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| Predator X | |
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 Predator X. Art byTrevor Hairsine. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New X-Men #34 (2007) |
| Created by | Christopher Yost Craig Kyle Paco Medina |
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| Team affiliations | The Facility Hydra |
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Predator X is acharacter appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is depicted as an adversary of Marvel'smutant characters, including theX-Men. Created byChristopher Yost,Craig Kyle, and Paco Medina, Predator X first appeared inNew X-Men #34 (2007).[1][2]
Predator X debuted inNew X-Men #34 (2007), created byChristopher Yost,Craig Kyle, and Paco Medina. He later appeared in issues 36, 42-46,[3] the 1981Uncanny X-Men series,[4] and the 2007 "X-Men: Messiah Complex" storyline.[5]
After learning ofEmma Frost's plan to haveX-23 leave the school,Cessily Kincaid takes X-23 toSalem Center for coffee to cool her down. Facility agents led by theWeapon Plus program (including X-23's former handlerKimura) come for one of them. X-23, believing it is her, begs Cessily to leave, but not before Kimura shoots Cessily with an electric bullet and captures her. At the lab, Cessily questions who they are and what they want but is given no answers.
Before his death,William Stryker had requested a living weapon to combat the coming of themutant Anti-Christ, which resulted in the creation of three mutant-hunting creatures called "Predator X".[2] Part of Cessily's metallic skin is removed to augment Predator X, leaving her traumatized. Two of the Predators are killed bySentinels and X-23 respectively, while the third escapes.[6]
AfterDust scars him,Matthew Risman is fixated on training the remaining Predator X to kill her. Despite this, Predator X senses the mutant it was originally created to destroy and heads off to find it as thePurifiers follow.[7] Predator X is later killed byWolverine.
After a brief fight withRockslide, Predator X heads toward the mansion and encountersTrance,Indra, andWolf Cub.Surge jumps in to protect them and instructs the students to head to the infirmary. In pursuit of the wounded mutants, Predator X manages to get past Surge and attack the infirmary, althoughGentle andArmor attempt to stop it. Wolverine destroys Predator X by letting it eat him, then tearing his way out of its stomach.
Following the events ofUtopia,Scalphunter is kidnapped by a group of non-mutant superhumans. When the X-Men attempt to rescue him, several Predators attack them before being killed.[8] A sixth Predator X operates in New York City before being killed byFantomex.[9][10]
Predator X is highly resistant to physical damage, being able to draw in materials from the surrounding environment to reform itself. Predator X also possesses superhuman strength and endurance, as well as the ability to track mutants by their genetic signature and generate acid. Predator X was reported to run at speeds of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) for nineteen hours without slowing down.[1][2][11]
Introduced in 2007, the Predator X species are genetic abominations designed to hunt and kill mutants. They boast metal skin, enhanced senses, the ability to track the mutant X-gene, and adaptive evolution derived from the mutants they eat.
The cast of the show is massive and you get everyone from the Guardians of the Galaxy to Iron Fist to Predator X.
