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Jean Grey (All-New X-Men)

2013-03-08T18:16:47Z

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bio_text= Jean Grey was ten years old when her parents brought her into the care of Charles Xavier. Her telepathic powers had manifested themselves after she experienced the emotions of a dying friend. Charles helped her by erecting psychic shields in her mind that prevented her from using her powers until she was mature enough to control them.

Jean Grey was a young girl with a bright future ahead of her when Henry McCoy arrived, planning to take the original X-Men into the future to stop Scott Summers from causing a civil war. The time-travel shocks her telepathy into action a year before it was supposed to. Now an untrained psychic, Jean looks to her future mentee Kitty Pryde for help in containing her new and overwhelming powers.

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Morales, Miles

2011-09-13T16:06:08Z

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universe = [[Ultimate Universe]]
| real_name = Miles Morales
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| citizenship = U.S.A.
| place_of_birth = Brooklyn, New York
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| height = 5’6”
| weight = 125 lbs.
| eyes = Black
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| debut = Ultimate Fallout #4
| origin = Ultimate Fallout #4
| significant_issues = Ultimate Fallout #4, Ultimate Spider-Man #1
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bio_text= Teenager Miles Morales grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Recently, Miles took on the controversial and pressured role of Spider-Man shortly after the death of the original. Morales made his debut against The Kangaroo, much to the surprise and disapproval of many present at the confrontation.
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Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

2011-04-22T14:47:34Z

Jstephens:

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| blurb = Exposure to cosmic radiation during an ill-fated space flight gifted '''Johnny Storm''' with the fire-wielding abilities of a Human Torch. After crash-landing to Earth, Johnny and his three shipmates agreed to use their powers to help mankind as the '''Fantastic Four'''.
| real_name = Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Adventurer, firefighter, Chief Financial Officer - Fantastic Four, Inc.; former actor, mechanic, race car driver, circus performer
| place_of_birth = Glenville, Long Island, New York
| groups = [[Fantastic Four]]; formerly [[Secret Avengers]]
| citizenship = U.S.A.
| education = Glenville High graduate; former student at Empire State University and Metro University
| aliases = Matchstick Johnny, Doug Brown
| relatives = Mary Storm (mother, deceased), [[Storm, Franklin|Franklin Storm]] (father, deceased), Susan Storm Richards ([[Invisible Woman]], sister), Reed Richards ([[Mister Fantastic]], brother-in-law), [[Richards, Franklin|Franklin Richards]] (nephew), [[Richards, Valeria|Valeria Richards]] (niece), Marygay Jewel Dinkins (aunt), "Bones" (cousin), [[Lyja]] (estranged wife)
| height = 5'10"
| weight = 170 lbs.
| eyes = Blue,Orange when in power mode
| hair = Blond
| powers = Johnny can cover his body in fire, fly at supersonic speeds, project fireballs or other fire objects, manipulate existing flame, and absorb heat with some mental strain. He can generate a nova-level burst of flame, one million degrees Fahrenheit, although this usually exhausts his powers for some time. Under normal usage, he is able to maintain his flame form for up to 17 hours.

Johnny briefly gained the powers of the Invisible Woman, which included the ability to turn himself and others invisible, and generate powerful force fields. Cosmically enhanced by Galactus, these powers were greatly amplified, and he could traverse space as well as analyze and manipulate all forms of matter.
| paraphernalia = Johnny wears clothing made of unstable molecules which will not burn when he activates his flame powers.
| abilities = An expert mechanic since his teens, Johnny was able to totally overhaul a car's transmission by the age of 15. Johnny also has experience as a professional race car driver.
| debut = Fantastic Four #1 (1961)
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=== The Early Years ===
Growing up in suburban Glenville, Johnny Storm was drawn to automobiles despite his mother's death in a car accident, and became quite a mechanic at a young age. While still a teenager he selflessly rescued two of his friends from a burning building. No stranger to adventure, Johnny-son of famous doctor and infamous criminal [[Storm, Franklin|Franklin Storm]]-was nearly chosen as the human host of the demonic Zarathos, the Ghost Rider, and was attacked by the legendary St. Germaine, who sought the power for himself. Johnny escaped the lure of Zarathos with the help of archeologist Max Parrish, the uncle of Cammy Brandeis, on whom Johnny had a bit of a crush.

=== Out of Space and Into the Fantastic Four ===
[[image: humantorch04.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Fantastic Four caught in cosmic radiation.]]Following his sister, [[Invisible Woman|Sue]], Johnny joined [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards']] crew in a space flight. Riddled with cosmic radiation, Johnny transformed into a flaming monster when the flight crashed back to earth. Calling himself Human Torch in tribute to the World War II era hero of the same name, the youthful Johnny found new adventure as part of the [[Fantastic Four]], proving to be an invaluable if somewhat volatile member of the team. Falling out with his teammates after a battle with the [[Miracle Man]], Johnny left the group and encountered amnesiac World War II hero [[Sub-Mariner|Namor the Sub-Mariner]]. Recognizing Namor from comic books, Johnny dropped him into the sea, hoping to restore his memory. The plan worked, but after Namor found Atlantis in ruins, he declared war on humanity. Johnny rejoined the FF and they drove Namor off. The immature Johnny again considered quitting the Fantastic Four, this time to join his cousin [[Bones|Bones']] circus, but quickly returned to the team.

