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FACTFILE

REAL NAME

Unknown

OCCUPATION

Adventuress

BASE

Tempie of the Priests. Parna. Vietnam; Ho Chi Mlnh City. Vłetnam; Avengers Mansion, New YorkCrty

M ANTIS

HEIGHT 5ft6in WEIGHT 115 Ibs EYES Green HAIR Black

FIRST APPEARANCE

Avengers 9112 (Jurtę 1973)

Mantts h*» .superior agtty. tfxiracfcfrviry martial art3 akii, and the ability lo snns»» tho emotons ot others. She can ateo win hcraełf to hoot.

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Man-Wolf

Horn in Vietnam* Mantis was raiM.il by thc Priests ofFama.a pacifist $ect ofthe humanoid alicn KkkP.Thc priests educatcd M.intis in thc ways of pcacc and also in their defemiw martial ares. She took the namc Mantis after deteatmg many maić opponents in martial arts competirion.

When Mantis had complctcd her traimug it thc age ot 18, thc priests sent Mantis to livc among humans. rcmoving her childhood niemorics of growing np at thc tempie, aml iinpłammg false meinories oflife .o an orphan.

struggling for >urvival on the streets of I lo ( In Minh (lity.

She ewmti.illy tcanieil tip \vith thc S\vi>ri>sman. a ctwumed eruuinal. whom Mantis hclpcil rehabilitate.When the Swordsman joined the AuNcrks. Mantis went with him to take tip residenee at the Awngers Mansion. She was also madę a member of the team.

After her marriage to the eldest Cot.ui.an ahen race of tclepatlm plant-beings. Mantis transformed into pure cnergy and lott Larth. MT

Mantis «s caught m the dutet** of Tharx>s. ho Ftemal wl*o wKjroooted Us MjpomunuiM .-*caitco

to tx*:<xne tho mwf powodu! of thc fctorrwls

FACTFILE MEMBERS MR. SINISTER Tełepathy.

FIRST APPEARANCE « M.. Wolf) The Amar^fl SpkJer Man *124 (September 1973) REAL NAME John Jwneson OCCUPATION I ormor aslronaut. p<lot. security etnof BASE New York Oty

HEIGHT 6 It 6 «i WEIGHT c EYES ReO HAIR ,Vh.te SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES As Man -Wo * • uoorhumar strength. speed .łgWty, dur*W.ty. ano heightoneo sonses

MARAUDERS

The personal army of mutant eugcneticist, MR.SlMSTER.the Marauders are one ofthe most cfifcctiee forces the X-Mi n have ever faced. Mutants that tell short of the tnark disgustcd Mr. Sinister. He partieuLirly loathed the Morkh ks, mutants hidtng from sonety in the timnełs beneath New York. and so the Marauders First nussion was to obliterate them. In large part they werc succcssful: despitc being opposed by both the X .Mi n and

MALICE Tełepathy.

VERTIGO Affscts equillbrium.

arclight Sełsmłc shocks from hands.

HARPOON Bro-energehc projectiles.

RIPTIDE A mutant whirlwind. BLOCKBUSTER Super-strong.

Marauders

The son of l\uly Bnęlt publisher J.Jonah JaMI.son. John Jameson i!iscovered a gem on the Moon.On Farth. this gem eauscd Inni to transfortn into a wolHike ereature under a fuli moon.Thc Moongem contained the csscncc of Stargoil. ruler of"( )ther-Realm” in another dimension. Man-Wolt jotirneyed to “Othcr- Realni" where he helped its peoplc defeat llieir enemy Ariscn lyrk.

John latcr umlerwent radiation treatinem. whieh destroyed thc Moongem. etiring him of being Man Woli Since then he has worked as .i pilot lor the Aven< and as security chief for the R.wencroft asylum. PS

X-Fm roR.the Marauders killed most ofthe Morlocks winie almost fatally injuriiig botłi Shadowc.it (sec Fryi >i . Kn i v .md Nk.iik ramii -r.TIic Marauders have gone łie.ul-io-liead with the X-Men sińce then.cven dcsm»ying the Xavier Institute. Fhey are particularly fcaretl bccause Sinister has crcatcd clones of each of the Marauders: if one falls a dupin ate will replace them. I he threat they pose looks set to continue for years to como. AD

PRISM Captures powers then projects back at source. SABRETOOTH Adamantium skeleton; supersenses. SCALPHUNTER Man.pulates mechanical components.

SC RAMBLER Osrupts Hvmg and mechanicaJ Systems.

FIRST APPEARANCE

Uncenrry X-Men 9210

(October 1986)

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