The Champions , which ran from 1975 to 1978. Series creator Tony Isabella had wanted to do a series about Angel and Iceman traveling together on the highway, in the vein of Route 66 , but the editors told him to make it into a full team book. Angel returned to the X-Men briefly in The Uncanny X-Men #134, officially returning to

4371-627: The X-Men, Archangel's brooding behavior lessens, after Jean reveals to Warren that his wings (which Warren believes have a mind of their own) have actually been operating off Warren's own unconscious desires for violence. This, combined with Warren's accidental decapitation of Mutant Liberation Front member Kamikaze , leads Warren to try to reject the dark cloud that has hung over his head ever since gaining his new wings. His relationship with Charlotte Jones fades as Warren begins dating fellow X-Men member Psylocke . In an attempt to put his dark days behind him, Warren retires his "Death" uniform in favor of

4464-529: The X-Men, Warren finds his relationship with Psylocke gone, as she has begun dating new X-Men recruit Thunderbird III. When Rogue leaves the X-Men to join Storm's splinter group ( X-Treme X-Men ), Angel is promoted to head of the X-Men's field team. Angel's squad fights the anti-mutant group Church of Humanity and Mystique and her newest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and tangles with

4557-478: The X-Men. Around this time, Angel publicly reveals himself as a mutant after discovering that not only has his uncle Burt Worthington (who goes by the name of the Dazzler — though he is in no way related to Alison Blaire, a later mutant heroine and brief love interest for Warren in her own comic series who also uses the name), murdered Warren Worthington II, but also poisoned his mother to ensure his inheritance of

4650-508: The X-Men. Warren's status as a wealthy playboy, as well as being an outspoken individual who chafes at the notion of being told what to do, is the subject of much tension within the X-Men. In particular, Warren is in love with Jean Grey , who is in love with Scott Summers , although he ultimately sets aside his love for Jean, coming to terms with the fact that Jean loves Scott. Angel still harbors an unrequited love for Jean even as he begins dating Candy Southern . While pursuing Sauron in

4743-467: The X-teams for the final battle over the fate of the baby. Angel is later seen flying over San Francisco, going to meet with Hepzibah , Warpath , and Iceman, when he stumbles across an area that looks as if the 1960s never ended. He contacts Scott and Emma, asking them for assistance before suffering the mind-altering effects of the zone, which are revealed to be caused by Martinique Jason . Angel and

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4836-682: The apparent death of Jean Grey and Cyclops' subsequent exile from the team, Warren rejoins the X-Men. During this time, Angel unsuccessfully pursues pop star Alison Blaire, also known as Dazzler . He grows increasingly disturbed by the behavior and actions of Wolverine , and quits the team in protest. He is kidnapped by the Morlock leader Callisto , who intends to force Angel to be her lover. Storm , Nightcrawler , Colossus , and Sprite arrive in time to stop Callisto from cutting off Angel's wings (believing that without them, Angel will be unable to flee from her). Storm fights and defeats Callisto for

4929-446: The blue/white costume Magneto made for him. After Psylocke is eviscerated by X-Men prisoner Sabretooth during an escape attempt, Warren and the X-Men track him down and capture him, but not before he is able to badly damage Warren's metal wings. Over time, the damage to his wings spreads. Eventually, the metal wings shatter completely, revealing that his feathered wings have been growing back within them and have broken them apart from

5022-511: The casino on Planet Sin. There they took the device that damaged their headmaster's legs so it could be used to heal him. While doing so he forged a friendship with Evan, a clone of Apocalypse. Warren tried to prove that he truly was a real angel by flying to heaven but he failed and accepted the fact that he was mutant. While falling he was saved by Evan and revealed that he could see the essence of people when he looked at them. Evan asked him what he saw when he looked at him and despite seeing only

5115-523: The clones are all killed. In a flashback, it is revealed that Magneto accidentally found Angel's unconscious and injured body in a barn during the 8-month timeskip and helped him recover. Magneto at the time gave up on being a hero, as the rest of the X-Men had either disbanded or fled to Limbo, but then was inspired by Angel to restart his own version of the Uncanny X-Men. It is implied that Angel disappeared after that encounter, only to "reappear" as

5208-530: The collapse of the Defenders, but the discovery of Jean Grey alive changes his mind. Jean Grey is furious at the increase in anti-mutant hysteria in the two years she has been missing, and opposes the X-Men's decision to align themselves with the villain Magneto. To appease Jean's desire for action, Warren organizes X-Factor. He recruits his old prep school friend Cameron Hodge to run the team, unaware that Cameron hates mutants, particularly Warren. Since Cyclops