=== High School Days ===
Though a member of the world-famous Fantastic Four, Johnny was still a teenage Glenville High student - albeit one who regularly clashed with super-powered menaces. Johnny even tried to conceal his dual identity from most of the locals at first, though this soon proved futile (the true identities of all four FF founders being widely known almost from the start). In solo action, he fought the communist [[Destroyer (Charles Stanton)]] and Rabble Rouser; the [[Wizard]] (born Bentley Wittman); Zemu, Warlord of the 5th Dimension; [[Trapster|Paste-Pot Pete]]; [[Acrobat (Carl Zante)]]; Vilhelm von Vile, the enigmatic Painter of 1000 Perils; the Sorcerer of Glenville Woods; the [[Asbestos Man]] (Orson Kasloff); the [[Eel (Leopold Stryke)]]; the [[Plantman]]; modern-day pirate [[Captain Barracuda (modern)|Captain Barracuda]], whom Johnny defeated in the first of several team-ups with his super-heroic opposite number [[Iceman]]; and the Terrible Trio.

Super-villains, however, weren't Johnny's only rivals. Mike Snow, a member of the Glenville High wrestling squad, bullied Johnny until an accidental flare-up of the Torch's powers scarred Snow's face. Despite their animosity, Snow concealed the incident, blaming the injuries on a prank gone wrong and maintaining that Johnny had actually saved his life that night by flying him to the hospital. While Mike tried to move on with his life, Johnny did the same, dating fellow student Dorrie Evans, although she eventually grew tired of his constant disappearances and broke it off. Johnny met another teenage hero, [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]], who broke into the [[Baxter Building]] hoping to impress the FF. Despite their early misunderstandings, the Torch and Spider-Man eventually became good friends.

=== The Skrulls and the Death of Franklin Storm ===
When the [[Super-Skrull]] (Kl’rt), possessing the combined powers of the Fantastic Four, attacked the team, the Human Torch managed to trap him inside a cave, but the Super-Skrull escaped and impersonated Franklin Storm. The Four exposed the Super-Skrull, but the Skrulls strapped a bomb to the real Franklin's chest, and Franklin sacrificed his own life to save his children. A trip to the Skrull homeworld and the death of Warlord Morrat, the Skrull who authorized Franklin's murder, brought some measure of revenge, but this was not the last time the Skrulls would interfere in Johnny's life.

=== Off to College, Falling in Love ===
After graduating high school, Johnny enrolled in Metro College, where he befriended his roommate, [[Wingfoot, Wyatt|Wyatt Wingfoot]]. Wyatt joined Johnny and the Fantastic Four on a trip to Wakanda, where they first encountered the [[Black Panther (T'Challa)|Black Panther]] and helped him defeat [[Klaw]]. Around this time, Johnny met the young Inhuman [[Crystal]]. It was love at first sight, and Johnny, along with the rest of the FF, helped her overthrow the mad Inhuman prince [[Maximus]]. Their love was passionate but short-lived, as Crystal returned to [[Attilan]] and married [[Quicksilver]], the son of [[Magneto (Magnus)|Magneto]] - eventually bearing his child. Johnny was crushed, but tried to move on. Hoping to catch up on old times with Dorrie Evans, he found that she had married and had two kids since they had broken up. Despite dropping out of Metro U, Johnny remained friends with Wyatt, who often participated in the Fantastic Four's adventures and was later romantically linked to the [[She-Hulk]]. When Johnny's sister Sue and her husband Reed were separated, Johnny joined the [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]], Medusa and [[Thundra]] in a staged battle against the rehabilitated Namor in an effort to bring the couple back together. Their ploy worked, and Sue and Reed patched things up for good. Seeking direction in his life, Johnny was tricked into attending the high-class Security College, a front for the Monocle, an agent of the megalomaniacal [[Enclave]], who used him to steal top-secret high-tech weapons. Spider-Man broke the Monocle's control of the Torch. Johnny then joined the rest of the FF in space, where they helped the [[Champions (of Xandar)|Champions of Xandar]] against the invading Skrulls. When Johnny's teammates were dying from a Skrull aging ray, Johnny destroyed the robotic assassin Skrull X, allowing the infirm Reed to use his weapon to reverse the aging.

=== New Flames ===
[[image: humantorch06.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Hearing of the execution of David George Munson, his former high school classmate, Johnny helped the NYPD clear his name and nabbed several leading members of the Maggia criminal organization, including Hammerhead. After a brief relationship with auto mechanic Lorrie Melton, Johnny fell for Frankie Raye, a woman desperately afraid of his flames. Frankie eventually discovered that her pyrophobia stemmed from being hypnotized by her late stepfather, [[Horton, Phineas|Phineas Horton]] (creator of the android [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Human Torch]]), into forgetting that he had accidentally given her flame powers of her own. Johnny helped Frankie adjust to her rediscovered powers as their relationship blossomed, but when [[Galactus]] returned to Earth, Frankie agreed to follow him into space as his new herald, [[Nova (Frankie Raye)|Nova]]. Distraught, Johnny was comforted by Frankie's former roommate, Julie Angel, and began to have feelings for her. Confusing matters further, Julie's friend, Sharon Selleck, had a crush on Johnny. Julie eventually moved to California to continue her acting career and nothing came of Sharon's crush.

