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| Predator X | |
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 Predator X. Art byTrevor Hairsine. | |
| Publication information | |
| 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]
Predator X is a group of artificial, mutant-hunting creatures created by theWeapon Plus program andWilliam Stryker to combat the coming of the "mutant Anti-Christ".[2][6] They are augmented with metal taken from the mutantMercury, leaving her traumatized.[6]
AfterDust scars him,Matthew Risman is fixated on training Predator X to kill her. Despite this, Predator X senses the mutant it was originally created to destroy, turns, and heads off to find it as thePurifiers follow.[7] Predator X is later killed byWolverine.[8][9]
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.[10] A sixth Predator X operates in New York City before being killed byFantomex.[11][12]
Predator X possesses superhuman physical abilities that enable it to move at superhuman speeds for long periods of time.[1] Additionally, it can absorb materials from the surrounding environment to repair itself, track mutants by their genetic signature, and generate acid.[7][2][13]