5301-433: The course of things Xi'an is shot. Instead of dying his body encases itself in a cocoon . He soon emerges from this cocoon fully healed. This trauma also triggers a secondary mutation, giving Xi'an the power to heal with his right hand. Xi'an then leads the team to find Mama Hurricane, who was a runner for the mutant underground railroad during The Great Purge of mutants some decades prior. They find her and gain knowledge on

5394-429: The establishment of the anti-mutant militia "The Right" using funds embezzled from Worthington. In the confrontation that follows, Hodge murders Candy in front of Warren and Warren decapitates Hodge. Changing his codename from "Death" to "Dark Angel", he later rejoins X-Factor and takes the codename "Archangel" during the events of " Inferno ". Warren later meets and becomes romantically involved with Charlotte Jones ,

5487-425: The first issue was criticized as shallow and sexist by some critics. He also wrote a new Teen Titans comic starring Red Robin, Superboy , Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and three new characters, including the gay Hispanic superhero Bunker . His run on Teen Titans ended with Volume 4 Issue 30, the series was relaunched soon afterwards. In 2019, Lobdell wrote a new Flash book focusing on Wally West following

5580-419: The founder and has been a leader and enemy of the 2099 X-Men. Xi'an was born into a well-respected family. However, when his mutant power to break down the molecular structure of whatever he touches with his left hand manifested, his parents turned him over to a genetics lab to save their own reputation. Before reaching the lab, Xi'an destroyed his restraints and escaped. He spent much of the rest of his youth on

5673-558: The fragile peace within the Last Refuge, believing mutants should rule by right of genetic superiority. The remaining humans band together, but the series is cancelled before more of the storyline can be explored. In the finale one-shot of the 2099 continuity, Manifest Destiny, Xi'an is a leading figure at the Savage Land refuge, now named the Xavier Colony. Scott Lobdell Lobdell did not begin to read comics until he

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5766-555: The highest recorded altitude of a bird in flight — about the height of Mount Everest — but he can only remain that high for a few minutes. Although flight is as natural a mode of transportation for Angel as for a bird, he can only fly nonstop under his own power for around half a day. He has undergone heavy training with Professor X , especially in mastering his flight indoors. He has demonstrated superior agility, flexibility, reflexes, coordination, and balance while flying, and has been shown defeating superbeings much faster than him (like

5859-469: The image of Apocalypse, Warren told him that he could see nothing but goodness in him. Warren left the school with Bobby and Rachel to help his fellow mutants in the battle against the Avengers. He returned to join the X-Men, the Avengers and Nova against Cyclops, and has since regained all of his memories. In an apocalyptic possible future, an aging Frank Castle warns the present-day Deadpool of

5952-407: The inside. This follows a visit from Ozymandias , who tells him that he is indeed one of Apocalypse's chosen ones. Reclaiming his original Angel powers, Warren still retains his blue skin color. Angel is one of several X-Men who are present when Gambit 's culpability in the events of the "Mutant Massacre" is made public by Magneto, which turns him against his teammate. Shortly afterwards, with

6045-520: The latest incarnation of X-Force and effectively end Cyclops' latest tenure as leader if the truth about his personal black ops squad became public knowledge. During the X-Club's trip to 1906 to discover the origins of the modern mutant race, Angel transforms into Archangel a number of times to help further their mission. During the Fear Itself storyline, Wolverine and Archangel interrogate Purifiers member Benedict Ryan on where Jonathan Standish

6138-591: The limited series Heroes in Crisis , titled Flash Forward , which began publication in November. His work has won him recognition in the comic books industry, such as a nomination for the Comics Buyer's Guide Award for "Favorite Writer" in 1997. In 2011, Lobdell explained that among the reasons he no longer had a social media presence was the unintended spillover from his personal to professional life, and

6231-615: The loss, Warren escapes the hospital and commandeers his private jet. It explodes in the air as the rest of X-Factor watch helplessly from below. It is ultimately revealed that Hodge sabotaged Warren's plane to finish off his nemesis, in an apparent suicide. Seconds before the explosion, Warren is spirited away by the ancient mutant Apocalypse . Apocalypse offers to restore Angel's wings if Angel will serve him as one of his Four Horsemen . Apocalypse subjects Angel to extensive genetic alterations, giving him blue skin and organic metal wings which can cut through almost anything. The wings can fire

6324-497: The metal feathers as projectiles. Apocalypse gives Worthington the title of Death. He makes Worthington the leader of his Horsemen after Worthington beats the others in a fight, and gives him a drug that remove his reservations to follow Apocalypse's dark plans. Death is unveiled to X-Factor during their second encounter with the Horsemen, and Warren sadistically exploits the weaknesses of his friends to defeat them in combat. During