Johnny was briefly abducted by agents of the Messiah (Alden Maas) in his mad plot to expand the Earth by super-heating its core. Brought to Battleworld by the Beyonder and forced to battle various super-villains, Johnny met and was healed by Zsaji, a native of the planet. Physically but not emotionally attracted to Zsaji, Johnny found an unlikely rival in [[Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)|Colossus]] (Peter Rasputin), who fell in love with the healer. Although Zsaji returned Johnny's affection at first, she eventually chose Colossus over the Torch, but then sacrificed her own life to rescue several dying heroes. Johnny returned to Earth, where he found himself drawn to [[Masters, Alicia|Alicia Masters]], longtime girlfriend of Johnny's then-absent FF teammate, the Thing. Johnny and Alicia's romance helped estrange the Thing from the FF for a lengthy period. Johnny hit his lowest point when Tommy Hanson, a young fan of his, set himself on fire in an attempt to be more like his hero. Hearing of the boy's death, Johnny considered retiring as the Human Torch, but the Beyonder managed to talk him out of it. Eventually Johnny married Alicia, but a jealous Thing offered a spot in the Fantastic Four to Crystal, who was separated from Quicksilver at the time. Johnny's old feelings for Crystal slowly returned, but his love for Alicia enabled him to resist temptation, and Crystal eventually left the team.

=== The Imposter Revealed ===
Despite their long and intimate relationship, Johnny was horrified to discover that the Alicia he loved and married was not the true Alicia Masters, but a Skrull imposter named [[Lyja]]. Originally sent to infiltrate and destroy the Fantastic Four, Lyja truly fell in love with Johnny, and joined the Fantastic Four in confronting [[Paibok]], the Skrull who had kidnapped the real Alicia. Lyja seemingly sacrificed her life to protect Johnny, but her former lover Paibok nursed her back to health. Trying to move on from yet another failed relationship, Johnny enrolled at Empire State University; but [[Devos]], Paibok and even Lyja attacked Johnny at ESU, forcing him to go nova, burning down a large section of the campus. Johnny briefly became a fugitive, chased after by [[Silver Sable|Silver Sable's]] [[Wild Pack]], until Reed agreed to sell some of his patents to pay for the damages. Lyja returned to Johnny's life again, tricking him into believing she was carrying his baby. When this proved a lie as well, Johnny left her again.

=== Uncle Johnny to the Rescue/Heroes Reborn ===
Johnny briefly joined his nephew [[Richards, Franklin|Franklin's]] [[Fantastic Force]] team, where he battled his virtually omnipotent extra-dimensional counterpart Vangaard (formerly Gaard), convincing him to abandon his mission of eliminating redundant realities by showing him the hero he could become. Lyja posed as student Laura Green and dated Johnny to stay close to him; Johnny recognized her when they kissed though he didn't share this until later, but the two never had the chance to explore their true feelings. After Franklin Richards created his [[Counter-Earth (Franklin Richards)|Counter-Earth]] and rescued the Fantastic Four, [[Avengers]], and several other heroes from death at the hands of [[Onslaught (entity)]], [[Roma]] deemed Franklin too powerful to ignore, and sent the [[Technet]] and the (Captain Britain) Corps to retrieve him. The Human Torch convinced Roma that Franklin's family, the Fantastic Four, would be able to nurture him so that he would not grow up to be a danger to the [[Omniverse]].

=== The Four Fractured ===
[[image: humantorch02.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]While the rest of the Fantastic Four battled the [[Gideon Trust]] and [[Annihilus]] in the [[Negative Zone]], Johnny was forced to recruit a temporary FF team consisting of [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)]], Johnny's on-and-off girlfriend [[Namorita]] (Namor's cousin), and the [[She-Hulk]], who battled the Gideon Trust on Earth. When the cosmic entity [[Abraxas]] came to Earth-616, Johnny teamed with an extra-dimensional version of the now-deceased Frankie Raye to retrieve the Ultimate Nullifier, a weapon powerful enough to destroy Abraxas. This Nova betrayed Johnny and gave the Nullifier to her master, Abraxas, but even that couldn't save Abraxas after Galactus joined the fight. Following the battle, Susan found herself pregnant again, and, with Reed off battling the Hidden Ones, Johnny was forced to seek help from [[Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)|Dr. Doom]] when problems with the pregnancy threatened Sue's life. Doom saved both Sue and her daughter, [[Richards, Valeria|Valeria]].

=== New Jobs and Failed Careers ===
Seeking an acting career, Johnny was cast as the Rawhide Kid in a summer blockbuster; but it was eventually decided he wasn't ready for the role, which was given to Lon Zelig (actually the Super-Skrull). Johnny also spent some time as a firefighter at the behest of his former classmate, Mike Snow; but when Snow moved away after his wife turned out to be a psychotic arsonist and seemingly died, Johnny left the job (though he later returned to the profession during a period when the FF was short on cash). Sick of her brother's directionless life, Sue forced him to take a job as the Chief Financial Officer for Fantastic Four, Inc. Although initially in over his head, Johnny was able to stop a manufacturer from stealing the secret of Reed's Unstable Molecule suits, and began to warm up to both the job and his co-worker, Jian Fetta.

=== Financial Troubles and Falling Fame ===
Unfortunately, after a major battle with Doom, Reed attempted to claim [[Latveria]] for the Fantastic Four, an act that turned the United States government against them. To escape trial, the group was forced to sell many of their patents and holdings to the government, which left Johnny's wallet much emptier than usual and sent his popularity plummeting. Seeking help from the least popular person he could think of, Johnny contacted Spider-Man, who tried to cheer Johnny up by bringing him to a water park, where they were attacked by [[Hydro-Man]]. Easily defeating the villain and rescuing the park's popular mascot, Johnny found his popularity rising once more. Johnny also began to converse with a new girl over the internet, and hit it off when he finally met her. This girl, Cole, turned out to be the daughter of one of Johnny's oldest enemies, the [[Wizard]]; but although she was sent to trick the FF, Cole actually helped lead them to the Wizard's hideout, where they battled him and his new [[Frightful Four]]. The Wizard escaped and took Cole with him, but Johnny remained hopeful about meeting her again.

=== Herald of Galactus ===
Recently, an alien named [[Zius]] came to Earth, the location of the one being in the universe who could nullify his Galactus-proof planet-cloaking invisibility shield, Susan Richards. Zius threatened to destroy the planet if Sue did not sacrifice herself, but Reed used his power gun to switch her powers with Johnny's and tricked Zius into leaving the planet. As he left orbit, Galactus destroyed Zius' spaceship and claimed Johnny as his new Herald. Unwilling to lead Galactus to populated worlds, Johnny used his new powers to analyze Galactus and, with the help of the FF and [[Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)|Quasar]], managed to transform Galactus back into humanoid form. Johnny's power cosmic faded, but during Reed's subsequent efforts to reverse Sue and Johnny's power switch, a remnant of the power caused a flare-up that temporarily sent the FF's powers into four random New Yorkers.

=== Civil War ===
In the wake of the [[Civil War|tragedy at Stanford, Connecticut]], Johnny found himself a victim of the declining public view of super heroes when an angry mob attacked him outside of a New York nightclub. Storm was hospitalized in a coma for a time. After regaining consciousness, Johnny left the Fantastic Four along with his sister. They worked alonside the underground against the forces of the Registration Act until a battle in downtown New York that forced [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]] to stand down and turn himself in. With the official resistance over, Johnny and Sue returned to the team to attempt to rebuild.}}
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Hellcat (Patricia Hellstrom)

2011-03-07T18:02:27Z

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Patricia Walker Baxter Hellstrom
| identity = Public
| occupation = Housemaker, model, adventurer, paranormal investigator
| place_of_birth = Centerville, California
| groups = [[Lady Liberators]]; formerly [[Avengers]] , [[Defenders]]
| citizenship = U.S.A.
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| aliases = Patsy
| relatives = Joshua (father), Dorothy (mother, deceased), Bea (step-mother), Robert Baxter ([[Mad-Dog]], ex-husband), Daimon Hellstrom ([[Hellstorm]], ex-husband)
| height = 5'8"
| weight = 135 lbs
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Red
| powers = As a result of her experiences in hell and her resurrection, Patsy has a "demon sight" perception that allows her to sense mystical phenomena or those items or persons tinged with mystical energy. She is also surrounded by a mystical field that can deflect mystical attacks. It also allows Patsy to summon a costume that mimics her original Hellcat costume, and it appears in a fashion according to her whim.

Hellcat once possessed enhanced psionic abilities, due to the mental stimulation of Moondragon’s Titanian technology. She could move small objects telekinetically, resist mental control, and on one occasion was able to generate a psychokinetic force-blast. Moondragon has since used her own advanced psionic powers to undo the effects of her psychic augmenter. Since then, Walker’s psychic abilities have returned but to a far lesser degree than at their peak. She no longer has any psychokinetic ability, but she is still sensitive to certain psychic phenomena.
| abilities = Patsy possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. She is a natural athlete who was coached in field combat techniques by the Avengers and the martial arts by Moondragon.
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| paraphernalia = Hellcat’s costume is specially-designed to heighten its wearer’s natural athleticism. The suit also has retractable claws for use as weapons or as self-firing grappling cables. During her tenure with the Defenders, Walker possessed a magical cloak, which served as a portal to other dimensions. The cloak later came to the possession of Devil-Slayer.
| debut = (as Patsy) Miss America Magazine #2, (as Hellcat) The Avengers Vol. 1, #144
| origin = Avengers #144 (1976); Defenders #89 (1980)
| significant_issues = Active with Avengers, took Hellcat identity (Avengers #139-144, 1975-1976); married Daimon Hellstrom (Defenders #125, 1983); committed suicide (Hellstorm #14, 1994); restored to life by Thunderbolts (Thunderbolts 2000 Annual, 2000)
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bio_text= Patricia Walker was the only daughter of Joshua Walker and Dorothy Walker, a comic book writer. While she was still a child her mother acted as her agent, helping her at modeling and commercial work. Dorothy Walker’s greatest success was the creation of a comic book named after her young daughter, featuring romantic adventures of Patsy and her real-life friends as teenagers. The Patsy Walker comic book was very popular and continued for over a decade as Patsy grew into and out of her teens. Patsy Walker felt very strange about her mother’s fictionalized exploitation of her, and was relieved when the series ceased publication. Constantly exposed to comic books, Walker grew up to idolize the heroes her mother’s colleagues wrote about. However, she ceased daydreaming soon after high school and married her childhood friend, [[Mad-Dog|Robert Baxter]] (who had appeared in the Patsy Walker comic as her romantic interest.) Baxter was in the officers training program of the Air Force, and Walker spent the next several years of her life on a number of Air Force bases.

While her husband was assigned to a security post at the heavily government-subsidized [[Brand Corporation]] in New Jersey, Patsy Walker met the [[Beast]] and learned his secret identity. Walker had long idolized "super heroes", and she elicited the promise from him that in exchange for keeping his secret, he would help her become a "super heroine". Walker’s marriage eventually came to a bitter end, and she sought out the Beast, who was now a member of the [[Avengers]], to remind him of his promise. Tagging along with the Avengers to investigate criminal activities at the Brand Corporation, Walker discovered a costume like that worn by [[Tigra|Greer Nelson]] in her identity as the Cat. Putting the costume on, Walker dubbed herself Hellcat and used her natural athletic abilities to help the Avengers. Walker believed that the costume had somehow enhanced her agility and speed, and by the power of suggestion more than anything else, it had.