6417-406: The original Angel and thus managed to escape to join Magneto's X-Men. Magneto and Psylocke are captured, but Psylocke easily escapes. She gets into a fight with Fantomex, who was sent by Magneto as back-up with Mystique, who herself freed Magneto. Psylocke in a panic calls for the Archangel who is their teammate, who then telepathically controls the rest of the clone army into destroying the town, but

6510-559: The original Angel. They discover that he is indeed the Angel who was created by the Celestial LifeSeed and he is attracting a cult of religious fanatics around him. It is revealed that during the 8-month timeskip after the events of Secret Wars, Angel allied himself with Apocalypse's son, Genocide and the Clan Akkaba in exchange for their help in controlling his Horseman of Death split-personality, which has revived as it

6603-460: The other surviving original X-Men — Cyclops, Iceman, and Beast — in a mission to stop Bishop from recapturing the fugitive mutants known as the 198 , though Bishop later joins them in their rescue attempt. Angel joins with Hercules , Namora , and Amadeus Cho to calm down the rampaging Hulk . Afterward, Angel discovers that Amadeus Cho has hacked into Warren's bank accounts and stolen several million dollars from him, to help him further aid

6696-655: The present and starred in All-New X-Men (2012–2017) and X-Men Blue (2017-2018), before being returned to his correct time-period in the mini-series Extermination (2018). Angel appeared in House of X and Powers of X (2019), which detailed the birth of the Krakoan Age. He was made the CXO of Krakoa's new X-Corp and appeared in the mini-series Empyre: X-Men (2020), X-Corp (2021) and Dark X-Men (2023). As

6789-485: The reduced temperatures at high altitudes for prolonged periods of time, giving him a greater-than-normal capacity to endure low temperatures in areas such as the Arctic. The strength in his natural wings can easily break a man's arm or leg, or even put someone through a wall. While he generally flies below the height of clouds, Angel can reach almost twice this height with little effort. At his absolute maximum, he can reach

6882-591: The relaunch of the Galaxy Quest series, now titled Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues . To date, he has written the majority of The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series by Papercutz . Lobdell has also performed as a stand-up comedian . Lobdell created Paranormal Activity: The Search for Katie with art from Mark Badger it was released in December 2009 on iPhone . Lobdell wrote the screenplay for Blumhouse ’s slasher film Happy Death Day . The film

6975-517: The right to be the leader of the Morlocks, effectively freeing Angel in the process. Shortly thereafter, Angel joins the Defenders , along with Beast, Iceman, and girlfriend Candy Southern. Using Angel's New Mexico house as their base, the group has several adventures before most of the group are killed freeing teammate Moondragon from demonic possession. Angel considers retirement following

7068-418: The role of Warren in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand and Ben Hardy portrayed a younger version in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse . The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-creator Jack Kirby and first appeared in X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963 ) as Angel. Lee made Angel rich and conceited, as well as a winged human to make him the first Marvel character with wings. He appeared as

7161-413: The roster in issue #138 before once again leaving in issue #148. Afterwards, the character, along with fellow founding X-Men Beast and Iceman, joined the roster of The Defenders , as part of a short-lived "revamp" of the title, in which the series was renamed The New Defenders . Angel would stay with the title, as the group's leader, for the book's last three years of publication (1983–1986). The series

7254-467: The script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW! Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr . He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee 's WildStorm ) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men . In 2008 Lobdell became the regular writer for Galaxy Quest , a series published by IDW Publishing , with art by Ilias Kyriazis , centered on the eve of

7347-462: The series X-Men: The Hidden Years , which was set in the original X-Men's early days. Under Joe Casey (2001–2002) and Chuck Austen (2002–2004), Angel became leader of the X-Men team that appeared in the pages of Uncanny X-Men . After Chris Claremont replaced Austen on that title, the character went away for several months before reappearing in the pages of another Claremont-written series, Excalibur (vol. 3 2004). He continued to guest-star in

7440-419: The silent Archangel. In the present, a chastised and repentant Angel explains to Magneto and Psylocke that he and the silent Archangel are ultimately two half-parts of the same one being, so they physically combine into a new blue-skinned persona. This new Archangel being is unsure of who or what he now was, but was determined to find out. He swore off all violence and returned with Magneto's X-Men to their base in

7533-573: The story arc Betsy stabs Archangel in the chest with the Celestial Life Seed, seemingly killing him. In the aftermath of the explosion of Apocalypse's citadel, Warren is seen by the members of X-Force walking in the snow. Psylocke, shocked that he is alive and apparently free of Apocalypse, runs up and embraces him. This Warren then reveals he had no idea who Psylocke is and appears to have amnesia. Warren has his normal white skin again but seems to have retained his metallic wings. Following