Although she hoped to join the Avengers, Hellcat was persuaded by the Titanian priestess [[Moondragon]] to accompany her to [[Titan, the Moon of|Titan]] to undergo a period of training. During her stay on Titan, Hellcat’s minor psionic potential was artificially enhanced by various electronic organic devices (Moondragon used similar technology to give powers to [[Angar the Screamer]] and [[Ramrod]]) and was given extensive martial arts training. Upon her return to Earth, she met the [[Defenders]] and decided to accept their offer of membership rather than the Avengers. Hellcat remained a core member of the loosely organized Defenders for several years, becoming particularly close to the [[Valkyrie (brunhilda)|Valkyrie]] and [[Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)|Nighthawk]]. Eventually she met [[Hellstorm|Damion Hellstrom]], who in his costumed guise of the Son of Satan, joined the Defenders for a short time, and after he was cured of his demonic aspect found that she was in love with him. Renouncing her costumed identity, Patsy Walker decided to marry Hellstrom. The couple was married in Greentown, Ohio, where her father currently resided. The wedding, attended by several of her Defenders colleagues, was interrupted by her ex-husband "Buzz" Baxter, who had assumed the costumed guise of Mad Dog, and the [[Mutant Force]]. The Defenders repulsed the attack and Hellstrom subdued Mad-Dog. The Hellstroms then moved to San Francisco where they established themselves as occult investigators. In this capacity, they helped several superheroes in mystical problems, notably the Avengers' [[Avengers West Coast|West Coast]] branch. In helping the Avengers, Patsy again donned the Hellcat costume and remained on hand to help them capture the villains [[Tiger Shark]] and [[Whirlwind]].

Sometime later, however, Hellstrom's dark soul reasserted itself and Patsy was driven mad at the sight of it. She languished in a near-vegetable state for months afterward until the mercy-killing entity [[Deathurge]] sensed her despair and, at her request, freed her spirit from her body, effectively killing herself. She soon after contacted Earth from a spirit plane and announced her intention via radio to return in the near future.

Patsy had ended up in the realm of the demon [[Mephisto]], fighting an eternal battle in the so-called Arena of Tainted Souls, alongside fallen Avenger [[Mockingbird]]. Months later, the Avenger villain [[Grim Reaper]] resurrected Patsy and Mockingbird, among others, tainting them with his hatred for the Avengers and setting them against the team. With the help of the [[Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)|Scarlet Witch]], Patsy and the others reverted to their true personalities and aided the Avengers against the Grim Reaper before returning from whence they came. Before she disappeared, Mockingbird was able to send a warning to her husband [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] about a plan Hellstrom was developing. Hawkeye and his team the [[Thunderbolts]] confronted Hellstrom and then used their sorcerous connections to go to Hell in order to restore Mockingbird. They were tricked however, by Hellstrom, and the Thunderbolts rescued Patsy instead, restoring her bodily to Earth.

Patsy remained despondent and depressed due to her perceived failures in life and time spent in Hell. She nevertheless presented a good front, wrote an autobiography and began a book tour. Shortly thereafter, Patsy returned to Centerville to find her high school rival Hedy had joined with the corporation that was built upon the Patsy comics fortune and turned Centerville into a tourist attraction. Patsy discovered the town was also infiltrated with demonic forces, led by the evil warlock [[Scratch, Nicholas|Nicholas Scratch]]. Scratch had allowed a cult called the [[Sons of the Serpent]] to use the citizens of Centerville for their occult purposes, and altering the Avengers, Patsy resumed her Hellcat identity and defeated the Serpents alongside her team.

Patsy was still despondent about life when later Scratch's minions attacked Hellcat. She then uncovered a plot by the extradimensional villain [[Dormammu]] to take over the various dimensions of Hell, each led by different demons, among them Mephisto, Hellstrom, and [[Satannish]]. Hellcat helped Mephisto thwart Dormammu by uniting the demons along with the death gods [[Pluto]] and [[Hela]]. She also revealed Hellstrom's father was actually Satannish, a pawn of Dormammu. Ultimately, she escaped back to Earth by proving to Mephisto that he would be better served to have her on Earth. Revitalized by her adventure, Patsy rededicated her life to super heroics as Hellcat. (Hellstrom later admitted that he manipulated Patsy into believing the accusations of his origins in order that she could distance herself from him and return to a more "normal" life.)

Patsy's supernaturally-tinged senses brought her to the attention of a homeless man. She tried to recuperate him, and he turned out to be the Defenders' villain [[Yandroth]] the Magician, who began systematically attacking Earth by binding the spirit of Mother Earth itself. Patsy escaped and managed to contact the various members of the Defenders to stop him, re-forming the team after a long hiatus. As a result of the battle, several of the Defenders were cursed to continually band together, and Patsy and the remaining Defenders elected to stay together as a team to support them. As part of the curse, the Defenders found themselves distancing themselves from humanity until they struck upon the idea that in order to have peace, they would enforce it by ruling the world. Hellcat and the support Defenders organized a team to defeat the so-called Order, after which the Defenders were freed from their curse but disbanded once again.
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Galactus

2011-02-09T17:34:46Z

2010-09-01T18:48:26Z

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = James Howlett
| identity = Secret, known to certain government agencies
| occupation = Adventurer, instructor, former bartender, bouncer, spy, government operative, mercenary, soldier, sailor, miner
| place_of_birth = Alberta, Canada
| groups = [[X-Men]], [[Avengers]], formerly [[Horsemen of Apocalypse]], [[Fantastic Four]], Secret Defenders, [[Clan Yashida]], [[Department H]], [[Alpha Flight]], [[Department K]], [[Team X]], Team Weapon X, Devil's Brigade, Canadian Army
| citizenship = Canada, possible dual citizenship in Japan and/or Madripoor
| education = Privately tutored as a child
| aliases = Logan, formerly Weapon Ten, Death, Mutate #9601, Jim Logan, Patch, Canucklehead, Emilio Garra, Weapon Chi, Weapon X, Experiment X, Agent Ten, Canada, Wildboy, Peter Richards, many others
| relatives = Unidentified grandfather (deceased), John Howlett Sr. (father, deceased), Elizabeth Howlett (mother, deceased), John Howlett Jr. (brother, deceased), [[Viper]] (Madame Hydra, ex-wife), [[Kobayashi, Amiko|Amiko Kobayashi]] (foster daughter), Erista (son), Laura Kinney ([[X-23]], clone), Daken (son), Itsu (wife, deceased)
| height = 5'3"
| weight = (Without Adamantium skeleton) 195 lbs., (with Adamantium skeleton) 300 lbs.
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Black
| powers = Wolverine is a mutant who possesses the ability to regenerate damaged or destroyed areas of his cellular structure at a rate far greater than that of an ordinary human. The speed at which this healing factor works varies in direct proportion with the severity of the damage Wolverine suffers. For example, he can fully recover from an ordinary gunshot wound in a non-vital area of his body within minutes, but it took him almost two months to fully recover from injuries sustained in a duel with Lord Shingen, which included one from a sword that went all the way through his trunk.

Wolverine’s natural healing also affords him virtual immunity to poisons and most drugs, as well as an enhanced resistance to diseases. For example, it is nearly impossible for him to become intoxicated from drinking alcohol. He also has a limited immunity to the fatigue poisons generated by bodily activity, and hence he has greater endurance than an ordinary human. His agility and reflexes are similarly enhanced.

In addition, Wolverine’s healing factor provides him with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process. Although over a century old, Wolverine is as healthy and physically fit as a man in his prime.

Wolverine also possesses superhumanly acute senses, making him capable of seeing things at a maximum distance greater than a normal human’s. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, and he is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if that person or object is hidden. Wolverine can use these enhanced senses to track any creature with an impressive degree of success.

Wolverine’s skeleton includes six retractable one-foot long bone claws, three in each arm, that are housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms. Wolverine can, at will, release these slightly curved claws through his skin beneath the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but the blood loss is quickly halted by his healing factor. Wolverine can unsheathe any number of his claws at once, although he must keep his wrists straight at the moment his claws shoot from his forearms into his hands. When unsheathed, the claws are fully within his hands, and thus Wolverine can still bend his wrists. The claws are naturally sharp and tougher than that of normal human bone structure, allowing Wolverine to cut through most types of flesh and natural materials.

Despite the extent of his healing factor, Wolverine is not immortal. If the injuries are extensive enough, especially if they result in the loss of vital organs, large amounts of blood, and/or loss of physical form, such as having flesh burned away by fire or acid, Wolverine can die.
| weapons = Wolverine’s entire skeletal structure, including his claws, has been artificially bonded to the nearly indestructible metal Adamantium. As a result, Wolverine’s bones are virtually unbreakable, and his claws are capable of cutting through almost any substance depending on its thickness and the amount of force he can exert. Due to his healing factor, the presence of Adamantium in his body does not interfere with his bones’ normal function of generating blood corpuscles. The reinforcement of his skeleton enables Wolverine to withstand high levels of physical pressure, giving his muscles sufficient force to briefly lift/press several hundred pounds.