7626-634: The streets, in and out of gangs before joining The Lawless , gaining the nickname "The Desert Ghost". After being chased by bounty hunters in Saigon, Xi'an left the Lawless and returned to the US, with a more refined demeanor and a new purpose, to create his own version of the X-Men to help fight for genetic equality. The team almost immediately runs into trouble when Xi'an is accused of murdering casino mogul Noah Synge. The team hurries to clear his name, but in

7719-505: The surface all of Xi'an's past and present misdeeds, finally balancing his turbulent psyche, reverting him to his calm and moral self. With this comes the revelation of all he has done and a heavy-hearted need to atone for his sins. Xi'an then travels with the X-Men to the mutant City-State of Halo City, where he leaves the team to open a clinic and heal people with his powers. He briefly rejoins his remaining Lawless brethren; Auntie Maim, Mongrel and Victor Ten Eagles, to escape The Foolkiller,

7812-484: The three other ensnared X-Men are sent by Martinique to confront Scott and Emma. Emma manages to free them from the illusion and, during the fall-out battle, Angel rescues Mayor Sadie Sinclair . Thankful for the assistance and for the idea of having real superheroes in their city, Mayor Sinclair then talks to Cyclops and Angel about helping them resettle the X-Men in San Francisco. In X-Force vol. 3 #4, Warren

7905-488: The two boys were the same person. Working through the ranks of X-Men characters, he next encounters the Punisher , Rogue , X-Man and Gambit . After teaming up with Gambit, Denti encounters a new version of X-Cutioner (see below) with similar technology. A normal human with specialized training, X-Cutioner's weapons and technology include alien Z'nox sensors, Sentinel propulsion units for flight, Shi'ar body armor ,

7998-522: Was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery. Later, he went to college to study psychology , but quit two years later when he began to write. While in college, he wrote for the college newspaper and interviewed Marvel editor Al Milgrom . Lobdell started submitting various stories to Marvel, but was systematically rejected by various editors, including Tom DeFalco . Later, DeFalco started editing Marvel Comics Presents (a bi-weekly book) requiring many writers, pencillers and inkers. Lobdell submitted

8091-525: Was canceled in 1986 to free up Angel and his fellow X-Men to star in X-Factor , which debuted in February. Angel remained in the book until issue #70, which was the last issue before the book was revamped with an all-new roster. During X-Factor #16–24, the character is presumed dead after losing his wings and apparently killing himself in a plane crash. Angel was dramatically revamped as a character, given

8184-506: Was done to both Wolfsbane and Angel, the pair of them are placed in a room together, where Rahne is forced to gaze at Warren. The mere sight of him causes her to become murderous once again, and she attempts to rip the wings from Warren's body once more. The sight of a psychotic Wolfsbane, as well as the fear of having his wings torn from his body again, causes a defensive reaction in Warren, reverting him back into his violent Archangel persona. From then on, Angel takes dual membership with both

8277-608: Was released on October 13, 2017 by Universal Pictures . Lobdell's original comic book series Ball and Chain sold to Netflix on May 14, 2020. The comic is being adapted into a feature film starring Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt . Emily V. Gordon is writing the screenplay. In 2011, Lobdell took on the writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws , which debuted as part of DC Comics ' company-wide title relaunch, The New 52 . His portrayal of Starfire/Koriand'r in

8370-654: Was stripped, he appeared in a supporting role as one of the students at the Jean Grey School in Wolverine and the X-Men (2011–2013). He later joined Magneto's more militant X-Men team in Uncanny X-Men (2016-2017) and an international strike force in Astonishing X-Men (2017-2018) after his memory was restored. At the same time, a time-displaced version of Angel's younger self was brought to

8463-467: Was the primary creative force behind most of the major X-title related storylines throughout a majority of the 1990s, including " X-Cutioner's Song ", " Fatal Attractions ", " Phalanx Covenant ", " Age of Apocalypse ", the " Onslaught " saga, and " Operation: Zero Tolerance ". Lobdell had writing stints on Marvel's Daredevil , Alpha Flight , The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix and early issues of issues of Iron Man and Fantastic Four during

8556-564: Was ultimately replaced with a more introspective and brooding personality in the late 1980s, when the character was changed into the darker Archangel persona. While Warren's wings were originally feathered, his transition to Archangel resulted in metallic wings and newfound powers. As one of the original X-Men, Warren has had a frequent presence in X-Men-related comic books throughout the years and also appeared occasionally in X-Men animated series and video games . Ben Foster played

8649-581: Was underpowered compared to other characters in the Marvel Universe. Angel was added to the cast of Uncanny X-Men title and appeared in that series and its companion series X-Men for most of the 1990s. In 1996, Marvel also published a one-shot story simply called Archangel , which was written by Peter Milligan . He also appeared alongside Psylocke in a limited series called Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn (August 1997 – November 1997, 4 issues). From 1999 to 2001, Angel also featured in

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