Throughout his life, Wolverine has used a variety of bladed weapons, most frequently daggers and, at times, swords. He has also wielded many different types of firearms throughout his careers as a soldier, a mercenary, and a spy.
| abilities = Due to his extensive training as a soldier, a C.I.A. operative, a samurai, a spy, and a member of the X-Men, Wolverine is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant, having mastered virtually every fighting style on Earth. He is also a trained expert in multiple types of weapons, vehicles, computer systems, explosives, and assassination techniques. Wolverine is fluent in many languages, including Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Spanish; he has some knowledge of French, Thai, and Vietnamese.
| debut = (As Wolverine, cameo) Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), (as Wolverine, fully) Incredible Hulk #181 (1974), (as Patch) Marvel Comics Presents #1 (1988), (as Weapon X) Marvel Comics Presents #72 (1991), (as Death) Astonishing X-Men #1 (1999)
| origin = Origin #1-6 (2001-2002); Wolverine #10 (1989); Marvel Comics Presents #72-84 (1991); Alpha Flight #33 (1986); Wolverine #113 (1997)
| significant_issues = Early life recounted (Origin #1-6, 2001-2002); first fought Sabretooth (Wolverine #10, 1989); vs Uncegila (Marvel Comics Presents #93-98, 1991-1992); first met Ogun (Wolverine #113, 1997); active in Madripoor, fought alongside Captain America (Uncanny X-Men #268, 1990); active as mercenary, sought inner peace, vs Kimora (Logan: Path of The Warlord, 1996); active in Team X (X-Men #5-7/Wolverine #68, 1992/1993); with Carol Danvers, vs Sabretooth & Hellfire Club (Logan: Shadow Society, 1996); subjected to Weapon X experimentation, broke free, slaughtered personnel (Marvel Comics Presents #72-84, 1991); under Weapon X control, massacred inhabitants of Roanoke (Weapon X #25, 2004); found by Hudsons, nursed back to health (Alpha Flight #33, 1986); first met Cable (Wolverine/Cable: Guts and Glory, 1999); joined The Flight (Alpha Flight Special, 1992); vs Leader (Wolverine #144, 1991); vs Hulk & Wendigo (Incredible Hulk #180-182, 1974); with James Hudson, vs Bedlam (Alpha Flight #53, 1987); joined X-Men (Giant-Size X-Men #1, 1975); first called "Logan" (X-Men #103, 1977); with X-Men, vs Magneto (X-Men #104, 1977); with X-Men, vs Weapon Alpha (X-Men #109, 1978); first visited Savage Land (X-Men #114-116, 1978); first met Mariko (X-Men #118, 1979); with X-Men, vs Alpha Flight (X-Men #120-121, 1979); met Yukio, killed Shingen, became engaged to Mariko (Wolverine #1-4, 1982); wedding called off by Mariko (Uncanny X-Men #173, 1983); first met Amiko (Uncanny X-Men #181, 1984); with Kitty Pryde, vs Ogun (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #3-6, 1985-1986); with Vindicator, vs Lady Deathstrike (Alpha Flight #33-34, 1986); reunited with Charlemagne, vs Spider-Man (Spider-Man vs Wolverine #1, 1987); with X-Men, vs Adversary (Uncanny X-Men #225-227, 1988); as Patch, visited Madripoor, allied with Tyger Tiger (Marvel Comics Presents #1-10, 1988-1989); first met Punisher (Punisher War Journal #6-7, 1989); vs Ba'al (Wolverine #11-16, 1989); with Havok, opposed Meltdown (Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1-4, 1988); fathered son in Savage Land (Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure, 1990); crucified by Reavers, rescued by Jubilee (Uncanny X-Men #251-252, 1989); briefly joined "new" Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four #347-349, 1990-1991); with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., vs Hydra (Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #26-29, 1991); in Madripoor, vs Cyber (Marvel Comics Presents #85-92, 1991); sought secrets of Weapon X facility (Wolverine #48-50, 1991), granted Mariko quick death (Wolverine #57, 1992); with Team X, vs Psi-Borg, buried Silver Fox (Wolverine #62-65, 1992-1993); stripped of Adamantium by Magneto (X-Men #25, 1993); rediscovered bone claws (Wolverine #75, 1993); rejected Genesis’s attempt to bond Adamantium, regressed to feral state (Wolverine #100, 1996); helped in recovery by Elektra (Wolverine #101-106, 1996); married Viper (Wolverine #126, 1998); regained Adamantium skeleton, transformed into Death by Apocalypse (Wolverine #145, 1999); divorced Viper (Wolverine #169, 2001); broke into Weapon Plus Compound (New X-Men #145, 2003); with Alpha Flight, vs Mauvais (Wolverine #170-172, 2002); vs Lady Deathstrike & Omega Red, almost killed by Sabretooth (Wolverine #173-175, 2002); entered relationship with Cassie Lathrop (Wolverine #11-12, 2004); allied with Agent Zero & Fantomex against Weapon Plus (Weapon X #25, 2004)
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bio_text= Born the second son of wealthy landowners John and Elizabeth Howlett in Alberta, Canada during the late 19th Century, James Howlett was a frail boy of poor health. James was largely neglected by his mother, who was institutionalized for a time following the death of her first son, John Jr., in 1897. He spent most of his early years on the estate grounds and had two playmates that lived on the Howlett estate with him: Rose, a red-headed girl who was brought in from town to be a companion to young James, and a boy nicknamed "Dog" who was the son of the groundskeeper, Thomas Logan. Thomas Logan was an alcoholic and was extremely abusive to his son. The children were close friends but as they reached young adulthood, the abuse inflicted upon Dog warped his mind. His actions would lead to a tragic chain of events. that started as the three neared their adolescent years when Dog made unwanted advances toward Rose and James reported it to his father. In retaliation Dog killed James's pet dog. This in turn resulted in the expulsion of Thomas Logan and Dog Logan from the estate.

[[Image:1Wolverine-first-claws.jpg|left|thumb]]Thomas Logan, in a drunken stupor, invaded the Howlett estate with his son and attempted to take Elizabeth Howlett (implied to be his former lover) with him. John attempted to stop him and Thomas Logan shot him down in cold blood. James Howlett had just entered the room when this occurred and for the first time his mutation manifested; his claws extended from the backs of his hands and he attacked the intruders with uncharacteristic ferocity, killing Thomas Logan, and scarring Dog's face with three claw marks. Elizabeth Howlett, who was already an emotionally disturbed woman, took her life immediately afterward with a blast from Thomas's gun. Fearing for their safety, Rose fled the estate with James, who appeared to have been deeply traumatized and had somehow repressed or forgotten most of the memories of life back at the estate. Dog falsely reported to the police and James's grandfather that Rose had murdered John Howlett II and Thomas Logan. The eldest Howlett, shunned James and with no family left, took Dog in as his ward. However, Dog was already a burgeoning psychopath and it was too late for his character to evolve down any other path.

In the years that followed, James and Rose took refuge in a British Colombia mining colony under the guise of being cousins. James also assumed the name of "Logan" in order to hide his identity. As the hard work of mining toughened his body, and his mutant powers developed, he grew to be unusually strong and ferocious. He was immune to the elements and even ran with the wolves in the forest, learning to hunt as an animal hunts. "Logan" became a valuable and admirable figure amongst the small community of miners due to his hard work and strong ethics, earning him the respect of his peers, including the foreman Smitty, who became a surrogate father figure to James. During this period, James developed strong feelings for Rose, but could not act on them for the sake of their guise as cousins. Smitty, who had been mentoring James all these years, had also grown close to Rose, and the two eventually fell in love and became engaged, much to the scorn and surprise of James, who later accepted the situation for the sake of Rose's happiness. Meanwhile, the elder John Howlett was in failing health and asked Dog to find Rose and his grandson so he could make peace with them before he died. Dog agreed. However, Dog (who has become a physically formidable man himself) decides to track them down so he can kill James.

[[image: wolverine02.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Dog hunted James and Rose down so easily that it seemed he had a preternatural skill for tracking. On then night that Smitty was due to leave the mining town with Rose, Dog (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Logan's future nemesis, Sabretooth) finally found and confronted James. Dog reminded James of his past, and that faithful night back on the estate that had changed all their lives so. The two fiercely fought in the middle of the street and despite being the physically stronger of the two Dog was eventually overpowered by the enraged James. As Dog laid unconscious, James unsheathed his claws for the first time in public, to the shock of everyone watching, and was about to deal the deathblow until Rose leapt in to stop him but was accidentally was impaled by his claws. Horrified, "Logan" held her in his arms as she died. He then fled into the woods where he lived in self-imposed exile with a pack of wolves, presumably for many years.

Logan possesses memories of being a Samurai in Japan, a mercenary operative for the Central Intelligence Agency, and a "wild man" in the Canadian wilderness. Due to extensive memory implants given to Logan through the Weapon X program, any or all of these memories are suspect. Logan has at least one memory of meeting Captain America (Steve Rogers) in World War II while he was in the Canadian Army which has been verified as true. Sometime after World War II, Logan was taken by a group of scientists led by Dr. Cornelius as part of the Weapon X program. Cornelius was hired to perfect and use a technique that would bond the indestructible element adamantium to human bone cells. Logan's skeleton was bonded to the adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program.

[[Image: wolverine03.jpg|left|200px|thumb]] [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] was conscripted by Department H, and for his first mission was sent against the incredible Hulk. [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] was subsequently approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa, which had captured them. [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] decided to stay with the X-Men, for reasons which included that he had fallen for Marvel Girl (Jean Grey). Logan remained with the X-Men for quite some time, at one time being their field commander, and encountered adversaries such as Proteus (Kevin MacTaggart), Magneto (Magnus), the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Brood, the Reavers, demons from the dimension of Limbo, the Marauders, the Morlocks, and even Dracula on one occasion.

After his encounter with the mutant assassin Omega Red, Logan began to question the memories he possessed, but his searches to find his true identity and memories proved fruitless. During an encounter with the mutant Magneto on his space station called Avalon, [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] slashed Magneto with his claws. Magneto retaliated, using his powers of the magnetic field to tear the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton, causing extensive injuries. These injuries shorted out Wolverine's healing factor for a time, and Logan also discovered that the claws that he believed a result of the Weapon X project were in fact part of his actual bone structure due to his mutation. These bone claws became Wolverine's main weapons until his skeleton later became grafted to adamantium again.

As a result of his injuries, Logan left the X-Men for a time. He visited Muir Island at the request of Kitty Pryde, and was also attacked by Cyber. During the Phalanx invasion, Logan and Cable were asked by Charles Xavier to find and rescue the captured X-Men. They joined with Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Jean Grey returning from their honeymoon (and secretly the future) and freed their teammates in Tibet. Later, Logan was kidnapped by Tyler Dayspring, calling himself Genesis, who wanted to make [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] one of his new Horsemen. Genesis had acquired adamantium by destroying the body of the mercenary known as Cyber, and had planned to recreate the bonding process used on Logan years ago. This time, however, Logan's body rejected the adamantium, and he regressed for a time to a feral-like state.

Logan regained his lucidity and rejoined the X-Men. Logan was subsequently kidnapped by the would-be conqueror Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) and forced to fight the savage assassin Sabretooth for the mantle of the Horseman Death. Knowing that he might be able to resist Apocalypse's programming and that Sabretooth would be a very dangerous villain with the support of Apocalypse, Logan fought and defeated his nemesis. As a result, his skeleton again was laced with Adamantium. Under the control of Apocalypse, [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] fought the X-Men ferociously in his Death persona. But with the help of his teammates, he eventually broke free from Apocalypse's control.

While on the Weapon Plus satellite, Logan was able to access detailed files on his past. However, it was a trap, and only Jean's manifestation of the Phoenix was able to save them. [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] greatly mourns Jean's loss, was not pleased with Cyclops and Emma Frost's relationship, but has remained a valued member of the X-Men, serving on as many missions as he can while also doing solo operations.

[[Image: wolverine01.jpg|left|200px|thumb]][http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] was ambushed by the Hand and Hydra. Transformed into a killing machine and outfitted with several devices, he battled various other heroes and killed both Hornet and Northstar. S.H.I.E.L.D. was eventually able to deprogram Logan, and he was sent to oppose Northstar, who also had been resurrected by Hydra. While on a mission in the Savage Land, he met the recently reformed Avengers and eventually accepted membership.

Recently, [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] unnerved many high level officials, including those of S.H.I.E.L.D., by his sporadic movements in and out of the grid, with the tensions mounting in what seemed to be Wolverine's attempted assassination of the prime minister of Japan. Eventually it was revealed that Wolverine's true target was not the prime minister, but his bodyguard, the Silver Samurai. During an interrogation that began during their battle, and ended shortly after Logan severed the samurai's arm, [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] received some more information that led him back to Department H. Despite what he had originally thought, it was not the carelessness of his captors that allowed him to escape; rather, the Winter Soldier seemingly interfered with the operation in such a way that allowed Logan's escape. [http://wolverine.marvel.com/ Wolverine] tracked down the Winter Soldier in Serbia for information, but was rendered unconscious after a struggle after which the Winter Soldier revealed that he had earlier murdered Logan's pregnant wife.

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